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Today's episode contains discussions of some of the biggest games of the year,

but we really won't be getting into any spoilers.

Yeah. Hello, my name's Abo.

And I'm Aaron.

And welcome back to X-ray Vision, the podcast where we dive deep into your favorite shows, movies, comics, and pop culture.

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And in today's episode, we're getting into the 2025 Game Awards.

We're going to start off talking about the game of the year, and we'll make our predictions for what we think is going to take home the title. Then we're going to get into a couple of the other awards, the notable ones that we really want to talk about. And finally, we'll hit some snubs. You know, what do we think didn't get nominated or didn't get nominated enough? But first, Aaron, let's just jump right in and talk about the big award of the night. The Game of the Year!

Here are the nominees, in case you don't know, dear listener.

Clear, obscure, Expedition 33,

Death Stranding 2 on the beach, Donkey Kong Bonanza,

Hades 2, Hollow Night Silk Song,

and finally, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.

Those are our nominees for Game of the Year 2025.

And I think between the two of us, Aaron, we've played almost all of these.

Yeah, almost all of them, yeah.

I think the ones that stand out to me are Death Straining 2.

I haven't gotten around to playing yet.

I loved, loved, loved, loved, death straining one. Very excited for two. And I haven't played a hollow night silk song because I'm

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