The Level

Kole, Jala, and David talk about Miitopia, Viviette, and we ask you to pitch items that would make your favorite game characters' lives easier. The Grind: David: No Man's Sky. Maneater. Jala: Bioshock 2. Viviette. Miitopia. Kole: Castaway on a Weird Island. The Multiplayer: Pitch an item that would make your favorite game character's life easier. The End Boss: Netflix is looking at getting into game subscriptions. Steam might be making a Switch-like machine. Resident Evil characters coming to Dead by Daylight.

Kole, Ben, and Jala talk about Subnautica: Below Zero, Vampire the Masquerade: Coteries of New York, and we ask you which video game character would be your roommate. The Grind: Jala: Kirby Star Allies. Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron is Back! Kakapo Run. This is the Zodiac Speaking. Vampire the Masquerade: Coteries of New York. Ben: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Subnautica: Below Zero. It Takes Two. Kole: It Takes Two. The Multiplayer: Which video game character will be your roommate? The End Boss: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is coming to PC later this year. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is coming out in the US this July. Frosthaven adds cultural consultant to the team. Umurangi Generation is coming to Switch on June 5.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Resident Evil Village, Unrailed, and we ask you about games that are not more than the sum of their parts. The Grind: Kole: Resident Evil Village. David: LARP. Second Extinction. Ben: Unrailed. Dennis: New Pokemon Snap. Subnautica. Astro Bot Rescue. The Multiplayer: What game isn’t more than the sum of its parts? The End Boss: Zombies Ate My Neighbors! is coming to modern systems. Waluigimania. Yakuza is moving to an all turn-based RPG combat.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the New Pokemon Snap, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and we ask you what small additions would make a game better for you. The Grind: Jala: Feather. Aery: Sky Castle. AER: Memories of Old. Dennis: Subnautica. Remnant: From the Ashes. Ben: Witch It! Yakuza: Like a Dragon. It Takes Two. Kole: It Takes Two. New Pokemon Snap. The Multiplayer: What small additions or changes would make a game or genre better for you? The End Boss: Gas Station Simulator looks like Kole’s dream game. Sunless Skies is coming to consoles soon. Returnal’s eternal patching woes.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about NieR Replicant, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and we ask you what you want to see in the next generation of console games. The Grind: David: No Man’s Sky. Kole: NieR Replicant ver. 1.22… Dennis: Enter the Survival Horror. Lumi Keyboard. Ben: Modern Warfare 2. Yakuza: Like a Dragon. The Multiplayer: What do you hope we see over the next console generation of games? The End Boss: The newest innovation in competitive NES Tetris is “rolling”. Resident Evil 4 VR announced. Cyberpunk 2077 refunds aren’t necessarily what you’d expect. Ralph Baer to be honored with special coin from the mint.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about It Takes Two, Saviorless, and we ask you to pitch games for villains. The Grind: Jala: Moons of Madness. Hitman. Saviorless. Ben: qomp. It Takes Two. Kole: It Takes Two. Mother 3. Dennis: Slay the Spire. Hades. The Multiplayer: Make a game for a villain! The End Boss: EndeavorRx is a video game that might help with COVID brain fog. Sony reverses course, won’t shut down the PS Vita or PS3 online stores. There’s going to be a game about power washing. Valve fixes bug that affects Steam libraries over 25,000 games.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about qomp, the most recent No Man’s Sky update, and we ask you to invent game-themed drinks. The Grind: David: No Man’s Sky. Ben: qomp. Bioshock Infinite. Dennis: Valheim. VR Boxing. Beatsaber. Kole: Demon’s Souls Remaster. Pathologic. The Multiplayer: Invent a game-themed drink! The End Boss: Gord looks like a fun survival city builder. Nintendo hits porn artist with DMCA over Bowser’s junk. Luwdwig Ahgren breaks Twitch subscriber record. Daybreak is a board game about global warming, by the creator of Pandemic.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Magic: The Gathering Arena, Hades, and we ask you which game villain lair you would most want to live in. The Grind: Jala: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Ben: Loop Hero. Magic: The Gathering Arena Cube Draft. Dennis: Valheim. Hades. Kole: Pathologic Classic HD. The Multiplayer: What game villain lair would you most want to live in? The End Boss: Researchers develop games that make people hear sounds that aren’t there. The House in Fata Morgana gets Switch release… now! Trials of Fire is a deck building X-COM-like. Space Jam website sidelined.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Outriders, Pummel Party, and we ask you to pitch game characters pitching things. The Grind: Ben: Loop Hero. What the Golf? Carto. Infra. Pummel Party. David: Outriders. d20 Modern tabletop gaming. Dennis: Enter the Survival Horror. Hollow Knight. Hades. The Multiplayer: Pitch game characters pitching things. The End Boss: “Largest cheating ring” busted in China. Sony confirms PSN Store closure for legacy systems., Rocket League Season 4 details announced.

Jala and Kole continue their informal visual novel discussion series with a classic in the genre. The format of this episode mirrors a WOFF! episode, as we talk about the generalities of mechanics first, and then get into spoiler territory. Phoenix Wright is an upstart attorney who always believes in his clients, no matter what. This first entry in the series establishes a lot of conventions for how to mix visual novel story presentation with adventure game puzzles, and we couldn't have a series like Danganronpa without it.