The big finale. Game of the Year 2025. We discuss our personal top 10s, then figure out the joint pick for our Game of the Year before wrapping this thing up!

Thanks for the wild ride, it's been a fun 4 years. Of course, it wouldn't have been the same without you all. Thank you for everything.

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-- TBP

Jack is back to quiz the boys in our final annual Christmas quiz! Huge thanks to Jack for helping out again this year, and our community for submitting questions!

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The boys take a look at the list and how its warped and grown out of shape over the last 4 years to try to right some wrongs, with big rises and huge falls. Also includes listener comments and questions!

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The lads venture in to the Gungeon with community hero Neil Watts (aka Muppet). Neil is our discord moderator, the gatekeeper of our website but most of all a dear friend and a sweet soul. Enter the Gungeon is a topdown roguelike where everything is based around guns. Guns and puns. Imagine the structure of pretty much any roguelike, then PERFECT IT, and you'd be well on your way to envisioning what the Gungeon has to offer. Also its hard as hell. DEATH STRANDING 2 SPOILERS 1:18:00 - 1:25:40 As a reminder there is no main podcast episode in October, so we will see you on November 28th! (unless you're in our Patreon - Extra Credit runs as normal).

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This time the boys jump in to the world of Alba: A Wildlife Adventure with Andy Robertson. Alba is a 'chillectathon' on a fictional Spanish island where you are tasked with cataloging the local wildlife as well as fixing up the nature reserve, and other attractions, to their former glory. The game started life on iOS and was developed in the UK, but has since been ported to pretty much every single modern platform.

Ludocene: https://www.ludocene.com/

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Mentioned in-depth development article: https://medium.com/@ustwogames/the-environment-art-of-alba-a-wildlife-adventure-6bddd8b56955

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The boys don their backpacks once again to walk the walk with Death Stranding 2. Death Stranding 2: On the beach sees brooding blue-collar worker Sam Porter Bridges deliver packages to stop the extinction of humanity (again). Although this time, he has a serious chip on his shoulder... and a ladder, a pair of boots, a silenced assault rifle, a bridge, 10 grenades, 5 health packs, 400 units of metal, a pizza, some vials etc etc.

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This week the lads take a deep dive in to Joe's hobby, Pinball! We focus on real pinball but also touch on virtual pinball, covering how to play, how they are built, what the industry and the community is like and more. Then we deep dive in to Medieval Madness as the focus for the episode and the list addition.

The youtube version of this episode can be found here

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The lads take a trip to hell with the Doom Slayer himself ‪@revios219‬ . Harry is a bit of an FPS aficionado and a modern Doom super fan so who could be better to shepherd us through the gates of hell? Doom: The Dark Ages is a 2025 first person shooter in the long running Doom franchise (and the second Doom game on the show), developed by id software and Bethesda.

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Batman: Arkham Asylum is a 2009 action adventure game where you play as the Dark Knight on what the developers describe as "the worst night of his life". Trapped on an island with literally all the villains, Batman must survive the night as well as putting a stop to Jokers evil scheme to poison Gotham. Between kicking and punching, climbing, gadget-ing and detectiving, it's safe to say Bats is a busy boy.

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After surviving a plane crash during an escape from a zombie ridden LA (known as Hell-A) you are left to fend for yourself alone, or with 2 friends in co-op. The journey takes you through famous LA locations and you team up with lots of characters who are there for a good time, not a long time. This game surprised us with its witty writing and up-beat attitude, as well as being a technical showcase. Good stuff!

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