{"id":34746,"date":"2025-02-12T18:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=34746"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:42:23","slug":"vgu-tv-goty-2024-part-3-best-character-best-debut-most-fun-most-wholesome-better-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=34746","title":{"rendered":"VGU.TV GOTY 2024 Part 3: Best Character, Best Debut, Most Fun, Most Wholesome, &amp; Better Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome back to the club, for the first time in 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s right, we\u2019re back after taking January off. Well, that\u2019s not quite true, because that entire time we\u2019ve been recording these Game of The Year deliberations! 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