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MinnMax’s Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Leo Vader convene to unofficially kick off MinnMax’s Game of the Year debate for 2026 by letting folks know the games they need more people to play. What’s on your list of must-players before GOTY season begins? Then we descend into Metroidvania season with early thoughts on Konami’s Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, Well Dweller, Silver Pines, and Echo Weaver. JeffM and Ben also talk about the open-world off-world driving game called Over The Hill. 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 submitting 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
00:03:58 – Give To The Max Charity Stream on 11/6/26
00:07:24 – Leo and the haunted cabin
00:11:59 – GOTY Debate Prologue
00:12:29 – Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
00:14:26 – GOTY Debate Prologue
00:16:06 – Blood Dungeon
00:17:53 – Cairn
00:21:15 – Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
00:22:48 – Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse
00:26:12 – Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
00:30:27 – The Blood of Dawnwalker
00:31:15 – Esoteric Ebb
00:33:08 – The Incident at Galley House
00:34:20 – The Mermaid Mask
00:35:52 – Dogpile
00:38:30 – Titanium Court
00:41:38 – Moldrise
00:42:31 – Perfect Tides: Station to Station
00:47:04 – Deadlock
00:48:44 – Welcome to Elderfield
00:49:30 – Orbitals
00:51:12 – Normal Golf Game
00:52:32 – Star Fox and Ocarina of Time
00:55:25 – Phonopolis
00:55:36 – Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream
00:57:33 – Star Wars: Zero Company
00:58:03 – Pokemon Pokopia
00:58:40 – Debating incremental games
01:00:35 – 007 First Light
01:01:37 – Gears of War: E-Day
01:03:22 – Saros
01:04:34 – Control Resonant
01:07:26 – Creature Kitchen
01:09:16 – Factor Meals Ad
01:11:32 – Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse
01:19:56 – Well Dweller
01:23:04 – Silver Pines
01:24:58 – Echo Weaver
01:32:43 – Alienware Ad
01:34:15 – Over The Hill
01:36:28 – Beat Weaver
01:45:34 – KikOff Ad
01:47:01 – Thanking iam8bit
01:48:03 – Community questions
02:22:40 – Get A Load Of This
JeffM’s GALOT – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYMbF7VH350
Janet’s GALOT – https://www.timeshifter.com/
Ben’s GALOT – https://kotaku.com/inside-the-failed-fight-to-unionize-one-of-gamings-most-idealized-studios-2000742755
Kyle’s GALOT – https://bsky.app/profile/tobyfox.undertale.com/post/3mvnweyco7223
Community GALOT – https://www.reddit.com/r/broodwar/comments/b3kw6t/ben_affleck_loses_at_starcraft_too_according_to/
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