On this week's episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava to talk about Pacific Drive, Penny's Big Breakaway, and somehow rave even more about Balatro. Oh, we also squeeze in some Age of Empires talk before Sarah Podzorski joins the show to talk about Bandle Tale and League of Legends. Then Blake Hester jumps in to talk about being laid off from Game Informer and his current thoughts on the game industry landscape. 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 leaving 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

00:03:10 - Pacific Drive

00:17:48 - Balatro

00:31:02 - Penny's Big Breakaway

00:43:41 - Age of Mythology Retold

00:52:41 - Pokémon Presents

00:56:59 - Pokémon Legends: Z-A

01:04:03 - Bandle Tale

01:12:24 - Blake Hester on being let go from Game Informer

01:23:31 - Yakuza: Like A Dragon

01:31:42 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

01:33:44 - Polaroid Pete

01:38:07 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

01:40:17 - Community questions

01:56:45 - Layoffs and the state of the game industry

02:05:54 - More community questions

02:28:09 - Get A Load Of This

Leo’s GALOT - https://youtu.be/2N8kqc-bf9o?si=CZ08569xpGAMueZP&t=352

Blake's GALOT - https://open.spotify.com/track/5oSnYy4EijgEEEDO9MPDq4?si=5b5b5b1c3f9042bb

Sarah's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F9v3pulgh42451.png%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D92ae2c8c1c3c2d0149b35cbd5e35df532d5d7b1e

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/roadtrip/comments/ash5v0/my_cows_car_game/

Haley's GALOT - https://investors.remedygames.com/announcements/remedy-entertainment-plc-inside-informati[…]res-full-rights-to-the-control-franchise-from-505-games/

Community GALOT - https://x.com/wario64/status/1762846646176555261

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