We'll DM you on Patreon with a Steam code for the fantastic game Sektori if you support MinnMax at the $2 tier before Monday, February 9th. This is for NEW supporters only, not returning or upgrading. 200 Steam codes available, we'll update this description if we run out. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Jeremy Parish (who you might know from Retronauts or 1UP back in the day) as we each share picks of some of the weirdest Nintendo games of all time. From Hudson's take on Donkey Kong to Doshin the Giant, we cover the full history of Nintendo here. 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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Check out Jeremy Parish's YouTube series here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrIttXi0WgLXHI1poCk0D6g

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

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:00 - Introducing Jeremy Parish

00:09:56 - Get a Steam code for Sektori

00:11:14 - Nintendo's weirdest games

00:13:08 - Mario Artist

00:18:50 - Doshin the Giant

00:20:18 - Looksley's Line Up

00:22:06 - Link n Launch

00:22:56 - Rusty's Real Deal Baseball

00:25:09 - Nintendo e-Reader

00:30:22 - Grill-Off with Ultra Hand!

00:31:43 - Captain Rainbow

00:32:38 - Famicom Modem

00:36:44 - BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets

00:39:02 - Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda

00:41:15 - Super Mario Bros. Special

00:42:35 - Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū

00:44:19 - Super Mario Land

00:45:27 - Odama

00:47:12 - Pikmin

00:48:16 - Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club

00:49:26 - Kiki Trick

00:50:31 - Nester's Funky Bowling

00:53:26 - Labo VR

00:56:27 - Space Invaders on GameBoy

00:58:48 - Community Picks

01:01:44 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:03:42 - Community questions

01:41:24 - Get A Load Of This

Kelsey’s GALOT - https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lorde-donates-six-figures-minnesota-immigrant-funds-ice-out-1236172115/

Jeremy's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5oB82sUMVc

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RTOd4DEeUc

Kyle's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nco5nsb7hhhpieybh4knj4vh/post/3mdbd7eatdc26?ref_src=embed

Community GALOT - https://www.theverge.com/tech/871250/supernatural-meta-vr-fitness-community

https://www.theverge.com/tech/871250/supernatural-meta-vr-fitness-community

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller rave about the new mountain-climbing game Cairn before diving into Cyberpunk 2077 and the history of reevaluating games years after they released. After that we have a fun discussion about whether Playground's Fable launching later this year can compare to the original game, defend Highguard, and JeffM gets weird talking about trading babies. 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

Please share what's happening in Minneapolis, watch this video Ben cut together - https://youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

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

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:47 - Cairn

00:24:02 - Huel

00:25:57 - Cyberpunk 2077

00:35:10 - Gaming's biggest reevaluations

01:15:06 - Fable (2004)

01:20:27 - Fable (2026)

01:28:07 - Highguard

01:36:10 - Perfect Tides

01:39:59 - Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator

01:47:16 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com

01:51:10 - Community questions

02:29:40 - Get A Load Of This

Haley’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w

Jacob's GALOT - https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/train-dreams-release-date-cast-plot-news

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/e21xqc/til_that_sega_is_short_for_service_games/

JeffM's GALOT - https://youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

Community GALOT -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTtcZWwKqyo

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, and Jacob Geller share picks for their most-anticipated games of 2026 in this big episode of The MinnMax Show! From big games like GTA VI and Resident Evil Requiem to smaller, more promising games on the horizon like Orbitals and Ontos. Then we talk about the new release of the autobiographical adventure game Perfect Tides: Station to Station. 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

00:02:16 - Support the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

00:03:46 - Most Anticipated Games of 2026

00:05:08 - Saros

00:07:26 - Denshattack!

00:08:51 - Screamer

00:11:12 - Slay The Spire II

00:13:16 - Rhythm Heaven Groove

00:16:18 - GTA VI

00:19:59 - Orbitals

00:24:05 - Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast From The Past!

00:25:28 - 500 CALIBER CONTRACTZ

00:27:27 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

00:30:00 - Dinolords

00:33:01 - The StarCraft Third-Person game

00:34:40 - Project Robot

00:35:29 - Ontos

00:38:13 - Resident Evil Requiem

00:43:12 - Stranger Than Heaven

00:45:21 - Control: Resonant

00:47:11 - Big Walk

00:49:27 - Over The Hill

00:50:58 - Duskbloods

00:53:54 - PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant

00:57:40 - Reanimal

00:59:05 - Pragmata

01:05:07 - Turtle Beach

01:06:52 - Alanah Pearce's big mysterious game tease

01:07:19 - Virtue and a Sledgehammer

01:08:19 - Pokémon Pokopia

01:10:16 - Anticipated games of 2026 rapid-fire

01:14:18 - Mint Mobile

01:16:12 - Perfect Tides: Station to Station

01:29:12 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:32:40 - Community questions

02:10:36 - Get A Load Of This

Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-says-its-shut-down-a-nintendo-switch-2-trade-in-exploit-that-worked-as-an-infinite-money-glitch

Jacob's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4oED1q-R5Q

Hanson's GALOT -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMa5xbjL3BU

Kyle's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW7M8H99x7Y

Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/jamesgunn.bsky.social/post/3mcv75iahus2p

Tune in and donate during Leo Vader's charity stream this Saturday! http://youtube.com/leovader

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard gather together for the 5th year in a row to check in on their predictions from the previous year AND accurately predict every big game and enormous piece of gaming news from 2026. Then we talk about the approchable roguelike deck builder called Dogpile before Triple Click's Maddy Myers joins us to talk about launching her new gaming site called Mothership! 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/0WPCuhxHjX0

Check out Maddy's new site Mothership here, launching fully on January 26th - https://www.mothership.blog/board-the-mothership/

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:16 - Checking in on our 2025 Predictions

00:22:23 - Factor Meals

00:23:53 - 2026 Predictions

00:49:45 - Rapid-Fire 2026 Predictions

01:15:28 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:16:27 - Maddy Myers on her new site Mothership

01:22:12 - Community questions

02:16:54 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM's GALOT - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eric-adams-promoted-memecoin-crashes-160110674.html

Hanson's GALOT - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waggle_dance

Janet''s GALOT - https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/6890891/Super-Impulse-Worlds-Smallest-Bananagra[…]DQmcD0wJm49b3I1ZFJUY2pmdmY5QTJYc3h5Q2ExZyZ0PUFBQUFBR2xuNTFr

Community GALOT - https://youtu.be/CxwrCRdqZb8

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On this episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller share the community's ranking of the best games from 2025 before launching into discussions on some impactful games that they missed from the year before like Many Nights A Whisper, Wednesdays, Fulcrum Defender, and Rhythm Doctor. Kelsey also talks about her ongoing journey with the great, new RPG Octopath Traveler 0. 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

00:02:02 - Apply to be MinnMax's production assistant - [email protected]

00:03:36 - MinnMax community's Two Tens

00:13:02 - Baby Steps 00:24:24 - Hello Fresh

00:26:29 - Octopath Traveler 0

00:33:41 - Many Nights A Whisper

00:43:01 - Fulcrum Defender

00:45:58 - Huel

00:48:28 - Avatar: From The Ashes

00:59:44 - Terminator 2D No Fate

01:05:24 - Rhythm Doctor

01:15:00 - Wednesdays

01:26:05 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:27:09 - Community questions

02:04:13 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM’s GALOT - https://youtu.be/dUkLYOPRYH4

Jacob's GALOT - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grand-designs-with-jacob-geller/id1812045307?i=1000741324567

Hanson's GALOT -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dk_PQt-bdo

Kyle's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45-rI25B6jk

Community GALOT -https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/1pq37px/et_interplanetary_mission_is_a_ps1_game_noted_for/

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It all comes down to this. Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski debate the final ranking for MinnMax's Game of the Year list for 2025 and crown one game with the #1 spot. Will it be Hollow Knight: Silksong? Ghost of Yotei? Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Despelote? Tune in to find out!

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

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:42 - Ranking The Two Tens

00:11:29 - Consume Me Spoilers

00:28:05 - Spoilers End

01:21:41 - Stray Children Spoilers

01:26:35 - Spoilers End

01:30:35 - Despelote

01:43:20 - Spoilers End

01:52:52 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Spoilers

01:56:31 - Spoilers End

02:02:07 - Thanking iam8bit

02:04:00 - Ranking The Two Tens

02:17:08 - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

02:22:21 - Spoilers End

02:39:49 - Baby Steps Spoilers

02:41:57 - Spoilers End

02:58:22 - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Spoilers

03:04:49 - Spoilers End

03:19:40 - Blue Prince Spoilers

03:26:52 - Ranking The Two Tens

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Also, we held code giveaways for new Patreon supporters for the following games: Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance, Sunderfolk, Wildgate, Despelote, Promise Mascot Agency, Spilled!, Star of Providence, LEGO Party, and Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3.

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Unlock the full Game of the Year debate weeks early, including our hour-long post-debate airing of grievances we call "The Pissy Zone" by joining the $10 Backstage Pass tier. https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-access-to-145988285

We're officially kicking off MinnMax's 2025 Game of the Year debate, which we call The Two Tens! We've gathered the full crew of Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski to create a list of our favorite games from the year before we start hacking away to get the list down to the Top 20. Will your favorite game make the cut? Please forgive us if it doesn't. Join us on next week's episode where we'll rank The Two Tens. What will take the #1 spot? Will it be Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Will it be Death Stranding 2: On The Beach? Will it be Aotenjo: Infinite Hands? Tune in to find out!

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:44 - Win Steam codes by following @MinnMaxShow on Instagram

00:06:41 - Building The Two Tens

01:50:21 - Cutting The List Down To 20 Games

03:10:52 - And Roger Spoilers

03:17:27 - Spoilers End

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Also, we held code giveaways for new Patreon supporters for the following games: Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance, Sunderfolk, Wildgate, Despelote, Promise Mascot Agency, Spilled!, Star of Providence, LEGO Party, and Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3.

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Win 150 Steam codes by subscribing to The MinnMax Show and leaving a podcast review that includes a social media handle. We're randomly picking one winner from Apple Podcasts on 12/22/25. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-minnmax-show/id1484599827

Welcome to The MinnMax Awards! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski debate nominees and winners for the year of gaming in 2025. We determine the Best Moment, Biggest News, Dumbest Thing, and more. How many categories will Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 win in THIS show? Tune in to find out! Any help sharing MinnMax's Game of the Year content online is appreciated.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:18 - Win 150 Steam codes by subscribing

00:08:39 - Best Thing

01:06:08 - Dumbest Thing

01:52:22 - Biggest News

02:19:17 - Best Game We Didn't Play

02:27:59 - Best Moment

02:30:48 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Spoilers

02:52:21 - End of Spoilers - Best Moment

02:54:01 - Silent Hill F Spoilers

03:01:09 - The Roottrees Are Dead Spoilers

03:03:14 - Blue Prince Spoilers

03:05:10 - Keeper Spoilers

03:08:59 - Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilers

03:14:57 - Split Fiction Spoilers

03:22:13 - Consume Me Spoilers

03:26:04 - End of Spoilers - Best Moment

03:27:13 - Ghost of Yōtei Spoilers

03:36:58 - Keep Driving Spoilers

03:38:49 - The Alters Spoilers

03:41:48 - Hollow Knight: Silksong Spoilers

03:51:08 - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Spoilers

03:54:02 - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Spoilers

03:59:37 - End of Spoilers - Best Moment

04:10:05 - Road To Empress Spoilers

04:14:39 - Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time For 2025

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For the last episode of The MinnMax Show before our end-of-year awards, guest host Haley MacLean invites Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller and Leo Vader for one last grab bag of 2025 indies before bringing in special guest Santa Claus to evaluate whether everyone has been naughty or nice little gamers this year.

Please donate to help defend our Somali American neighbors in Minnesota after recent attacks. 100% of the money goes directly to The Somali Museum of Minnesota to connect generations and share the beauty of Somali art and history through interactive exhubiits, cultural performances, and hands-on workshops. http://bit.ly/minnmaxsomali

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:09 - Holiday Content Schedule

00:07:34 - Pipistrello & The Cursed Yo-Yo

00:21:06 - Unbeatable

00:30:54 - Turtle Beach - code MINNMAX at turtlebeach.com/MINNMAX

00:34:02 - It Takes A War

00:39:38 - Spoilers For It Takes A War Starts

00:40:57 - Spoilers End

00:42:28 - Hello Fresh - https://www.hellofresh.com/minnmax10fm - Get 10 free meals and a free item for life

00:45:51 - Skate Story

00:55:49 - Santa Arrives

01:00:41 - Naughty Or Nice Gaming Habits

01:25:26 - Thanking iAm8Bit - https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: 8BITPRESENTS

01:27:33 - Community Questions

02:00:25 - Get A Load Of This

Haley's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1a2AzvX7pc

Jacob's GALOT - (sorry we can't bleep a link) https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1pg0ujj/new_rare_footage_of_a_li[…]m=web3x\&utm_name=web3xcss\&utm_term=1\&utm_content=share_button

Community GALOT - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raichu

Leo's GALOT - https://www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/the-majority-ai-view/

Janet's GALOT - https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/home-in-or-hone-in

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Guest host Kyle Bosman completes his trilogy of episodes with a discussion on the incredibly long-awaited Metroid Prime 4 with Kyle Hilliard! Then they team up with Jacob Geller, Charles Harte, and Leo Vader to listen to a wide variety of the most incredible game music of the year. After some fun community questions, we reveal the episode's Twerp, and it's not who you think...

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

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:59 - Metroid Prime 4

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00:32:06 - Sektori

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00:45:47 - Best Game Music Of 2025

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01:50:58 - Community Questions

02:16:50 - Get A Load Of This

02:26:40 - Who was the Twerp?

Jacob's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/kzxcellent.live/post/3m72cm4q6zk2t

Kyle H's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/natcassidy.bsky.social/post/3luq57thhns24

Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/lena.fyi/post/3m742gc7mqk2k

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-quitting-spotify

Leo's GALOT: https://skyway.run

Charles' GALOT - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPOpFUIjQCg/?igsh=M3Fqc2t6N3Z2N3p5

Here's a list of every song played in this episode...

Asphalt Maelstrom - Death Stranding 2 - https://youtu.be/55A-x4gQxLQ?si=gcX5xsRayYdz_chJ

Sleeping In - Unbeatable - https://youtu.be/6yA6GlA1xxw?si=rbXH8190CjQqC3p7

Cogwork Dancers - Silksong- https://youtu.be/igY6vEBu26U?si=I1kOtYD07Zg0QdZV

Liminal X Desert - Ball X Pit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l5UOHQP2us

Westwardly Winds - Blue Prince - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOXryhnBCkY

Main Theme - Battle Suit Aces - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUdScVEMOM8

Sableye’s Twisty Tracks - Pokémon Friends OST - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s30jRXZKcC8

The Final Fire - The Midnight Walk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3rW4gfUObc

Katamari Time! - Once Upon A KATAMARI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns6wGXBFkYc

Arkveld Theme - Monster Hunter Wilds - https://youtu.be/Z9UfWaRW3vo?si=saJdSct_knp8mzZM

Villain of Love - Wheel World - https://youtu.be/IeL8ojYJCaI?si=1BnNKC44Vrh5jUTN

Mayoi Uta - Silent Hill F - https://youtu.be/WTjpgL3XKcM?si=QLHtoxvuTptxXqff

Title Theme - Mario Kart World - https://youtu.be/RFBeX-6whxE?si=pPWTVu2JgCOMshBb

Nina Pasadena - Skin Deep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjU1pBTUg4\&t=1060s

Sweepin' Up - Promise Mascot Agency - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-brcXrrUM

Alicia - Clair Obscur - https://youtu.be/3Hv8mOIuhWg?si=ONFI4XMssiqvA6sX

Monoco - Clair Obscur - https://youtu.be/TcEdif_2PNY?si=PLj5hmyTkl23WU66

Final boss fight theme [the video version here does have spoilers because it is just footage of the final fight, so heads up there] - Clair Obscur - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I624BxZ-c1c\&t=963s

Forbidden Layer - Donkey Kong Bananza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBp1S7jNlEc

Planet Core: Mine Cart Ride Theme - Donkey Kong Bananza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2xsnM3j3ns

Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eswF1PYZVC8

Ballad - Keep Driving - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqhcTVI_qVE

Dog In The Sun - Keep Driving - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTMITRMbnzM

0700 - Keep Driving - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cchkXiUDHgw

Raise Up Your Bat - Deltarune - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85WD93lz5GU

Dethraxx Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRGEo9UDHIo

Final Boss Theme - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy - [https://www.reddit.com/r/LastDefenseAcademy/comments/1lslyd9/oh_my_god_this_music_spoilers_for_the_final_boss/](

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MinnMax's official Usual Guest Host Kyle Bosman teams up with fellow Kyle Kyle Hilliard to unpack Nintendo's whelming Fall offerings, with Sarah Podzorski diving into her latest favorite shopkeeper sim Strange Antiquities and Leo Vader also in the mix providing an undefinable je ne sais quoi. Then the crew answers some all-bangers community questions before revealing who was this episode's Twerp!

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

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:00 - Kirby Air Riders

00:19:28 - Hyrule Warriors Age Of Imprisonment

00:32:16 - Strange Antiquities

00:43:25 - Thank You // No Thank You

01:04:47 - https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: TURDUCKEN

01:06:55 - Community Questions

01:51:36 - Get A Load Of This

02:01:07 - Who Was The Twerp

Community GALOT - https://consequence.net/2025/11/macaulay-culkin-middle-name-change/

Kyle H's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/leovader.com/post/3m6cvulv5ck2j

Sarah's GALOT - https://www.roblox.com/games/15684145480/Oakridge-Nuclear-Power-Station

Leo's GALOT - https://iseeicy.itch.io/mass

Kyle B's GALOT - https://www.mountaindew.com/news/do-dew-do-worm-mountain-dew-x-trolli-launch-sweet-sour-collab

Bonus's GALOT - https://www.businessinsider.com/sourdough-starter-face-mask-review-with-surprisingly-good-results-2020-5

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