S1E65 - 2025 Game of the Year [Part 2] Best Narrative, Best Puzzle, Best Creatively Cozy, and More! (Episode 65)

About this episode

The crew wraps up their 2025 Game of the Year series by debating various award categories and revealing their Top 10 Games of 2025.

This week, the crew wraps up their 2025 Game of the Year series by debating a variety of award categories. Stay tuned until the end of the episode for the reveal of the Crossplay Conversations Top 10 Games of 2025! Find Timestamps for this Episode Below: 0:00 - Intro 2:50 - The Luke Lewis Chill Out With a Coffee on a Rainy Weekend Afternoon Award 25:11 - Hooper’s Puzzle Paradise Award 41:51 - Claire’s Creatively Cozy Award 57:40 - Best Music 1:12:05 - Best Visuals Technical 1:30:52 - Best Visual Art Direction 1:36:59 - Spoilers: The Drifter 1:37:45 - End of Spoilers: The Drifter 1:42:35 - Best Narrative 2:00:15 - Our Top 10 Games of 2025 Reveal Video 2:15:51 - Outro Find us on BlueSky for show updates and more: Podcast: @crossplayconvos.bsky.social Jacob: @jacob.bsky.social Luke: @lukewarmlewis.bsky.social Claire: @clairebearrose.bsky.social Joseph: @th3hoopman.bsky.social CantPause on Instagram Check out our other shows: Player Player Podcast Left Behind Game Club The LukeWarmGames Podcast Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast Video Game Trivia

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Lewis, Joseph Hooper, Jacob McCourt

Topics covered

• Game of the Year
• Video Game Awards
• Narrative
• Puzzle Games
• Cozy Games
• Top 10 Games

Keywords

• Game of the Year
• 2025
• Best Narrative
• Best Puzzle
• Best Creatively Cozy
• Top 10 Games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crossplay Conversations

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