The Level

Episode 101: Putting Him on Breeze

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Guitar Hero Live, Spirits of Spring, and we ask you which game characters are cutest/creepiest.

The Brief:

  • Guitar Hero Live.
  • Hearthstone comes to iPhone and Android.
  • Grand Theft Auto biopic details emerge.
  • Telltale's Game of Thrones

Multiplayer

  • Creepiest video game character? Cutest video game character?

The Brief:

  • Ben: Alien: Isolation.
  • David: Bloodborne.
  • Dennis: Papo y Yo. Spirits of Spring.
  • Kole: Majora's Mask 3D.

Episode 100: The Night is Infinite

Kole, Ben, Dennis, David, and Jala celebrate the one hundredth episode of The Level by talking about games as medicine, Titan Souls, and we ask you which games have had the biggest effect on your life.

THE BRIEF:

  • Minecraft Pac Man.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's movie.
  • Akili is a game made to treat attention disorders.
  • Titanfall 2 announced, has a campaign mode, is multiplatform.
  • NBA 2K14 loses online support.

MULTIPLAYER:

  • What game has had the biggest effect on your life.

THE GRIND:

  • Dennis: Card Crawl. Papo y Yo.
  • David: Bloodborne.
  • Jala: Sorcery! 2. 80 Days. Dungeon Defenders 2.
  • Ben: Alien: Isolation.
  • Kole: Titan Souls. Super Mario 3D World.

The music used in the intro is an arrangement of "Popcorn", originally composed by Hot Butter.

Episode 99: Tipless Daddy

Kole, Ben, David, and Jala talk about Bloodborne, Google Maps Pac Man, and we ask you where you stand on collector's editions.

The Brief

  • Google Maps Pac Man.
  • National Game Museum in England.
  • Nintendo delays Zelda to 2016.
  • Batman: Arkham Knight special edition PS4 revealed.

Multiplayer

  • What's the deal with Collectors Editions?

The Grind:

  • Jala: Sorcery!. LongStory. Tablut.
  • Ben: X-COM. Helldivers. Alien: Isolation.
  • David: Bloodborne.
  • Kole: Bayonetta.

Episode 98: A Last Syllable Decision

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Nintendo's bizarre mobile announcement, Saint's Row 4: Gat out of Hell, and we ask you about stealth in games.

The Brief:

  • Nintendo is breaking into mobile.
  • New Nintendo console codenamed "The NX" announced.
  • New Walking Dead game by Starbreeze announced.
  • Echo Night released on PSN.

Multiplayer:

  • Favorite/Worst examples of stealth in games?

The Grind:

  • David: Destiny.
  • Ben: Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell.
  • Kole: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright.
  • Dennis: A whole bunch a' nothin'. Powers.

Episode 97: The Mad Scientists Must Be Crazy

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Hotline Miami 2, the changes they made to the DmC Remastered edition, and we ask you which games need to be played all the way to the end.

The Brief:

  • Texas incentivizes game development.
  • This War of Mine charity DLC.
  • Uncomfortable line dropped from DmC Remastered.
  • Batman Arkham Knight is rated M for blood.

Multiplayer:

  • What games do people need to play all the way through to the end?

The Grind:

  • Jala: A Story About My Uncle.
  • Ben: 80 Days. Monument Valley.
  • Dennis: OlliOlli 2. Dungeon Defenders.
  • Kole: The New 3DS. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.