As we approach the Big 3-0 we go 3D with that most quintessential of all late-'90s gaming genres: 3D platformers!

There's also an email that has us deciding on which pod member's entire catalogue of inducted games we'd most like to delete. You can email us too! [email protected]

Vote for the game you want to be inducted into the Hall of Fame over @VG_HOF on Twitter.

It's not GOTY season anymore... except here! This episode, our nominees all come from the pool of games that have won a Game of the Year award at an event or ceremony. They're all listed here if you want to play along: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Game_of_the_Year_awards

Vote for the game you want in the Hall of Fame over @VG_HOF - the poll should be up soon after the episode dropped.

Please rate/review us on your pod platform of choice and we'll see you next time around for 3D Platformers!

This episode's subject was the result of a random generation of a year in the 90s to pick games from. Now, full disclosure, we were initially rolled 1992 but realised how many games from that year we'd already inducted, so we did another one and got 1996!

1996, as it turns out, was a year that some incredible things happened, and some iconic franchises were born. You can be sure we nominated a lot of those for the Hall of Fame.

There's also a really thought-provoking question from Steve, two decent emails, and one from Shagger that ruined everything. Emails will never be the same again.

Go vote for the game you want in the HOF over @VG_HOF, tell your mates to do the same, rate/review on your pod platform of choice, and tune in next time for Game of the Year Winners!

That's right, we're fighting for the underdog this episode, as we're all nominating only games that scored 79 and under on Metacritic. 7/10s, or 'hidden gems', have become a huge part of games media in recent years, and we're getting in on the act to stick one of them in the Hall of Fame.

We've got loads of honourable mentions and a discussion on what exactly a 7/10 game is, plus the obligatory offensive email from Shagger. We don't know how he keeps outdoing himself.

Go now to @VG_HOF on X and vote for the game you want in the Hall of Fame. Please rate/review on your pod platform of choice too!

We're selling our souls for those sweet license deals this episode, as we nominate four games that license IPs from outside the gaming sphere (not sports, though).

Despite having something of a bad rap, there are a huge number of great licensed games, and we cover as many as we can here. Go vote for the one you want in the Hall of Fame over @VG_HOF.

Of course, stay tuned for some more incredible emails from that bloke who upstages all of us at the end, or ruins the pod, depending on your tolerance for smelly tents. [email protected] if you fancy adding to the madness!

Year two of the Video Game Hall of Fame commences with a de facto game of the year episode! We're nominating games released in 2023 for this one, and we had a hell of a lineup to pick from, amirite?!

Once you've heard the pod and our nominees, head on over to @VG_HOF on Twitter and vote for the one you want to be inducted to the Hall of Fame as the first member of the Class of 2024.

Please rate/review on your pod platform of choice and send us emails, like the two legends who did in this episode, to [email protected]

Merry Christmas one and all! This year, and probably every year, we offered you the gift of nominating the final games in the class of 2023 for the Hall of Fame. You came through with some... games.

There were some suggestions that were downright terrible games, and some we unfortunately have never played, but in amongst all that came four crackers that you'll have a hard time voting on.

To do that, go to @VG_HOF on X and chuck in your vote for the game you want to be inducted. Then rate/review us on your pod platform of choice, have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year, and we'll see you in 2024.

That's right, we're nominating RPGs from W, not J! The lads have some big hitters for you this episode, so you'll likely have a tough choice on your hands.

To make that choice, head over to @VG_HOF on Twitter and vote for the WRPG you want to go in the Hall of Fame.

Please rate/review and share this pod with your pals if you like it, send emails to [email protected] and tune in next episode for our Xmas special!

We gave you the options, you once again voted against turnips. So, here we are with four game nominations that are all (according to GameRankings) superior sequels to their original predecessor.

It's just second games in a series here, too, with minor allowances made for things that are direct sequels to specific entries (like Mario Galaxy 2 or Final Fantasy X-2 etc).

To vote for your favourite nominated game, you'll need to head on over to @VG_HOF on X and choose the one you want to go in the Hall of Fame.

Please review us on your pod platform and send some emails to us via [email protected] - we really miss them :'(

We're back to force games into the Hall of Fame that you lot didn't vote for! To wrap up episodes 11-19, each host picks a game that lost in a previous poll to automatically be inducted into the HoF. Did your favourite game previously miss out? Fear not, it has one final chance to be in the class of 2023!

We also lay out all the categories we'll be nominating games from for all the episodes up to number 30, with plenty of debate, discussion and daft bollocks along the way. Of course, we have another email from Shagger too. You know you love 'em.

Head over to @VG_HOF to vote on which category we choose nominees from next!