The Joy of Music and Gaming

See of all our personal top 10 favorite games of 2024 here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/everybodys-top-118319548

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

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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