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Win 150 Steam codes by subscribing to The MinnMax Show and leaving a podcast review that includes a social media handle. We're randomly picking one winner from Apple Podcasts on 12/22/25. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-minnmax-show/id1484599827 Welcome to The MinnMax Awards! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski debate nominees and winners for the year of gaming in 2025. We determine the Best Moment, Biggest News, Dumbest Thing, and more. How many categories will Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 win in THIS show? Tune in to find out! Any help sharing MinnMax's Game of the Year content online is appreciated. Unlock our full Game of the Year debates weeks early and get access to "The Pissy Zone" post-debate unleashing of grievances by joining the $10 Backstage Pass tier. https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-access-to-145988285 https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-access-to-145988285 Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/jZqJiLwhX4c To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:18 - Win 150 Steam codes by subscribing 00:08:39 - Best Thing 01:06:08 - Dumbest Thing 01:52:22 - Biggest News 02:19:17 - Best Game We Didn't Play 02:27:59 - Best Moment 02:30:48 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Spoilers 02:52:21 - End of Spoilers - Best Moment 02:54:01 - Silent Hill F Spoilers 03:01:09 - The Roottrees Are Dead Spoilers 03:03:14 - Blue Prince Spoilers 03:05:10 - Keeper Spoilers 03:08:59 - Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilers 03:14:57 - Split Fiction Spoilers 03:22:13 - Consume Me Spoilers 03:26:04 - End of Spoilers - Best Moment 03:27:13 - Ghost of Yōtei Spoilers 03:36:58 - Keep Driving Spoilers 03:38:49 - The Alters Spoilers 03:41:48 - Hollow Knight: Silksong Spoilers 03:51:08 - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Spoilers 03:54:02 - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Spoilers 03:59:37 - End of Spoilers - Best Moment 04:10:05 - Road To Empress Spoilers 04:14:39 - Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time For 2025 Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Support MinnMax directly on YouTube - https://youtube.com/minnmax/join 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 Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/ minnmax.com Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast .