Episode Notes
On this huge episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, Ana Diaz, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader unpack the year's highlights by debating the nominees and winners for our categories. We talk about the biggest games of the year like Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Half-Life: Alyx, and more. Each category earns a Maximum winner and a Minimum winner, naturally. We stayed pretty vague, but we've noted in the timestamps below which games are very lightly spoiled in these discussions. The next two episodes of The MinnMax Show will cover our full game of the year debates, and you can watch us record them live early by jumping into the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon.
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:16 - Biggest News
00:22:14 - Best Thing
00:51:11 - Dumbest Thing
01:24:57 - Best Podcast Game
01:32:10 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:35:27 - Thanking iam8bit
01:41:11 - The Game We All Agree Is Probably Good But We Didn’t Play
01:53:42 - Best Character (Light, vague spoilers for The Last of Us Part II and Hades)
02:20:25 - Best Moment (Light, vague spoilers for The Last of Us Part II, Half-Life: Alyx, Kentucky Route Zero, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
03:33:00 - The Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time (2020)
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The MinnMax Awards 2020

Released every Thursday, The MinnMax Show features former Game Informer employees and beyond talking about the week's most exciting games or game industry news before reading feedback from the Patreon community found at patreon.com/minnmax.

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Games

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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski each share their 5 most anticipated games of 2022. We talk about God of War: Ragnarok, Kirby on the Switch, try to predict the reception to Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and set the scene for our hype with From Software's Elden Ring. Then Leo Vader joins us as 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
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:18 - What could be 2022's "Cyberpunk 2077"
00:06:59 - Sonic Frontiers
00:10:36 - Elden Ring
00:13:46 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land
00:18:49 - Sea of Stars
00:20:28 - Trek to Yomi
00:21:43 - God of War: Ragnarok
00:29:19 - Pokémon Legends: Arceus
00:34:09 - Little Witch in the Woods
00:37:03 - Gotham Knights
00:40:55 - Dragon Ball: The Breakers
00:44:48 - Yokai Inn
00:46:56 - Forspoken
00:52:33 - The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
00:58:13 - Stray
01:02:41 - Horizon Forbidden West
01:08:10 - All other big 2022 games
01:15:00 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:18:52 - Community questions
02:04:09 - Get A Load Of This
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Sarah's GALOT - https://www.polygon.com/22878594/attack-on-titan-call-of-duty-warzone-vanguard-midseason-update
Hanson's GALOT - https://8-4.jp/blog/?lang=en 
Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/ultimashadowx/status/1478963456707641345?s=21
Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/ShujaUH/status/1479821836321918978
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Our 15 Most Anticipated Games Of 2022

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader are joined by former cohort Suriel Vazquez to share our top 10 games of 2021, talk about PlayStation VR2, and then run down the community's objective list of the best games of 2021. Then we're joined by Janet Garcia to 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
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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:57 - Suriel's reaction to The Two Tens
00:07:27 - The best VR games
00:15:35 - PlayStation VR2
00:20:41 - Analogue Pocket
00:24:26 - Ben Hanson's Top 10 Games of 2021
00:25:57 - Sarah Podzorski's Top 10 Games of 2021
00:28:34 - Leo Vader's Top 10 Games of 2021
00:30:09 - Suriel Vazquez's Top 10 Games of 2021
00:41:47 - Honorable mentions
00:48:43 - The MinnMax community's Top 20 Games of 2021
00:56:29 - Janet Garcia's Top 10 Games of 2021
00:58:12 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:01:24 - Community questions
01:48:33 - Get A Load Of This
Janet's GALOT -  https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/04/xbox-opi-nail-polish-collection-spring-2022/
Sarah's GALOT - https://www.polygon.com/22867081/final-fantasy-7-remake-modder-mods-square-enix-mcdonalds
Hanson's GALOT -  https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/ezc8es/todayss_wtf_fact_billie_eilishs_mom_played_samara/
Leo's GALOT - https://thecatisinthebox.com/blogs/kitty-contemplations/why-does-my-cat-try-to-cover-or-bury-her-food
Community GALOT - https://mobile.twitter.com/WhiteHat94/status/1478146028671021058
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Our Personal Top 10s, PSVR2, Suriel Vazquez!

Welcome to the final episode of The MinnMax Show for 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski battle it out to rank and lock down the greatest games of the year for our list of The Two Tens. We talk about Returnal, Deathloop, Rider's Republic, Life is Strange: True Colors, and a whole lot more. On the next episode, we'll let the community in the Discord vote to determine their collective Top 10 for the year. If you've enjoyed our Game of the Year content here at MinnMax, any help sharing the show online or with a friend is appreciated! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:02 - Our biggest regrets so far
00:06:01 - Ranking the best games of the year
00:20:35 - Unpacking Spoilers Start
00:24:57 - Unpacking Spoilers End
00:33:44 - Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Spoilers Start
00:37:21 - Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Spoilers End
00:39:44 - Chicory: A Colorful Tale Light Gameplay Spoilers Start
00:45:43 - Chicory: A Colorful Tale Light Gameplay Spoilers End
00:49:28 - It Takes Two Spoilers Start
00:56:39 - It Takes Two Spoilers End
01:12:23 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:15:04 - Finalizing The Two Tens
01:29:54 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers Start
01:33:34 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers End
01:47:23 - Returnal Spoilers Start
01:50:27 - Returnal Spoilers End
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Preetham Yarlagadda
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Ronn

The Game Of The Year Debate 2021 (The Final List)

It's time to build the list of our favorite games of 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski create a list of Game of the Year contenders before they start whittling it down to The Two Tens. We debate Psychonauts 2, Death's Door, The Forgotten City, Bravely Default 2, and a whole lot more on this episode. We'll be back next week with a new episode to rank and finalize the list. Unlock early access to the final discussion by supporting MinnMax on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:52 - Building the list
01:17:24 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:19:49 - Narrowing down the Two Tens
01:31:47 - Inscryption Spoilers Start
01:35:00 - Inscryption Spoilers End
02:27:38 - The Forgotten City Spoilers Start
02:38:37 - The Forgotten City Spoilers End
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Ludwig Roque
Andrew Vala
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Clemens Zobel
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The Game Of The Year Debate 2021 (Part 1)

Welcome to The MinnMax Awards for 2021! On this episode, we're celebrating the best from gaming this year by nominating and debating the winners for a handful of special categories like best moment, best character, biggest news, and more. We have a full crew on this episode, with Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski. We hope you enjoy the discussion, for the next two episodes we'll be debating the best games of the year by creating a list of the "Two Tens". Be sure to check out the timestamps below if you want to avoid spoilers during these discussions. Also, here's a link to the Horsey song - https://bit.ly/3E1hNht
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:57 - Best Thing
00:39:32 - Dumbest Thing
00:50:30 - Light Resident Evil Village Moment Spoiler Begins
00:51:14 - Light Resident Evil Village Moment Spoiler Ends
01:20:18 - Biggest News
01:42:28 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:45:06 - The Game We All Agree Is Probably Good But We Didn’t Play
01:57:56 - Best Character
02:19:15 - Returnal Spoilers Begin
02:21:55 - Returnal Spoilers End
02:24:08 - Best Moment
02:25:47 - Metroid Dread Spoilers Begin
02:29:34 - Metroid Dread Spoilers End
02:29:34 - Resident Evil Village Spoilers Begin
02:35:42 - Resident Evil Village Spoilers End
02:35:54 - Life is Strange: True Colors Spoilers Begin
02:38:53 - Life is Strange: True Colors Spoilers End
02:38:53 - Guardians of the Galaxy Spoilers Begin
02:41:08 - Guardians of the Galaxy Spoilers End
02:41:08 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers Begin
02:45:45 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers End
02:45:45 - Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye Spoilers Begin
02:49:37 - Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye Spoilers End
02:49:37 - Cyberpunk 2077 Spoilers Begin
02:55:17 - Cyberpunk 2077 Spoilers End
02:55:59 - Olija Spoilers Start
02:56:57 - Olija Spoilers End
03:03:14 - The Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time (2021)
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Another Eden’s Chrono Cross Crossover
Andrew Uerkwitz
Opposwitch on Xbox
Shakes TRUE KING MUSIC
Kris
Fixture Gaming’s Fixture S1
Iam8bit
Divergecoffee.com
Zachary Pligge
Ludwig Roque
Andrew Vala
BeatenDownBrian
PrettyGoodPrinting.com
Jawarhello
MisterNomer
John Higby
Drew Waranis
Steve Bamdad
Clemens Zobel
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Preetham Yarlagadda
GeneralNadine99
Ronn

The MinnMax Awards 2020

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