Graham and Steve reconvene for the first time propers in 2026 to talk about the upcoming games of March, the use (or rather the questionable re-usage) of old PC game franchises, a bizarre number of Metroidvania and idle games, and a whole heap more!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:55 - Graham's Games 28:42 - Steve's Games 1:01:09 - Upcoming Games for March 2026 1:08:44 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Call of the Elder Gods The Eternal Life of Goldman The Outer Worlds 2 Marvel Cosmic Invasion Big Hops RogueJack21 Super Woden: Rally Edge Kotama&Academy Citadel Carmageddon: Rogue Shift IdleOn Mio: Memories in Orbit Escape from Ever After

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In the second, and final, part of the Game of the Year series, Graham and Steve drill down the best stories, new characters/NPCs, campaigns, and overall games of 2025! Big ol' SPOILER warning for this part, so know that going in!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:01 - Best Story/Writing 33:25 - Best New Character/NPC 45:28 - Best Campaign 1:14:03 - Graham and Steve's Top Ten 1:56:51 - Overall Top Ten

Best Story/Writing Nominees: Dispatch Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 South of Midnight Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson Promise Mascot Agency Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream The Outer Worlds 2 Revenge of the Savage Planet The Drifter Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 Re-Raptored Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3

Best New Character/NPC Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 South of Midnight The Drifter South of Midnight Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Dispatch Promise Mascot Agency Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 The Alters The Drifter The Outer Worlds 2

Best Campaign Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Promise Mascot Agency Doom: The Dark Ages South of Midnight Wanderstop Avowed Lies of P: Overture Revenge of the Savage Planet Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 The Outer Worlds 2

Steve's Top Ten Nominees: Tower Dominion The Outer Worlds 2 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Lies of P: Overture Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dispatch Promise Mascot Agency The First Berserker: Khazan Doom: The Dark Ages Shinobi: Art of Vengeance AI Limit Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist Avowed Skin Deep

Graham's Top Ten Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Keeper Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Split Fiction The Precinct The Outer Worlds 2 The Alters The Drifter South of Midnight Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Anno 117: Pax Romana Nice Day for Fishing

Overall Top Ten Nominees: Promise Mascot Agency South of Midnight Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Dispatch Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream The Outer Worlds 2 Keeper Doom: The Dark Ages Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 The Drifter The Precinct Tower Dominion Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Split Fiction Lies of P: Overture Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor The First Berserker: Khazan The Alters

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Graham and Steve are back at it for a new year, and are doing so by looking back at last year in the first part of the 2025 Game of the Year podcast! What were the best looking, sounding, playing, and most surprising games of last year? Only one way to find out!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:19 - Best Noise 35:03 - Best New Thing 55:54 - Best Surprise 1:08:34 - Best Looking Game 1:18:26 - Best Game to Play

Best Noise Nominees: Doom: The Dark Ages Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 South of Midnight Space Rock Breaker The Drifter Promise Mascot Agency Bits & Bops Rhythm Doctor

Best New Thing Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dispatch South of Midnight Promise Mascot Agency The Alters Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 The Drifter Skin Deep Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Keeper The First Berserker: Khazan

Best Surprise Nominees: Wanderstop Tower Dominion Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Nice Day for Fishing Driftwood Öoo Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship Terminator 2D: No Fate Twilight Monk AI Limit

Best Looking Game Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 South of Midnight Dispatch Shinobi: Art of Vengeance The Drifter Keeper Constance Sword of the Sea The Outer Worlds 2 Avowed

Best Game to Play Nominees: Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Doom: The Dark Ages The Precinct The First Berserker: Khazan Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Skin Deep Lies of P: Overture Driftwood

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For the last episode of 2025, Graham and Steve talk about the games played since the last episode, which, as it turns out, are rather numerous! Anime AND non-anime card games, ninja games, and games with cool pigs are just some of the smorgasbord of game-type discussion had! Also, hey! Did you know that that Clair Obscur game is pretty great?! Weird, huh?

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:10 - Steve's Games 44:53 - Graham's Games 1:09:36 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Strange Antiquities The Rogue Prince of Persia Hades II Escape from Duckov Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Keeper Dying Light: The Beast Void Miner Ball x Pit Q-Up Slingbot Survivors Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Sektori Battle Suit Aces Spindle Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road Kingdom of Night Possessor(s) Cross Blitz Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Absolum Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Terminator 2D: No Fate

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Graham and Steve are back, like they never left, to talk about Graham's Melbourne trip and the games played within, the evolution of the Match-3 genre since the first Puzzle Quest, the games of note for December, and plenty more! Programming Note: Graham will be out for a couple of weekends coming up, so there won't be a podcast recorded - hence the games of December!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 8:37 - Graham's Games 31:30 - Steve's Games 1:05:30 - Upcoming Games of December 2025 1:08:58 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Satisfactory The Drifter Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream The Alters Anno 117: Pax Romana Titan Quest II Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson Doom: The Dark Ages Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Hades II The Rogue Prince of Persia Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids Metal Eden Easy Delivery Co. ARC Raiders Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 Re-Raptored It Takes a War

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Graham and Steve hold an executive summary meeting to explore the varying degrees of appeal of 2025's bigger Rogue-ish games, a scientist clone that sucks, the games of note for the month of November, and a bit of an overview/exploration of some of Microsoft's recent business decisions, and their implications on the business moving forward. Whoa, existential bro.

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:06 - Steve's Games 42:34 - Graham's Games 57:07 - Upcoming Games of November 2025 1:09:06 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Alters Doom: The Dark Ages Stellar Blade The Rogue Prince of Persia Hell Clock Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Lies of P: Overture Unfair Flips Hades II Battlefield REDSEC System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson

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Graham and Steve get futuristically historical this time around on the SIPTG podcast, with quite the number of games played to discuss - with 20 games in total! What a time to be hanging out!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:15 - Graham's Games 35:25 - Steve's Games 1:15:47 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Alters Lighthaze World Metropolis 1998 Minos Barkour Keeper Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Doom Eternal Sword of the Sea Gemporium Little Laps Herdling Letters to Arralla Hell Clock The Rogue Prince of Persia Doom: The Dark Ages - Premium Edition ARC Raiders

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After completing the annual ritual sacrifice, Graham and Steve gather around the pyre for discussion of 'cozy' games, the games of note for October, and Steve's internet odyssey!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:47 - Steve's Games 34:00 - Graham's Games 36:55 - Upcoming Games for October 2025 45:40 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wheel World Rekindled Trails Drill Core Islanders: New Shores Tall Trails Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Primal Planet Misc. A Tiny Tale Bullets & Brains Reflex Unit: Strike Ops Satisfactory

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Graham and Steve step in from the cold to have a look at the substantial list of the games of September, just what the hell a game named 'DarkSwitch' could possibly be, accidental file deletions, and plenty more!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:32 - Steve's Games 25:56 - Graham's Games 39:29 - Upcoming Games for September 2025 59:52 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands DarkSwitch Gears of War: Reloaded Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Driftwood Revenge of the Savage Planet Chronicles of the Wolf Astro Prospector Super Roboy Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Pip My Dice

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The boys have convalesced enough for another episode of Australia's longest running amateur video game podcast (maybe?)! This time around, the difficult balance of difficulty in games, the even-greater difficulty in trying to balance fun and 'depth' in games, and the most-difficult of all: stepping into the job of sending the right superhero to the right crime-in-progress!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:46 - Graham's Games 20:09 - Steve's Games 52:45 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Dispatch Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Somber Echoes Haneda Girl Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo Super Roboy Cyber Knights: Flashpoint Achilles: Survivor Revenge of the Savage Planet Squeakross: Home Squeak Home Driftwood

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Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music