The MinnMax Show

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! This week's episode is quite different, since we're recording from the show floor at GDC 2022 with Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Fanbyte's Imran Khan! We talk about what it's like to be at a gaming convention again, debate how to cover the new Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy, unpack our time with the immersive sim Weird West, and talk about playing the new 4v1 game Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. Then we answer questions from the community submitted over on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax You can watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/j2WSTqdfISo Follow Imran Khan and his work here - https://twitter.com/imranzomg To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:00 - GDC 2022 highlights 00:19:52- Big themes of GDC and the game industry 00:31:32 - Hogwarts' Legacy 00:37:23 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 00:40:59 - Community questions 00:48:44 - Weird West 00:52:45 - Ghostbuters: Spirits Unleashed 00:56:44 - More community questions 01:32:04 - Get A Load Of This Imran's GALOT - https://twitter.com/lucyjamesgames/status/1506704189145042944?s=21 Hanson's GALOT - https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/03/18/290236647/an-imaginary-town-becomes-real-then-not-true-story Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://shop.asmodee.com/voices-in-my-head-ug02 https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Zachary Pligge - Superman 64 Jesse Spencer - Yakuza Like A Dragon Clemens Zobel - XCOM: Enemy Unknown Jawarhello - Crash Team Racing Miguel Medjai - Tetris Attack (Panel de Pon) Ben Reeves - Panzer Dragoon Saga PhillyYeetSteak - Minority Report: Everybody Runs Kris - Banjo Kazooie Thomas - Persona 5 Royal Steve Bamdad - Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Jonathan - Strange Horticulture DominicCichocki - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Spider Dan - Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time) Jawarhello - Monster Rancher 2 Christopher Walton - Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Ted Ryser - Kodo Tag Starkiller - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed BeatenDownBrian - Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII PrettyGoodPrinting.com - Ultima Online Drew Waranis - Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki Swiggity Swoo - Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Clemens Zobel - Digimon World 3 Ronn - Pokémon Emerald IanTClark - Dying Light 2 Stay Human ProcyonNumber6 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves Roger Reichardt - Super Castlevania IV

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the fantastic new Zelda-inspired indie game Tunic, our first couple of hours with Ghostwire: Tokyo on the PlayStation 5, what we've learned about Starfield, and then we try to wrap our minds around Square-Enix's strategy with releases like Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. 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 Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/2z8EaVAa3qs Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://shop.asmodee.com/voices-in-my-head-ug02 https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:57 - Tunic 00:17:35 - Ghostwire: Tokyo 00:25:36 - Starfield 00:32:44 - Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin 00:41:56 - Chocobo GP 00:46:33 - Triangle Strategy 00:50:35 - What is happening at Square-Enix? 01:00:34 - Perfect Dark reboot shake-up 01:02:18 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:05:41 - Community questions 02:04:20 - Get A Load Of This JeffM's GALOT - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/655270/washington-national-cathedral-darth-vader-gargoyle Janet's GALOT - https://www.tiktok.com/foryou?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7010219704279387397#/@homebrewking/video/7010219704279387397 Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/MartinNebelong/status/1501668730891292681?s=20&t=O8g-g5I-WwwqOj0innsO-A Kyle's GALOT -https://twitter.com/insrtcoins/status/1501825359787933698?s=21 Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/AdequateEmily/status/1503672681018843138 Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Zachary Pligge - Superman 64 Jesse Spencer - Yakuza Like A Dragon Clemens Zobel - XCOM: Enemy Unknown Jawarhello - Crash Team Racing Miguel Medjai - Tetris Attack (Panel de Pon) Ben Reeves - Panzer Dragoon Saga PhillyYeetSteak - Minority Report: Everybody Runs Kris - Banjo Kazooie Thomas - Persona 5 Royal Steve Bamdad - Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Jonathan - Strange Horticulture DominicCichocki - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Spider Dan - Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time) Jawarhello - Monster Rancher 2 Christopher Walton - Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Ted Ryser - Kodo Tag Starkiller - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed BeatenDownBrian - Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII PrettyGoodPrinting.com - Ultima Online Drew Waranis - Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki Swiggity Swoo - Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Clemens Zobel - Digimon World 3 Ronn - Pokémon Emerald IanTClark - Dying Light 2 Stay Human ProcyonNumber6 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves Roger Reichardt - Super Castlevania IV

On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Sarah Podzorski, and Jeff Marchiafava break down the biggest news and weirdest reveal trailers from Sony's State of Play. We talk about Capcom's dino crisis game that isn't Dino Crisis, Square-Enix's new game reveals, and more. Then we talk about Kirby and the Forgotten Land on the Nintendo Switch and the delightful new, short game from Valve called Aperture Desk Job. After that, the real fun begins with a big (spoiler free) gush-session for From Software's Elden Ring. Then Janet Garcia joins us to answer some wonderful questions from the community submitted over on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/s9m1Be657MM Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://shop.asmodee.com/voices-in-my-head-ug02 https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:50 - State of Play recap 00:02:27 - Exoprimal 00:05:09 - Forspoken 00:07:09 - Returnal: Ascension 00:08:30 - Valkyrie Elysium 00:10:43 - The Diofield Chronicle 00:13:37 - Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin 00:15:53 - The Cowabunga Collection 00:16:46 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land 00:21:00 - Aperture Desk Job 00:26:50 - Elden Ring 00:46:57 - Breath of the Wild comparisons with Elden Ring 01:03:05- Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:06:48 - Community questions 01:50:50 - Get A Load Of This JeffM's GALOT - https://itch.io/b/1316/bundle-for-ukraine Sarah's GALOT - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdUeTjqs/?k=1 Hanson's GALOT - https://youtu.be/zh9BxM6vBNI Janet's GALOT - https://tiredoldhack.com/2022/03/05/jumping-for-joy-pre-order-my-platformer-book-now/ Community GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU-MYe0SL9Q8 Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Zachary Pligge - Superman 64 Jesse Spencer - Yakuza Like A Dragon Clemens Zobel - XCOM: Enemy Unknown Jawarhello - Crash Team Racing Miguel Medjai - Tetris Attack (Panel de Pon) Ben Reeves - Panzer Dragoon Saga PhillyYeetSteak - Minority Report: Everybody Runs Thomas - Persona 5 Royal Steve Bamdad - Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Jonathan - Strange Horticulture DominicCichocki - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Spider Dan - Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time) Jawarhello - Monster Rancher 2 Christopher Walton - Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Ted Ryser - Kodo Tag Starkiller - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed BeatenDownBrian - Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII PrettyGoodPrinting.com - Ultima Online Drew Waranis - Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki Swiggity Swoo - Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Clemens Zobel - Digimon World 3 Ronn - Pokémon Emerald IanTClark - Dying Light 2 Stay Human ProcyonNumber6 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves Roger Reichardt - Super Castlevania IV

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined in the MinnMax studio by former Game Informer editors Jeff Cork, Joe Juba, and Ben Reeves! Ben Reeves just announced that he's leaving Game Informer after 15 years to become a narrative designer at Firaxis. In this episode we share way too many old stories from Game Informer and also talk about what compels us to play games in the first place. Why can't we stop playing Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West? We also share our review thoughts on Gran Turismo 7 on the PlayStation 5, Sony provided the code. 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 Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/Eall7NfbPPc Here's a link to the Ben Reeves Smash Bros. tournament video - https://bit.ly/35D9rkt Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.zmangames.com/en/products/star-wars-jabbas-palace/ https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com https://www.divergecoffee.com/ To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:47 - Ben Reeves on leaving Game Informer for Firaxis 00:14:12 - Why do former Game Informer editors stay friends? 00:25:15 - Why do we play games? 00:36:50 - Gran Turismo 7 00:40:25 - More Ben Reeves memories 00:52:22 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 00:59:07 - Community questions 02:15:23 - Get A Load Of This Jeff Cork’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-LqVe2PArM Joe Juba’s GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/cqtq1r/the_chemical_elements_that_turn_cheese_into_a/ Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0339SUMLZg Ben Reeves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOrN97Eo3Yw Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/pattinsonphotos/status/1497699240880979968?s=20&t=ZYQhIDuBfq8XEw7P7utjnA Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Bob Buel - Windjammers 2 PureBredNumber6 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves Ronn - Pokémon Emerald Swiggity Swoo - Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Drew Waranis - Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki Christopher Walton - Lost Plant: Extreme Condition Spider Dan - Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time) Steve B - Jak 2 PrettyGoodPrinting.com - Ultima Online Jonathan - Smite Clemens Zobel - Digimon World 3 IanTClark - Dying Light 2 Stay Human DominicCichocki - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Starkiller - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Jawarhello - Monster Rancher 2 Roger Reichardt - Super Castlevania IV Ted Ryser - Kodo Tag BeatenDownBrian - Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

On this week's podcast, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by our old friend Suriel Vazquez and YouTube essayist Jacob Geller to unpack From Software's new masterpiece Elden Ring. Our review discussion does is spoiler-free and the gameplay footage is from the technical test. Suriel also talks about Capcom's exciting announcements of Street Fighter 6 and Capcom Fighting Collection. Then Leo Vader joins the show to help answer community questions submitted on Patreon! Help support the show and submit a question of your own over on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version right here - https://youtu.be/8cUdlfoajRM Check our Jacob Geller's YouTube channel here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeTfBygNb1TahcNpZyELO8g Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.zmangames.com/en/products/star-wars-jabbas-palace/ https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com https://www.divergecoffee.com/ To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:28 - Will Horizon Forbidden West be overlooked? 00:05:44 - Elden Ring 00:58:00 - Street Fighter 6 01:02:09 - Capcom Fighting Collection 01:09:09 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:14:32 - Community questions 02:09:53 - Get A Load Of This Leo's GALOT - https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779 Jacob's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/s3y1ql/a_bird_imitating_a_human_voice/ Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/TheHorrorMaster/status/1494873397938900992?s=20&t=sj0jD0iMWZ34FNRbfDyERg Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/killer7_tom/status/1491400129273679874 Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1496443202953523204 Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Bob Buel - Windjammers 2 PureBredNumber6 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves Ronn - Pokémon Emerald Swiggity Swoo - Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Drew Waranis - Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki Christopher Walton - Lost Plant: Extreme Condition Spider Dan - Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time) Steve B - Jak 2 PrettyGoodPrinting.com - Ultima Online Jonathan - Smite Clemens Zobel - Digimon World 3 IanTClark - Dying Light 2 Stay Human DominicCichocki - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Starkiller - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Jawarhello - Monster Rancher 2 Roger Reichardt - Super Castlevania IV Ted Ryser - Kodo Tag BeatenDownBrian - Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about the big, exciting, new game from Guerrilla Games called Horizon Forbidden West on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Our copies of the game were provided by PlayStation. Then Kyle Hilliard talks about playing the campaign for Crossfire X from Remedy and Supraland Six Inches Under. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the show to answer great questions submitted by the community. Help support the show over on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version right here - https://youtu.be/q80zKAFDcFQ To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:20 - Horizon Forbidden West 00:37:36 - Remedy's Crossfire X 00:41:24 - Supraland Six Inches Under 00:45:33- Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 00:49:40 - Community questions 01:37:44 - Get A Load Of This JeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O5lESQi3RI Sarah's GALOT - https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdB9a8JK/ Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmnYCSwt2Js Kyle's GALOT - https://www.tootsie.com/candy/sugar-daddy/sugar-daddy Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1493276366170734593 Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Bob Buel - Windjammers 2 PureBredNumber6 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves Ronn - Pokémon Emerald Swiggity Swoo - Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Drew Waranis - Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki Christopher Walton - Lost Plant: Extreme Condition Spider Dan - Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time) Steve B - Jak 2 PrettyGoodPrinting.com - Ultima Online Jonathan - Smite Clemens Zobel - Digimon World 3 IanTClark - Dying Light 2 Stay Human DominicCichocki - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Starkiller - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Jawarhello - Monster Rancher 2 Roger Reichardt - Super Castlevania IV Ted Ryser - Kodo Tag BeatenDownBrian - Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard talk about GhostWire: Tokyo from Tango Gameworks before diving into a big review discussion of Sifu for the PlayStation 5. Then Jacob Geller and Sarah Podzorski join the show to break down the biggest news from the Nintendo Direct, like the Chrono Cross remaster, Kirby's surreal new swallowing abilities, Nintendo Switch Sports, a new Mario Strikers, and more. 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 Watch and share the video version of the show here! https://youtu.be/MoGX6_7W7y4 Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.zmangames.com/en/products/star-wars-jabbas-palace/ https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com https://www.divergecoffee.com/ To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:03 - GhostWire: Tokyo 00:14:11 - Sifu 00:29:46 - OlliOlli World 00:36:04 - Nintendo Direct reveals 00:37:08 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land 00:41:30 - Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition 00:44:17 - Live A Live 00:45:56 - Mario Strikers: Battle League 00:47:29 - Nintendo Switch Sports 00:49:57 - Earthbound 00:51:03 - Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series 00:52:45 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass 00:55:14 - Splatoon 3 00:57:59 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 00:59:49 - Disney Speedstorm 01:03:20 - Vampire Survivors 01:06:03 - How Fish Is Made 01:08:20 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:11:25 - Leo Vader's song debut 01:17:34 - Community questions 01:57:47 - Get A Load Of This Jacob's GALOT - https://www.thegamer.com/sifus-brawler-soulless-caricature-racism/ Sarah's GALOT - https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1491475574245793799?s=20&t=7hxfWMh0jdJ1y68WUrZy4A Hanson's GALOT - http://thrasherswheat.org/tfa/trains-neil-young-1993.htm Leo Vader's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vKEVHx9d1o Community GALOT - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-09/ubisoft-plans-new-assassin-s-creed-game-to-help-fill-schedule Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Bob Buel - Windjammers 2 PureBredNumber6 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves Ronn - Pokémon Emerald Swiggity Swoo - Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Drew Waranis - Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki Christopher Walton - Lost Plant: Extreme Condition Spider Dan - Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time) Steve B - Jak 2 PrettyGoodPrinting.com - Ultima Online Jonathan - Smite Clemens Zobel - Digimon World 3 IanTClark - Dying Light 2 Stay Human DominicCichocki - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Starkiller - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Jawarhello - Monster Rancher 2 Roger Reichardt - Super Castlevania IV Ted Ryser - Kodo Tag BeatenDownBrian - Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard review their time with Techland's open-world zombie game Dying Light 2 Stay Human. We also talk about the huge news that Sony purchased Bungie and run down the only big independent developers left in the game industry. Then we're joined by O'Dell Harmon Jr and Nikole Zivalich to talk about Game Freak's bold changes with Pokémon Legends: Arceus and answer wonderful questions submitted on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version of the show here - https://youtu.be/4knW9k0GiqU Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.zmangames.com/en/products/star-wars-jabbas-palace/ https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com https://www.divergecoffee.com/ To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:50 - Dying Light 2 00:22:04 - Sony buys Bungie 00:29:41 - The biggest independent developers remaining 00:39:13 - Pokémon Legends: Arceus 00:59:19 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:02:33 - Community questions 01:46:50 - Get A Load Of This Nikole's GALOT - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/regenerative-medicine-leg-amputated-regrown-frogs/ O'Dell's GALOT - https://earthsky.org/earth/megaflash-2-new-world-records-for-lightning/#:~:text=A%202nd%20new%20world%20record,new%20record%20is%2017.102%20seconds. Hanson's GALOT - https://shmuplations.com/ocarinaoftime/ Kyle's GALOT - https://mobile.twitter.com/cejetvole/status/1469126578667802625 Community GALOT - https://www.windowscentral.com/report-certain-affinity-working-xbox-exclusive-monster-hunter-codenamed-suerte Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Bob Buel - Windjammers 2 PureBredNumber6 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves Swiggity Swoo - Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Drew Waranis - Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki Christopher Walton - Lost Plant: Extreme Condition Spider Dan - Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time) Steve B - Jak 2 PrettyGoodPrinting.com - Ultima Online Jonathan - Smite Clemens Zobel - Digimon World 3 IanTClarke - Dying Light 2 Stay Human DominicCichocki - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Starkiller - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Jawarhello - Monster Rancher 2 Roger Reichardt - Super Castlevania IV Ted Ryser - Kodo Tag BeatenDownBrian - Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard announce we're tackling Pokémon Legends: Arceus for The Deepest Dive and then jump into our predictions for 2022. Will Sony try to compete with Game Pass? Will Elden Ring meet everybody's wild expectations? Will The Rock portray Kratos in a film version of God of War??! 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 Watch and share the video version of this episode here - https://youtu.be/qssHCp2qYF4 Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://shop.asmodee.com/lord-of-the-rings-lcg-5-revised-core-set-mec101 https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com https://www.divergecoffee.com/ To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:17 - Announcing The Deepest Dive 00:06:56 - Predicting the next game films/TV shows 00:12:09 - Checking our predictions for 2021 00:18:39 - Our predictions for 2022 00:39:37 - Game releases over/under 00:43:29 - Studios ready to pop 00:46:39 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 00:50:17 - Community questions 01:55:48 - Get A Load Of This JeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g Janet's GALOT - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/style/creators-selling-selves.html Hanson's GALOT - https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-is-making-a-vr-game-where-youre-a-firefighter-in-notre-dame/ Kyle's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/saw3r1/ever_wondered_what_a_happy_koala_sounds_like_when/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb Community GALOT - https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wgea/fight-club-alternate-ending-china-censorship Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Join the Thank You Crew over on Patreon to add your name to this list! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Ted Ryser Divergecoffee.com Fixture Gaming’s Fixture S1 Iam8bit Zachary Pligge Ludwig Roque Andrew Uerkwitz Drew Waranis Andrew Vala BeatenDownBrian PrettyGoodPrinting.com John Higby The Lord of the Rings Card Game MisterNomer Jawarhello Ronn Steve Bamdad Clemens Zobel Purebrednumber6 Starkiller Spider_Dan Preetham Yarlagadda GeneralNadine99 Kris

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! We have a big episode for you this week, as Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia unpack the news that Microsoft has acquired Activision Blizzard and rave about the new action RPG Nobody Saves the World. Then we're joined by the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin to talk about RPGs on the GameBoy Advance like Mother 3 and Tomato Adventure. Then Sarah Podzorski jumps on to help us answer community questions submitted on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/Z8W-dwP65Lk Follow Kelsey Lewin's work here! https://gamehistory.org/ https://twitter.com/kelslewin Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://shop.asmodee.com/lord-of-the-rings-lcg-5-revised-core-set-mec101 https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com https://www.divergecoffee.com/ To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:41 - Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard!!! 00:31:16 - Nobody Saves the World 00:48:03 - Mother 3 01:02:59 - Tomato Adventure 01:14:37 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:18:29 - Community questions 01:50:18 - Get A Load Of This Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nintendo-power-reunion-stories-from-the-original-nintendo-power-staff-tickets-243179485387 Sarah's GALOT - https://bit.ly/34ZwIg1 Hanson's GALOT - https://bit.ly/33PX97o Janet's GALOT - https://twitter.com/Polygon/status/1483510793127690246 Community GALOT - https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-01-18/daniel-radcliffe-weird-al-yankovic-casting-roku Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Join the Thank You Crew over on Patreon to add your name to this list! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Ted Ryser Divergecoffee.com Fixture Gaming’s Fixture S1 Iam8bit Zachary Pligge Ludwig Roque Andrew Uerkwitz Drew Waranis Andrew Vala BeatenDownBrian PrettyGoodPrinting.com John Higby The Lord of the Rings Card Game MisterNomer Jawarhello Ronn Steve Bamdad Clemens Zobel Purebrednumber6 Starkiller Spider_Dan Preetham Yarlagadda GeneralNadine99 Kris