2025 In Review/Games of the Year
Dave reflects on 2025 in gaming, talks about his favorite games that released in 2025 and names his game of the year.
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It's that time! End of the year time! Games of the year time! This year I polled Discord and Patreon members on their favorites of the year, tallied them up, and here are the results! Then, I close out the show with my own top 10 and some other thoughts as we bring the 2025th year to a close. Please enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS
- 0:00 Title Card and Introduction
- 4:50 Community Honorable Mentions
- 10:10 Community Top 10
- 28:31 Dave's Honorable Mentions
- 30:02 Dave's #10
- 32:14 Dave's #9
- 35:06 Dave's #8
- 38:21 Dave's #7
- 41:43 Dave's #6
- 46:05 Dave's #5
- 49:12 Dave's #4
- 54:18 Dave's #3
- 57:58 Dave's #2
- 1:04:27 Dave's #1
- 1:14:34 Closing Thoughts
- 1:21:50 Patron Thank-Yous
Music used in the episode:
- Your Host for Tonight (Chipzel- Dicey Dungeons OST)
- Beginner's Luck (Chipzel- Dicey Dungeons OST)
- Polarity (Francisco Javier Pérez- Bionic Bay OST)
- Monoco (Lorien Testard- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
- Gestral Beach- Is It a Gestral or a Volleyball (Lorien Testard- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
- Lumiose City (Day) (Shota Kageyama, Carlos Eiene- Pokemon Legends Z-A OST)
- Story of All Manor (Trigg & Gusset- Blue Prince OST)
- Manor- Our Painted Home (Lorien Testard- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
- Lumiose City (Night) (Shota Kageyama, Carlos Eiene- Pokemon Legends Z-A OST)
- The Storm (Olivier Deriviere- South of Midnight OST)
- Mysterious Swamps (Olivier Deriviere- South of Midnight OST)
- Enter Sektori (Tommy Baynen- Sektori OST)
- The Beauty of Nature (Miwako Chinone- Monster Hunter Wilds OST)
- Many Nights a Whisper (fingerspit- Many Nights a Whisper OST)
- Ten Years Ago You Were Chosen (fingerspit- Many Nights a Whisper OST)
- Signalchaser (Amos Roddy- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector OST)
- Suncatchers (Amos Roddy- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector OST)
- Introduction (C418- Wanderstop OST)
- Simon's Theme (Trigg & Gusset- Blue Prince OST)
- Bilewater (Christopher Larkin- Hollow Knight: Silksong OST)
- Bellhart (Christopher Larkin- Hollow Knight: Silksong OST)
- Une vie à t'aimer (Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier, Victor Borba- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
- Gestral Beach- I'd Rather Play Petanque (Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier, Victor Borba- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
- Battle Theme No. 1 (Toma Otowa- Ghost of Yotei OST)
- Raise the Sails (Saori Yoshida- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii OST)
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