2021's Most Underappreciated Games, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Harmonix's Fate

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode. Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard share their picks for some overlooked great games from 2021 and also talk about the news that Harmonix is now owned by Epic Games. Then we're joined by previous guests Nikole Zivalich (previously on the Weekend Confirmed podcast) and O'Dell Harmon Jr (former Game Informer intern) to talk about Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl and Riot Games' big multimedia expansion with League of Legends. 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/W_Lolx_YT38 You can follow Nikole here - https://twitter.com/nikolez And O'Dell here - https://twitter.com/ODellHarmonJr 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 00:01:44 - Our favorite old games this year 00:07:02 - 2021's most underappreciated games 00:08:21 - FIST: Forged in Shadow Torch 00:10:06 - Unpacking 00:13:17 - Olija 00:14:49 - They Always Run 00:16:19 - Narita Boy 00:17:53 - Toem 00:20:23 - Genesis Noir 00:22:25 - Into The Radius VR 00:25:32 - Little Nightmares 2 00:27:43 - Gas Station Simulator 00:29:36 - Before Your Eyes 00:31:52 - Riders Republic 00:34:37 - Epic buys Harmonix 00:40:03 - O'Dell and Nikole intros! 00:43:26 - Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl 01:00:17 - Arcane and Riot Games' multimedia push for League of Legends 01:08:33 - Ruined King: A League of Legends Story 01:13:44 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:15:44 - Thanking iam8bit 01:16:40 - Community questions 01:50:29 - Get A Load Of This O'Dell's GALOT - https://interestingengineering.com/little-giant-broke-electric-land-speed-record-353-mph Hanson's GALOT - https://www.resetera.com/threads/tim-schaefer-and-the-art-of-the-brutal-subtweet.516267/ Nikole's GALOT - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cassowaries-were-raised-by-humans-18000-years-ago-180978784/ Community GALOT - https://www.engadget.com/amazon-studios-is-close-to-a-deal-to-develop-a-mass-effect-series-110558040.html 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 Divergecoffee.com Andrew Uerkwitz Opposwitch on Xbox Kris Shakes True King Music Fixture Gaming’s Fixture S1 Iam8bit Ludwig Roque Zachary Pligge Andrew Vala BeatenDownBrian PrettyGoodPrinting.com Jawarhello Mirko Arico-Torreno Mark Seliga John Higby Call Me By Your Game Podcast Drew Waranis Dan Villone Starkiller Ted Ryser Clemens Zobel Steve Bamdad PureBredNumber6 Spider_Dan Preetham Yarlagadda SpiralInYourEyes GeneralNadine99