2025 In Review/Games 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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