# Game of the Year 2025: Week Three

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Podcast: [The Stage Select](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730)
Published: 2026-01-21T11:00:00+00:00
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It’s the final week of The Stage Select’s 2025 game of the year deliberations, and we continue by pairing a returning champion with a first-timer! Westen from Big Nerd Gaming is back to even the score now that he understands the game, and star of stage and screen John Gholson joins us for his first deliberations. This week there’s only one objective: create an ordered list of ten games and crown the 2025 game of the year for The Stage Select. Things get passionate! It’s a doozy! See you later in 2026 for season three! 00:00 Introduction 03:55 Nominations and first cuts 42:46 Cutting continues! 02:01:12 Final elimination to get ten games 02:20:27 Ranking our top ten list and crowning The Stage Select’s 2025 game of the year! Be sure to check out Big Nerd Gaming for more of Westen! https://bignerdgaming.com/ Watch Man Finds Tape, starring John Gholson, available now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VexyLStKQAQ Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com Logo and artwork by John Gholson Announcer: John Gholson Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

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