The MinnMax Show

MinnMax's full crew of Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski kick off our Game of the Year debate that we call The Two Tens... in honor of the two Ns in MinnMax and Minnesota. We build up a list of our favorite games this year and then boil it down to the Top 20 entries. Sorry, that was a typo. We mean to call it The Two Tens. What will make the cut? Dragon's Dogma 2? Pacific Drive? Balatro? Kunitsi-Gami: Path of the Goddess? Tune in to find out! The final debate airs next week, but you can watch it all right now (including the "Pissy Zone" post-show) by supporting MinnMax at the $10 Backstage Pass tier. All of the links are in the #backstage-pass channel in the Discord. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/F5_SlQfpLEo Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: THENAMEAGAINISMRPLOW To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...  00:00:00 - Intro 00:07:52 - Building the list 01:21:53 - Cutting the list down to The Two Tens Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives 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 Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - Directly support MinnMax and unlock our Game of the Year debates weeks ahead of the public. MinnMax's full crew of Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski celebrate gaming in 2024 by nominating and debating winners in prestigious categories. The categories of course are: Best Thing, Dumbest Thing, Biggest News, Best Game We Didn't Play, Best Moment, and the Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time For 2024. This is a big one, so thanks so much for listening and sharing. We'll be back the following two weeks for The Two Tens, which is our big debate where we list and rank our favorite games of the year. You can join the $10 Backstage Pass tier to watch all of our unedited Game of the Year debates right now (including the Pissy Zone), via links in the MinnMax Discord. Thanks for your support! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/9iBiv3XpWCs Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: THENAMEAGAINISMRPLOW https://www.factormeals.com/50minnmax - 50% off your first order with promo code 50MINNMAX To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...  00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:31 - Best Thing 00:19:46 - Animal Well Spoilers 00:20:32 - Best Thing 00:31:35 - 1000xResist Spoilers 00:32:34 - Best Thing 00:51:57 - Dumbest Thing 00:57:42 - Life is Strange: Double Exposure Spoilers 00:58:35 - Dumbest Thing 01:26:47 - Biggest News 01:55:04 - Best Game We Didn't Play 02:12:03 - Plug Of The Year 02:21:19 - Best Moment 02:21:50 - Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth Spoilers 02:32:23 - Astro Bot Spoilers 02:36:34 - Alan Wake 2 DLC Spoilers 02:39:05 - Indika Spoilers 02:52:54 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Spoilers 02:54:50 - Thank Goodness You're Here Spoilers 02:56:54 - Batman: Arkham Shadows Spoilers 02:58:58 - Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Spoilers 03:02:45 - Crypt Custodian Spoilers 03:04:00 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Spoilers 03:07:35 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 03:12:07 - World of Goo 2 Spoilers 03:13:57 - Princess Peach Showtime! Spoilers 03:14:59 - 1000xResist Spoilers 03:25:52 - Mouthwashing Spoilers 03:27:50 - Best Moment 03:28:39 - Life is Strange: Double Exposure Spoilers 03:31:41 - Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Spoilers 03:32:57 - Best Moment 03:38:03 - Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time For 2024 03:56:56 - Starstruck: Hands of Time Spoilers 04:00:20 - Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time For 2024 Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives 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 Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava unpack their full thoughts on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle from Machine Games and Bethesda and JeffM makes the bold claim that Diceomancer is better than Slay the Spire. Then Kelsey Lewin and Sarah Podzorski freshen up the place by raving about Infinity Nikki and Starstruck: Hands of Time. 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 We'll DM you a Steam code for Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess if you support MinnMax on Patreon before 12/16 or until we hit 5,285 paid supporters - https://www.patreon.com/c/minnmax Watch and share the video version - https://youtu.be/b33tJyt6d8k Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: THENAMEAGAINISMRPLOW https://www.factormeals.com/50minnmax - 50% off your first order with promo code 50MINNMAX https://www.meundies.com/minnmax - Promo code: MINNMAX To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...  00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:23 - Win a Steam code for Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess 00:04:11 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 00:32:27 - https://www.factormeals.com/50minnmax promo code 50MINNMAX 00:34:27 - Diceomancer 00:44:16 - Path of Exile 2 00:47:38 - UFO 50 00:49:31 - Infinity Nikki 01:05:40 - https://www.meundies.com/minnmax - Promo code: MINNMAX 01:07:53 - Starstruck: Hands Of Time 01:20:26 - Cairn 01:24:19 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/ 01:27:17 - Community questions 02:08:51 - Get A Load Of This Sarah’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxFrNqgRckw Jacob's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1h25rbz/this_is_how_my_cat_simpson_makes_sure[…]m=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Hanson's GALOT - https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-no-view-seats-sell-for-15-resell-for-1000/ Kelsey's GALOT - https://uquiz.com/quiz/5I26Sh/dark-souls-or-love-nikki Community GALOT - https://www.polygon.com/news/494528/plucky-squire-update-patch-streamlined-mode-tutorial Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives 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 Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - Unlock a benefit, listen to The Two Tens early, and directly support independent games media MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and video editor Charles Harte unpack their favorite game music from 2024 (with tracks from Metaphor, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Stellar Blade) before Kelsey Lewin joins to talk about Monster Hunter Wilds 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 submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/Uw2aR5cjqcw Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: THENAMEAGAINISMRPLOW https://www.turtlebeach.com/minnmax - 10% off with code MINNMAX To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...  00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:37 - The best game music of 2024 00:58:47 - https://www.turtlebeach.com/minnmax 01:00:51 - Charles visiting Capcom in Osaka, Japan 01:15:54 - Monster Hunter Wilds gameplay preview 01:29:27 - Antonblast 01:35:03 - Until Then 01:40:54 - Cylinder: Puzzles Returned 01:42:27 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/ 01:45:56 - Community questions 02:31:06 - Get A Load Of This Kelsey’s GALOT - Enron.com Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/c3iqVTDXK1Y?si=vOW7ce-10--fNcgB Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMBTudmQlQ Kyle's GALOT - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12042730/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_unrel_t_1 Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/fcpnchstds/status/1825865412816347535?s=46&t=AOO3Cq-hA8uoaKqfcjiHbA Here's a list of the songs played during this episode... Final Fantasy VII Rebirth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQfaGrWqzwg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YgPuQdl_rk World of Goo 2 https://youtu.be/8xWLdBQEV4c?si=aqt4_eLp3_afndaN https://youtu.be/yqCWQ7lwgaw?si=RXWZ-qP5VSrRn6W https://youtu.be/OD2PAOCdJ08?si=HDfqTZljNL9jlu6R Mars After Midnight - https://youtu.be/Q7uQHc4dTz0?si=nRWQutk-MxbUY5oP Hades 2 - https://youtu.be/N7QSavYWEE0?si=WfLlhduPHsIem-Kw 1000xRESIST: https://youtu.be/B2-2LxRPCpk?si=b0kBGb73XC-ucy9A Metaphor https://youtu.be/O6Y9y2kOy0w?si=mm0FKK3ya6MNbtnH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_6vTU18Ok Slitterhead - https://youtu.be/JCu6gEuJryM?si=D-5ngZ0Frrxn7Xmk Stellar Blade https://youtu.be/VxaFZqjhOfY?si=xE-96u-dUCmavbFe https://youtu.be/0PvfgkC7RR4?si=PGRK0NXsldKGPAFp Astro Bot - https://youtu.be/-Hy786ge-F8?si=wDMxaFc1kXwVpQPo Helldivers 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5hCkh2AH58 South Park: Snow Day - https://youtu.be/6ElCU4iAp3U?si=qN_Bf75p8QWeQGN All You Need Is Help - https://youtu.be/TL-1T75TCeU?si=EzlzjxHdKsJEr8u1 Bore Blasters - https://youtu.be/WCQUo3J5l4E?si=mEo9fCDquYNSBj5B Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess https://youtu.be/V2L9xp_Y1Pc?si=NOQUxtFajjHN-Mzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UurRlEL0tXg Harold Halibut - https://youtu.be/sYLcAvqwqBI?si=8FztOqNtVDcIqwnx Content Warning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X1bEwY3jeUBONUSES The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JsJxNT0vSw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVeuAE9Z258 https://youtu.be/ToydFVyVgMI?si=pgCJkGPOow1O5WIe Balatro - https://youtu.be/k8yiHtHiNfU?si=C_iFQskhPBUMm3-7 Beastieball - https://youtu.be/Y7cTWs-2Ucs?si=-BlBoNuaS1Bjbzxe The Rogue Prince of Persia - https://youtu.be/aW3q_NZLvp4?si=hRnIJ84V6SutsBPr Star Wars Outlaws - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6UCcPSpZB4 Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives 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 Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.