The Top 10 Video Games of 2024

And more on the January 2025 episode of PURELY ACADEMIC!

It’s time for another episode of Purely Academic, a monthly variety podcast hosted by Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman. Each month, we talk about our favorite video games, movies, anime, and more, having fun and maybe even learning something along the way. You can subscribe for free in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

For our first episode of 2025, we take a look back at the very best in video games from 2024, with Sean and Jonathan both presenting their picks for the 10 greatest video games of the year, a diverse collection of titles including several games we’ve never discussed on the show before! In our Show n’ Tell segment, Jonathan talks about his adventures graduating, moving, and preparing for a new job, Sean talks about watching old Gamera movies and Ultraman Tiga, and we review the Doctor Who Christmas Special, “Joy to the World.” And finally, for The Monthly Ten, Sean challenged Jonathan to rank the 10 best years in human history divisible by the number five, but Jonathan had a slightly different take on the assignment.

Enjoy, and come back in February when, after years of mentioning it over and over again on the podcast, we finally devote an entire episode to Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. It’s going to be highly educational.

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:15:32

Show n’ Tell: 0:15:32 – 1:25:28

Topic (Top 10 Games of 2024): 1:25:28 – 4:29:15

The Monthly Ten: 4:29:15 – 4:41:27

Outro: 4:41:27 – 4:43:45

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