Ep. 428 - Even More Games of the Year 2025

Editor Esper Quinn joins Ash and Brandon to cover the rest of 2025’s best games. Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with Ash Parrish and Esper Quinn. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Demonschool 1: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (02:28) Dynasty Warriors: Origins The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Hyrule Warriors series Linkle Vampire Survivors 2: Soulstone Survivors (05:38) 3: Let Them Come: Onslaught (06:21) 4: Vital Shell (06:38) 5: to a T (07:39) Keita Takahashi Despelote Perfect Tides: Station to Station 6: Ball x Pit (10:49) Arkanoid 7: Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (16:20) Blasphemous Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Insert Credit Gaiden #14 - Arcadevania, with Ben Fiquet 8: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (18:11) Blasphemous 9: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (19:46) Fire Emblem series Advance Wars series Triangle Strategy Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT series Yasumi Matsuno Ogre Battle Tactics Ogre Final Fantasy Tactics Vagrant Story Final Fantasy XII Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Jeanne d’Arc Disgaea series 10: Terminator 2D: No Fate (25:20) Xeno Crisis The Phantom The Phantom (1996) Macaw45 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Judge Dredd Metal Slug series 11: Blade Chimera (29:03) Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth 12: Squeakross: Home Squeak Home (31:32) Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Jerma Streams - Squeakross: Home Squeak Home 13: Unbeatable (34:45) 14: Ambrosia Sky: Act One (37:06) PowerWash Simulator 15: Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To (38:54) Lofi Girl 16: Skin Deep (41:27) Laura Michet 17: Angeline Era (44:43) Ys series Earthbound 18: Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. (47:39) Tekken series Hades II 19: Birdcage (51:24) Doom: The Dark Ages Radiant Silvergun Sōkyūgurentai Ikaruga 20: JAIL DICE: Roll to Break (53:17) Devil Dice 21: Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™ (56:54) The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Magic: The Gathering® | The Hobbit™ Assassin’s Creed War of the Spark Ep. 401 - Let’s Gather Some Magic, with Esper Quinn 22: Hell Is Us (01:03:59) 23: Hades II (01:13:47) Hades Pyre Transistor 24: Shadow Labyrinth (01:16:42) Pac-Man Xevious Mr. Driller Secret Level 25: Doom: The Dark Ages (01:21:49) Doom Eternal Doom Djent 26: The Dark Queen of Mortholme (01:26:30) Blasphemous Slay the Princess 27: Pokemon Legends: Z-A (01:30:00) Pokémon Scarlet Yakuza universe Digimon Story Time Stranger Pokopia 28: Hotel Barcelona (01:35:53) Hidetaka Suehiro Goichi Suda Super Time Force 29: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (01:39:43) Danganronpa series Zero Escape: The Nonary Games Kazutaka Kodaka Kotaro Uchikoshi Gnosia 30: Shujinkou (01:45:24) Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection Gunhouse 31: Haste (01:49:32) Klonoa: Door to Phantomile SSX series Tony Hawk Pro Skater series Peak 32: AI Limit (01:53:06) 33: Super Robot Wars Y (01:54:29) Gunpla Sentai 34: Routine (01:58:03) Aftermath Crow Country 35: Sid Meier’s Civilization VII (02:03:15) Sid Meier’s Civilization V Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Endless Legend Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth 36: Blast Rush LS (02:10:29) Blast Rush 37: Advent Neon (02:12:37) Socket DeviantArt Newgrounds 38: Donkey Kong Bananza (02:16:02) Donkey Kong 64 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Mario Kart World Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 39: Cronos: The New Dawn (02:23:03) Silent Hill 2 Silent Hill f 40: Absolum (02:27:01) Streets of Rage 4 41: Monster Prom 4: Monster Con (02:31:14) LeahPlease Monster Prom series 42: Dreams of Another (02:33:58) The Unfinished Swan Viewfinder 43: Date Everything! (02:37:49) Gijinka OS-tan Hyperdimension Neptunia series Hatoful Boyfriend 44: Kingdoms of the Dump (02:43:18) Mario RPG series Fragrant Story 45: Blippo+ (02:45:38) Playdate Yacht Telefantasy Studios Max Headroom Blippo+ (NSW2) No Commentary 46: Full Metal Schoolgirl (02:56:39) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 47: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (03:00:40) Suikoden Brain Lords - The Backlog Games of the Year ft. Esper Quinn Ben Starr Matthew Mercer Persona series Faye Wong It Takes Two Outro (03:18:04) 48: Despelote (03:20:56) Outro, Part II (03:21:24) This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!