The Nextlander Podcast 229: Game of the Year 2025, Part 1 (Patreon)

For our final two podcasts of 2025, we're getting together to lay out and discuss our personal top 10 lists. This week we reflect a bit on the state of games over the past year before running through numbers 10 through 5 on our lists. Hope you're having a happy holiday!

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(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.(00:00:10) Intro(00:11:15) Number 10 [Brad](00:17:34) Number 10 [Vinny](00:24:01) Number 10 [Alex](00:28:27) Number 09 [Brad](00:30:58) Number 09 [Vinny](00:31:42) Number 09 [Alex](00:36:28) Number 08 [Brad](00:46:32) First Break(00:46:37) Number 08 [Vinny](00:47:57) Number 08 [Alex](00:49:44) Number 07 [Brad](00:50:24) Number 07 [Alex](01:06:38) Number 07 [Vinny](01:07:14) Number 06 [Brad](01:16:14) Number 06 [Vinny](01:22:26) Second Break(01:22:30) Number 06 [Alex](01:26:29) Number 05 [Brad](01:37:25) Number 05 [Vinny](01:37:48) Number 05 [Alex](01:46:43) Brad numbers 10 through 05 recap(01:47:05) Vinny's Number 10 through 05 recap(01:47:23) Alex's Number 10 through 05 recap(01:47:38) Wrapping up(01:49:35) See Ya!(01:49:48) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts