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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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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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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00:30 Dave and Garrett re-unite and Jack enjoys Garrett rants
08:10 Dave takes on the McMahon doc
16:20 Dave enjoying Agatha All Along
24:45 Jack's Spider-Man cinema rewatch project
35:20 Rings of Power season 2
47:45 Legend of Vox Machina
53:05 Jet Lag Season 11 finishes up
55:25 Can you recommend things to Garrett?
56:40 Nu-Frasier season 2
1:02:40 UFO 50
1:09:40 Echoes of Widom (Jack has completed)
1:14:40 GOTY race getting competitive
1:16:35 Favourite Echoes in Zelda
1:20:10 Nintendo come after Retro Game Corps
1:27:20 Nintendo also coming after RyuJinx
1:32:00 Astro Bot dev speaks on lack of Final Fantasy in game
1:35:35 They're calling again...
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00:30 Cole Palmer, bad interviews and bad Macho Man impressions
07:00 McMahon Netflix documentary
25:00 Agatha All Along
35:40 The Substance (Garrett review)
40:00 Megalopolis
49:00 Adam Driver
52:10 Zelda Echoes of Wisdom
1:15:35 Lara Croft/Hitman GO
1:25:15 2024 Catch Up
1:28:10 Miyamoto wants Nintendo to be left out of "game wars"
1:35:45 Simpsons Tapped Out to be shut down in 2025
1:46:30 Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed
1:54:10 Powerwash Simulator improves player's happiness
2:01:40 He come to town...
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00:30 Jack joy, Garrett adventures and lobbies
13:55 Jet Lag: Tag Season 3
18:25 YouTube as a platform and Garrett selling out
22:20 Garrett rants about Jeff Jarrett
24:35 Donut County
26:10 Venba
31:15 Life is Strange replay
40:30 Garrett's takes on Astro Bot
46:55 Mark issues with Astro Bot
49:15 Jack and Garrett counter points on Mark criticisms
57:45 Heated debate on the future of Astro Bot
1:09:05 Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
1:14:05 Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection
1:22:00 The Plucky Squire
1:29:30 God of War Ragnarok review bombed on Steam
1:35:50 Nintendo sues PalWorld developer
1:43:10 Concord alleged to have cost £300m
1:55:45 The ship is taking me far away...
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00:30 Blue Man Group, talk show hosts and more Dropout love
11:55 Mark Maron vs Bert Kreischer and comedian sensitivity
18:20 Alien Romulus
25:20 Trapped and M. Night's Career
37:10 Only Murders in the Building season 4
43:05 The 4:30 Movie and Kevin Smith in 2024
56:15 More AstroBot thoughts
1:12:40 PS5 Pro costs a TONNE
1:19:25 Unity Cancels Controversial Fees
1:23:55 Annapurna entire staff leaves
1:27:45 Is Tony Hawk coming back? Conversations with Actvitsion
1:32:20 Holding on to what I can...
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00:30 Mark's a citizen, loans and goons
10:50 Astro Bot (some mild spoilers)
40:15 Animal Well
50:30 Phantom Spark
57:45 Kneecap
1:08:10 Rubberbandits
1:11:00 Ocean's Eleven
1:20:30 The Concord saga
1:31:50 Will the infustry learn from this?
1:42:20 Balatro coming to mobile
1:47:55 Until Dawn developer lay off staff before it's release
1:53:20 Trying to end on a positive...
1:55:10 Stop making the eyes at me...
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00:30 Olympics and video games for sporting events
14:15 Headaches, guitar playing and tribute bands
29:40 Borderlands (...stinks)
42:25 Kinds of Kindness
51:50 Crash Bandicoot N'sane Trilogy
57:10 Thank Goodness You're Here
1:04:20 Borderlands movie branded "a disaster"
1:07:25 Sony Santa Monica developing first new IP in 20 years
1:11:20 Activision Blizzard set up small team to create AA games
1:19:00 Lock down your aerial
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00:30 - More Greggs, theme park aficionados, Garrett’s Scandinavian and Italian adventures
19:40 - Inside Out 2
23:03 - Furiosa
28:30 - Deadpool & Wolverine (spoilers a-plenty)
47:15 - Extended RDJ/Doctor Doom chatter
50:10 - Flock
55:00 - Dungeons Of Hinterberg
1:08:35 - A year of good games, not great games
1:10:45 - Balatro
1:17:55 - Thank Goodness You’re Here!
1:22:15 - Game Informer shut down by GameStop
1:34:55 - Destiny developer Bungie lays off 220 staff
1:46:47 - Steam improves how demos "appear and behave" in your library and on the Steam store
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00:30 Dentistry, Greggs and Chip Shops
18:45 West Wing and modern political relevance
26:20 Thelma and Louise is not Thelma
28:05 Hans Zimmer
31:30 Thelma (actually)
37:15 Jason Momoa has been in some random shit
39:35 Deadpool vs Wolverine (Spoiler Free)
57:15 RDJ is unveiled at Comic Con debate
1:18:00 Jack is left spinning on his game
1:19:10 Dave never tackled Cuphead DLC, attempts to and video game stats
1:30:25 Humble Games publishing job losses
1:32:45 Netflix Bioshock film updates
1:37:40 Video games VO actors vote to strike and AI implications
1:43:10 New episode of Psychodyssey available
1:48:35 Internazionalestellar
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00:30 Jack is excited about Hurling
05:25 Escape Rooms
11:15 Crystal Maze
14:25 Gameshows we'd want to be on
19:15 Who's Line Is It Anyway and Youtube algorithm
27:30 Pitch Perfect and acapella
30:25 Long Legs and horror movie reactions
49:45 The Boys
1:05:30 Quick burial of The Acolyte episode 8
1:08:30 Fly Me to the Moon
1:16:00 Despicable Me 4
1:16:50 Deadpool promo and Hot Ones
1:19:15 RIP to The D
1:20:40 Shadow of the Erdtree
1:32:30 NYT Games App
1:39:00 Framed
1:44:30 Microsoft Solitaire App and old puzzle men
1:49:45 Dave and Jack marry and buy a crazy golf course
1:52:30 Balatro, game of the year and Garrett in the woods
1:55:00 Accent trouble
1:57:50 Bethesda unionising
2:02:10 Neather Realm Layoffs
2:07:55 Bioshock 4 screenshot leak
2:13:05 Let me play among the stars...
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00:30 Talking about Mark's experiences at Develop:Brighton
19:25 Mini Rant about Acolyte episode 7
26:10 The Bikeriders
33:25 Sean Seanson's Capcom PS1 video
42:45 House Flipper 2
44:30 Conor McGregor Elusive Target
50:45 Mark re-delves into Neon White
59:55 Gamepass prices to rise by up to 25%
1:10:25 Techland making most roles "office-based"
1:25:50 Game no longer accepting pre-orders for games in store
1:41:40 My soul, so cynical...
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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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