The Sandbox: A Game of the Year

"It's one of the greatest handboxes It's so good. That's why it's a pressure to be here." "The music is so good like the first time you get that boat the music swellsYou put the sail up and like it Just a really cool thing at least I think it's cool," he says. The game feels like one that some people are probably really gonna be champion like it clicks for you, but maybe not all gamers will agree with him.

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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this special episode recorded in San Francisco, California during the Game Developer's Conference for 2023, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Imran Khan, and The Indie Informer's Jill Grodt. We talk about what GDC is like this year, trends amongst game developers, the best indies of the show, and more. Then we talk about playing the new open-world game Tchia, the horror fishing game Dredge, and Kelsey unpacks everything horrifying about the Wii U and 3DS eShops closing down. There aren't any community questions this week, but we'll be back next week with a regular episode!

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:35 - GDC 2023 Impressions

00:22:48 - Dordogne

00:24:48 - Astro Duel 2

00:29:01 - Another Crab’s Treasure

00:31:50 - Lies of P