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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Mario Paint - Beau Bakken
Luck Be A Landlord - TrampolineTales
Point Blank 2 - Michael Berry
Tomba! - BacklogBusters
Starfield - Maniac
Dead Or Alive 6 - Malcolm Holliday
Wizard Of Wor - Jessica-Star
Super Smash Bros. Melee - TheWholeHamDamily
Ghost Of Tsushima - ProcyonNumber6
Borderlands 3 - Joshua Ayers
Cookie Clicker - RabidLime
Final Fantasy X - Andres Silva
Detroit: Become Human - The Sleepy MailMan
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Patrick Polk
Scarlet Hollow - Julie Wilcox
Cthulhu Saves the World: Super Hyper Enhanced Championship Edition Alpha Diamond DX Plus Alpha FES HD – Premium Enhanced Game of the Year Collector’s Edition (without Avatars!) - PrettyGoodPrinting.com
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Jawarhello
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