2026 is going to be an absolute huge year for videogames | Friends Per Second #86

Jan 18, 2026

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro & Catch Up

15:36 Jake's Been Playing the Avatar Frontiers of Pandora DLC

17:15 Jake's Been Playing Hytale

25:48 Ralph's Been Playing Hollow Knight Silksong

37:26 Raycon (ad)

40:28 Hello Fresh (ad)

43:42 Movie and Book Recommendations

54:36 Lucy's Been Playing Demos from the Steam Detective Fest

01:00:49 Games We're Excited for in 2026

01:36:39 Turtle Beach (ad)

01:39:22 The Pets Table (ad)

01:41:29 Show and Tell

01:58:19 Wrap Up

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Let's meet our hosts!

- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino

- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.

- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.

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