The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Lonely Mountains: Downhill, the Xbox event, and we ask you what gaming tattoo you would get (or which one you already have!). The Grind: Kole: Lonely Mountains: Downhill. Ben: Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Dennis: XCOM: Chimera Squad. Steamworld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech. Steamworld Heist. David: Fallout 76. Multiplayer: Video game tattoos. The End Boss: Sony is working on full-hand-tracking VR. Microsoft reveals two horror games: Scorn and The Medium. Innovations in password security through gaming Cyberpunk 2077 details emerge from ESRB.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about XCOM: Chimera Squad, the Final Fantasy VII Remake, and we ask you about your most ridiculous or useless pieces of gaming hardware. The Grind: Dennis: XCOM: Chimera Squad. David: Generation Zero. Fallout 76. Ben: Rocket League. Luigi’s Mansion 3. Kole: Final Fantasy 7 Remake. The Multiplayer: What’s the most ridiculous or useless piece of gaming hardware you own? The End Boss: Someone ported Mario 64 to the PC. Vader Immortal is coming to PSVR. EVO 2020 has been cancelled. NYT Magazine profiled Kojima for the normies.

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Kirby Star Allies, A Short Hike, and Onimusha: Warlords Remastered. (Note: There’s some weird distortion on David and Jala’s voices at times, making their voices a little lower. I couldn’t fix this. Sorry!) The Grind: Jala: Nine Parchments. Trine 3. Kirby Star Allies. Ben: Death Stranding. A Short Hike. Luigi’s Mansion 3. David: Fallout 76. Kole: Onimusha: Warlords. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Half-Life: Alyx. The Multiplayer: Describe the last game you played as if it was a restaurant. The End Boss: Hollywood and game tech The Last of Us 2 has a release date… June 19. XCOM lead designer The Midnight Gospel is released on Netflix.

Kole, Dennis, and David talk about Valorant, Fallout 76: The Wastelanders, and Animal Crossing: New Horizon. The Grind: David: Dying Light. Fallout 76: The Wastelanders. Dennis: Valorant. Steamworld Quest. The Cycle. Kole: Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Multiplayer: Propose a new installation arcade game. The End Boss: Chex Mix HD is coming this summer. Streaming aggregation platform Popdog. Fallout 76 has NPCs now, and they don’t care about being nuked.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Half-Life: Alyx, Nine Parchments, and we ask you which game characters you would kill off for good. The Grind: Jala: Nine Parchments. Trine 3. Kole: Half-Life: Alyx. Dennis: The Division 2. Steamworld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech. Dirt Rally 2. Ben: Death Stranding. The Multiplayer: Which game character would you kill off for good? The End Boss: Resident Evil 4 remake is in the works. Goldfinger releases a quarantine video of them performing your favorite song from THPS1. Half-Life: Alyx can be modded to work without VR… kind of. Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting some neat online features.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Resident Evil 3, Overcooked 2, and the Last of Us 2 delay. The Grind: Kole: Resident Evil 3. Dennis: Overcooked 2. The Cycle. Ben: Death Stranding. David: The Division 2. The Multiplayer: You can only keep one save game file, and all others are deleted. Which do you save? The End Boss: Riot has a convoluted scheme for distributing the Valorant beta. Rocksmith DLC has ended. Boston Gamestops forced to close. The Last of Us 2 delayed indefinitely. Someone build’s Conway’s Game of Life in Conway’s Game of Life.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about World War Z, Twin Peaks VR, and the Surge 2. The Grind: David: World War Z. The Surge 2. Dennis: World War Z. Sundered. Ben: Subnautica. Slay the Spire. Death Stranding. Kole: Twin Peaks VR. The Multiplayer: Which video game apocalypse would you want to live in? The End Boss: Plague, Inc. developer does very good things. Steam changes update defaults as more people turn to games in quarantine.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Resident Evil 3 Demo, State of Decay 2, and we ask you about your favorite games for coping with social distancing. The Grind: Dennis: Jackbox Party Packs. Diabotical. Borderlands 3. Kole: The Evil Within 2. Resident Evil 3 Demo. Ben: Jackbox Party Packs. Death Stranding. David: State of Decay 2. The Multiplayer: What’s your “hang out” game in the time of social distancing? The End Boss: Resident Evil 3 remake allows knife-only runs. Virtual racing steps up to replace real racing during the pandemic. Stalker 2 screenshot released. Half-Life: Alyx gets a glowing reception.

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Death Stranding, Bury Me My Love, and the global Ring Fit Adventure shortage. The Grind: Jala: Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. Wildermyth. Bury Me My Love. David: The Division 2: Warlords of New York. Ben: Ring Fit Adventure. Luigi’s Mansion 3. Death Stranding. Kole: The Evil Within 2. The Multiplayer: Your life is a game in your favorite genre. What is it like? The End Boss: Ring Fit sold out, being price gouged. Rocksteady was going to debut their new game at E3. Nightdive is remaking the Blade Runner adventure game.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about This is the Police, Sunless Skies, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer. The Grind: Ben: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Disco Elysium. This is the Police. Sunless Skies. Dennis: Super Mario Odyssey. Quake Live. Diabotical. Fun Center. David: The Division 2: Warlords of New York. Kole: NOTHING. Multiplayer: Free Play. The End Boss: Amnesia: Rebirth revealed. Destiny 2 players solve old riddle in-game. SXSW will not be refunding passholders. The Last of Us is getting an HBO miniseries.