New year, same club.

Welcome back to The Player’s Club Podcast!

It’s been a while, but we haven’t been doing nothing all this time. Al, Graydon, Emmett, and Josh have all gotten back together to talk about the best games they played in 2025. There are 4 whole days of deliberations, so let’s get into some spoilers with this third episode! Day three includes the following categories: Best Character, Best Ensemble, Best Performance, and Best Moment.

You can listen to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pocket Casts, on this article, and more!

• Timestamps:
  • 00:00 Start
  • Best Character    00:07:21:25                              
  • Best Ensemble    00:48:40:07                              
  • Best Performance    01:14:39:20                              
  • Best Moment    01:34:20:19                              
  • Shooty Shooty Spoilers!    01:36:07:19                              
  • Shooty Shooty Spoilers End    01:38:30:19                              
  • Despelote Spoilers    01:46:34:14                              
  • Despelote Spoilers End    01:53:21:23                              
  • Lost Records Spoilers    01:56:12:00                              
  • Lost Records Spoilers End    02:02:55:17                              
  • Clair Obscur Spoilers    02:07:30:16                              
  • Clair Obscur Spoilers End    02:24:46:22                              
  • Pokémon Z-A Spoilers    02:26:21:00                              
  • Pokémon Z-A Spoilers End    02:33:03:17
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• Housekeeping:
  • Darwin Paradox | VGU Test Drive
  • Malibu Bikini Volleyball l Game Olympics
  • The Player’s Club Podcast Special: Black Jeopardy 2026 – VGU.TV
  • The 25 Best Video Essays of 2025 – VGU.TV
  • Emmett’s 2026 Gaming Resolutions – VGU.TV 

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