Show Notes
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On this episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller share the community's ranking of the best games from 2025 before launching into discussions on some impactful games that they missed from the year before like Many Nights A Whisper, Wednesdays, Fulcrum Defender, and Rhythm Doctor. Kelsey also talks about her ongoing journey with the great, new RPG Octopath Traveler 0. 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
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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:02 - Apply to be MinnMax's production assistant - [email protected]
00:03:36 - MinnMax community's Two Tens
00:13:02 - Baby Steps 00:24:24 - Hello Fresh
00:26:29 - Octopath Traveler 0
00:33:41 - Many Nights A Whisper
00:43:01 - Fulcrum Defender
00:45:58 - Huel
00:48:28 - Avatar: From The Ashes
00:59:44 - Terminator 2D No Fate
01:05:24 - Rhythm Doctor
01:15:00 - Wednesdays
01:26:05 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/
01:27:09 - Community questions
02:04:13 - Get A Load Of This
JeffM’s GALOT - https://youtu.be/dUkLYOPRYH4
Jacob's GALOT - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grand-designs-with-jacob-geller/id1812045307?i=1000741324567
Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dk_PQt-bdo
Kyle's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45-rI25B6jk
Community GALOT -https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/1pq37px/et_interplanetary_mission_is_a_ps1_game_noted_for/
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