2025 was a good video gaming year (movies and TV also good)! Welcome to our less extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on BlueSky, twitch.tv/Barrylad).

00:30 Intro, it’s only been a week and Garrett vs Birds

11:00 Loose favourite TV/Movies of the year chat (Marvel Stuff, Friendship, Sinners, Superman, Weapons, One Battle After Another, The Rehearsal, The Pitt, Smiling Friends, Pluribus, Andor, The Studio, The Simpsons, The Roses, Roof Man, The Holdovers Xmas tradition, The Dinner Plan, Wake Up Dead Man)

51:05 Clair Obscur Expedition 33

1:03:35 Ghost of Yotei (and sequel reactions)

1:14:30 Outer Worlds 2

1:17:10 Blue Prince

1:22:55 Seance of Blake Manor

1:31:50 Hades 2

1:38:10 Donkey Kong Bonanza

1:49:40 Split Fiction

1:50:30 Silksong

2:00:10 Death Stranding 2

2:07:10 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

2:08:50 Mario Kart World

2:15:30 Jack’s not mentioned faves

2:20:30 Barry’s not mentioned faves

2:25:25 Mark’s not mentioned faves

2:28:25 Garrett’s not mentioned faves

2:30:30 Everyone’s personal GOTY and default LTTC GOTY

2:33:15 Don’t you cry no more…

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00:30 Games, BlueSky and Airports

04:50 2024 Internet Brain Rot Quiz (12 questions)

29:30 Complete break down of Love Actually including McCutcheon deep dive

1:04:55 Get to Work

1:12:50 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

1:26:50 Digital Video Game store fronts

1:38:05 WB Montreal slashing 99 jobs

1:44:05 Game Award Winners

1:46:40 Game Awards Announcement breakdown

2:07:10 Ending The Show and Merry Christmas

2:12:30 Take it away John Williams...

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00:30 Introduction

03:45 From Episode 329 "Mark and the PSPs"

07:05 From Episode 330 "Garrett x Madame Web"

11:55 From Episode 331 "Dave and Jack x Madame Web"

18:25 From Episode 335 "Mark IS the sporting albatross"

21:30 From Episode 336 "Garrett x the sporting albatross"

24:25 From Episode 336 "Ken Shamrock for president"

29:20 From Episode 341 "What is a Gooner"

34:05 From Episode 343 "Eggs and Bananas"

36:45 From Episode 348 "The Zimmer Bwah"

40:10 From Episode 353 "Lobbyists..."

46:55 From Episode 354 "Macho Man impressions"

49:05 From Episode 357 "Is Pokemon an Anime"

54:05 From Episode 357 "Garrett's Nah"

56:55 From Episode 359 "The Venom debate"

1:04:25 From Episode 362 "Aussie Game of the Year"

1:06:55 Outro

1:08:45 Storming through the party like my name was El Nino...

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00:30 Headed to parts unknown, sellouts and aging

15:40 Dave's rewatching Lost

22:15 Saturday Night (2024)

30:30 Atrioc $2K Hitman Contract competition

35:35 Dave's started 1000x resist

37:35 Mouthwashing

45:10 Silent Hill 2 Remake and remake etiquette

1:04:35 Loco Motive

1:11:30 Game Awards Nominees and Game Awards takes

1:20:30 Sony in the market to buy From Software

1:29:00 Ubisoft makes big changes for the better to Star Wars Outlaws

1:39:30 And if I only could, make a deal with God...

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00:30 Gigs, Politics and Cats

13:20 Hamilton (live!)

17:00 Hacks

21:50 Half Life 2 20th Anniversary documentary

31:00 Jack on that Balatro grind again

36:45 Tetris Forever

47:00 Neva

56:20 Game Awards announce DLC/remakes eligible now

1:03:05 PS5 Slim deep discount pre-Xmas

1:09:55 Nintendo using Reddit to locate Switch pirates

1:15:40 Mark attempts to end the show

1:19:40 Are you listening...

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00:30 Keeping in contact, shoulders and walking here

05:45 Mark blinsides Jack with Chelsea quiz

24:30 Mark watches Mighty Boosh for the first time

38:45 The Day of the Jackal (2024)

46:20 Slow Horses

50:35 Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket

1:07:10 Judero

1:12:05 Metal Slug Tactics

1:18:20 Pinball Spire

1:22:35 PS5 Pro price has not had a negative effect on sales

1:28:45 Nintendo keen to continue hybrid gaming with Switch 2

1:34:10 Take 2 CEO's view on Borderlands movie

1:37:55 Pokemon TCG pocket passing 30 mil downloads

1:44:20 Allstars...

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00:30 Scare mazes and what's spooky or not

08:50 Terrifier 3

21:40 Wild at Heart

24:05 Alarmo Breaking News

24:30 Garrett's Venom takes and Venom debate

37:10 Only Murders in the Building finale (no spoilers)

39:40 Agatha All Along finale (kinda spoilers) and Marvel future

49:40 Bad Monkey

55:00 Garrett name change proposal

57:25 Alan Wake 2 Lake House DLC

1:06:15 Wilmot Works it Out finished

1:08:45 Jack early impressions of Life is Strange Double Exposure

1:18:15 Firewalk studios finally shuttered after Concord failure

1:23:40 Nintendo launch music app

1:29:45 Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster coming

1:32:50 Knock knock, let the devil in...

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00:30 Nicknames and modern music

13:45 Venom The Last Dance (Spoliers: But honestly... not for a lot)

30:55 Am I Being Unreasonable?

37:45 Mark finally watches Deadpool v Wolverine

44:40 Clue

48:45 Jonathan Lynn Movies

50:30 Wilmot Works it Out

58:15 COD Black Ops 6

1:08:00 Mouthwashing

1:15:10 Prince of Persia Ubi Team has been disbanded after 'poor' sales

1:29:25 Netflix closes it's AAA game studio before a game is released

1:35:30 Roblox changes policy for younger players after complaints

1:44:45 I know it's a little bit late for fast food...

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00:30 Pokemon is an anime and The Garrett Nah

12:15 Mark's Megalopolis breakdown

27:35 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

35:10 The Wild Robot

48:15 Pierce Brosnan Bonds

1:00:50 Garrett finishes Zelda EOW and GOTY contention

1:12:50 UFO 50 more detailed review

1:26:25 Kill Knight

1:34:05 Analog release N64 cartidge player the 'Analog 3D'

1:43:00 Playstation exec says there's a 'collapse of creativity'

1:51:30 iOi says James Bond game will hopefully be a trilogy

1:58:15 Social media thoughts and Blue Sky

2:03:20 Far and wide...

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00:30 Dave and Jack talk about food

07:30 Dandadan and anime in general

24:00 Agatha All Along progress

30:25 James Bond movies now on Prime for rewatch

35:30 Casa Bonita Mi Amor

43:10 Joker Folie a Deux (Spoilers... but honestly who cares)

59:40 Silent Hill 2 Remake

1:09:25 Thank Goodness You're Here

1:14:50 Red Dead Redemption coming to PC after 15 years

1:18:50 Disco Elysium developer fractures in FOUR companies

1:23:00 Nintendo announce Alarmo alarm clock

1:26:30 Console hardware sales (Nintendo up, Xbox way down)

1:33:55 I'm at the back of my head watching my life happening...

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