Level Up and Friends Podcast

Merry Christmas! In this special presentation, we play the tabletop game "The Fight Before Christmas" where our gang goes on a quest to beat up Santa Claus!

This week we discuss some of our favorite Christmas specials and movies, share some holiday memories, our favorite songs, traditions, and more!

Scott assembles a crew to discuss some of their favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation!

This episode was originally recorded as a video for our Free Comic Book Day Online event on May 30, 2020. See the video on our Youtube page! We will return with new episodes next week!

This was originally recorded for our Free Comic Book Day Online Event in May 2020. It served as an inspiration to do this podcast, thus we consider it episode 0! Scott talks to some of our favorite cartoonists about their inspirations and gets advice for aspiring artists. Sean Fineran: seanfineran.com Kayla Wallitsch: https://tapas.io/series/Star-Savior-Bunny Arie Monroe: https://gumroad.com/drawl...

We are back to talk about another one of our favorite consoles. This time it's the Nintendo Gamecube!

Is the state of our Star Wars strong? Our panel of experts weigh in on the modern Disney era of Star Wars - the movies, TVs, games, comics, and more!

We are back to swap tales from around the gaming table, this time focusing on some of the characters we’ve played with.

In our final Spook-tacular episode for this Halloween month, we discuss some of our favorite horror comics!

Che-che-che Ah-ah-Ah! Don’t go camping today because the calendar says it’s Friday the 13th! Scott sits down with the Friday expert South Jersey Jason to talk about this classic film series, fan films, the community around it and so much more! Check out their website here: SouthJerseyJason.com

Ay Carumba! Scott “Not-So” Fine and Kayla Wail-itsch talk about the annual Halloween episodes of their favorite show, The Simpsons!

What makes a game scary? Well, we attempt to answer that question this week! We also talk about some of the times games have scared us and make a few horror game recommendations!

Get ready for Halloween with some tips and tricks from some of our cosplay professionals!

The gang now talks about one of their other favorite franchises, Ghostbusters! While the sequel movies have been a mixed bag at best, there's a surprising amount of quality content in extended media for this particular series!

The Nintendo Entertainment System is one of the most iconic gaming systems in the industry and an indelible piece of popular culture. To mark its 35th anniversary this year we talk about some of our favorite games for the little grey box and hopefully share some gems you might not have played.

Welcome to the first installment of our sub-series Q&Gay. The purpose of this series is to shed a light on the challenges of identifying as queer in its various ways. This episode Scott and some other Aces talk about their experiences on the Asexual spectrum.

Great Scott! Back to the Future turns 35 years old this year. The Biggest BTTF fans we know come together to discuss one of their favorite movies/franchises of all time!

Level Up Entertainment just turned 13 years old this August. Join us as some of our former employees came together to share some stories from the store's history!

In this very special episode comic creator extraordinaire K. Lynn Smith drop by the talk about her newest Kickster project, For Goodness Sake Volume 2! We also discuss her artistic influence, conventions, Time Travel, Muppets, Jurassic Park, and more! Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2133322697/for-goodness-sake-volume-2

Woo-Hoo! We are talkin' about the excellent new version of DuckTales Disney has been making! Special Shout out to Kayla for making the custom thumbnail art this week!

Let's travel back to the 90's to talk about the supercharged successor to the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Have you not watched Deep Space Nine yet? Well, this week we pitch you not only why you should watch it, but why it’s probably the best Star Trek series to date. We remain spoiler-free as we discuss the various characters and conflicts the show presents us within the hopes that you are properly intrigued to watch this show. Don’t worry, there will be a spoiler discussion about it at some point in...

We're talkin' basebaaaaaaaall! The game has totally changed this year to adapt to our coronavirus riddled world so our resident baseball fans have a lot to talk about. We also share memories of playing Baseball, the value of listening to it on radio, our visits to the Hall of Fame, the "improved" Philly Phanatic, baseball movies, and even more!

With Nintendo announcing a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and never following up on that, our resident Zelda fans suggest what they would like to see the sequel do to improve upon this already remarkable game.

Cowabunga dudes! This time the gang talks about the phenomenal IDW series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Watch the extended cut on our YouTube page for some of our coolest TMNT Collectibles.