Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

It's that time of year! Against our better interests, we decided to hash out our collective top five video games of 2025. The fact that it was so hard to do proves what an amazing year for video games this was. Leave your favorite games in the comments below! Enjoy!

GAMES DISCUSSED: Atomfall, Ball X Pit, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Claur Oscure: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Dispatch, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Ghost of Yotei, Hades II, Hell is Us, Is This Seat Taken?, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, PokePath Tower Defense, Skate Story, South of Midnight, Split Fiction, Sword of the Sea, The Alters, The Midnight Walk, The Outer Worlds 2

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select (00:05:50) The Long List (01:32:35) The Short List (01:50:28) The Top 5 (02:13:00) Join Our Party!

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Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

In this episode, we're trying to play as many games as we can before our 2025 Game of the Year deliberations begin later in December. The Outer Worlds 2 may come up again but Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 definitely will not. We also talk some random retro game bullsh*t before looking ahead to 2026 and calling out some of our most anticipated games. Some of them even have release dates!

CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select (00:01:46) Quick Question (00:10:44) Episode Agenda (00:12:29) What's Up? (00:20:48) November Game Select: The Outer Worlds 2 (00:50:01) Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (00:57:55) Dragon Quest 1 Remake (01:03:55) Pokemon Z-A (01:07:56) Kyle's Random Bullsh*t Block (01:23:21) Cody's Random Bullsh*t Block (01:37:26) The Game Awards Predictions (01:49:09) 2026 Most Anticipated Games (02:08:59) Fantasy Critic Update (02:11:41) Playlist Side Quests* (02:29:36) Emails (02:55:50) December Game Releases (03:03:24) Party Select December Content Schedule (03:06:49) Join Our Party

*Games Mentioned: Ball X Pit, Herdling, Tiny Terraces, Bersek B.I.T.S., Powerwash Simulator 2, Deconstruction Simulator, My Wife Threw Out My Card Collection (So I Bought a Dump to Find Them All), Supermarket Simulator

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Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

In this episode, Ghost of Yōtei and Pokémon Legends: Z-A face off in a very unfair battle. We also catch up on some of the biggest indie releases of the last month in Dispatch and Ball x Pit. Battlefield 6's single player campaign is certainly one of the shooter campaigns of all time. Halo is coming to PS5 and Xbox is so weird now. Plus, some Game of the Year chat, fantasy critic catch-up, November game releases to keep your eye on, and other video game stuff!

CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select (00:00:55) Quick Question (00:09:01) What's Up? (00:22:47) Episode Agenda (00:25:40) October Game Select: Pokémon Legends: Z-A (00:58:07) Ghost of Yōtei (01:22:13) Ball X Pit (01:36:50) Dispatch (01:49:30) Battlefield 6 (01:57:01) Halo News (02:08:56) Game of the Year Process (02:22:59) Fantasy Critic Update (02:30:55) Playlist Side Quests (02:33:29) November Game Releases (02:41:32) November Game Select Reveal (02:45:39) Party Select November Schedule (02:49:16) Join Our Party

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Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff.

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