Ep 94. 2025 Year In Review: The Shows, Games & Films Actually Worth Your Time

Why 2025 proved gaming matters more than ever and the shows that reminded us what great storytelling looks like.

In this conversation, also available on YouTube (https://youtu.be/8XgCmQOtb2w?si=o4qIDtZTglgW9EW-) Russell Binder and I reveal:

➡️ Why Severance was 2025’s most relevant show

➡️ The game that made us forget about GTA 6 (for five minutes)

➡️ Netflix’s $83 billion Warner Bros acquisition and what it means for the future of entertainment

➡️ How Slow Horses became the show everyone should watch

➡️ The Last of Us, Fallout and why video game adaptations work

➡️ Jake Paul vs. AJ - Boxing’s credibility crisis?

➡️ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 & The Years Best

➡️ 2026 And What We’re Actually Excited About.

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TIMESTAMPED CHAPTERS:

00:00 Year-End Reflections 2025

00:25 The TV Shows That Earned Your Time

02:47 Films That Stuck With Us (And Why)

08:22 Netflix’s Empire Building & The Streaming Wars

11:49 Boxing, Jake Paul & Sports as Spectacle

15:34 Gaming’s Defining Moments of 2025

19:02 The Podcasts & Books Worth Your Attention

22:14 2026 Preview: What We’re Actually Excited About

26:33 Final Thoughts: Why Stories Still Matter

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FEATURED SHOWS & GAMES:

📺 Slow Horses • Severance • The Last of Us • SAS Rogue Heroes

🎮 Kingdom Come Deliverance II • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 • Hollow Knight • Planet of Lana • NBA 2K • PGA Golf • Mafia: Old Country • Wanderstop

🎬 Masters Of The Universe • Street Fighter • 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

🔮 Coming in 2026: Judas • GTA 6

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💬 Drop a comment: What was YOUR moment of 2025? The show, game, or film that you can’t stop thinking about? And what you’re most looking forward to in 2026.

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2025 reminded us that great storytelling transcends medium. Whether it’s Slow Horses proving spy thrillers can be character studies, Kingdom Come Deliverance II showing historical games can be art and some of the best storytelling ever in games, or how Netflix is reshaping the entire entertainment landscape with aggressive acquisitions, this year challenged our assumptions about what entertainment can be. This conversation explores why certain games, shows, and films broke through when most content disappeared into the algorithmic void and what that tells us about where entertainment is heading in 2026. Enjoy

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