To kick off our 1-year anniversary IN PERSON stream, we had to start with 2026 Fantasy Critic! If you don't know what Fantasy Critic is, we each pick video games expected to come out this calendar year to earn points based on their review aggregate on Open Critic. You can view our league here.

Timecodes

0:45 - 2025 recap

1:40 - rules and pick order

9:35 - picks start

19:30 - 2nd round

25:44 - 3rd round

30:40 - 4th round

36:01 - 5th round

47:06 - counter picks

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