The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about No Man’s Sky: Beyond, the Apex Legends PR fiasco, and we ask you about your favorite post-launch game reinventions. The Grind: Dennis: No Man’s Sky: Beyond. David: Warframe Ben: Resident Evil 2. Kole: Dragon Quest Builders. The Multiplayer: What game got the best post-launch reinvention? The End Boss: The Cycle leaves alpha and goes into Early Access. Predator: Hunting Grounds released. Sony acquires Insomniac. Apex Legends team scores a major PR own goal.

Kole, Ben, and Jala talk about Helltown, the return of the Dune board game, and we ask you to make new games by slightly altering the titles of existing games. The Grind: Jala: Vermintide 2. Sniper Elite 4. Elder Scrolls: Blades. Ben: Resident Evil 2. Kole: Helltown. Dragon Quest Builders. The Multiplayer: Make a new game by altering the title of an existing game. The End Boss: Nintendo World Championship cart found by surprise. The long-lost Dune board game is coming back. Modder steals Mario’s mustache.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Forager, do a free play multiplayer, and we get into the bullshit resurrection of the violent video game myth. The Grind: Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Resident Evil 2. Kole: Forager. David: Vermintide 2. Warframe. Dennis: Dauntless. Demoing Deck of Wonders. Multiplayer: Free play! End Boss: Capcom is inviting Resident Evil Ambassadors to test a new game. Activision pulls a switcheroo on CTR loot boxes. Violence in video games is back in the discourse, again, dumbly.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Autochess, reflect on which tabletop games are popular in Roll20, and ask you which game elements have the best game-feel. The Grind: Kole: Graveyard Keeper. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Slay the Spire. Looking at YouTube videos about Autochess. Dennis: Borderlands 2 VR. Deck of Wonders. David: Warframe. The Multiplayer: What game element has the best game-feel? The End Boss: What tabletop games are people playing on Roll20? The Blair Witch game looks very good. Gloomhaven might not be bad?

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David dip into that dark energy and talk about some usual suspects, some irritating news stories, and we ask you which game villain you’d hench for. The Grind: Dennis: City of Heroes. Cities of Villains. Borderlands 2 VR. Wipeout VR. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. David: Fallout 76. Warframe. Kole: Graveyard Keeper. The Multiplayer: Which video game baddie would you become a henchman for? The End Boss: Brands are invading Mario Maker 2. Gloomhaven’s PC adaptation is apparently not great yet. Fallout 76’s most recent patch is a mess.

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Graveyard Keeper, Elder Scrolls: Blades, and we ask you for your dream _____ Maker game. The Grind: Jala: Octopath Traveler. Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms. Apocalipsis. Elder Scrolls: Blades. David: Vermintide 2. Fallout 76. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Grim Dawn. Slay the Spire. Kole: Graveyard Keeper. The Multiplayer: What game would you like a Maker title for? The Brief: Stranger Things 3 gets a telnet ARG. Resident Evil 3 Seamless HD Project looks really neat! Prime Day is ridiculous. Blizzard releases Saturday morning cartoon filter for Starcraft.

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about Grim Dawn, City of Heroes fan servers, and we ask you which games you most associate with summertime. The Grind: Dennis: Puzzle Quest 2. City of Heroes. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Grim Dawn. Risk of Rain 2. Kole: Final Fantasy Adventure. Graveyard Keeper. Multiplayer: What games do you most associate with summer? The End Boss: Warframe will send you to space, whether you want to go or not. Dennis is playtesting games. Black Mesa’s Xen levels about to hit beta testing.

Kole, Ben, and David talk about Super Mario Maker 2, Fallout 76, and we do a Free-Play Multiplayer. The Grind: David: Fallout 76. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Kole: Super Mario Maker 2. Final Fantasy Adventure. The Multiplayer: Free Play. The Grind: Remedy re-acquires Alan Wake publishing rights. 1 Screen Platformer dev documents what it’s like to have speed runners break your game open. Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie 2 announced. Gloomhaven is getting a PC game version. Links:I thought I made a hard game and then speedrunners totally destroyed it. Here is what that feels like. - Album on Imgur

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Cadence of Hyrule, Ace Combat 7 VR, and we ask you what games you’ve always meant to play, but never did. The Grind: Kole: Cadence of Hyrule. Collection of Mana. World of Horror. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Slay the Spire. David: Vermintide 2. Fallout 76. Dennis: Ace Combat 7. Overcooked. City of Heroes. The Multiplayer: What game or series have you always wanted to get around to, but haven’t yet? End Boss: Fallout 76 does special event for West Virginia Day. Steam Summer Sale is on. A killer release week for games. Deathgarden: Bloodharvest pushes all of Dennis’ buttons.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dauntless, Gladiabots, and we ask you about your favorite announcements from E3. The Grind: Dennis: Dauntless. Gladiabots. Borderlands 2 VR. Ben: Slay the Spire. David: Dauntless. Kole: Haunting Ground. The Multiplayer and the End Boss E3 2019 takeaways.