Tis the season! It’s game of the year time, and that means it’s time to debate the best, the worst, and the weird that made 2025! Across multiple episodes, the bros discuss some of their favorite games this year among numerous categories, with it all leading up to the top 10 games of the year.
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Day 1 – 0:00
Best Game on the Go– 9:28
Best game that kept us entertained on the road, cause we’re basically all iPad kids now.
Best Boss Fight – 37:55
There can only be one ‘Big Boss’.
Game I’ll Never Touch Again– 1:09:30
Stick a fork in it, we’re done.
Stick with us. Day 2 is out tomorrow!
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Nick and Josh sit down for a quick episode to determine who won The Game Awards competition and to pick the January Book Club Game. Sorry the episode is so short folks, we’re in the middle of recording our Game of the Year Episodes.
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Nick and Josh predict the winners of The Game Awards. Josh explains the difference between a Mega Man X and a Mega Man Zero. Nick has played Horses and it left him saying “what the hey?” about all this censorship.
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Josh is checking out Lost Soul Aside and he’s just ok with it. Nick is finally in act 3 of Hollow Knight: Silksong. Someone escaped Tarkov? Finally, Nick and Josh pick the categories for this year’s Game of the Year.
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Josh is suffering through Blue Prince, Clair Obscur gets all the Joysticks, and Nick thinks all you sickos should leave Invisgal alone.
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David from Gimmicks and Fear Coded has returned to talk Pokémon Z-A, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Uninvited. Nick made a poor parenting choice with Death Stranding 2 and is still working his way through Silksong. Josh has still not beaten Simon (Just cheese it already dude). This a long, rant filled episode, enjoy.
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Nick investigates his brother’s feet to get down to an expert diagnosis. Josh is going through Expedition 33 New Game+ and getting spanked by Simon. Nick is through the first act of SIlksong and is loving it. The bros then read some of your gaming hot takes and tell you why you’re wrong.
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Josh finally finished Clair Obscur, so we had to talk about it.
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Nick and Josh are back to finish the Robocop bookclub. Josh has also finished act 2 of Clair Obscur (Spoiler Warning). The bros also share a touching memory about their friend, Ricardo.
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Josh has finally reached the end of act 1 in Clair Obscur and he is in pain. SPOILERS ahead. Nick has a PS5 now and he’s got some thoughts on Astro’s Playroom. Robocop: Rogue City Book Club continues with gentrification, , police pensions, and an obnoxious boss fight.
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Nick is addicted to Ball X Pit, a concoction from the sick mind behind Mr. Sun’s Hatbox. Josh has restarted Expedition 33 and still has no idea about the end of act 1 (the poor child). The bros then get into the second week of Robocop: Rogue City book club, where they explore the tech takeover of the police force and the unpredictability from the machines, that are supposed to be a source of predictability.
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Nick gives his latest thoughts on Hauntii. Josh shares his latest physical media haul. The bros then finish up with the first week of Robocop: Rogue City Book club and wouldn’t you know it; Josh has already 100 precented the game…
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Josh shares his thoughts from the second weekend of the Battlefield 6 Open Beta. Nick feels like all the wheels aren’t spinning in Wheel World. The bros look at some new game announcements from the opening night of Gamescom. Finally the bros reveal the Book Club Game of September, which YOU VOTED ON.
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Josh shares his early thoughts from the first weekend of the Battlefield 6 Open Beta. Nick is liking the new season of Fortnite, even if it is just a bit too much like Helldivers 2. Finally the bros pick out their contenders for Book Club Game of September, which you can vote on here: https://bsky.app/profile/smashinggametime.bsky.social/post/3lwax6dguoc23
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Nick and Josh return after recovering from GOTYSO. Nick shares how annoying it is to talk about Clair Obscur on Reddit. Josh bought more physical games, and finally the bros catch up on all the news they missed.
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Nick is solo this week and ranking all 10 episodes of Rank and Morty season 8.
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With the dust settling on GOTYSO, the bros sat down and tiered out some Sony IP.
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With the dust settling on GOTYSO, the bros sat down and tiered out some Microsoft IP.
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Why wait to recap everything in December? We debate the best, the worst, and the weird that made up the first half of 2025! Across multiple episodes, the bros discuss some of their favorite games so far among numerous categories, with it all leading up to the top 10 games of the year…so far.
GOTYSO!
Day 5:
WARNING – THERE WILL BE SPOILERS – TREAD LIGHTLY
Intro - 0:00
GAME OF THE DECADE SO FAR – 10:15
Ranking the top 20 games of the 2020s.
Thanks for hanging out with us all week!
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Fuck the Algorithm! Tell a friend if you enjoy the show!
Why wait to recap everything in December? We debate the best, the worst, and the weird that made up the first half of 2025! Across multiple episodes, the bros discuss some of their favorite games so far among numerous categories, with it all leading up to the top 10 games of the year…so far.
GOTYSO!
Day 4:
WARNING – THERE WILL BE SPOILERS – TREAD LIGHTLY
Intro - 0:00
Recap - 00:48
Game of the Year So Far – 04:30
The big one!
Stick with us. Day 5 is out on Friday!
Our intro/outro theme is Donut by Lukrembo.
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