ZEN 199 (Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast) 2025 Game Awards Nominations Discussion

Episode 199 has Jeremy, Stephen, Chase, & Chris talking about the 2025 Game Award nominations, our personal picks, thoughts about the nominees, Netflix buying Warner Bros, Micron leaves the consumer memory market, & more!

Our "Big Question" for this week is "With the sad run of companies buying up others to make mega corporations that will offer worse games & entertainment for more money with less options, what is a company or IP that you would hate to see gobbled up & ruined?"

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Chris -

He's around...

Intro 00:00
What We've Been Doing 01:24
The Group Chat - Recent Pickups! 23:41
Netflix is Buying Warner Bros for $82.7 Billion 36:39
Micron is Leaving the Consumer Memory Market 43:48
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Multiplayer 48:47
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Sports / Racing 52:29
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Sim / Strategy 55:38
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Family 58:29
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Fighting 1:01:10
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best RPG 1:05:25
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Action / Adventure 1:09:53
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Action Game 1:14:56
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Debut Indie Game 1:18:05
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Independent Game 1:22:44
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Community Support 1:29:07
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Ongoing 1:35:30
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Performance 1:39:55
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Audio Design 1:48:16
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Score & Music 1:51:34
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Art Direction 1:57:01
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Narrative 2:01:30
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Best Game Direction 2:10:45
The Game Award Nominations 2025 - Game of the Year 2:14:19
The Speedrun 2:23:20
The Big Question 2:32:12
Outro & Where to Find Us 2:41:18
Credits & Info 2:45:19