Metroid Prime 4 Review, 2025's Best Game Music
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🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 150 minutes
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Guest host Kyle Bosman completes his trilogy of episodes with a discussion on the incredibly long-awaited Metroid Prime 4 with Kyle Hilliard! Then they team up with Jacob Geller, Charles Harte, and Leo Vader to listen to a wide variety of the most incredible game music of the year. After some fun community questions, we reveal the episode's Twerp, and it's not who you think...
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:59 - Metroid Prime 4
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00:32:06 - Sektori
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00:45:47 - Best Game Music Of 2025
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01:50:58 - Community Questions
02:16:50 - Get A Load Of This
02:26:40 - Who was the Twerp?
Jacob's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/kzxcellent.live/post/3m72cm4q6zk2t
Kyle H's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/natcassidy.bsky.social/post/3luq57thhns24
Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/lena.fyi/post/3m742gc7mqk2k
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-quitting-spotify
Leo's GALOT: https://skyway.run
Charles' GALOT - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPOpFUIjQCg/?igsh=M3Fqc2t6N3Z2N3p5
Here's a list of every song played in this episode...
Asphalt Maelstrom - Death Stranding 2 - https://youtu.be/55A-x4gQxLQ?si=gcX5xsRayYdz_chJ
Sleeping In - Unbeatable - https://youtu.be/6yA6GlA1xxw?si=rbXH8190CjQqC3p7
Cogwork Dancers - Silksong- https://youtu.be/igY6vEBu26U?si=I1kOtYD07Zg0QdZV
Liminal X Desert - Ball X Pit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l5UOHQP2us
Westwardly Winds - Blue Prince - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOXryhnBCkY
Main Theme - Battle Suit Aces - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUdScVEMOM8
Sableye’s Twisty Tracks - Pokémon Friends OST - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s30jRXZKcC8
The Final Fire - The Midnight Walk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3rW4gfUObc
Katamari Time! - Once Upon A KATAMARI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns6wGXBFkYc
Arkveld Theme - Monster Hunter Wilds - https://youtu.be/Z9UfWaRW3vo?si=saJdSct_knp8mzZM
Villain of Love - Wheel World - https://youtu.be/IeL8ojYJCaI?si=1BnNKC44Vrh5jUTN
Mayoi Uta - Silent Hill F - https://youtu.be/WTjpgL3XKcM?si=QLHtoxvuTptxXqff
Title Theme - Mario Kart World - https://youtu.be/RFBeX-6whxE?si=pPWTVu2JgCOMshBb
Nina Pasadena - Skin Deep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjU1pBTUg4\&t=1060s
Sweepin' Up - Promise Mascot Agency - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-brcXrrUM
Alicia - Clair Obscur - https://youtu.be/3Hv8mOIuhWg?si=ONFI4XMssiqvA6sX
Monoco - Clair Obscur - https://youtu.be/TcEdif_2PNY?si=PLj5hmyTkl23WU66
Final boss fight theme [the video version here does have spoilers because it is just footage of the final fight, so heads up there] - Clair Obscur - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I624BxZ-c1c\&t=963s
Forbidden Layer - Donkey Kong Bananza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBp1S7jNlEc
Planet Core: Mine Cart Ride Theme - Donkey Kong Bananza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2xsnM3j3ns
Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eswF1PYZVC8
Ballad - Keep Driving - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqhcTVI_qVE
Dog In The Sun - Keep Driving - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTMITRMbnzM
0700 - Keep Driving - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cchkXiUDHgw
Raise Up Your Bat - Deltarune - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85WD93lz5GU
Dethraxx Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRGEo9UDHIo
Final Boss Theme - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy - [https://www.reddit.com/r/LastDefenseAcademy/comments/1lslyd9/oh_my_god_this_music_spoilers_for_the_final_boss/](
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Midmax show, the undisputed champion of games, friends, and getting better. |
| 0:26.0 | Today we are joined by special guest Charles Hart. |
| 0:29.5 | Hello, I'm an undisputed guest. |
| 0:32.8 | I couldn't dispute it. |
| 0:34.1 | Jacob Geller. |
| 0:35.6 | It's the musical episode. |
| 0:38.5 | Kyle Hilliard. |
| 0:40.2 | And it really reminds me of that two broke girls episode. |
| 0:43.7 | You know what I'm talking about, Bossman? |
| 0:46.0 | The musical episode of two broke girls? |
| 0:47.9 | Yeah, where they were like, |
| 0:49.1 | no further cupcakes or something. |
| 0:51.1 | Yeah, that one is famous. |
| 0:52.1 | I definitely watched that show a lot for sure. |
| 0:54.7 | Watched a full episode of that at once a point in my life. |
| 0:58.0 | We are, of course, joined by DJ Leo Vader. |
| 1:02.4 | I have to do the beatboxing because it won't come through Discord for anybody else. |
| 1:05.4 | Since my mic's local, I can do all the beatboxing. |
| 1:07.3 | And for the last time in the year 2025, I am your substitute host, Kyle Bossman. |
| 1:13.8 | Thank you. Ben Hansen is, of course, on paternity leave. For just two more weeks, |
| 1:19.8 | just this week, next week, and then he's back. For a game of the year. But only for a little time, |
| 1:24.7 | and then he'll get to spend more time with his child. We're not, we're not ripping him. |
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