About this episode
On this week's episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava to talk about Pacific Drive, Penny's Big Breakaway, and somehow rave even more about Balatro. Oh, we also squeeze in some Age of Empires talk before Sarah Podzorski joins the show to talk about Bandle Tale and League of Legends. Then Blake Hester jumps in to talk about being laid off from Game Informer and his current thoughts on the game industry landscape. 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 Follow MinnMaxShow on Instagram and win a code for Balatro - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/3ZgA90nBEzU Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: LEAPFROGYEAR To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:10 - Pacific Drive 00:17:48 - Balatro 00:31:02 - Penny's Big Breakaway 00:43:41 - Age of Mythology Retold 00:52:41 - Pokémon Presents 00:56:59 - Pokémon Legends: Z-A 01:04:03 - Bandle Tale 01:12:24 - Blake Hester on being let go from Game Informer 01:23:31 - Yakuza: Like A Dragon 01:31:42 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 01:33:44 - Polaroid Pete 01:38:07 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:40:17 - Community questions 01:56:45 - Layoffs and the state of the game industry 02:05:54 - More community questions 02:28:09 - Get A Load Of This Leo’s GALOT - https://youtu.be/2N8kqc-bf9o?si=CZ08569xpGAMueZP&t=352 Blake's GALOT - https://open.spotify.com/track/5oSnYy4EijgEEEDO9MPDq4?si=5b5b5b1c3f9042bb Sarah's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F9v3pulgh42451.png%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D92ae2c8c1c3c2d0149b35cbd5e35df532d5d7b1e Hanson's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/roadtrip/comments/ash5v0/my_cows_car_game/ Haley's GALOT - https://investors.remedygames.com/announcements/remedy-entertainment-plc-inside-informati[…]res-full-rights-to-the-control-franchise-from-505-games/ Community GALOT - https://x.com/wario64/status/1762846646176555261 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 Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Mario Paint - Beau Bakken Luck Be A Landlord - TrampolineTales Point Blank 2 - Michael Berry Tomba! - BacklogBusters Starfield - Maniac Dead Or Alive 6 - Malcolm Holliday Wizard Of Wor - Jessica-Star Super Smash Bros. Melee - TheWholeHamDamily Ghost Of Tsushima - ProcyonNumber6 Borderlands 3 - Joshua Ayers Cookie Clicker - RabidLime Final Fantasy X - Andres Silva Detroit: Become Human - The Sleepy MailMan Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Patrick Polk Scarlet Hollow - Julie Wilcox Cthulhu Saves the World: Super Hyper Enhanced Championship Edition Alpha Diamond DX Plus Alpha FES HD – Premium Enhanced Game of the Year Collector’s Edition (without Avatars!) - PrettyGoodPrinting.com Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Jawarhello This podcast is powered by Pinecast .