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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller are joined by former cohort Suriel Vazquez to talk about the new trailer for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Wanderstop, and the game Suriel just shipped as the narrative lead: Merchants of Rosewall! Then we're joined by Kelsey Lewin and Charles Harte to talk about some of the high-level enjoyment and frustrations in Monster Hunter Wilds. We also talk about the fusion of Balatro and Mahjong that (believe it or not) JeffM is loving AND Dunkey and BigMode's follow-up to Animal Well called Star of Providence. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:39 - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

00:20:49 - Wanderstop

00:42:28 - Merchants of Rosewall

00:54:04 - Monster Hunter Wilds

01:25:30 - Star of Providence

01:37:04 - Aotenjo: Infinite Hands

01:45:11 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:47:21 - Community questions

02:16:40 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw

Jacob's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1j0wwo5/thought_i_got_launched_into_[…]m=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiaO1iX_LLE

Kyle's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/kylehilliard.bsky.social/post/3lk2e77nphs2t

Community GALOT - https://localthunk.com/blog/balatro-timeline-3aarh

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava share their full thoughts on Hazelight's co-op follow-up to It Takes Two called Split Fiction, which has two authors platforming through the sci-fi and fantasy world from their books. Then we finally weigh in on the early hours of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, gush about Two Point Museum, and share some optimism for Lost Records: Bloom & Rage's second half. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:53 - Merchants of Rosewall

00:02:39 - Follow @MinnMaxShow on Instagram, get a Steam code

00:06:26 - Split Fiction

00:40:54 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

01:05:11 - Two Point Museum

01:19:01 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4

01:26:23 - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

01:45:25 - Pokémon Legends: Z-A

01:55:26 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:57:59 - Community questions

02:25:11 - Get A Load Of This

Leo’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7wtgTSWXnY

Haley's GALOT - https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/tim-hortons-brings-back-the-cups-for-roll-up-to-win-contest/

Hanson's GALOT - https://youtu.be/D2urSgcuyyo?si=tlpLvyVtP190L3YD

JeffMs GALOT - https://www.instagram.com/p/DGn9-qkAR3F/

Community GALOT - https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/753650/view/542222803385975713?l=english

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski talk about the huge release of Capcom's Monster Hunter Wild, follow-up on the fun to be had in Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and finally rave about The Roottrees Are Dead. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:07 - Monster Hunter Wilds

00:46:58 - Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii

01:03:44 - The Roottrees Are Dead

01:13:02 - A Game About Digging A Hole

01:17:38 - Die in the Dungeon

01:21:05 - Castle V Castle

01:22:31 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:24:32 - Community questions

01:39:43 - WB Games closing Monolith and more

01:46:58 - Community Questions

02:06:20 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM’s GALOT - https://www.polygon.com/gaming/528753/twitch-likkrit-russian-lawsuit-sanctions

Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/JRnDYB28bL8?si=2h_1Bch61IvGum3N

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSa7fqQ9lBo

Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.acquired.fm/

Sarah's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1gj84ap/rescue_palicos_would_run_all_the_way_back_to_base/

Community GALOT - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/samurai-pizza-cats-blast-from-the-past-video-game-announced/

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to look back at our predictions from last year and make bold, new predictions about games in 2025. From GTA 6 to the Nintendo Switch 2, we predict it all. Game Over. Then Leo Vader joins the show to talk Keep Driving, Aloft, A Game About Digging A Hole, Rift of the NecroDancer, and then we return to Obsidian's Avowed to get Janet's full thoughts. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:43 - Subscribe to Pew Pew Bang

00:03:58 - Our 2024 Predictions

00:15:09 - hellofresh.com/hellofreshpodcast

00:16:56 - 2025 Predictions

00:35:09 - Rapid-fire 2025 Predictions

00:44:13 - Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

00:48:18 - meundies.com/minnmax

00:50:52 - Keep Driving

01:10:53 - A Game About Digging A Hole

01:14:44 - Aloft

01:19:30 - Avowed

01:31:02 - Rift of the NecroDancer

01:35:34 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:39:02 - Community questions

02:16:50 - Get A Load Of This

Leo’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNty2y0DQN8

JeffM's GALOT - https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Scenes-PlayStation-Former-Creation/dp/B0D98655C7

Janet's GALOT - https://consolevariations.com/collectibles/nintendo-3ds-club-nintendo-peach-console-jp

Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/consolevariations.bsky.social/post/3lifaltkizk2n

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Haley MacLean rave about Obsidian's new RPG Avowed and Leo checks back in on the overlooked RPG Eternal Strands with JeffM. Then Janet Garcia joins the fun as we break down the best reveals and trailers from PlayStation's State of Play featuring the reveal of Housemarque's Returnal follow-up Saros, the first gameplay for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, a new Shinobi, and more. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:59 - Get a Steam code for Cryptmaster

00:03:50 - Avowed

00:37:48 - Eternal Strands

00:48:34 - PlayStation State of Play highlights

00:49:34 - Saros from Housemarque

00:53:24 - MindsEye

00:55:54 - Dreams of Another

00:58:28 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword

01:02:38 - Digimon Story: Time Stranger

01:04:25 - Metal Gear Solid Delta

01:06:51 - Directive 8020

01:11:41 - Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

01:12:59 - Darwin's Paradox

01:14:09 - Warriors: Abyss

01:16:12 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:19:00 - Community questions

01:45:56 - South of Midnight

01:48:30 - Community questions

02:11:55 - Get A Load Of This

Janet’s GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/knolling/

Haley's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf5dPQ7YeE8&ab_channel=PlayOverwatch

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2024/01/05/arizona-trail-camera-captures-8th-jaguar-seen-1996/72120413007/

Kyle's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzh7kMcuDYY

Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/landfall.se/post/3lhvs232jjk2y

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Haley MacLean run down their most-anticipated games of 2025 and share everybody else's picks as well from the full MinnMax crew. We talk about GTA6, whether Hollow Knight: Silksong is actually releasing this year, and predict the success of Monster Hunter Wild. Then we return to Citizen Sleeper 2's strengths before diving into community questions submitted on Patreon. Directly support MinnMax as an outlet, unlock the ad-free version of the show, and submit questions for future episodes over on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:55 - MinnMax plugs

00:05:34 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword

00:07:25 - Hollow Knight: Silksong

00:09:30 - Monster Hunter Wilds

00:16:13 - Inzoi

00:17:12 - Grand Theft Auto 6

00:20:47 - Jurassic Park: Survival

00:22:57 - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

00:28:11 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

00:30:38 - Doom: The Dark Ages

00:31:46 - The Alters

00:34:17 - Pokémon Legends: Z-A

00:38:38 - Light No Fire

00:40:00 - Split Fiction

00:41:58 - Baby Steps

00:43:58 - Wanderstop

00:48:34 - Kingmakers

00:49:24 - Big Walk

00:50:51 - Little Nightmares 3 and Reanimal

00:52:10 - Skate Story

00:54:22 - More anticipated games of 2025

01:00:53 - Citizen Sleeper 2

01:10:30 - Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To

01:14:57 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:17:30 - Community questions

02:02:28 - Get A Load Of This

Haley’s GALOT - https://agile.human2humanoid.com/

Jacob's GALOT - https://www.404media.co/zuckerberg-says-everything-i-say-leaks-in-leaked-meeting-audio/

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.statista.com/chart/15364/the-estimated-number-of-islands-by-country/

Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.chron.com/sports/article/dallas-mourns-luka-doncic-trade-20136267.php

Community GALOT - https://x.com/koenjideck/status/1882977637536305476?t=y0GbUfXOlPlxlf3GHsi9pA&s=19

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.

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On this big episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson and guest cohort Alanah Pearce rotate through a full crew of Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Janet Garcia to talk about some of the great new games released so far in 2025 like Dynasty Warriors Origins, Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, and Eternal Strands. We also talk about playing 3 hours of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows! Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/rkFTw0dK33g

Check out all of Alanah's work here - https://linktr.ee/charalanahzard

Help Alanah, hit her goal by supporting fire relief in LA by donating here - https://tiltify.com/@charalanahzard/la-fire-relief

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:44 - Ninja Gaiden II Black

00:17:26 - Dynasty Warriors Origins

00:29:22 - Factor Meals Ad

00:33:34 - Assassin's Creed Shadows

00:52:42 - Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

01:04:46 - Eternal Strands

01:23:55 - Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders

01:39:10 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:41:49 - Community questions

02:31:22 - Get A Load Of This

Leo’s GALOT - https://youtu.be/BGfnL4s38sc

Janet's GALOT - https://mondoshop.com/products/severance-season-1-apple-tv-original-television-soundtrack-outie-edition

Alanah's GALOT - https://www.titanrig.com/ekwb-ek-cryofuel-premix-pc-coolant-1000ml-0375ek010600xx.html?color=198

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/s/VLAHjh7rPK

Kyle's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2JHChJpG_A

Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pwr6abquzsshkgorh3bwxyn7/post/3lge6ga5xdk2i

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Sarah Podzorski, and special guest cohort for the month Alanah Pearce break down the highlights from Microsoft's big Xbox Developer Direct with the big reveal of Ninja Gaiden 4 and a ton of information on Doom: The Dark Ages from id, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and South of Midnight. Then Jacob shares his thoughts on the excellent sci-narrative/tabletop-inspired Citizen Sleeper 2 before we dive into questions submitted by the community! Unlock a benefit and directly support independent games media over on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:41 - Xbox Developer Direct

00:04:18 - Ninja Gaiden 4

00:20:39 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

00:34:01 - HelloFresh

00:36:02 - South of Midnight

00:45:35 - The state of Xbox

00:55:14 - Doom: The Dark Ages

01:06:12 - MeUndies

01:08:22 - Citizen Sleeper 2

01:20:51 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:24:09 - Community questions

02:14:38 - Get A Load Of This

Alanah’s GALOT - https://www.matthewball.co/all/stateofvideogaming2025

Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/ICqAq74YqVQ?si=IJCbehWl2qaxywpm

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzezJZNkhfc

Sarah's GALOT - https://www.polygon.com/news/506834/love-and-deepspace-update-period-tracker

Community GALOT - https://x.com/BalatroGame/status/1881728578712474019?t=s03JfvPb0cw5JFZ-yZ8Yyg&s=19

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Haley MacLean are joined by the new Guest Cohort (surprise!) for a month Alanah Pearce! Her journey through IGN, Funhaus, Sony Santa Monica, and the narrative on her new game Layers Deep has made her incredibly insightful on the game industry and we're honored to have her join us on content for the next month. On this big episode, we break down the reveal for the Nintendo Switch 2 and unpack the current state of Ubisoft and how Tencent might lead to some radical changes at the publisher behind Assassin's Creed Shadows. Then we answer some wonderful questions submitted on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:20 - Welcome guest cohort Alanah Pearce!

00:07:31 - Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal

00:42:52 - Win a Switch code for 1000xResist

00:43:51 - factormeals.com/minnmax50off

00:45:49 - Ubisoft's rocky future

01:09:06 - Announcing The Deepest Dive on Onimusha: Warlords

01:11:30 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:12:28 - Community questions

01:52:29 - Get A Load Of This

Haley’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmB2mySyDJg

Janet's GALOT - https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/news/helping-her-peers-altadena-teen-s-recovery-fund-takes-off/article_74f943d6-d37b-11ef-a6b3-2f61313f0271.html

Alanah's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vrbUpDihxs

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H3Sv2zad6s

Kyle's GALOT - https://www.amazon.com/Elden-Ring-Road-Erdtree-Vol/dp/1975364899

Community GALOT - https://youtu.be/G4AomNJHzHk?si=whbfHeBpaO6weyNn

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader get together to talk about what they played over the holiday break, give Indiana Jones and the Great Circle the follow-up conversation it deserves, and run down the MinnMax community's hive-mind picks for the greatest games of 2024. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:06:20 - Shogun Showdown

00:09:01 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

00:14:33 - Bakeru

00:18:53 - 1000xResist

00:22:34 - Prototype

00:25:59 - Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

00:28:28 - Potionomics

00:30:42 - Triangle Strategy VR

00:34:40 - Acorns Ad

00:36:21 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

00:51:06 - The Community's Top 20 Games of 2024

00:59:04 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:01:04 - Community questions

02:01:28 - Get A Load Of This

Leo’s GALOT - https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/xdefiants-closing-down-content-dump-is-enormous-unprecedented-and-bleak/

Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/NF4VJJKTjy8?si=YsXtaYGGa9imP5IV

Hanson's GALOT - https://youtu.be/7aOzNcoDfiY?si=4wchz92NjQIlyoVQ

Haley's GALOT - https://www.tiktok.com/@pickles.pages/video/7450467827678514475

Community GALOT - https://www.ddinstagram.com/reel/DD7LdgYxH1y/?igsh=MXIyaXc4OXVwbjc5YQ==

Links to things mentioned on the show…

Matt Horton's 1000xResist essay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G74nCKVL_CY

Muppets Christmas Carol tweet - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBhqjK6bwAAKzwU?format=jpg&name=medium

The Pissy Zone Post-Show - https://www.patreon.com/posts/unedited-goty-118318088

Bonus Pod with Sarah and Haley - https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-pod-break-119457756

Reaction to the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-MnKW1idLk

Here's the list of the community's Two Tens based on the big survey...

1. Astro Bot
2. Balatro
3. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
4. Metaphor: ReFantazio
5. 1000xRESIST
6. Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
7. Helldivers 2
8. UFO 50
9. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
10. Animal Well
11. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
12. Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
13. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
14. Mouthwashing
15. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
16. Silent Hill 2
17. Persona 3 Reload
18. Nine Sols
19. Dragon Age: The Veilguard
20. Dragon's Dogma 2

Top 10 underrated games (not on many lists but ranked highly by the people who played them):

• Factorio: Space Age
• Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
• Caves of Qud
• The Big Catch: Tacklebox
• Penny’s Big Breakaway
• Riven
• Judero
• Path of Exile 2
• WWE 2k24
• Satisfactory

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.

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This is the final debate from MinnMax about Game of the Year for 2024. On this episode, Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski debate the correct order for the top 20 games of 2024... or The Two tens, as we call it. What will win MinnMax's Game of the Year? We hope you enjoy the grand debate and thanks so much for supporting MinnMax and making all of this possible! Unlock the 5.75 hour extended version of this discussion (and The Pissy Zone) by supporting MinnMax at the $10 tier on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/c/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:50 - Ranking The Two Tens

00:32:37 - Spoilers for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

00:43:00 - Ranking The Two Tens

01:53:57 - Spoilers for Mouthwashing

02:04:34 - Ranking The Two Tens

02:15:29 - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes Spoilers

02:16:37 - Ranking The Two Tens

02:55:22 - 1000xResist

03:11:46 - Ranking The Two Tens

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.

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