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**The Level**

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.

Latest Episodes:

171: Appetizer Alamo Nov 04, 2016

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Kole, Dennis, and Jala talk about Uwe Boll quitting movies, World of Final Fantasy, and host a Free Play Multiplayer.

The Brief

Followup about the voice actor strike.
Uwe Boll calls it quits.
999 is coming to modern systems.

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Free Play!

The Grind

Jala: Child of Light.
Dennis: The Witness. Divinity: Original Sin.

170: Half Cheeking It Oct 21, 2016

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Kole, Dennis, and Jala talk about the Red Dead Redemption 2 announcement, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, and we ask you about your favorite stat-keeping in games.

The Brief:

Red Dead Redemption 2 announced.
CBS is making a Candy Crush Saga game show.
Voice actor strike.

Multiplayer:

What’s the coolest stat you’ve seen a game keep track of?

The Grind:

Kole: NOTHING.
Jala: Steins;Gate.
Dennis: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.

169: Professional Fun Haver Oct 14, 2016

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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Swing Vote Go, Layers of Fear, and we ask you what games you bounced off of... before you loved them completely.

The Brief:

Swing Vote Go is a game about democracy.
Bloxels.
Amy Hennig interview.
Oculus Rift Condoms.

Multiplayer:

What games did you bounce off of before coming to love them?

The Grind:

Kole: Layers of Fear.
Jala: Steins;Gate.
Dennis: Divinity: Original Sin. Rocket League.
Ben: Mad Max.

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168: Sneaky Sneaky Guy Oct 07, 2016

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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Twitch Prime, Divinity: Original Sin, and we ask you if any game has properly captured your occupation.

The Brief:

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is making a game.
Titanfall 2 console controversy.
Twitch Prime is a thing now.

Multiplayer:

Occupational accuracy in games.

The Grind:

Dennis: Towerfall Ascenscion. Dark Souls II DLC. Divinity: Original Sin. Rocket League.
Jala: Magicka. Azure Dreams. Steins;Gate.
Ben: Mad Max.
Kole: Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice.

167: Insta-Gator Sep 23, 2016

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Kole, Ben, and Jala talk about Mad Max, the game judgin' algorithm, and we ask you why you play games.

The Brief:

Algorithm might detect whether or not a game is good.
Followup on Steam reviews.
Valve delists game after developer subpoenas for player information.
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk gets a release date.
South Park delayed.

Multiplayer:

Why do you play games?

The Grind:

Ben: Mad Max. Rocket League Rumble.
Jala: Steins;Gate.
Jackbox 2. Obduction. Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice

166: I Feel Nothing Sep 16, 2016

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Kole, Ben, and Jala talk about Justin Roiland's new VR game, Rocket League Rumble, and we ask you about your favorite video game pack-ins.

THE BRIEF:

Steam changes review policy to stop key exchange reviews.
Pokemon Generations is a new series of YouTube shorts.
Justin Roiland is making a VR game with one of the Stanley Parable guys.

MULTIPLAYER:

What's your favorite video game pack-in?

THE GRIND:

Jala: Portal 2. Gemini: A Journey of Two Stars. The Guest.
Ben: Undertale. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Rocket League Rumble.
Kole: Picross 3D Round 2

165: Super Mario Entrapment Sep 09, 2016

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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Obduction, the Nintendo 3DS announcements, and then we ask you about your multiplayer blunders.

THE BRIEF:

Dolphin Emulator can now boot all GameCube games.
Arkham Revisited gets a remaster.
Valkyria Chronicles stuff added to World of Tanks.
Nintendo 3DS Direct announcements.

MULTIPLAYER:

What's the worst thing you've unintentionally done to someone else in a game?

THE GRIND:

David: San Francisco Feats.
Dennis: Pinball. Overwatch.
Kole: Life is Strange.
Ben: Obduction. Limbo.

164: Corvax is Corvax for Corvax Sep 02, 2016

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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Deus Ex Go, No Man's Sky Returns, and we ask you about your gaming white whales.

THE BRIEF:

No Man's Sky return debacle.
Heroes of the Storm gets free characters.
Nintendo characters are turning into cars.
Resident Evil 7 details revealed by the ESRB.

MULTIPLAYER:

What is your gaming white whale?

THE GRIND:

Ben: No Man's Sky. Obduction.
Dennis: No Man's Sky. Guacamelee. Road Not Taken.
Jala: Lord of the Rings: War in the North. Shovel Knight. Deep Under the Sky.
Kole: Resident Evil: Code Veronica. Deus Ex Go. Life is Strange.

163: Beefy Mess Aug 26, 2016

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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Twitch's acquisition of Curse, Apartment, and we ask you which series you arrived at late.

The Brief:

Twitch acquires game community site Curse.
INSIDE is out on PS4 now.
The Witness is coming to the Xbox One.
PS4 Slim details leaked.

Multiplayer:

What series did you get into late?

The Grind:

Ben: No Man's Sky. Thomas Was Alone.
Dennis: No Man's Sky. Overwatch. Atlas Reactor.
Jala: Resident Evil 6. Transformers: Devastation. Transformers: War for Cybertron. Apartment demo. Rememoried.
Kole: NOTHING.

162: The Problem Must Be You Aug 19, 2016

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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about No Man's Sky, the new Call of Duty zombie mode, and we ask you what makes you choose PC or console.

THE BRIEF:

Close Your tracks your eyes.
Blizzard changes verbiage on Overwatch Loot Boxes.
Final Fantasy 15 delayed to November 29.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare looks like it has interesting zombies somehow.

MULTIPLAYER:

What makes you play a game on PC instead of console?

THE GRIND:

Jala: Resident Evil 6. Virtue's Last Reward.
Dennis: Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. No Man's Sky.
Ben: Rocket League. No Man's Sky.
Kole: RimWorld. No Man's Sky.

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