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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Janeet Garcia unpack the surprising release of a 2D God of War prequel called Sons of Sparta before Kyle regales us with the painful wonder of the Virtual Boy. Then we rundown our favorite reveals and games from the big State of Play revealing the roadmap for the PlayStation 5, we show some bloody love to Crisol: Theater of Idols, and JeffM takes us to the whimsical world of Mario Tennis Fever. Oh, we also gush about Windblown from the creators of Dead Cells! 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

00:02:34 - Mewgenics

00:04:29 - God of War: Sons of Sparta

00:25:39 - Virtual Boy

00:37:37 - Huel

00:39:54 - State of Play Highlights

00:40:37 - Saros

00:42:24 - Kena: Scars of Kosmora

00:44:50 - Crimson Moon

00:45:21 - John Wick

00:49:44 - Yakoh: Shinobi Ops

00:51:24 - Project Windless

00:55:19 - Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse

00:58:37 - Control Resonant

00:59:30 - Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2

01:01:27 - Darwin’s Paradox

01:04:09 - Silent Hill: Townfall

01:05:10 - Crisol: Theater of Idols

01:12:01 - Mint Mobile

01:14:14 - Mario Tennis Fever

01:19:36 - Windblown

01:27:42 - Tomb of the Bloodletter

01:34:47 - Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

01:39:31 - Thanking iam8bit

01:39:40 - Community Questions

02:22:35 - Get A Load Of This

02:29:37 - God of War Trilogy Remake

JeffMs GALOT - https://youtu.be/MX66Xds9104?si=b0FCcyrLL15xvJVl\&t=397

Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/c8lWa15-8h4?si=33VftKx6CVV0pqbY

Jacob's Shadows of the Damned article - https://plant-or-beast.net/posts/2025-05-01-Shadows-of-the-Damned

Hanson's GALOT - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi

Janet's GALOT - https://margins.app

Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/rpgfan.bsky.social/post/3mf4nrxnzjk2x

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava unpack the wild, new game from Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture called Romeo Is A Dead Man. Then Janet Garcia joins the show and we debate the direction of one of PlayStation's biggest brands with the reveal of the co-op game Horizon Hunters Gathering from Guerrilla Games. Janet shares her review for Reanimal from Tarsier Studios, the developers of Little Nightmares 1 and 2, JeffM talks about Mewgenics on Steam from the team behind Binding of Isaac, and we introduce you to a Picross roguelike with CiniCross. 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

00:03:07 - Announcing The Deepest Dive

00:04:11 - Romeo Is A Dead Man

00:22:23 - Factor Meals

00:24:23 - Horizon Hunters Gathering

00:50:34 - Reanimal

00:55:42 - Mewgenics

01:04:59 - CiniCross

01:11:38 - Super Bomberman Collection

01:20:35 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:22:50 - Community questions

02:02:12 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plleJ0Zv0Ww

Kyle's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWO1-WE4oNw

Janet's GALOT - https://gonintendo.com/contents/57500-chicory-a-colorful-tale-arranged-album-in-the-works

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjbwYttZYiY Kyle's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWO1-WE4oNw

Community GALOT - https://youtu.be/5R3IhSQlnbw?si=CMseYnscgoqe9ISR

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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

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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, 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

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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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00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:02 - Apply to be MinnMax's production assistant - job@minnmax.com

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

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