The Level
A podcast for people who love video games.
About the show
The Level is a podcast for people who love video games. It's a weekly roundtable hosted by friends and industry outsiders Kole Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, David Moneysmith, and Jala Prendes. Every Friday, we discuss video game news, the games we've been playing, and listener mail.
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Episodes
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52: My Fair Share of Anxiety Attacks
February 28th, 2014 | 2 hrs 9 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the closure of Irrational, Calculords, and we ask you about your most-desired genre mashups.
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51: Vestigial Crown
February 14th, 2014 | 2 hrs 7 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Flappy Bird fiasco, Jazz Punk, and we do a free-play multiplayer segment.
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50: Alpacallama Furia
February 7th, 2014 | 1 hr 38 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about an announcement that will ruin the podcast forever, Octodad, and we ask you about your favorite unique control schemes.
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49: Don't Fry My Steez
January 31st, 2014 | 1 hr 51 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Angry Birds NSA controversy, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and we ask you about your favorite video game music.
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48: Cave Legs
January 24th, 2014 | 2 hrs 28 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about whether or not we want to change our name to Candy Level Saga, Risk of Rain, and we ask what you wish you could play but can't.
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47: You Do Need Corpses to Some Extent
January 17th, 2014 | 1 hr 56 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Sim City's offline mode, Knock Knock, and we ask you how you find time to play games.
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46: Popov's Dog
January 10th, 2014 | 1 hr 1 min
Ben Merkel, Kole Ross, David Moneysmith, and Dennis Furia talk about PlayStation Now, X-COM: Enemy Within, and how incapacitated Kole is.
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45: Very Thirsty
January 3rd, 2014 | 2 hrs 6 mins
Kole Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, and David Moneysmith talk about the games we played over break, we ask you how you did on your 2013 gaming resolutions, and encourage you to stick around after the credits for a discussion about Dishonored.
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44: Forget it Jake, It's Just a Turtle
December 21st, 2013 | 1 hr 56 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Starbound, Walking Dead Season 2, and ask you to name your favorite games of 2013.
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43: The Sands Within
December 6th, 2013 | 1 hr 33 mins
Kole, Ben, and David talk about the Metal Gear Solid 5 delay, a bunch of old games, and ask you what your favorite new IP is (and what that even means).
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42: Now Nobody Gets a Title
November 16th, 2013 | 2 hrs 19 mins
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about this disappointing new next gen era, the Dark Souls II beta, and ask you about Easter Eggs.
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41: A Tramp Stamp for Humanity
November 8th, 2013 | 2 hrs 16 mins
Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about being on the eve of the next console generation, Batman: Arkham Origins, and the state of games journalism.