So, obviously it’s been pretty quiet around here. It seems to be a reoccurring theme for us! Anyway, we’ve been a bit busy, and we have a huge announcement coming next week, but until then, here’s a run down of what’s going on:


Life and Level is going to SGC 2010!
That’s right, Josh and Johnny were invited to the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention this year in Dallas, Texas. The guys and the crew will be filming a roadtrip video as they travel almost 1500 miles from Toronto to Dallas over three days. While at the convention, they’ll have an exclusive live-commentary of a few episodes, followed by the performance and taping of an actual episode!

So,  if you’re in the area, come out and say hi. It’s going to be an awesome time, and you’ll get to meet faces such as Keith Apicary, AVGN, and brentalfloss! And with Josh and Johnny there, you can be assured there will be pain. You can get more information at http://sgconvention.com/.

You can check out a quick video promo we made here.

T-Shirts Are Coming Soon!
Exclusive Life and Level tshirts will be coming to the website in a week or so! ‘Nuff said. Here are the designs:

DVDs Are Only A Few Weeks Away
That’s right, that forbidden word that no one likes to talk about. Trust us, guys..  we haven’t forgotten about you. We know how bad it makes us look by taking pre-orders so long ago, and only now getting them out. It’s been a hell-ish ride trying to get them released, as we’ve gone through many changes in production. People who said they would do things were no longer willing to. Anything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong. But alas, here we are.. mere weeks away from their release. They’re in production now, and it won’t be long. Thanks again for your patience, it means the world to us.


So that’s all for now. A huge announcement is coming up next week, so stay tuned!

With our much anticipated return well under way, spirits are high at the LnL residence. As we move into the holiday seasons, the binds that school tie have come undone, as we prepare to begin our filming binge before the new year sees us returning to RL. With EP14 finally released, here’s what’s been occurring.

We’ve recently made ScrewAttack our second home. With their new direction attempting to become the YouTube of gaming, we’ve embedded ourselves into the community. The reception has been incredibly flattering, and we look forward to our stay. This endeavor has started to hint at something huge coming up, but we’re keeping our lips sealed until things are a bit more certain. Until then, drop in and give us some love (and your 11, you g1’s!)

We’ve also made the jump into Facebook. Join our group, and you’ll get exclusive updates about episodes, Josh’s bowel movements, and have access to exclusive (well, not really) pictures of Josh, Johnny, and the crew on and off the set of Life and Level. And don’t forget, both Josh and Johnny have Twitter. Join up and listen to Josh’s love life fall apart, one tweet at a time.

As for the next episode, we’re planning for a December 28th release, but don’t quote me on that! The episode is the most ambitious one yet, and if done correctly, will be the best one EVER. Unfortunately, it’s so ambitious that’s it causing some problems in terms of planning and execution. But, here’s hoping!

If you haven’t already noticed, the fourteenth episode of the series has yet to be released. Almost a week behind schedule, the vocal chords of the community have been in full force, reminding us constantly of this delay. In order to clear up a few things, and give you a better understanding to the delay, and as well as update you as to what’s been going on in our rather silent community, we’ve made this post to hopefully give you peace of mind and reassurance.

Specifically, the delay is result of the actual content of the episode. It’s incredibly explicit, and as a result, we’re trying to find a workaround that will not get us banned from YouTube, while still being funny. Unfortunately, the problems within run a bit deeper than that.

In early September, Josh started his first year of college. Enrolled in a demanding Fire Protection program at a college in Toronto, Josh moved out of the Life and Level residence in Hamilton, Ontario to a city more than 60km away.  With Josh’s primary focus centering on being successful in college, this seclusion has affected the amount of time and money he can commit to the show. Believe it or not, the show is incredibly expensive to produce.. everything from props, to tools, and countless other unmentionables have put a damper on how effectively episodes can be created. With Josh being able to commit less and less time to the show, the quality and motivation to complete things has gone down.

Life and Level is created through the generosity of  8 or so talented individuals. Stretching from university students to full time professionals, the talent that each crew member brings is unique and essential to the creation process. As a result, we’ve formed a close knit group, in which, when one member is affected by change, we all suffer. As comes apparent by this episode’s lack of release. Episodes are produced through one of two editors, each who live in different cities. Getting the raw tapes between the two becomes a challenge, which has been manageable until recent.  It’s hard to lay blame on any specific reason, but the episode’s delay stems the change of priorities that all of us are forced to adapt to. RL sucks.

As a result, starting after the release of Episode 14 (shortly), Life and Level will drop the two week episode schedule and move onto more flexible release dates. This allows us to compensate our lack of time to commit to producing quality episodes. It could be a few weeks between episodes, or it could be a few months. One thing that is promised, however, is that the quality and hilarity episodes will increase dramatically. With more time for fresh ideas that are better executed, we can remove the stress that comes with a tight deadline.  In addition, in a few weeks, we’ll be opening a merch store where you can purchase one of four sexy Life and Level t-shirts that will make women (and men) want to have sex with you. And for those of you who pre-ordered the DVD: fear not. It’s well under production, despite setbacks. To thank you for your patience, we’re including a small gift with the arrival of your DVD.

So, it’s not all bad news. The quality will increase, and so will the laughs. Josh and Johnny are eternally grateful for your support. You alone are what have made this series worth the blood, sweat, and tears. We hope you follow us into the future, because if there’s one thing we can promise: it’s gonna be diamonds.

-Bryan (Producer, cameraman, editor, gaffer, stand-in, and hat-whiner.)

So a couple months back we added a donation button and thanks to all you loving supporters we were able to wrangle us a snake handler!The bad news was that the handler decided that it was in his professional interest to not associate himself with us. However, lucky us! We were able to contact an old friend who had dealt with snakes for years and last week we were able to pick ourselves up a “Nicaraguan Boa”, we’re currently calling it “Muffy”. Muffy is not alone either, later this week we will be purchasing a second snake. So thanks again to everyone who donated and pre-ordered!

On a less painful note I have finally fallen and joined the ranks of twitter. I’ll do my best to update, So come check me out on Twitter: LnLJohnny

Sorry one more thing! Pictures of “muffy” will be up later this week, hopefully you’ll all get to see the second snake aswell this week which is currently going to be named “princess”.

Thanks for the support and don’t forget to pre-order!

The man behind the magic

So earlier today, if you haven’t already checked it out. A little promotional video was made for us by the infamous “videogame maestro” of youtube’s Brentalfloss. With an amazingly catchy tune and witty lyrics we were able to rope another 1000+ Subscribers! So a million thanks to Brentalfloss for one hell of a plug! On a less awesome note I’d like to point out that our third episode (resident evil 5 and Laxatives) has been promptly removed from Youtube! But don’t fret LnL fans it will not be lost in the sea of flaggers! We will be finding alternate sites to post our videos so just sit tight and relax! Plenty more episodes to come!