Does This Even Make Sense? - The Game Awards 2025 Predictions
Release Date: 11/21/2025
The State of PlayStation
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PlayStations February 2026 State of Play happened, and we have THOUGHTS! We breakdown every game shown, give our overall thoughts, and talk about PlayStation as a whole. What did you think? Timecodes 2:55 - Overall thoughts 26:45 - Everything announced All games shown: Kena Scars of Kosmora Ghost of Yotei Legends Death Stranding 2 on the beach PC Four Loop Pragmata Resident Evil 9 Legacy of Kain Defiance Brigandine Abyss Dead or Alive 6 LAST ROUND New Dead or Alive in development Control Resonant Crimson Moon Beast of Reincarnation Rayman: 30th anniversary edition Mina The Hollower Neva:...
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Boss Fight: Video Game Trivia
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The goal is simple: take down The Boss in a video game trivia battle. If you'd like to watch the YouTube version for round 2's visuals, the link! Episode 1's Boss: JakeTwitchin Challengers: Brian, Kayla, Josh, Kamen, Jerica, Cog This is from our In Person 1-year anniversary 12-hour livestream! Shoutout to our community member NoahC92 for creating Boss Fight! Timecodes Round 1 - 5:08 Round 2 - 17:00 Round 3 - 27:10 Drop-In Drop-Out brings together a mix of passionate gamers for an open and engaging conversation about video games. We share our takes on the latest releases, revisit old...
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Does Horizon Hunters Gathering Even Have a Chance?
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Jake Jerica and Cog gather here before you to discuss a very busy day of gaming news and announcements! A Baldur's Gate 3 TV series with Craig Mazin moving forward at HBO, a live-service Horizon game that no one asked for, and a slew of new stuff from a Nintendo Direct! 0:00 Intro 3:36 Baldur's Gate 3 TV adaption on HBO 19:18 Horizon Hunters Gathering 49:09 Nintendo Partner Direct Nintendo Direct games covered: Orbitals Paranormasight 2 Captain Tsubasa 2 Tokyo Scramble Valheim Hollow Knight S2 Edition eFootball Kick-Off Adventures of Elliot Super Bomberman Collection FF7 Rebirth Pragmata...
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2026 Fantasy Draft IN PERSON
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To kick off our 1-year anniversary IN PERSON stream, we had to start with 2026 Fantasy Critic! If you don't know what Fantasy Critic is, we each pick video games expected to come out this calendar year to earn points based on their review aggregate on Open Critic. You can view our league . Timecodes 0:45 - 2025 recap 1:40 - rules and pick order 9:35 - picks start 19:30 - 2nd round 25:44 - 3rd round 30:40 - 4th round 36:01 - 5th round 47:06 - counter picks Drop-In Drop-Out brings together a mix of passionate gamers for an open and engaging conversation about video games. We share our...
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Experiencing Final Fantasy 7 for the FIRST TIME
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Twitch/Youtube SUPERSTAR Shea_Noelle joins Jake to talk all about her first experience with Final Fantasy in the form of Final Fantasy VII Remake. We talk spoilers for ONLY Final Fantasy VII Remake and Intergrade/Intermission. Rebirth soon?! Stay tuned! 0:00 Intro 4:28 Final Fantasy VII Remake discussion 1:34:25 Final Fantasy VII Episode Intermission 1:46:05 Shea's Final Fantasy future 1:51:47 Outro Drop-In Drop-Out brings together a mix of passionate gamers for an open and engaging conversation about video games. We share our takes on the latest releases, revisit old favorites,...
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FABLE REVEAL HYPE - Is This Xbox's First Game of the Year??
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Xbox hosted another Developer_Direct, showcasing Forza Horizon 6, Beast of Reincarnation, KILN, and Fable. Patrick, Jerica and Jake breakdown each of the games, AND go deep down the rabbit hole on the Fable franchise as a whole. Timecodes 9:00 - Developer_Direct overall thoughts 16:32 - Forza Horizon 6 26:00 - Beast of Reincarnation 31:48 - Kiln 46:22 - Fable 1:02:35 - Fable franchise conversation Drop-In Drop-Out brings together a mix of passionate gamers for an open and engaging conversation about video games. We share our takes on the latest releases, revisit old favorites, and...
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Earliest Gaming Memories
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What are your earliest gaming memories? This week, Patrick, Kayla, and Jake go full nostalgia and talk about the beginning of games for them - from CD-ROMs to Atari joysticks. Timecodes 4:44 - Main topic 24:16 - SNES/Barbie 29:17 - Detective games 35:20 - Demo discs 41:00 - Games you couldn’t figure out 46:00 - PlayStation 49:37 - Star Wars 51:40 - Sega 53:30 - Sonic and knuckles 1:05:40 - Gameboy / GameCube 1:07:00 - Pokémon power 1:21:50 - Launch day games/consoles 1:26:00 - Couch co op 1:30:15 - Xbox 1:35:00 - Gamefaqs/strategy guides 1:39:00 - Strat...
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The Best Winter Video Games
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What are the 10 best winter video games? Well, let's just say, there are more games to choose from then you think. Patrick, Cognitive Clips and the Dumpster Boy, with the help of chat, decide the best winter levels, courses, or just overall video games. Let us know what we missed! Timecodes Beginning of episode - 0:00 Building the list - 7:05 Whittling down the list - 55:05 Ordering the top 10 - 1:19:58 Drop-In Drop-Out brings together a mix of passionate gamers for an open and engaging conversation about video games. We share our takes on the latest releases, revisit old favorites, and...
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The 10 Best Games of 2025
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What is Drop-In Drop-Out's Game of the Year for 2025? Well let's figure it out! All of us combined our top 10 games of 2025 into one list to decide our collective top 10 Timecodes 5:11 - Housekeeping 10:11 Rules 11:53 Kamen's top 10 games of 2025 14:26 - Predictions of the top 10 17:26 - Number 10 23:00 - Number 9 25: 37 - Number 8 28:14 - Number 7 32:22 - Number 6 36:53 - Number 5 47:21 - Number 4 55:28 - Audience GOTY 59:28 - Number 3 1:06:22 - Number 2 1:13:03 - Number 1 1:25:01 - Fun facts about our lists 1:29:11 - Personal top 10's Drop-In Drop-Out brings together...
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The INNYs Video Game Awards Show
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Step aside Geoff Keighley, there's a new awards show in town! We present the first annual INNYs, where we decide what was "In" this year in video games! What categories should we include next year? Timecodes 0:00 Intro 5:12 Biggest Disappointment 16:05 Most universally loved game 25:19 Best hunk 34:00 Best babe 43:15 Screenshot of the Year 48:30 Best Box Art 52:27 Best little guy 57:36 Best goblin mode game 1:03:40 best game we haven’t played 1:09:16 most anticipated 1:11:55 sex of the year 1:15:44 most depressing news 1:19:58 most uplifting news 1:21:49 best map 1:27:43 Nintendo...
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Timecodes 0:00:00 - Intro
0:08:22 - Overall impressions
0:15:50 - Most anticipated game
0:18:40 - Best adaptation
0:23:00 - Best multiplayer
0:28:07 - Best sports/ racing
0:32:05 - Best sim/ strategy
0:34:50 - Best family game
0:38:38 - Best fighting game
0:41:45 - Best RPG
0:46:00 - Best action/ adventure game
0:51:16 - Best action game
0:54:03 - Best VR/ AR game
0:56:24 - Best mobile game
0:58:25 - Best debut indie
1:02:42 - Best independent game
1:03:00 - Does The Game Awards get these categories wrong??
1:09:07 - Best community support
1:13:23 - Best ongoing game
1:15:47 - Games for impact
1:18:50 - Innovation in accessibility
1:19:43 - Best performance
1:25:28 - Best audio design
1:27:54 - Best score/ music
1:32:57 - Best art direction
1:37:12 - Best narrative
1:40:10 - Best game direction
1:41:34 - Game of the year
1:45:23 - Outro
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