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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast (Patreon)

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If you're near Kyoto, Japan, don't forget about our MinnMax community meetup happening this Friday from 7-9pm. Learn more here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/please-rsvp-for-158017663

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kelsey Lewin. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit will ship out the great prize below for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.

On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...

Summer Game Fest Predictions

Subnautica 2

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

Alabaster Dawn

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Arturo Perez

Hello minnmax? what is the best number? I feel a weird attachment to 6.8 Take careeee

Christian Hall

What is the most culture shock you’ve felt while traveling?

Neal McMahon

Hey MinnMax, love the show. Here’s a question for you: when watching TV shows, don’t you hate when they offer you the “Skip Intro” button, you press it, and instead of taking you to the end of the opening, it only skips like halfway through? What the heck is that all about?

Swansonge

Hey MMaxers, recently I’ve been frustrated with my computer desk job and daydreaming about doing other, more hands-on jobs, like becoming a garbage man, or mail man, or working at a water treatment plant. Have you ever daydreamed a completely different job, not related to video games? If so, what kind(s) of job(s)?

Travis in Fargo

Do you think a majority of things that ever will be invented, have been invented?

Travis in Fargo

Imagine you’re stopped at a red light. What you don’t know is that the light is broken and will never turn green. What do you do, and how long do you wait before driving through the red light?

Geebeesee

Inspired by Leo, which popular IP would you graft onto a beloved game to create a perfect pairing and, most importantly, something that you would love to play?

Brian Sodano

Hello crew! I was walking down the sidewalk was thinking about how I avoid stepping on the cracks. I don't feel like of I do I'll "break my mother's back" or anything like that (she's dead anyway), but it got me thinking about the weird superstitions and rituals I do for no logical reason. What little superstitions do you partake in, even if you don't believe in the "consequences"?

Arianna

Hey MinnMax, do you know anyone (in your life or in the public) who has an infectious laugh? I notice I start cracking up especially when Haley is laughing at something she hasn’t finished saying, or Ben bursts out when something is delivered deadpan. I feel this way with certain friends and family members, too - the fact that they’re tickled just amplifies the humor of something even mundane. Does this ever happen to you?

Kanchilla

With the demo of Adventures of Elliot just being dropped how excited are you to enter the world of Philibieldia on a scale of 1 to 10?

CaffeineDad

Hey gang! What’s the rarest or most unique animal you’ve seen in person in the last month? Their Pokemon-equivalents are now on your team. In Houston, TX, I’ve seen vultures, armadillos, and at least one longhorn, so I would have a Mandibuzz, Sandshrew, and Tauros on my team.

Dani “Little Milk” Brook

Hello Minnmax, out of boredom I made a neat little word game: Pick 2-3 numbers between 1 & 26, using the corresponding letters of the alphabet workout game titles based on those letters. It’s been fun to find them! Hope you all are doing well! Your pal, Little Milk

Troy Ellison

Question only for Kelsey: did you get your ladder back?

Tyler Sticka

Hello, cohorts! The world’s in a weird place, I don’t feel like spending money, been replaying a lot of my old favorites. Question for Kelsey: Do you see demand for certain things shift at Pink Gorilla based on the economy? Is there a recession-proof console?

Adam Castellanos

I am currently reading Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn and it is my first time reading a Star Wars book. I was wondering if any of yall have read any books that take place in video games? Like the halo or Mass Effect books and how did you like them? Does any video game universe deserve a book? Thank you.

Cath

Celebrating the habs going in conference finals: what is your favorite hockey games

Chuck Zich

Hello Minnmax, in your opinions which game is the best 3rd in a series? There are some heavy hitters like Witcher 3, Mario Bros 3, Zelda: A Link to the past, FFIII, GTA 3, Burnout 3, Baldur's Gate 3 etc.

Lamb Dance

Hey Minnmax, and sorry Ben for bringing up the Star Fox redesigns, but I was thinking of them as an example of how a character design can be ugly while also paradoxically appealing. So, what do you think is the most appealing character with an ugly design?

Lilly S

Hey Cohorts, I frequently set very high (sometimes unrealistic) goals for myself and I was wondering - what is the most ambitious goal you've either ever heard of or have personally tried to achieve?

Michael Rohrssen

I'm listening through rolling stones top 500 albums of all time because my music knowledge is really shallow. What albums should I listen to that are a bit off the beaten path? p.s. shout out to Al Green

J.Vaso

Now that you've spilled the beans that food questions frequently win question of the week, how many food questions do you get on average each episode? What will the average number need to be reached for them to be banned? Are poptarts ravioli?

Aging_Poorly

Heeeey team, Another famous gaming podcast has burned me with a spoiler lately. For a current game. Bummed me out. As gaming podcasters, how do you decide whether divulging something about a game is an unacceptable spoiler reveal. Is there a formula? Just vibes? How much is this on your mind during discussions?

Catherine from Memory Card

Hillop is about to announce and release a fan translation of a mysterious PS1 game this Friday. People are hoping it's Tokimeki Memorial, but is more likely a horror game. Do you have any translation white whales you'd love to see fans tackle? (Mother 3 is already translated)

Sky Fellowship

I've had an idea about how Zelda can return to traditional 3D Zelda, without feeling stale to the folks who were so sick of "oh it's the Bow dungeon" or "oh it's hookshot dungeon" and knowing how every puzzle would be solved. Maybe the fix is as simple as doubling the items per dungeon. Which is why my quick 2 part question is, how many items is too many in a Zelda game? And what combos do you think would work best? I feel a Twilight Princess Spinner mixed with the Bow, shooting targets/bosses while Tony Hawk's grinding on rails would be a fun action dungeon to play. While Skyward Swords Beetle and the fire/ice rod, could be a cerebral puzzle dungeon where you imbue your beetle with the elements to solve puzzles.

Jonathan Fenn

Inspired by a Resetera thread: has anyone at MinnMax not played Mario 1-1?

The Silmarillion audio book read by RFK Jr.

Hey MinnMax, It has always bothered me that the first setting to a floor fan or ceiling fan is high and then you have to continue cycling to get to low. I guess this is because going from off to low is more taxing on fan motors than off to high, because low doesn't have enough torque to create inertia and move the blades. Are there any other objects in the world that go from 0 to 100 when you turn it on? Can you imagine if turning on a car made it go full speed and you just had to throttle the break the entire time?

Brent Carroll

The hot genre trends right now seem to be ‘souls’-style games, survival/crafting and extraction shooters. What do you think is next and what do you think it *should* be?

BigTiddyMarx

Hello minnmaxs! I've reentered a movie watching mood lately and found a ton of joy in the Japanese action slacker comedy Baby Assassins, I'm watching the second one tonight, and very surprised I hadn't heard of it before this week. What's something foreign, be it anime, a book, a game or movie, that you're surprised didn't get picked up by western audiences?

J.Vaso

How often do you let one rip? I'm talking Beyblades of course! Over the weekend I got a Beyblade stadium and a handful of Beyblades for the first time ever. I fully expected to let em rip and to be disappointed but was pleasantly surprised at just how fun it truly is and even more surprised that the stats that come with each piece actually matter. Has there ever been a niche hobby you worried would be disappointing when you started but turned out to be even greater than you expected?

Shawninator

Hey Minnmaxers! Why is it that primary Yoshi (and sometimes kirby?) get the games with the really cool art styles? Did the the Yoshi games just start out with a fun art style and thy just decided to stick with it? How many different crafts/material types can there be? What art/craft style of Yoshi game would you like to see? I think a claymation Yoshi game would be pretty cool - though it appears the mysterious book covers a bit of the stop motion-ness of it.

Kyle Silva

Did Kyle see The Sheep Detectives in theatres, given Lord and Miller were Exective Producers on the movie and he is on record for saying he will watch anything with their involvement? (Reference: Project Hail Mary Max Spoilers) Fun fact about The Sheep Detectives: Craig Mazin, creator of The Last of Us HBO series wrote the film adaptation and Tyson Hesse, who led the Movie Sonic redesign (now a producer for the series) and got his start from fanmade Sonic comics was an EP as well, so a weird amount of game-adaptation connections found its way to this movie.

Fancygraham

What makes a good Travis in Fargo question?

mikeygee

Hello MinnMax! What was the last video game related dream you had? Do you dream about playing games or are you actually in a video game world?

Nate Voris

I have a movie club with some friends and recently experienced the tonal whiplash of going from watching A Room With A View to Smokey & The Bandit. What is the biggest tone-shift you've experienced when watching something or playing games back to back for your job?

Brian W

Who’s the best eater in video games? We’re talking quantity, gameplay mechanics, and style. Who does it the best!? Pac-Man? Yoshi? Kirby? Something else?

Volunder

What is the most iconic bandana in gaming history?

Martin Hollis

Hello MinnMax gang - what is the best recipe you just know to make off the top of your head without thinking?

Outlandish Beats

Hey y'all, I randomly thought about 2013 Tom Cruise movie Oblivion this morning and how much it's like a video game premise. Cruise plays a lone drone fixer in a sci fi world with a headset connected to a woman in a sky office observing his vicinity and sending him objectives. It got me thinking about movies that are like video games. Edge of Tomorrow is another good one. What are some other video game movies (not movies adapted from video games)?

PDXCrow

Hey MinnMax, If you were given the budget and game studio to make any game you wanted, what would you choose? Is there a sequel that never got made you’d go for? Or a neglected genre that needs new life? (Bloodbourne 60fps is not an acceptable answer).

Kevin

Hey gang! By the timeline of TGA, we're halfway through the year, which means roughly half of the GOTY nominees should be out of course, right? What three games released so far do you think would be most likely to be nominated?

Geebeesee

Is ‘Yoshi and the Mysterious Book’ a mainline Yoshi game?

Jon

I've been playing a Pokemon rom hack that I've started several times but could not get into until I got an AYN Thor and started playing on that. For some reason I'm way more motivated to play on a handheld than I was on my PC. Do you all have any similar experiences of your gaming habits being totally different depending on what device you're playing on?

Harrison Holt

Hey MinnMax, Last week youtube channel Any Austin released a video called "The Best Nightclub in Video Game History". I highly recommend the whole thing, but one bit in particular stood out to me: "Star Wars really established the visual language of Science Fiction Bars and Clubs and basically every sci fi nightclub from 1977 onwards owes some debt to Star Wars with its alien music bands and sexy alien dancers." It made me wonder: what other parts of worldbuilding feel like they’ve become “standardised” because one influential piece of media defined them early? Are there any tropes or aesthetics that feel so locked in now that it’s hard to imagine the genre without them?

KayBree

Hello! Why don't we see more games marketed well after their release date? Isn't there a world where if someone is watching Widow's Bay on AppleTV it could be a great segue into playing something like Alan Wake 2?

Travis in Fargo

What’s the “balogna sandwich” of video games?

Nick from Atlanta

Hello Kelsey! I have too much video game stuff, and I need to downsize. I'm not in the Seattle or Las Vegas area, so unfortunately I can't sell the games/collector's editions to Pink Gorilla via mail as that would probably be prohibitively expensive. Would you suggest trying to find a second-hand store near me or selling it online? Thanks, Nick from Atlanta

Machine Gun Keeley

Hey MinnMax Crew If your past self from 10+ years ago listened to the the entire archive of the MinnMax show, what opinions that you've shared would they find the most controversial?

Travis in Fargo

Haha, hi there! I personally have no idea 😆.

LlorchDurden

Ben got me thinking after Monday Bonus Pod (we miss you Haleeey!) Imagine a year with no releases. No new games for 12 months (nothing *bad* had to happen, devs just took a sabbatical) What would you do for that year? What would MinnMax, GI, Pink Gorilla do?

Travis in Fargo

Fourth wall breaking has become so common that it can easily read as abrasive, lame, or annoying. But when it’s done well, it can be incredibly unsettling and surreal. What video game handled breaking the fourth wall in the most interesting, impactful, or nuanced way? Was it Deadpool VR? (Deadpool knows he’s in this question).

John Filipowicz

RTS as a genre is in a real ebb at the moment, what's your blockbuster game idea to bring it back into the spotlight?

Phelix Diaz

I started playing Subnautica 2, and had to yet again confront my thalassaphobia (fear of the ocean). I grew up in Puerto Rico and did my fair share of snorkeling with my brother, but always felt scared when I found myself alone in the vastness of the ocean. I later moved to Colorado and didn't experience this again unti I played Subnautica. One of the most "immersive" games I've ever played. So much so, that I felt scared when closing my eyes in the shower. Yet it didn't stop me from beating the game. I guess I needed to make it off that damn planet to feel at ease again. Has a game ever resurfaced or created a new phobia/irrational fear for you?

PoorAndCurly

Hey Minnmax! The mainstream media has pretty much stopped all coverage of ICE in Minnesota. I know you can't speak for all of Minneapolis, but how has the ICE occupation been since the uproar and protests in January? Have things gotten better?

Tom Brien

How do you think the reception of GTA 6 will be? Early reviews, user reviews, goty lists... what will happen?

Infinite

Hello folks, Have you ever experienced something in a game that made you immediately stop playing it? Something so annoying or bad or offensive that you set it down and never played it again?

Cambino

Hey minnmax, with the rise of (insert game here) likes. I’ve thought to myself why haven’t we had any Kirby like games? We have mega man like, Metroidvanias, and of course souls like but no Kirby I think it would make a cool game. We could call them copy likes lol. Any games you want to get the like treatment?

Neil Brown

Howdy Minimum Maxers, I've been thinking a lot about when I first realized a game wasn't good when I was young. I feel like as a kid I found pretty much every game fun (unless it was frustratingly difficult), but struggle to find when I fully realized some games were just straight up bad. Do you have any core memories first realizing a game was bad?

SlyCut

Hello all, In Jurassic park, when Gennaro runs to the bathroom and Malcolm answers Grant, "When you gotta go, you gotta go," and they then see the t-rex escape her paddock, Malcolm says, "Boy, do I hate being right all the time." Malcolm is talking about how he predicted something like the t-rex escape would happen, right? But for over thirty years, ever since I was a kid, I thought he meant he was right about when you gotta go, you gotta go and that he was saying he just wet himself. It just hit me what he actually meant when I watched it again with my kids for the first time. Have you ever had a long lived misunderstanding of something like that?

L Stockler

Hello! You are outside and it's raining, but barely. A light drizzle at best. You could perfectly take it head on, but you have your umbrella with you. Nobody around seems to have an umbrella or to mind the rain. Do you open your umbrella? Are you self-conscious about it?

Travis in Fargo

Are there any developers whose first video game is their best game? I know there are a lot of bands and musicians where their first album is considered their best, because usually they spent many years writing and honing their craft leading up to their debut album, and it’s hard to follow up on a sophomore effort. But does this hold true for any game devs?

Mogor

I recently played Thief: The Dark Project for the first time and it, at least for now, is in my top 10 favorite games ever. Have any of you played a game many years after it came out and had it click so well for you?

draintheswampert

the oatmeal. xkcd. smbc. webcomics were such an iconic part of the early days of the internet, but no one seems to talk about them anymore. Did you all have any webcomics you followed religiously and are there other early internet cultural touchstones that you feel are lost to time?

Chris Gillar

Sarah and Haley aren’t here; quick, in the spirit of getting better, what’s one thing you admire about them and would like to get better at yourself.

Linktrev

Hey MinnMax Crew, With the recent reports that PlayStation will no longer be bringing its single-player narrative games to other platforms, it got me wondering: could Xbox ever adopt a similar strategy? Right now, Xbox exclusives generally mean "Xbox and PC," whereas PlayStation exclusives are still mostly associated with being available only on PlayStation consoles. Do you think Xbox would need to stop releasing its first-party games on PC day one if it wants to become a stronger console competitor again, or is it too late to reverse a strategy they've been pursuing for over a decade?

Joe Garifo

Last week Kyle said 8 rocks was enough rocks and I had to think that 8 is either too many or too little. Can you think of an example of 8 being just right? I don’t want to hear legs on a spider because 8 is too many legs anyway

DeathByKoopa

I wanted to share my use case for the Switch 2 pro controller back buttons: in DK Bananza, I use GL and GR to swap between Bananza transformations, and in Splatoon 3 I use them for shouting “Booyah!” and “This way!”. In both instances it allows me to keep my thumb on the movement stick without needing to reach for the D-pad. Question for you: if you could add a button or interface to any controller, where would it go and what would it do? (Feel free to think creatively, like the Playdate’s crank!)

Colin Luton

I have a theory about why the Starfox designs are so divisive Hello Minnesota Maximizers, I have a theory about why the new Star Fox design are rubbing some people the wrong way and I'd love to know what you think of it, especially the new design dislikers among you (credentials: I have a bfa in illustration and my thesis was on character design, so I'm not talking *completely* out of my ass) Furry character designs fall more or less on a spectrum between cartoon animal and "realistic" talking animal creature. Think on one end is Duck Dodgers and on the other is Rocket Raccoon (to keep a space theme). People are generally ok with talking animal creatures being reimagined as cartoons but it's a harder transition to go from cartoon to talking creature, see live action sonic ver.1. I think Fox and crew have been rendered in many different styles, all falling somewhere between the two ends. With no rigidly consistent design, fans have subjectively, in their minds, conceived of Fox and crew closer to one end of the spectrum or the other. Is Fox a cartoon animal or a talking animal creature? Is he closer to a Duck Dodgers or a Rocket Raccoon? These new designs rather than falling in the middle are decidedly Rocket Raccoon/talking animal creature-leaning. My theory is: if you are a Fox is a cartoon person than the jump to creature is jaring and off-putting but if you're a fox is a talking animal creature person, the creatureification doesn't phase you too much; 'he's a fox, that's what foxes look like' What do you think of this theory? Does this ring true to you new-fox-crew-decenters? Would live to know Ps. You're right, Ben, they definitely don't look like the puppets, idk where people are getting that.

Juniper Cain

Hi Minnmax crew! Of all the games you've commented on/reviewed *negatively* in your professional career, which do you think would most likely have been an influential on you personal favourite, if you'd played it as a child?

Sameer

Who's winning? Kratos Master Chief Doom slayer

Justin Joshua

With quarterly earnings season well underway, what are your thoughts on what’s been reported so far for Jan-Mar 2026 revenue? Tencent gaming: $9.3B Sony Gaming: $6.5B Xbox: $5.3B Nintendo: $2.6B EA: $2.1B Roblox: $1.4B Nexon: $0.96B Krafton: $0.92B Still to report: Take-Two, Netease, CD Projekt Red, Ubisoft Nintendo’s revenue stands out to me. Despite having the best selling console launch in history, their revenue isn’t much higher than EA’s. With console declining as an overall percentage of the gaming market, at what point do shareholders start pushing for Nintendo to expand more aggressively into mobile and PC?

Nathan Ryer

Hey MinnMax! In the Triforce of Japanese Kombini, I think 7-11 best represents the Triforce of Power, FamilyMart the Triforce of Courage and LAWSON the Triforce of Wisdom. But which is the best?

Lucas Ray

Are there too many Summer Showcases? By my count, there are currently 20 showcases planned between May 21 through June 12. How do you decide which ones to cover?

WinnietheBoo

A diabolical question to ask Minnesotans

Brett N

Congratulations on your promotion to head of Sony Worldwide studios. Your first task is to pitch the board on the vision and studio that will create a AAAA game based on our newly acquired Peanuts IP.

Random Oil Man

As someone who is newly sober, any advice for being sober at social events?

Mike Lynch

Is there a strange fact or story that you like to bring up in social situations, despite the fact it always drops like a lead balloon?

Travis in Fargo

Haha! As a native North Dakotan, I also feel it.

pork bun powered

Hi MinnMax, We've talked about too easy and too difficult, but what about the Goldilocks game, the game's difficulty that felt just right? Have you experienced it in a game with no difficulty settings? Bonus question: Have you downloaded a mod that made your game easier (or harder!) that now you can't play without?

Nay

Hola Minnmax, A flip on Adam Castellanos‘ question above. Are there any books in whose universes you’d like a video game to be set in? Do Sci-fi and Fantasy genres (LOTR, Cyberpunk etc.) inherently make a better setting for games or do you think it seems that way only because other genres are relatively under-explored? Thanks!

Geoff Enright

Hello hello Minnmaxers, It has basically been a month since Vampire Crawlers released, so, where does it stand within GOTY debates? How is it not a defacto top 3 yet. -Groffles

Kevin Kuper

Hello all, it's time to blind rank some games! Keep 4 Cut 4: 7/10 IGN score 1. Star wars: Outlaws 2. Absolum 3. Starfield 4. Avowed 5. Stellar Blade 6. Saros 7. Warioware: Move it! 8. Octopath Traveler II

Evin Watson

What is the best driving tip you learned in driver’s ed and still use today. For me it was being told that eye tracking data reveals that less experienced drivers eyes move around their field of view less than more experienced drivers.

Joey Smith

Subnautica is one of my favorite games. I loved every minute of it. But for some reason I have no desire to play Below Zero or Subnautica 2. I also don't feel like replaying it. Am I nuts? Do you ever feel like you've completed a game and it's done? There are plenty of games I like less that I would love a sequel for.

Chris Pelley

Does a tent pole event like e3 or SGF make your summer feel like summer is longer because you have something to plan around before summer is officially here or shorter because it eats up so much of your time and energy that you miss out on June while the rest of us relax?

Josh LaBaw

In this platform and location agnostic world we play in now, do you still prefer handheld for certain games and a TV setup for others? Like I'm playing Super Meatboy 3D. I started on handheld now that's just what feels right.

McGreevy

Hey cohorts, do you enjoy being "a regular" at a business. Or does the fact that you have been perceived too much bother you? Where are you "a regular"?

Kyle Silva

Pragmata Resident Evil Requiem Pokopia

Kyle Silva

Where are you tracking the showcase count? I was looking to put some on in my freetime

Victor Hensley

Howdy MinnMax! With all of the hubbub surrounding Saros’ lower-than-expected sales numbers, I began to wonder: you often hear people say to support indie devs by buying their games, which is great! But should we also feel compelled to “support” AAA developers if a game isn’t selling super well or it’s a game in a niche genre that we’d like to see more of? As an example, I just finished Returnal and wanted to buy Saros, so I opted to pick it up on eBay because it was $10 cheaper than buying a new copy elsewhere. Is it weird for me to feel a little guilty for not buying it directly from a retailer/the PS store to help out the game’s sales numbers and, in turn, the Housemarque devs?

AnAttackCorgi

What’s up cohort crew! Generally speaking, do you think a movie adaptation of a popular book is better, or worse, than movie adaptations of videogames?

Catpurrnicus

We often here about Nintendo taking big swings if weird gaming, but Sony has had some fun ones too. Xperia Play, phone shaped like a pspgo, I think this would sell great now. Playstation 3D TV, allowed you to play split screen but have a full screen by using 3D glasses. Do you have any weird Sony gaming devices?

Derek Achoy

What movie title sounds most like it could be a Square Enix game? (Other than Final Fantasy and other video game adaptations of course!)

Lucas Ray

Marcus Stewart has an article up on GI listing them all

Sergio

Hello, Minnmax! Last week Janet talked about having confidence in your own opinion, how the lack of it fuels discourse, and it really struck a chord with me. I want to know what game/ discourse strengthened your confidence in expressing your own opinions.

Parker Aden

Hello cohorts!! What is your wildest pet story?

Thomas Keys

The art and music of Yoshi’s Island are some of the best ever made, but I struggled to make it through the game because of the floaty platforming. What are games you prefer to look over actually playing?

Fancygraham

What songs would have been on your mixtape just as you were graduating high school?

Jeff Britton

Hello Minnmaxers, What's your favorite spice and what's the spice you use the most?

Joe Dean

Recently I've been scouring craiglist and Facebook (ew) marketplace looking for an OLED Steam Deck. I had one lined up, had a meet up time and place and then the dude messaged me saying he sold it to someone the day before because he needed the money. Which he said it was so he could buy a Switch 2. I think that's a crappy way to do business and it bugs me, but what can I do? Do y'all have any craiglist or such stories worth sharing?

Graham Jones

For naming remake games, do you prefer the regular game name followed by 'remake' or the punny names like 'campaign evolved' or 'resynced'? Do you think the type of name the studio uses denotes how much they are changing the game?

Jesse Eberenz

I finally beat Alan Wake 2 and am listening to the deepest dive. Ben says how it’d be disappointing if they tried to wrap up the ambiguous ending in a DLC. Sarah then said the DLC will probably feature Agent Estevez in a house 50 miles away. Heck, even Haley said Tim Breaker might get his own DLC! How does it feel to be right? For everyone else, what is your biggest “I told you so” moment in gaming?

Sam Haugen

Have you ever had something from a game/movie/tv show etc. spoiled for you and having that thing spoiled made that experience better?

Samuel Pardee

You’re given the opportunity to trade one character from any video game or movie franchise for another from a different franchise. What trade would you make, and how fair do you think the trade is?

Limp Bizquick

🚨GAMER CRED CHECK🚨 What’s the highest high score you’ve gotten in any game? (I know getting an exact figure is insanely impractical but a real gamer would have an answer… or just say where on the leaderboard they placed)

william hittle

What game that's locked on an old system do you want to see re-released or remade? I found myself wanting to replay Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry Skies lately, and realized it's never been rereleased on any other system than the original DS. I'm not sure if it even could be released on another system, because of the way it used Tag Mode and other DS features. Do you think that's a game that I'll just never get to play again the way it was originally intended? I had a lot of fun with friends and family when it came out, and even though it's ostensibly playable offline and solo, the DQVC online shop thing was one of the reasons I came back to play every day, and I enjoyed dropping in on other people playing the game. It was one of the few instances where multiple people in my life were playing the same game at the same time and engaging in the multiplayer aspects of it.

william hittle

Chrono Cross has some clunkers that could easily be swapped out and improve the game. I don't know how many other franchises would consider any trade for Korcha or Funguy to be fair, though...

Jack Seage

Ahoy hoy, all! How quickly do you think you personally could name 100 games? Who in the cohort do you suspect would be the quickest at such a task, and why?

D M

Do you have bad posture when playing computer games? I think I am hurting myself when I sit in a chair and use mouse/keyboard.

Michael Nickley

Hey MinnMax! Research has shown that people tend to become less open to discovering new music around their late 20s to early 30s. Do you think something similar happens with games, where we become rigid in our tastes at a certain point? Personally, as you’ve grown older, have you found yourselves returning more often to old favorites and familiar genres, or do you still highly value the novelty of new gaming experiences? (Obviously your jobs require you to check out new games, so this question is more about desires than actions.)

Wajora

With Nintendo seemingly shifting away from only announcing things via large general Directs these past year, do you think we will for the first time see an exclusive reveal from them at SGF?

kajmo

Hello Minnmaxers, any thoughts on the best/worst photo modes in games? I love any mode that let's me change the facial expression of characters

Ben H

Hello from the UK! A fellow ‘Ben H’ here. What’s the most amount of effort you’ve ever put in to playing one game? When I was younger, we spent a lot of time in rural southern France and one day, we found a small video game shop that had a Japanese import of FFVIII. These were the days before simultaneous global releases so, being a MASSIVE FFVII fan, I thought I’d hit the jackpot. My family didn’t speak French all that well, and it took a lot of effort for the shopkeeper to explain that there was a particular process to follow to get imported games working on a PAL PS1 console (which I didn’t realise at all), and eventually he printed us off a guide on how to get it to work. I can’t remember the exact process but I’m sure it involved putting the disc in, propping up the ps1 lid to manually start and stop the disc spinning at certain specific points, using blue-tack to fool the PS1 to thinking the lid was closed etc etc. After much effort, we did it get it working but I distinctly remember that for whatever reason, it was in black and white and of course, Japanese which for some reason didn’t even occur to me until it was booted up. Anyhoo - I played it as much as possible until we returned to the UK and the local version was released, which I immediately saved up for and eventually bought - to this day one of my top rated FF games. Love the show and everything MinnMax does!

Andrew

How do you resolve or avoid conflict (e.g. sending MinnMax cohort on overseas trips to avoid questions about video production)? Could you see that being adapted into a video game mechanic?

Jordan Watson

What’s your favourite children’s book?

thejjuan1

Hello Minnmax. With the SGF season approaching. What makes a good Video Game trailer? Because I think it’s one part having that game shown for the first time. But it’s also showing the core gameplay and its premise as its hook. Right away. Some recent stand outs were Expedition 33 first trailer. Showing it’s a very heavy story with a turn based system. Another standout was Control Resonant. Showing you are in the streets of New York with DMC combat. I think the only trailers I can’t stand now are CGI only trailers. We are in 2026. I think we grew past these.

TheMightyEthan

Last night I dreamed I was listening to MinnMax and y'all were talking about how some new game was the latest in the recent trend of longcore games, like Silksong. My question is is "longcore" a real thing or did my sleep addled brain make it up? And if it's not a real thing, what would the term mean if it *were* real?

Zorlok_theDefiler

If all video games were going to somehow vanish from existence tomorrow, and no more would ever be made, what is the very last video game you would choose to play?

Clayton Dexter

What do you think is your favorite game you haven’t played yet?

BraveSrRobin

What would do if 1 million people sent in a letter to receive a free a spaghetti bib that was offered on new show plus last week? This is not a food question. Love the show and more Jeff M.

Vin!!

What is a piece of gaming merch, like figures or attire or a Kojima credit card- that you purchased and have since regretted?

Jacob Mazanowski

What’s up MinnMax! I seems like you guys have helped build a great community up in Minnesota and there seems to be other video game community pockets throughout the country. Being from Indiana, it does not seem like there is a video game community here to engage with. As a 35 year old dad, how would you recommend connecting with people over our shared interests in the area?

matteo

How are you?

Jaser Helu

HEY! How do you go about selecting your “get a load of this” each week? Do you plan ahead? Find the first thing that interests you? Scour the internet for something juicy? Wait until the last minute? Reveal your secrets! PS Kelsey: how many terminators would it take to kill a rathalos?