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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:

Bonus Level 11: Dark Souls II Mar 14, 2014

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Dennis Furia and Murph Murphy gather to give an exhaustive and factual rundown of Dark Souls II.

Check our Murph's other podcasts, The Dork Night and Hours Played.

55: The Cradle of My Bailiwick Mar 08, 2014

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Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Occulus Rift aquisition, we ask you which game you wish you could play for the first time again, and then we avoid talking about any video games whatsoever.

The Brief:

Facebook buys Occulus Rift.
Notch ditches Occulus.
Sony develops their own PR.

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Feels like the first time.

The Grind

Dennis: Train Jam Games.
Ben: None.
Kole: Dark Souls II.

53: Not a Cynical Episode at All Mar 07, 2014

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Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Batman: Arkham Knight announcement, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and we ask you what games you anticipated most.

The Brief:

Batman: Arkham Knight announced.
Twitch Beats Pokemon.
Steam Family Sharing goes live.

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What games have you anticipated the most, and what lengths have you gone to to sate your desire?

The Grind:

Dennis: Star Wars Pinball. Remember Me.
Ben: [Gonna Play] South Park: The Stick of Truth.
Kole: Deadly Premonition. Building a PC. Assassin's Creed IV. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

52: My Fair Share of Anxiety Attacks Feb 28, 2014

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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the closure of Irrational, Calculords, and we ask you about your most-desired genre mashups.

The Brief

Irrational closed.
Asheron's Call shutting down.
Twitch Plays Pokemon.
Steam Tags.
The Last of Us Documentary.

The Grind

Ben: The Last of Us: Left Behind. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Payday 2. Metro: Last Light.
Kole: Guitar Hero controller. New PC. Threes. Calculords.
Dennis: The Last of Us: Left Behind. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
David: Fallen London. The Secret World. Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

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Genre benders.

51: Vestigial Crown Feb 14, 2014

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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Flappy Bird fiasco, Jazz Punk, and we do a free-play multiplayer segment.

The Brief:

Flappy Fiasco.
An extended and frank discussion about F2P models.
Goat Simulator.
Murasaki Baby confirmed for America.

The Grind:

Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within.
Dennis: Papers Please.
David: Fallen London. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Kole: Jazz Punk.

Multiplayer:

Free-play.

50: Alpacallama Furia Feb 07, 2014

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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.

The Brief:

Nintendo's buyback woes.
The Last of Us DLC is a thing.
Duke Nukem Mass Destruction is a thing.
AlpacaLlama Furia

The Grind:

Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within.
Dennis: Spelunky. Tearaway.
Kole: Octodad: The Dadliest Catch.
David: Kingdom of Loathing. Fallen London.

Links of Note:

Video Kole made that was inspired by Spelunky

49: Don't Fry My Steez Jan 31, 2014

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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.

The Brief:

NSA is spying on Angry Birds.
Sly Cooper movie is a thing.
Forced Perspective Tech Demo.
Vikings issue C&D against King.

The Grind:

Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within.
Kole: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
David: DmC.
Dennis: DmC. Suits and Swords. Monaco.

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48: Cave Legs Jan 24, 2014

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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.

The Brief:

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
OpenEmu.org is a great emulator.
The Last of Us fan t-shirt design.
Candy(tm) Crush Saga(tm) developer trademarks "Candy" and "Saga".

The Grind:

Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within.
Kole: Risk of Rain. Dust Force.
David: Saints Row IV.
Dennis: DmC: Devil May Cry. Spelunky.

Multiplayer

What games do you wish you could play, but you know you can't?

47: You Do Need Corpses to Some Extent Jan 17, 2014

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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.

The Brief

Occulus Rift works on Steam now, kinda.
JazzPunk is a thing.
SimCity gets offline mode.

The Grind

Dennis: Plants vs. Zombies. DmC.
David: Castle Crashers. Guild Wars 2.
Kole: Knock Knock.
Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within.

Multiplayer:

Finding time to play games.

46: Popov's Dog Jan 10, 2014

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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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