{"id":37567,"date":"2025-05-30T21:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T01:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=37567"},"modified":"2025-05-30T21:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T01:00:36","slug":"the-best-indies-of-pax-east-2025-the-players-club-podcast-episode-154","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=37567","title":{"rendered":"The Best Indies of PAX East 2025 | The Player&#8217;s Club Podcast Episode 154"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome back to the Club!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, Graydon joins Al and Emmett to talk about the best games of PAX East 2025. Graydon saw a lot of cool indies, and at least one exciting AAA game as well, and he spends the entire episode telling us all about them. Plus, we talk about the Giant Bomb revival and get into some other random shenanigans as well. 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