2025's GANG of the Year

Janet and Isaiah go over the second annual GANG of the Year awards. For each of the 7 "Games and not games" categories, Janet and Isaiah talk about their top choices, discuss what wins each category, and ultimately pit the 7 winners against each other to decide what walks away with the honor of being 2025's GANG of the Year!


Timestamps:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:18 Opening Ceremonies
• 02:06 Video Game of the Year
• 01:07:53 Board Game of the Year
• 01:26:40 Movie of the Year
• 01:58:41 Show of the Year
• 02:20:19 Album of the Year
• 02:54:58 Experience of the Year
• 03:19:14 Food of the Year
• 03:36:25 GANG of the Year
• 03:46:15 Poll of the Show
• 03:58:28 Outro

Winner Links:
Video Game of the Year
Board Game of the Year
Movie of the Year
Show of the Year
Album of the Year
Experience of the Year
Food of the Year


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Creators and Guests

Host

Isaiah Smith

Making and breaking things online | web + game dev | co-host @GamesAndNot | dev @PhotomodeApp & @PenToPixels | 📧 [e-mail]

Host

Janet Garcia

Host & Video Game Consultant 💫| Head of @PenToPixels 🖊 | @MinnMaxShow cohort ↘↗| @IndieCouncil_ cohost👩🏽‍⚖️| @GamesAndNot cohost🎮 | 📧[e-mail]

What is The Gangcast?

Janet Garcia and Isaiah Smith talk Games and Not Games every week. The Games section includes topics like what we've been playing, co-op adventures, opinions on the industry etc. and the Not Games section includes lighthearted conversations and debates, events we attend together, movies, shows, and more.