About this episode
The episode discusses the nominees for the Best Surprise Podcast category in the Gimmick Awards 2025.
There are bad surprises in this world. A lot of them. We are not celebrating those! They don't get their own category, at least this year. Let's talk GOOD surprises. The Nominees Are: Apocalypse Hotel of the Devil Donkey Kong Bananza High School Musical 2 Hollow Knight Silksong Kasane to Subaru Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's Mini Healer Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire The Red Ranger Becomes An Adventurer in Another World Sonic x Shadow Generations They Were Eleven Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection Our intro and outro music for the Gimmick Awards 2025 is Lay back by Kazuki Kaneko, and our art is a commission from GOMA on Bluesky.
Topics covered
- awards
- podcast
- surprises
- video games
- nominations
Keywords
- Gimmick Awards
- Best Surprise Podcast
- video games
- nominations
- surprises
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: GOMA
Books & works: Apocalypse Hotel, Donkey Kong Bananza, High School Musical 2, Hollow Knight Silksong, Kasane to Subaru, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's, Mini Healer, Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire, The Red Ranger Becomes An Adventurer in Another World, Sonic x Shadow Generations
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