Top 20 Games, 4 Overlooked Gems, Baby Steps Breaks Containment

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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 - 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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