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Ben, Jessica Clemons, and Matt James press reset on the gaming calendar and place hype-thetical preorders for the most intriguing releases of the coming year. First, they look back at last year’s most anticipated titles to examine how predictable good games actually are. Then, they discuss this year’s two biggest tentpoles, Grand Theft Auto VI and Nintendo’s Switch successor, assessing their excitement for each and the odds of GTA VI avoiding a delay (8:30). After that, they preview a stacked February (40:00), select their most anticipated games of 2025 in several categories (29:30), and wrap up with big-picture predictions (1:16:20).
Host: Ben Lindbergh 
Guests: Jessica Clemons and Matt James 
Producer: Devon Renaldo 
Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopal

Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

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