229: Game of the Year 2025, Part 1

For our final two podcasts of 2025, we're getting together to lay out and discuss our personal top 10 lists. This week we reflect a bit on the state of games over the past year before running through numbers 10 through 5 on our lists. Hope you're having a happy holiday!

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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:11:15) Number 10 [Brad]
(00:17:34) Number 10 [Vinny]
(00:24:01) Number 10 [Alex]
(00:28:27) Number 09 [Brad]
(00:30:58) Number 09 [Vinny]
(00:31:42) Number 09 [Alex]
(00:36:28) Number 08 [Brad]
(00:46:32) First Break
(00:46:37) Number 08 [Vinny]
(00:47:57) Number 08 [Alex]
(00:49:44) Number 07 [Brad]
(00:50:24) Number 07 [Alex]
(01:06:38) Number 07 [Vinny]
(01:07:14) Number 06 [Brad]
(01:16:14) Number 06 [Vinny]
(01:22:26) Second Break
(01:22:30) Number 06 [Alex]
(01:26:29) Number 05 [Brad]
(01:37:25) Number 05 [Vinny]
(01:37:48) Number 05 [Alex]
(01:46:43) Brad numbers 10 through 05 recap
(01:47:05) Vinny's Number 10 through 05 recap
(01:47:23) Alex's Number 10 through 05 recap
(01:47:38) Wrapping up
(01:49:35) See Ya!
(01:49:48) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts