Level Story

Recorded live on Twitch.tv/levelstory Find Sam YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesasliterature Twitter: https://twitter.com/gamesaslit Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gamesaslit Patreon: www.patreon.com/gamesaslit101 Find Red Angel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RedAngelPonderings Twitter: https://twitter.com/redangelx3 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/redangel Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/heyred --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message

Danielle is once again joined by Sam (The Game Professor) and Red Angel to talk about the games they played in 2021. Sam played a lot of Final Fantasy XIV, Danielle fell in love with Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Red finally completed a Final Fantasy game! Music: REACH Into Your Soul - Bminor bpm 98 by Luke Sizemore More Links: Games We Played in 2020 A Short Hike: Nature, Cell Phones, and Friendship by The Game Professor Coffee Talk Video by Red Angel and Sam Find Sam YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesasliterature Twitter: https://twitter.com/gamesaslit Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gamesaslit Patreon: www.patreon.com/gamesaslit101 Find Red Angel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RedAngelPonderings Twitter: https://twitter.com/redangelx3 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/redangel Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/heyred --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message

Red Angel joins Danielle and Sam again as they discuss the games they played in 2020. Conversation points include: SkateBIRD will always be game of the year every year, all conversations somehow lead back to Jurassic World, and Danielle's childhood dentist had an N64 in their waiting room. All this and more on the newest episode. Find Sam YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesasliterature Twitter: https://twitter.com/gamesaslit Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gamesaslit Patreon: www.patreon.com/gamesaslit101 Find Red Angel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RedAngelPonderings Twitter: https://twitter.com/redangelx3 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redangelsroost/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/redangel Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/heyred More Links: Sam's Tony Hawk Character Coffee Talk Video by Red Angel and Sam --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message

On this episode of the Level Story podcast, Danielle and Sam are joined by a plethora of guests to talk about The Last of Us. Music: "Nowhere Land" by Kevin MacLeod "Spiral Mountain" by gabocarina: www.youtube.com/c/gabocarina96 (Used with permission from the artist) More Links: Trailer: https://youtu.be/W01L70IGBgE Queers in Love at the End of the World: https://w.itch.io/end-of-the-world Sam's Video: https://youtu.be/zY2FGxtk2cw Find Bez Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaomiNorbez Itch.io: https://norbez.itch.io/ Find David Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcmihatepie ZeroIndent: https://zeroindent.com/ Find Jacqueline Twitter: https://twitter.com/jacquelinefilm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JacquelineMerritt Find Travis Twitter: https://twitter.com/travisryans Rainbow Road: https://twitter.com/RainbowRoadPod --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message

Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Official George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd Justice for Breonna Taylor: https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylor Justice for Toyin: https://bit.ly/2MXirnW More on where to donate: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html --- On this episode of the Level Story podcast, Danielle and Sam talk about the most recent issue of the magazine, Issue #5, Celeste. Music: 8 Bit Power! Inspiring Upbeat Game Music by HeatleyBros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ9NbyPFTvY More Links: Art for Artists Podcast - What Remains of Edith Finch: COMING SOON Parasocial Relationships in OFF, Undertale and OneShot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htx2Vhc29Q4 Matt Makes Games: http://www.mattmakesgames.com/ Can a Video Game Help Your Mental Health?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlShHtXUZU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message

Join Danielle, JD, Kaitie, and Ryan as they continue their Kingdom Hearts 3 discussion and talk about the gameplay! How is Kingdom Hearts like Cats the musical? Why is everything in this game super gay? And where is the Kingdom Hearts 3 soundtrack??? Links:  Episode Art: https://twitter.com/pun_rii/status/1220413787934724110 Kingdom Hearts 2 Boss Fight Books: https://bossfightbooks.com/products/kingdom-hearts-ii-by-alexa-ray-corriea How Kingdom Hearts 2's Combat Is Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYdFpv9Ay7o Music: Kingdom Hearts 3 Tracks by KHWaterBlock: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9oCFtJ3QxO70RvCAKgAApYspuAR61F8c Various tracks from Kingdom Hearts games JD: https://twitter.com/AF_Comics Kaitie: http://khartgraphics.com/ Ryan: http://mynockpodcast.libsyn.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message

On this episode of the Level Story podcast, Danielle and Sam are joined by Red Angel to talk about the most recent issue of the magazine, Life is Strange by Dontnod and Square Enix. Music: 8 Bit Power! Inspiring Upbeat Game Music by HeatleyBros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ9NbyPFTvY More Links: Laura Anderson (Sepphyr): https://www.artstation.com/sepphyr Rita Popova aka PopovaJr: https://www.deviantart.com/popovajr Nathan Hartanto: https://www.deviantart.com/inh99 Games Done Quick: https://gamesdonequick.com/ Dear Esther podcast: COMING SOON Kingdom Hearts 3 Deep Dive episodes: COMING SOON Backtrack, Pause, Rewind, Reset: Queering Chrononormativity in Gaming: http://gamestudies.org/1803/articles/knutson Mineko’s Night Market: https://store.steampowered.com/app/762940/Minekos_Night_Market/ Ooblet’s: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ooblets/images/f/f1/Cover_image.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180612213906 PodCats: https://twitter.com/catspodpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-st

Level Story Podcast welcomes a brand new host, Sam, and discusses the most recent issue of the magazine, Kingdom Hearts 1! Danielle and Sam talk about why children’s media is worth taking seriously, the challenges that they faced when writing about the first Kingdom Hearts game, and reflect on their time playing the game. Music: 8 Bit Power! Inspiring Upbeat Game Music by HeatleyBros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ9NbyPFTvY More Links: Untitled Goose Tweet: https://twitter.com/ImpPoster/status/1178854360916185090?s=20 Kingdom Hearts 2 PS2 Footage: https://youtu.be/rV2TD0db_dQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message

Join Danielle, JD, Kaitie, and Ryan as they continue their deep dive into the long awaited Kingdom Hearts 3. This is the second part talking about the story in the game. Why can’t Nomura write women? Why didn’t Aqua just take a nap before rescuing Ven? Why wasn’t one Remy's ingredients a paopu fruit? And does Xehanort deserve his redemption arc? Music: Various tracks from Kingdom Hearts games Kingdom Hearts 3 Tracks by KHWaterBlock: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9oCFtJ3QxO70RvCAKgAApYspuAR61F8c Swashbuckler’s Island by Project Destati JD: https://twitter.com/AF_Comics Kaitie: http://khartgraphics.com/ Ryan: http://mynockpodcast.libsyn.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message

Join Danielle, JD, Kaitie, and Ryan as they continue their deep dive into the long awaited Kingdom Hearts 3. This is part 1 of 2 talking about the story in the game and oh boy are there opinions. Why are there no Final Fantasy characters? Why do we never learn what is in the black box? And why is Omlette the most well developed female character in the game? All of these questions and more when you listen to this new episode. Links: Kingdom Hearts Timeline by Everglow: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhcSrKyqhfh5USKgcHjwTjeVbngw7Y0pr Donald Duck sings Simple & Clean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=120HFjKPuJ4 Are There Any Other Xehanorts I Should Know About?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydqs3oayn_8 Music: Various tracks from Kingdom Hearts games JD: https://twitter.com/AF_Comics Kaitie: http://khartgraphics.com/ Ryan: http://mynockpodcast.libsyn.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message

Deep Dive is a series that takes an intense critical look at a game. Join Danielle, JD, Kaitie, and Ryan as they begin their deep dive into the long awaited Kingdom Hearts 3. They talk about how they came to the series, their expectations for the third numbered title, and more! Music: Face by Fears by Moisés Nieto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4lZ2TRFmVA Various tracks from Kingdom Hearts games JD: https://twitter.com/AF_Comics Kaitie: http://khartgraphics.com/ Ryan: http://mynockpodcast.libsyn.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/level-story/message