Weekly Links 12.22–12.28

• The best books we read in 2025 (The Verge)
• The 10 best sci-fi and fantasy movies of 2025, ranked (Polygon)
• The best JRPGs of 2025 (Polygon)
• The 10 best horror TV shows of 2025, ranked (Polygon)
• Zelda: ToTK on Switch 2 was my 2025 GOTY (Polygon)
• The 10 best sci-fi and fantasy TV shows of 2025, ranked (Polygon)
• The best PS5 games from 2025 (The Verge)
• 2025’s best video game remakes and remasters (Polygon)

News

• Pirate library rips 86 million of the most popular songs on Spotify
• The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
• Nicolas Cage’s Madden looks like 2026’s best video game movie