Unofficial Controller Podcast
Unofficial Controller Podcast
Unofficial Controller
The Poncies 2025 - Game of the year 2025
2 hour 23 minutes Posted Jan 25, 2026 at 9:00 am.
Suits, Banter, And Setting The Stage
Enter Seb And The Winged “Committee”
How The Awards And Scoring Work
Platform Dominance And Indie Tally
Shame Awards And Retro Revelations
Rapid-Fire Gags And Side Awards
Tiebreak Chaos For #10 And #9
Cyberpunk On Switch 2 Lands At #8
Story Of Seasons Bazaar Takes #7
The “Switcher 3” Rolls In At #6
Pokemon ZA Defended Into #5
No Man’s Sky’s Big Comeback At #4
Expedition 33 Breaks Through At #3
Ball XP Ascends To #2
Hades 2 Crowned Game Of The Year
New Rules, Predictions, And 2026 Hopes
Patron “Awards” And Closing Toast
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Send us Fan Mail The suits were sharp, the jokes were chaotic, and the wings were hot—perfect conditions for the Ponsies, our annual Game of the Year awards engineered by Seb’s “committee” of number-crunchers. We opened the books on four very different gaming diets and found a story that spanned cozy farms, roguelike obsessions, comeback ports, and a JRPG that might define a generation. Our Switch 2 streak is undeniable, but the data went deeper: indie love runs strong, platform diversity go...