The Besties game of the year 2025 is...
They said it wasn’t possible. A “best game” in the year of too many video games… how could one be chosen? They underestimated the powers of the world’s best friends to pick the world’s best game.
Today, The Besties pick The Besty of 2025.
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This week on The Besties Bonus Patreon: The second annual Resties Awards is now available! You know the best game of the year. Now enjoy our bonus award program that hands out supleratives to our favorite (and least favorite) corners of video game culture.
What are your Top 5 games of the year?We’d love to hear about them in the comments!
The final bracket:Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 vs. Blippo+
Silksong vs. Absolum
Death Stranding 2 vs. Indiana Jones
Baby Steps vs. Sektori
Drop them in the comments! We aren’t able to respond to every question, but we read all of them and answer some in episodes!
What 2025 taught us about video gamesFor this episode, Plante chatted with Phil Salvador from the Video Game History Foundation. The VGHF has preserved the Sega Channel, the 1990s predecessor to PlayStation Now and Xbox Game Pass. How the hell do archivists preserve such a thing? Listen to find out!
Post Games is now available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS. Patreon subscribers get early access, weekly bonus segments, and monthly exclusive episodes.
Next week on The Besties:On next week’s The Besties: The members of the Patreon have selected a bonus bracket to share with everyone on the main feed. The best bathroom games! We’ll return to brand new Besties releases on January 9th, 2026!
Bonus links:The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder (YouTube)
Toad Lang Syne (a virtual Toad Choir) (Louie Zong)
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They said it wasn’t possible. A “best game” in the year of too many video games… how could one be chosen? They underestimated the powers of the world’s best friends to pick the world’s best game.
Today, The Besties pick The Besty of 2025.
Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
Like the show? Leave a review!
This week on The Besties Bonus Patreon: The second annual Resties Awards is now available! You know the best game of the year. Now enjoy our bonus award program that hands out supleratives to our favorite (and least favorite) corners of video game culture.
What are your Top 5 games of the year?We’d love to hear about them in the comments!
The final bracket:Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 vs. Blippo+
Silksong vs. Absolum
Death Stranding 2 vs. Indiana Jones
Baby Steps vs. Sektori
Drop them in the comments! We aren’t able to respond to every question, but we read all of them and answer some in episodes!
What 2025 taught us about video gamesFor this episode, Plante chatted with Phil Salvador from the Video Game History Foundation. The VGHF has preserved the Sega Channel, the 1990s predecessor to PlayStation Now and Xbox Game Pass. How the hell do archivists preserve such a thing? Listen to find out!
Post Games is now available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS. Patreon subscribers get early access, weekly bonus segments, and monthly exclusive episodes.
Next week on The Besties:On next week’s The Besties: The members of the Patreon have selected a bonus bracket to share with everyone on the main feed. The best bathroom games! We’ll return to brand new Besties releases on January 9th, 2026!
Bonus links:The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder (YouTube)
Toad Lang Syne (a virtual Toad Choir) (Louie Zong)
Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
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