Podcast
The Level
The Level is a podcast for people who love video games. It's a weekly roundtable hosted by friends and industry outsiders Kaye Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, Moxie, and Jala Prendes. Every Friday, we discuss video game news, the games we've been playing, and listener mail.
- Episodes
- 679
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 40 min
- On air since
- 2011
- Latest episode
- 4 days ago
Episodes
679 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 19 min
The Level 603: Cthulhu, Round and Lumpy
Episode 603
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, and Jala talk about Silver Pines, Tenebris Somnia, The Onion Voting Simulator 3D, and much more!
The Grind:
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Jala: Silver Pines. Tenebris Somnia.
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Kaye: Birds Watching. The Onion Voting Simulator 3D.
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Ben: Order of the Sinking Star. Beat Saber.
The End Boss:
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Jared Kushner, Saudi Arabia, Electronic Arts shut down BioWare.
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Very bad House Representative proposes video game ownership bill.
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Wendy’s is making a JRPG advergame.
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1 hr 44 min
The Level 602: Too Many Podcasters Per Capita
Episode 602
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Car Park Capital, Order fo the Sinking Star, Eronoctosis, and much more!
The Grind:
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Ben: Unnamed exploitative mobile game. UFO 50 (Party House, Avianos). RYB. Order of the Sinking Star.
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Jala: Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together. Thekku Island.
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Dennis: Star Wars: Galactic Racer.
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Kaye: Car Park Capital.
The Multiplayer:
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Video game phrases that have entered your everyday speech.
The End Boss:
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No Man’s Sky is getting a full mobile port.
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VR Chat community creators revolt against AI.
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Jay and Silent Bob are starring in an Animal Crossing clone?
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Custom shop recreates the Street Fighter bonus round car.
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1 hr 28 min
The Level 601: I Hope Nothing Terrible Happens
Episode 601
Show notes
Kaye, Dennis, and Jala talk about Star Wars: Galactic Racer, A Rum Case in Fogtown, Tactics Ogre Reborn, and much more!
The Grind:
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Dennis: Star Wars: Galactic Racer.
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Jala: A Rum Case in Fogtown (Demo). Tactics Ogre Reborn.
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Kaye: The Forest.
The Multiplayer:
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Underwhelming game weapons or items.
The End Boss:
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14 year old makes adaptive controller for people who share his disability.
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PS5 emulation efforts accelerate, fueled by spite.
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The launch of the Sonic Discord goes predictably.
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1 hr 40 min
The Level 600: Imagine if They Caught You
Episode 600
Show notes
Kaye, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about Backseat Drivers, Birds Watching, Welcome to Elderfield, and much more!
The Grind:
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Jala: The Crimson Hunt (Demo). Birds Watching.
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Kaye: Backseat Drivers.
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Dennis: In Sound Mind. Slay the Spire 2. iRacing.
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Moxie: Welcome to Elderfield.
The Multiplayer:
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What game should have been for you, but wasn’t?
The End Boss:
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Minecraft Legends 2 releases, and nobody knows about it.
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Twitch is using AI to do brand surveillance.
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Castlevania turns 40, Konami gives away free, compromised version of the game.
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1 hr 41 min
The Level 599: Maxigolf
Episode 599
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Welcome to Elderfield, Normal Golf, the Resident Evil movie, and much more!
The Grind:
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Moxie: Welcome to Elderfield.
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Ben: Strange Jigsaws. Resident Evil movie.
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Kaye: Resident Evil movie. Normal Golf.
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Dennis: Diablo IV.
The Multiplayer:
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Pitch a video game based on a historical figure.
The End Boss:
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Microsoft further consolidates its studios, leading to even more layoffs.
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The NBA is bracing for the league-wide impact of Grand Theft Auto 6.
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1 hr 46 min
The Level 598: Doubt Dogs
Episode 598
Show notes
Kaye, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2, struggling with VR hardware, and much more!
The Grind:
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Kaye: Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists.
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Dennis: Struggling to play iRacing. Succeeding at playing pinball.
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Moxie: Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2.
The Multiplayer:
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What game’s multiplayer scene would you want to revive?
The End Boss:
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Blizzard announces Diablo V.
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Wardogs developer creeps your social media to see if you complain about crunch.
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Steam Frame pricing announced.
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1 hr 50 min
The Level 597: Bennis
Episode 597
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Low-Budget Repairs, Star Wars: Zero Company, some PAX West experiences, and much more!
The Grind:
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Jala: PAX Stories. Shining Force 2.
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Dennis: Star Wars: Zero Company. Power Wash Simulator. Stellaris.
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Kaye: Low-Budget Repairs.
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Ben: Marvel Snap.
The Multiplayer:
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The most satisfying moments in games.
The End Boss:
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XBox to impose cloud gaming rations.
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KillZone bring revived.
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Valve made a slur leaderboard.
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2 hr 6 min
The Level 596: A Double Waifu Pass
Episode 596
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Star Wars: Zero Company, Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2, Nordhold and much more!
The Grind:
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Moxie: Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2.
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Dennis: Aliens: Fire Team Elite 2. Stellaris. Star Wars: Zero Company.
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Ben: Big Walk. Nordhold.
The Multiplayer:
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What games remind you of childhood?
The End Boss:
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Zero Company staff put on furlough shortly before the game released.
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Even more Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks.
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nVidia’s DLSS 5 slop upscaler will cut your frame rate in half.
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People are digging up new details in the original Skyrim gameplay reveal.
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1 hr 22 min
The Level 595: Sallow Snake
Episode 595
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Big Walk, Quasimorph, The Forest, and much more!
The Grind:
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Ben: Big Walk.
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Moxie: Quasimorph. Diablo IV.
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Dennis: Diablo IV. Far Cry 3. EverQuest Legends.
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Kaye: The Forest.
The Multiplayer:
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What’s your favorite cartridge or other video game packaging?
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1 hr 52 min
The Level 594: It Hasn't Been Two Hours Yet
Episode 594
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about MECCHA CHAMELEON, Project: Mist, The Horror at Highrook, and much more!
The Grind:
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Dennis: Far Cry 3.
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Ben: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Promise Mascot Agency. The Horror at Highrook.
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Kaye: Desktop Explorer. Project: Mist. MECCHA CHAMELEON.
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Moxie: MECCHA CHAMELEON. Nine Sols. Diablo IV.
The Multiplayer:
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What ten year old game should get a new DLC?
The End Boss:
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EA is now owned by more villains than usual.
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Kid releases joke game, makes money.
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Japanese game developer localizing his upcoming title for one Czech man.
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1 hr 30 min
The Level 593: A Spouse in Every Town
Episode 593
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, and Jala talk about Palworld, Everything is Crab, Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption, and much more!
The Grind:
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Jala: Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder. Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption.
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Ben: The Incident at Galley House. Palworld.
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Kaye: Desktop Explorer.
The Multiplayer:
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Tell us some mods you like!
The End Boss:
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Amazon’s Warhammer television series is in production.
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Platinum is working on a TMNT game, The Last Ronin.
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The new CEO of NexusMods is saying some concerning stuff.
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1 hr 40 min
The Level 592: Femmes Fatale
Episode 592
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Jala, and Moxie talk about The Incident at Galley House, Desktop Explorer, Vampire Therapist, and much more!
The Grind:
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Jala: Chicken Police: Paint It RED! Vampire Therapist.
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Kaye: Desktop Explorer.
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Ben: Eventide Matter. The Incident at Galley House.
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Moxie: Diablo IV.
The Multiplayer:
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What was your first computer OS for playing games and what do you miss about it?
The End Boss:
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Microsoft desperately announces new Fallouts, Elders Scrollses.
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Florida Man arrested in Steam malware crypto heist.
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People are adding Jimothy the Raccoon into games.
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1 hr 37 min
The Level 591: Don't Eat Me, You Might Choke!
Episode 591
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about the Homestar Runner DLC for Walkabout Mini Golf, tEverQuest Legends, Nodebuster, and much more.
The Grind:
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Ben: Linelith. Stacklands. Nodebuster.
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Moxie: Diablo IV.
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Kaye: Walkabout Mini Golf Homestar Runner Content. EverQuest Legends.
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Dennis: EverQuest Legends. Darkwood.
The Multiplayer:
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Propose a concept album based on a video game.
The End Boss:
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is a success, disaster.
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New cast members for Far Cry anthology show announced.
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The Lego Donkey Kong arcade cabinet looks sick as hell.
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1 hr 51 min
The Level 590: Why So Gun?
Episode 590
Show notes
Kaye, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about EverQuest Legends, Gokigen Lovely Days, Thirsty Suitors, and much more!
The Grind:
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Jala: Thirsty Suitors. Gokigen Lovely Days.
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Kaye: EverQuest Legends.
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Dennis: iRacing. Trackmania. Diablo IV. Knights and Bikes.
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Moxie: Diablo IV.
The Multiplayer:
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FREE PLAY!
The End Boss:
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Sony is going to stop shipping game discs.
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Microsoft laid everyone off.
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Blizzard got rid of good Diablo IV items.
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1 hr 42 min
The Level 589: People Just Don't Look Back
Episode 589
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about MOLE, Pronoun Palace, Order of the Sinking Star, and much more!
The Grind:
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Ben: Saros. Order of the Sinking Star (Demo).
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Kaye: PHASE ZERO (Demo). Silver Pines (Demo). MOLE.
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Dennis: Pronoun Palace.
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Moxie: Diablo IV.
The Multiplayer:
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Video game adaptations.
The End Boss:
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Grand Theft Auto 6 to be a $100 code in a box.
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Call of Duty no longer day and date on Game Pass.
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Kyle MacLachlan is Jill Valentine’s boyfriend.
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2 hr 6 min
The Level 588: ILW: I Love Worms
Episode 588
Show notes
Kaye, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about Mina the Hollower, Thirsty Suitors, The Walking Trade, and much more!
The Grind:
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Jala: Neofeud. Thirsty Suitors.
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Kaye: Mina the Hollower. The Walking Trade.
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Dennis: Worms W.M.D.
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Moxie: Diablo IV.
The Multiplayer:
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What’s a game moment that made you cry?
The End Boss:
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EU says it can’t stop games from being killed, yoinked.
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Sonic statue purports to have Sonic DNA in it.
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Resident Evil Veronica announced, Resident Evil 0 remake extant but delayed.
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1 hr 25 min
The Level 587: There's Nothing but Candy in the Pit
Episode 587
Show notes
Kaye, Dennis, and Moxie talk about 007 First Light, Wreckfest, Diablo IV, and much more!
The Grind:
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Kaye: 007 First Light. Wreckfest.
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Moxie: Diablo IV.
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Dennis: Diablo IV.
The Multiplayer:
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Favorite rainbows in games.
The End Boss:
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Bungie ends active support of Destiny 2.
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Rayman Legends Retold takes a beautiful game and uglifies it.
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Stuntman: Hollywood announced, looks rad.
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1 hr 52 min
The Level 586: Lure King
Episode 586
Show notes
Kaye, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about Idols of Ash, Forbidden Solitaire, Knights and Bikes, and much more!
The Grind:
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Jala: Book Bound. Lurking. Idols of Ash. Dispatch.
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Dennis: The Dark Queen of Mortholme. Knights and Bikes.
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Moxie: Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell. Dead as Disco.
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Kaye: Forbidden Solitaire.
The Multiplayer:
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The best gaming hub worlds.
The End Boss:
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Steam shakes up its tags.
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California law could stop games from being killed.
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Sony won’t put Wolverine on PC.
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AI ghouls are being booed at graduation parties.
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1 hr 35 min
The Level 585: You Put Down the Gun
Episode 585
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Dead as Disco, Saros, Deadlock, and much more!
The Grind:
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Moxie: Dead as Disco.
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Ben: Saros.
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Dennis: Deadlock.
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Kaye: Forbidden Solitaire.
The Multiplayer:
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What lesson from games works best for you in real life?
The End Boss:
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Nintendo Switch 2 game bundle is last chance to get a good deal.
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The Mortal Kombat 2 movie is out.
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eBay rejects GameStop’s absurd offer to buy them.
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1 hr 31 min
The Level 584: You're a Cowboy Now
Episode 584
Show notes
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Saros, Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred, Trepang2, and much more!
The Grind:
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Moxie: Trepang2. Minishoot’ Adventures.
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Ben: Saros.
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Dennis: Diablo 4: The Lord of Hatred.
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Kaye: RimWorld.
The Multiplayer:
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Pick a game character to run your city.
The End Boss:
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Steam Controllers sell out immediately, because of resellers.
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Maniac restores Nintendo’s first arcade game: Wild Gunman.
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Resident Evil Survive is a neat-looking fan-made beat-em-up.
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Subnautica 2 gets late May early access release date.
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