Show Notes
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Janet Garcia head to Japan (digitally) to talk about the upcoming game from the creators of Yakuza/Like A Dragon called Stranger Than Heaven and review Forza Horizon 6. Then Kyle Hilliard and Jeff Marchiafava join the show to share early impressions of Mina the Hollower from the creators of Shovel Knight, get hands-on with the new Steam controller, and talk about the fantastic 90s PC vibes of Forbidden Solitiare. After that, it's nothing but your sweet community questions submitted on Patreon 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
00:01:51 - The Kyoto MinnMax meetup
00:07:29 - Stranger Than Heaven
00:19:52 - Forza Horizon 6
00:32:55 - Pocahontas County, Iowa
00:36:00 - Mina The Hollower preview
00:57:31 - Steam controller review
01:09:19 - Factor Meals
01:11:32 - Forbidden Solitaire
01:20:32 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/
01:13:48 - Community questions
02:15:19 - Get A Load Of This
Janet’s GALOT - https://www.uscgamesexpo.com/2026-expo-games
JeffM's GALOT - https://youtu.be/UtOq7ccTMwI
Hanson's GALOT - https://open.spotify.com/album/7qP2RO8Zm1u47l8pbgtU25?si=cmkYYE5fQjWMp4d8DChN7A\&nd=1\&dlsi=64e0b86b40be4ac9
Kyle's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/nirvannatheband/comments/1t5vtke/update_day_wii_shop_wednesday_but_only_the_game
Community GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NlP-08pVm4
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