The MinnMax Show

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

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski each share their 5 most anticipated games of 2022. We talk about God of War: Ragnarok, Kirby on the Switch, try to predict the reception to Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and set the scene for our hype with From Software's Elden Ring. Then Leo Vader joins us as 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/HLOB1pZ-Shw 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 00:02:18 - What could be 2022's "Cyberpunk 2077" 00:06:59 - Sonic Frontiers 00:10:36 - Elden Ring 00:13:46 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land 00:18:49 - Sea of Stars 00:20:28 - Trek to Yomi 00:21:43 - God of War: Ragnarok 00:29:19 - Pokémon Legends: Arceus 00:34:09 - Little Witch in the Woods 00:37:03 - Gotham Knights 00:40:55 - Dragon Ball: The Breakers 00:44:48 - Yokai Inn 00:46:56 - Forspoken 00:52:33 - The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 00:58:13 - Stray 01:02:41 - Horizon Forbidden West 01:08:10 - All other big 2022 games 01:15:00 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:18:52 - Community questions 02:04:09 - Get A Load Of This Leo's GALOT -  https://www.reddit.com/r/RedDeadOnline/comments/p1z8b9/my_guy_blinked_while_his_photo_was_taken_in_the/ Sarah's GALOT - https://www.polygon.com/22878594/attack-on-titan-call-of-duty-warzone-vanguard-midseason-update Hanson's GALOT - https://8-4.jp/blog/?lang=en  Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/ultimashadowx/status/1478963456707641345?s=21 Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/ShujaUH/status/1479821836321918978 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, everybody! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader are joined by former cohort Suriel Vazquez to share our top 10 games of 2021, talk about PlayStation VR2, and then run down the community's objective list of the best games of 2021. Then we're joined by Janet Garcia to 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 podcast here - https://youtu.be/FLhH2vsvg-I Check out the new merch for The Deepest Dive from HugoP.Arts here - bit.ly/3374KhG 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 00:03:57 - Suriel's reaction to The Two Tens 00:07:27 - The best VR games 00:15:35 - PlayStation VR2 00:20:41 - Analogue Pocket 00:24:26 - Ben Hanson's Top 10 Games of 2021 00:25:57 - Sarah Podzorski's Top 10 Games of 2021 00:28:34 - Leo Vader's Top 10 Games of 2021 00:30:09 - Suriel Vazquez's Top 10 Games of 2021 00:41:47 - Honorable mentions 00:48:43 - The MinnMax community's Top 20 Games of 2021 00:56:29 - Janet Garcia's Top 10 Games of 2021 00:58:12 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:01:24 - Community questions 01:48:33 - Get A Load Of This Janet's GALOT -  https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/04/xbox-opi-nail-polish-collection-spring-2022/ Sarah's GALOT - https://www.polygon.com/22867081/final-fantasy-7-remake-modder-mods-square-enix-mcdonalds Hanson's GALOT -  https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/ezc8es/todayss_wtf_fact_billie_eilishs_mom_played_samara/ Leo's GALOT - https://thecatisinthebox.com/blogs/kitty-contemplations/why-does-my-cat-try-to-cover-or-bury-her-food Community GALOT - https://mobile.twitter.com/WhiteHat94/status/1478146028671021058 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 to the final episode of The MinnMax Show for 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski battle it out to rank and lock down the greatest games of the year for our list of The Two Tens. We talk about Returnal, Deathloop, Rider's Republic, Life is Strange: True Colors, and a whole lot more. On the next episode, we'll let the community in the Discord vote to determine their collective Top 10 for the year. If you've enjoyed our Game of the Year content here at MinnMax, any help sharing the show online or with a friend is appreciated! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/Y_C3NaZMFAE Help support MinnMax's supporters! Another Eden - bit.ly/minnmaxae 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 00:02:02 - Our biggest regrets so far 00:06:01 - Ranking the best games of the year 00:20:35 - Unpacking Spoilers Start 00:24:57 - Unpacking Spoilers End 00:33:44 - Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Spoilers Start 00:37:21 - Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Spoilers End 00:39:44 - Chicory: A Colorful Tale Light Gameplay Spoilers Start 00:45:43 - Chicory: A Colorful Tale Light Gameplay Spoilers End 00:49:28 - It Takes Two Spoilers Start 00:56:39 - It Takes Two Spoilers End 01:12:23 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:15:04 - Finalizing The Two Tens 01:29:54 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers Start 01:33:34 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers End 01:47:23 - Returnal Spoilers Start 01:50:27 - Returnal Spoilers End 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 Patrick Polk Another Eden’s Chrono Cross Crossover Andrew Uerkwitz Opposwitch on Xbox Shakes TRUE KING MUSIC Kris Fixture Gaming’s Fixture S1 Iam8bit Divergecoffee.com Zachary Pligge Ludwig Roque Andrew Vala BeatenDownBrian PrettyGoodPrinting.com Jawarhello MisterNomer John Higby Drew Waranis Steve Bamdad Clemens Zobel Purebrednumber6 Starkiller Spider_Dan SpiralInYourEyes Preetham Yarlagadda GeneralNadine99 Ronn

It's time to build the list of our favorite games of 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski create a list of Game of the Year contenders before they start whittling it down to The Two Tens. We debate Psychonauts 2, Death's Door, The Forgotten City, Bravely Default 2, and a whole lot more on this episode. We'll be back next week with a new episode to rank and finalize the list. Unlock early access to the final discussion by supporting MinnMax on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/rFdFwks-ZMo Help support MinnMax's supporters! Another Eden - bit.ly/minnmaxae 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 00:01:52 - Building the list 01:17:24 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:19:49 - Narrowing down the Two Tens 01:31:47 - Inscryption Spoilers Start 01:35:00 - Inscryption Spoilers End 02:27:38 - The Forgotten City Spoilers Start 02:38:37 - The Forgotten City Spoilers End 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 Patrick Polk Another Eden’s Chrono Cross Crossover Andrew Uerkwitz Opposwitch on Xbox Shakes TRUE KING MUSIC Kris Fixture Gaming’s Fixture S1 Iam8bit Divergecoffee.com Zachary Pligge Ludwig Roque Andrew Vala BeatenDownBrian PrettyGoodPrinting.com Jawarhello MisterNomer John Higby Drew Waranis Steve Bamdad Clemens Zobel Purebrednumber6 Starkiller Spider_Dan SpiralInYourEyes Preetham Yarlagadda GeneralNadine99 Ronn

Welcome to The MinnMax Awards for 2021! On this episode, we're celebrating the best from gaming this year by nominating and debating the winners for a handful of special categories like best moment, best character, biggest news, and more. We have a full crew on this episode, with Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski. We hope you enjoy the discussion, for the next two episodes we'll be debating the best games of the year by creating a list of the "Two Tens". Be sure to check out the timestamps below if you want to avoid spoilers during these discussions. Also, here's a link to the Horsey song - https://bit.ly/3E1hNht You can watch and share the video version of this episode here - https://youtu.be/_FjAMzpOfi0 Help support MinnMax's supporters! Another Eden - bit.ly/minnmaxae 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 00:04:57 - Best Thing 00:39:32 - Dumbest Thing 00:50:30 - Light Resident Evil Village Moment Spoiler Begins 00:51:14 - Light Resident Evil Village Moment Spoiler Ends 01:20:18 - Biggest News 01:42:28 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:45:06 - The Game We All Agree Is Probably Good But We Didn’t Play 01:57:56 - Best Character 02:19:15 - Returnal Spoilers Begin 02:21:55 - Returnal Spoilers End 02:24:08 - Best Moment 02:25:47 - Metroid Dread Spoilers Begin 02:29:34 - Metroid Dread Spoilers End 02:29:34 - Resident Evil Village Spoilers Begin 02:35:42 - Resident Evil Village Spoilers End 02:35:54 - Life is Strange: True Colors Spoilers Begin 02:38:53 - Life is Strange: True Colors Spoilers End 02:38:53 - Guardians of the Galaxy Spoilers Begin 02:41:08 - Guardians of the Galaxy Spoilers End 02:41:08 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers Begin 02:45:45 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers End 02:45:45 - Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye Spoilers Begin 02:49:37 - Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye Spoilers End 02:49:37 - Cyberpunk 2077 Spoilers Begin 02:55:17 - Cyberpunk 2077 Spoilers End 02:55:59 - Olija Spoilers Start 02:56:57 - Olija Spoilers End 03:03:14 - The Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time (2021) 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 Patrick Polk Another Eden’s Chrono Cross Crossover Andrew Uerkwitz Opposwitch on Xbox Shakes TRUE KING MUSIC Kris Fixture Gaming’s Fixture S1 Iam8bit Divergecoffee.com Zachary Pligge Ludwig Roque Andrew Vala BeatenDownBrian PrettyGoodPrinting.com Jawarhello MisterNomer John Higby Drew Waranis Steve Bamdad Clemens Zobel Purebrednumber6 Starkiller Spider_Dan SpiralInYourEyes Preetham Yarlagadda GeneralNadine99 Ronn

In this live episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski are joined by Bryan Vore to break down the biggest reveals from The Game Awards. We highlight the biggest games shown off during Geoff Keighley's event, like a Wonder Woman game from Monolith, a new Elden Ring trailer, Sonic Frontiers, The Matrix Awakens tech demo, and a whole lot more. Then we talk about Halo Infinite's campaign and Sarah's time with Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker before answering wonderful questions from the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! Watch and share the video version of this episode here - https://youtu.be/t4X-xeaUMXo Help support MinnMax's supporters! 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  00:03:27 - Grading The Game Awards  00:11:00 - Star Wars: Eclipse  00:15:45 - Sonic Frontiers  00:20:00 - Activision and the game industries inherent problems  00:26:20 - Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga  00:28:00 - Nightingale  00:29:55 - Wonder Woman   00:32:21 - Alan Wake 2 00:36:00 - Suicide Squad  00:39:00 - Dune: Spice Wars  00:40:40 - Arc Raiders  00:42:20 - The Game Awards' Game of the Year  00:49:00 - The Matrix Awakens  01:00:10 - Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker  01:11:00 - Halo Infinite  01:20:43 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters  01:23:51 - Community questions  02:00:30 - Get A Load Of This  Leo's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zG7nsywe9E  Hanson's GALOT - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-4-blood-composer-martin-stig-andersen/id1313004515?i=1000542686578  Bryan's GALOT -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-19/id1483289230?i=1000540101856  Community GALOT - https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-report-battle-soul-work-culture-harassment-crunch 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 Patrick Polk Another Eden’s Chrono Cross Crossover Andrew Uerkwitz Opposwitch on Xbox Shakes TRUE KING MUSIC Kris Fixture Gaming’s Fixture S1 Iam8bit Divergecoffee.com Zachary Pligge Ludwig Roque Andrew Vala BeatenDownBrian PrettyGoodPrinting.com Jawarhello MisterNomer John Higby Drew Waranis Steve Bamdad Clemens Zobel Purebrednumber6 Starkiller Spider_Dan SpiralInYourEyes Preetham Yarlagadda GeneralNadine99 Ronn