About this episode
On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and special guest Emily Reese from the Level with Emily podcast ! It's our favorite episode of the year, we're celebrating the very best game music around as we each share our three favorite tracks and also take a ton of great musical recommendations from you in the MinnMax community. 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 - https://youtu.be/gOR_pCM7Ad0 Donate to help foster kids in Minnesota, our Give To The Max stream is happening on Saturday! https://www.givemn.org/story/Minnmax23 Check out the Level with Emily podcast - https://www.levelwithemily.com/ Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.uncommongoods.com/minnmax - 15% off https://www.notion.com/minnmax https://www.rocketmoney.com/minnmax https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: GOBBLETILYOUWOBBLE RSVP for Day of the Devs in LA on December 8th here - https://bit.ly/dotd2023gameawardseditiontickets To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:10 - Emily Reese from Level With Emily 00:04:03 - Give To The Max Charity Stream This Saturday 00:07:28 - Our favorite game music from 2023 00:08:05 - Baldur’s Gate 3 00:11:10 - Alan Wake 2 00:15:58 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty 00:17:54 - Octopath Traveler 2 00:19:43 - Tchia 00:23:55 - Humanity 00:26:33 - A Space For The Unbound 00:28:25 - Final Fantasy XVI 00:32:51 - Theatrhythm Final Bar Line 00:34:13 - Oxenfree II: Lost Signals 00:37:02 - Goodbye Volcano High 00:39:55 - Sea of Stars 00:43:51 - Tren 00:46:30 - Like A Dragon Gaiden 00:47:30 - Super Mario RPG 00:49:17 - Venba 00:51:27 - Street Fighter 6 00:52:52 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 00:56:01 - Forspoken 00:57:55 - Dead Island 2 00:58:55 - Bayonetta Origins 00:59:45 - Pizza Tower 01:01:28 - Splatoon 3’s season update 01:03:17 - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 01:03:46 - Bombrush Cyberfunk 01:04:59 - Starfield 01:06:05 - Hi-Fi Rush 01:07:33 - Jusant 01:08:29 - The Last Spell 01:10:25 - Lamplighter’s League 01:12:18 - Pikmin 4 01:13:00 - Otxo 01:14:46 - El Paso, Elsewhere 01:16:07 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder 01:17:58 - Thanking MinnMax’s biggest supporters 01:24:23 - Community Questions 01:51:30 - Get A Load Of This Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/nWm_OhIKms8?si=Sfw5lZAZi7oK-6jy Hanson's GALOT - https://www.cbr.com/scooby-doos-previous-origin-story-was-weirdly-cosmic-and-controversial/ Kyle's GALOT - https://www.twitch.tv/winningsequence Emily’s GALOT - https://today.duke.edu/2023/11/your-eyes-talk-your-ears-scientists-know-what-theyre-saying Community GALOT - https://fxtwitter.com/GIBiz/status/1729144088468078730 Here's a list of our music tracks from the episode... Tren - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ftQtAFPok&list=PLRW80bBvVD3WBxGdvztOe5WNqpl79DgLm Final Fantasy XVI - https://youtu.be/okE5HXtHNiA?si=P2pXfYoTW3ptwjT4 https://youtu.be/RizOE1GWtlA?si=7ikjvteH_jS6jnvO Octopath Traveler 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDkRKueCM3k Hi-Fi Rush - https://youtu.be/eG2ShFZasC0?si=KvUnE2m3I8llAu2f Theatrhythm Final Bar Line - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqicn--vQA8 Tchia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H61jxW95oeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjI9EPrxvaM https://youtu.be/Byg-WKrZa1g?si=2a1ZR-rDm6g67Z7n Lamplighter's League - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eNU_6Sg44 Alan Wake 2 - https://youtu.be/Q1H4LNC3KlA?si=OMnV8uZtDA3TyliC https://youtu.be/-80qg1314eg?si=vu6_VE3dDdsDgZvO Oxenfree II: Lost Signals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLsGMz1RCfw Baldur's Gate 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSVRtM1x9wQ Goodbye Volcano High - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na-g7yJIJPg Sea of Stars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHVxD_2Vf70 A Space For The Unbound - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO1mLs35pxA Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKDSGfopHdo Pikmin 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRHz-pO6xsc Humanity - https://youtu.be/P6ZNP52sEso?si=H3_b9nk6lkS1A79i Otxo - https://youtu.be/YKd77Ky3XmQ?si=ALxRtVcYtqZix3oz Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. 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