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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast (Patreon)

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FYI: Due to a small embargo and a split recording for the podcast due to scheduling (first chunk Wednesday at 3pm Central, second chunk Thursday at 9am Central), there won't be an early version of the podcast available on Wednesday for folks. It'll likely be going up around 12pm Central on Thursday for everybody. Thanks for your patience, trying to bring you the best show.

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, and Haley MacLean. 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...

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

Agent 64: Spies Never Die

Wild Blue Skies

Fields of Mistria

Moonlight Peaks

Pokémon Pokopia DLC

Everybody at the Backstage Pass tier can watch us record the show live on Wednesday at 3pm Central, with an exclusive pre and post show. The unedited archive will be available to view after the fact. You could do us a favor by subscribing to the audio version of the podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast app, telling a friend, leaving a review, and subscribing to our YouTube channel!

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You can also find the Gone Home vinyl for sale in iam8bit’s online store, and you can use the promo code IAM8BEACH for 10% off everything under $100. Psst… please don’t post that promo code anywhere else on the internet. It’s a MinnMax-exclusive thing. https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/all

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Fossil Arcade

The scenario is Beauty and the Beast - what piece of furniture did you get turned into when the old lady cursed the prince's castle?

Neal McMahon

Hey MinnMax, I was listening to the Silent Hill episode and thought it was funny that you used my question about The Odyssey. Then, just a few minutes later, you started talking about the Keighley family. Apparently Geoff Keighley’s father had something to do with developing the IMAX camera, and of course Geoff himself basically founded video game award shows as we know them. At this rate, don’t tell me his brother invented the spaceship. Does this family have too much power? 😂

Malcolm Holliday

If you had to make an outfit inspired by a video game character which would you pick and what would the key pieces in the outfit be?

Travis in Fargo

Would you rather know the truth about aliens and UFOs OR have a list with searchable database of every video game that will be released in the next 100 years?

Stevelution

Hey MinnMax crew. One thing I love about games is their ability to expose me to viewpoints and lived experiences outside of my own. I was really affected by how Chants of Sennaar made tangible the immigrant experience of finding yourself in an environment you weren’t born of and needing to learn the language to interact with the world around you. What is a game that challenged your perspective on yourself or another community?

Sam Coburn

Hey MinnMax! If bread and wine are Jesus’s body and blood, what would your body and blood be? For me, it would be Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets and Dr. Pepper.

Travis in Fargo

Would you rather get free spaghetti every Saturday at the Italian restaurant around the corner OR know whenever someone is lying to you? Details: it’s bottomless spaghetti and meatballs, only for you (not for guests), and no take-home meals allowed; it has to be eaten in-restaurant. Also, you only know that the person is lying, not necessarily what the truth is, but the lie is rated on a scale from “harmless fib” to “pants on fire, liar-liar.”

Martin Hollis

What is the best physical delivery device for video games ever? As much as I love a Game Boy cartridge clunking into place, I gotta give it to the smooth edges of the WiiU discs.

Fancygraham

I’m getting married this Saturday to my partner of 17 years. Last week, I got a nice haircut. As a blonde guy, do I need to do anything else with my hair on the actual day other than a shower and a brush? Also, if you have any other wedding day tips you can offer, I’m all ears.

Jason Wojnar

So need to issue the show a correction for last week. Man With a Movie camera was filmed primarily in Ukraine (Kyiv, Odesa, and Kharkiv) and it was produced by the Ukrainian film industry (not Mosfilm). They did shoot in Moscow as well, but most of the movie takes place in the theee Ukrainian cities. Furthermore, Dziga Vertov was born in Poland (though did emigrate to Moscow). As for a question. Who is the oldest celebrity you’ve met? I met, talked to, and got a photo, with Larysa Kadochnykova, star of several of my favorite Ukrainian movies from the 1960s and 70s. It was awesome.

Jump On Everything

If you were in a food eating competition but the food was your choice, what food would you pick to give you the best chance of winning?

Marquis J Gaston

Hey mimnmax, how are you (as a whole, we don't have time for individual checks lol) I hear people are kind of down on Marvel's tokon fighting souls and I think I know why... it's because of what we all really want is this proper sequel to marvel Nemesis rise of the imperfects. maybe even a DC version, what do ya think? thanks guys

Graham Jones

Once and for all let's settle the question... Who would win between a tiger and a knight?

Graham Jones

You must replace each of the founding members of Minnmax with other cohorts who have play them and convince the audience that nothing out of the ordinary. Who plays Ben, Kyle, JeffM and Suriel?

Jeff Britton

With most of the MinnMax cohort not being interested in playing fighting games, what would it take to get you in the door? Is there a particular group of characters or quality of life feature that would get you to consider them? I've got little interest in grinding online, but Tokon's story mode being written by Kieron Gillen has me thinking about picking it up.

Adam

Hello. What did you do with JeffA through JeffL?

Alex McMillan

Howdy MinnMaxers, A few days ago I watched a video where someone referred to themselves as “a big fan of games and gaming”, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot. Is there a difference between being a fan of games and a fan of gaming? Can you be a fan of one and not the other? Do you, personally, prefer games or gaming? Thanking you in advance, Alex McMillan

RynaGoGo

Howdy MinnMax, What smell do you like that you’re not supposed to like? I’m not over here huffing gas or anything, but I don’t mind the smell of it. Am I nuts? Honorable mentions go to burnt matches or a dusty old attic.

Virgil B

What’s the difference between dying to the first boss in a FromSoft game and losing your first game in a fighting game? How is it that one is much more discouraging than the other. Excited for Tōkon talk!

Tess

Hey MinnMax! What is your word? Like the word you use way more often than other people use it.

Travis in Fargo

What’s the “paprika” of video games?

Travis Manick

Hello, Congrats on the 1.0 Launch, Sarah! I'm curious - does working on a game and seeing how public feedback to a product affects the team (good or bad), does it change your perspective on reviewing games yourself, or the purpose of reviewers and community feedback in the gaming scene? Thanks! Manick_T

thejjuan1

Hello minnmax crew. Is Final Fantasy a unc status franchise? Mat Piscatella put out on Bluesky that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is selling well on other platforms. BUT the player stat that scared me was this. “ 62% of US FF7 Rebirth players are 35 years or older. If you add 30-34s you get to 77% with 19% are aged 45+. 74% of FF 7 rebirth players actively use Facebook.” Besides FF14. Are only old people are playing these games. As a fellow unc player this saddens me.

Jesse Eberenz

Hey crew! What’s one game you keep installed because you find yourself constantly going back to it? For me, it’s Halo Master Chief Collection. Five Halo games, campaign, firefight, multiplayer, and sweet sweet nostalgia. I can always find something to do, even though that something is usually Halo 3 multiplayer. Thanks!

Juniper Cain

Hi everyone! Next month I have a big vocal surgery, the recovery of which limits my speaking for 6 weeks. The toughest part though is the very first week, in which I'm not allowed to talk *or make noise* at all. No coughing, sneezing, laughing, crying, nothing. This presents a tricky challenge, what games would you recommend during this week, that will be entertaining enough that I'm not bored! *But* run as little risk as possible of provoking any audible reaction out of me, whatsoever?

Chuck Zich

What's more likely to happen? Ben Hanson graces the cover of Thrasher magazine OR Microsoft turns things around and becomes what they once were during the 360 era.

Galexzzz

This past week I’ve started playing both Fields of Mistria and Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls, which are two genres that I don’t typically play, but I’ve been having a great time playing and learning why people enjoy these types of games! I always love whenever a new genre clicks with me since it's like opening a door to a whole new side of the gaming space, and these games have been wonderful experience getting to understand the genre and community. My question is, when is the last time you jumped into a new game genre and came away with a positive experience?

Lucas S

Hi MinnMax, If you had 100 clones of yourself when you were 21, what would you do with them?

Brian Lyness

Hey Ben & the Co Conspirators If you could take one part of any game & put it one of your favourite games to make it better what would it be? I'd go for Bloodborne's tight , hard hitting, visceral combat straight into The Witcher 3! Thanks Brian

Tylawd

Hey folks! Long time listener first time commenter. With PAX West coming up, what are some of your favorite things to show up and enjoy as attendees? I've been in the Seattle area for a while, but this is the first year I've considered attending. So far my wife and some friends are in, looking for good advice on what might be the best to seek out and enjoy! As always, thanks for everything you do. Stay awesome!

Christopher Springs

What's is y'alls craziest theory when it comes to the story of Control Resonant? What would be the biggest disappointment story wise if it came true?

Maximilian Mackinnon

You've been granted eternal life, but you get to choose one Achilles' heel: one thing that could still kill you. What would you pick?

Arturo Perez

Hi Minnmax! What is the most stressful project you've worked on? what made it so stressful and how did you cope? take careeee ps. congrats Sarah on FoM 1.0!

HLarge4

Alot of talk right now about physical vs digital media. I buy everything physical when it's an option but that got me wondering, what if games reverted to only physical. I don't mean just 2029 God of War: Laufey's Revenge. I mean every indie game, phone game, free to play and even MS solitaire. Even ignoring production and distribution costs, I imagine this would greatly change the way I buy, consume and view games. Thoughts?

Travis in Fargo

Is there anything the video game industry can learn from recent movie blockbuster successes like “Obsession” and “The Odyssey?”

Cath

Why is Sid Meyer name in front of civ? Do we know any other game that should have it? Like Kojima s death stranding ?

Poofydoo

Why do most people say: “I don’t understand why Nintendo doesn’t say who is developing the game?” Isn’t it obvious that Nintendo wants their games to all appear simply as Nintendo games? If they focus so much on individuals or teams separate from Nintendo as developing the game, they would hurt their brand image.

Ian

Arcsys have once again knocked it out of the park with character design for Marvel Tokon after being told to “do an Arcsys spin on the characters” Which other studio would you love to see do their spin on established superheroes ?

Jerry Young

Curious if you had times when other forms of media have brought you back to an older game? All the new games coming out and instead of getting into those, I’m 30 hours into Spider-Man 2 for the third time after watching the new movie. Though it would just be swinging around the city a bit. But nope, full playthrough.

LlorchDurden

Hello Jeff and Crew, I've been looking at steam db, Halo CE vs Fields of Mistra since both released. 24 hours peak is 31K vs 4K. Total is 25K vs 40K. For every steam user playing Halo you got 8 playing FoM and it keeps going up!! Is FoM indie of the year? Do you think the incoming Gears for instance will do any better than Fields Of Mistra? Can Gears get a higher peak than FoM?

Travis in Fargo

What’s the most satisfying, memorable, or consequential use of the F-word in a movie ever?

Nathan Ryer

Hey MinnMax, what game genres would be better served by adding romance options? You can’t make a good farming sim without romance but does the new Switch Sports Resort need dateable partners? I feel like a lot of horror games like Resident Evil could easily add some dating sim elements. What genre do you think could be huge by widening its appeal a bit?

Dominic Lee

Congratulations on the launch of Fields of Mistria. How does this farming sim differentiate itself or elevate the genre?

rylander

Hey MinnMax! Every time a new fighting game comes out, I hear every podcaster say something like, “Marvel Tokon looks great, but I suck at these, so I won’t bother.” This drives me crazy! Why is this an acceptable mentality with fighting games and not anything else in life? People pick up new hobbies or skills all the time, suck at them, and no one cares. None of the seniors playing pickleball in your local club are winning championships. I know people who have loved fighting games their whole lives who aren’t good at them, and no one judges them for it! It’s ok to suck at a game! Also, you don’t need to buy a $200 fight stick! Most of the best players now play on a regular old dualsense! Am I nuts here?!

David Dubs

Hey Gang. Ben every time you post on Instagram from MinnMax, the captions always set the name to “Mid Max”. What about the business would change if you were maximizing how Mid it could be?

Josh LaBaw

Have any good childhood pet stories?

Laura Rustle

supergiant would be interesting for sure

John Brown Did Nothing Wrong

Hey everyone, what’s your most powerful/foundational childhood gaming memory? What I mean by that is when you reflect on your youth, it’s hard to remember all the specific moments, but there are these snapshots in your mind of an event that come with bursts of emotion. Basically as you get older, you remember more about how the memory made you feel than the specific ins and outs essentially. I was wondering what gaming moments from your youth have stuck with you and have a significant emotional response tied to them? For me, its remembering myself and my friend Mark at my Dad’s house finally beating Bowser at the end of Super Mario World on the SNES. I have this snapshot in my mind of the pure joy we felt once we finally landed that last mechakoopa on Bowsers clown car and saw Princess Peach float down to meet Mario. It’s a foundational gaming memory that will always stick with me. I would love to hear some of yours! Thanks for the years of amazing content. - Gianni

Mike Lynch

When someone says "Tell them I said hello.", do you actually do it? (I'd already asked this on the Game Informer podcast, but I'd like to know how the new crew would respond.)

Shoes

If your gaming backlog caught fire, which 3 games would you save?

Andrew Clabaugh

Hey MinnMax! When’s the last time you overcame a personal fear? I’ve had intense flight anxiety for a while now but I recently flew in a tiny two-person plane… and it helped! Commercial flights aren’t so bad anymore.

Dave

Inspired by the interview with the Orbitals team: What daily task would you turn into a mandatory co-op experience with the partner of your choice?

Stevelution

What video game should I sprinkle on everything? 🧐

Richard Hayes

Everyone in your immediate family suddenly becomes a gamer and gets really into playing one game. Which game do you want them to be into?

Tyler Carver

Hey y'all, I love thinking about arbitrary stats and records, like who's eating the most hotdogs in the world or who has gotten the most sleep in the world. So I thought it would be fun for y'all to discuss what video game characters you think hold the record in these random categories. Ate the most food. Shot the most guns. Drove the Most cars. Double Jumped (specifically the double jump) the most. Harvested the most crops Crafted the most items Clearly, Mario has the most jumps of any video game character and l think Link probably has the nost sword slices, Curious what yall think and if you can come up with any more prompts for arbitrary records. Regards, Tyler

Thom Blackburn

Why does the final fantasy series get lauded so much for their stories when the writing is objectively dogwater?

J.Vaso

How many questions does Travis in Fargo ask every week and how many QOTW prizes has the Travis In Fargo industrial complex allotted him? Where do all these questions even come from?

J.Vaso

Tommy Talarico?

Jarell Pryor

Summer's winding down, we're in a back-to-school mindset. It's the first day of your senior year in highschool. What clothes are you laying out for the first day back?

Kajkacz

With Fields of Mystria going 1.0, what game would all of you like to work on? And In what capacity? Are you moving or doing it remotely?

Gina Farina

A common point of criticism I see in video game reviews and discussion is whether or not people feel like a game is respecting players’ time or includes video game “busywork”. Are there any gameplay elements or activities that other people might consider busywork that you personally enjoy? For example, I almost never get tired of running around open worlds and collecting plants/herbs etc. but I know that’s something most people tend to have very limited patience for.

Luca Alberti

Hello MM crew, last week Francesco Guccini, one of the greatest songwriters in Italian history passed away, he was like our Bob Dylan. His most famous song was a jab at a music reviewer who criticized his previous album and ended up regarded as straight up poetry. Have you ever seen a piece of counter criticism that made you reconsider your previous stance, perhaps from the creatives themselves?

Swansonge

Hey crew, if you listen to video game music while working/focusing, do you tend to listen to original soundtracks, or covers (like a lofi remix playlist or an 8-Bit Big Band album)?

Jack Seage

Would you rather play a 6/10 game in your favorite genre or a 9/10 racing game?

Chris Gebauer

Hello MinnMax Crew! I am in week five of living with a newborn, so gaming time has been almost non-existent. With the extremely limited time there is to game (mostly on a Switch while my son naps), I have been playing a few comfort food games from years past; most notably run based games like Invisible Inc. and Galak-Z as well as Castlevania: SoTN. All of these are games I can play in small bursts, and have that magical quality of still being fun while triggering a nostalgia dopamine hit. What are some of your comfort food games that you find yourself returning to as the years go on? What have you played the most?

Jack Seage

Is there now - or will there ever be - a game that merits a ten-person deepest dive (all nine regular cohorts + a guest)? If so, what would be the most interesting way to structure it? All ten people all the time? Two teams competing to see who really got the deepest dive? Rotating small groups??

sandeezy

the x-men are the horniest superhero team of all time. why is that? the avengers or the justice league seldom have stories full of marital infidelity. what’s up with those guys

Duderado

Hey crew, Last weekend while playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses I missed an optional conversation that led to my two favorite characters leaving my party. It was such a shock I've considered putting down the game permanently. When is the last time you felt betrayed by a game?

Zach R.

Hello crew! I finally sat down and watched all of this year's Doc Lightning and loved every second! It's my favorite video every year and I love to see such a variety of unique/personal topics! My question is, aside from the actual moment in the video, what is your personal "Cruise Nuke"? Any particular moment or bit you've experienced that absolutely floored you with laughter, and continues to do so to this day? Thanks for the laughs! Zach R.

thief

A few weeks ago, Ben referred to Janet as "the Mirror Cohort", and I can't stop thinking about that phraseology. What is the typing for the other cohorts? Who has type advantage on whom?

FinalSin

Hey all , do you feel as if your online personality has influenced your in real life personality in any way?

MrBump

Do you miss movie tie in games? What more recent movie would you love to see a 6/10 ps2 version of? The odyssey? Nirvana the band the show the movie the game? Morbius? Sinners? Xoxo

Chris Pelley

Have you encountered anyone with a Fields of Mistria tattoo, and, if not, have you considered how you'll feel/react when you do encounter someone with one? Undoubtedly, someone will play your game and they'll live life with it as their favorite game they've ever played. Do you think about those things or is it too scary/weird/reflective?

mantaguy

Hey MinnMax! We're all familiar with all sorts of SEO-friendly headlines that talk around their article's source material, but lately I've been noticing the word "fans" pop up in a lot of these headlines. Do any of you get a whiff of patronization whenever a headline uses this word as a contextless catch-all, particularly (but not limited to) when it's referring to people who own a console (which brings to mind gamer stereotypes), or people who are looking forward to a future release (How can you be a fan of something that's not out yet?!)?

CaffeineDad

Hey gang! What does a fighting need to do to get a Game of the Year nomination? The only fighting game to ever be nominated in the 11 years of the Game Awards was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. What can a fighting game do that Mortal Kombat, Tekken, and Street Fighter haven’t? And is it Tokon? (spoiler: no, it’s probably not)

Craig Brown

Hey gang, What factors convince you to try a game that on paper is something you wouldn't normally play? Outside of needing to talk about it for work. Interesting art style, mixing of genre, twist on the normal gameplay mechanic etc?

aaaChandler

When do you think the first good meal in history was? Like with your modern palate I'm sure there's a meal you'd enjoy from 1926, but what about 1026? 500BC? Do you think cavemen had any good meals?

Quinn Riley

Hello MinnMax, What game did a friend or colleague recommend to you that you may have brushed off or thought wouldn’t be up your alley but once you actually started playing you were hooked. For me it was Lies of P since im not a huge souls like fan

Jacob Mazanowski

What was your wedding song? If you renewed your vows, would you pick a new song now?

Gooseberry

What was the original American food?

Hermann

When was the last time you all took an extended break from gaming? And how long was the break?

Coby

Hey MinnMax, are any of you superstitious? Do you have a ritual of some kind to bring you good luck before a big event? Last year, I won my first Street Fighter 6 tournament (albeit a small one) right after attending a Pew Pew Bang panel. Last month, I got first at a local after listening to an episode on my drive there. And now this weekend I'll be heading to Orlando for a major tournament, listening to this episode. Since it seems MinnMax might influence my performance, I'd appreciate any luck you all could spare!

Random Oil Man

What's one your least favourite things about one of your favourite game? Mine is either the performance / bugs of Sable or the hella cringe Chloe writing in Life is Strange.

dust2ash

Howdy all, As someone whose biggest red flag is how excited I am for GTA 6, I have still understood where all of the criticism of the game and of Rockstar has come from recently, and have agreed with some of it. All that just to say I am not some corporate bootlicking apologist. What I haven't really understood the criticism of is this 6 hour Netflix exclusive extended look coming at the end of the month. I don't have Netflix, but I'll either ask around my friend group and borrow a log in, or just wait 6 hours. I don't see what the big deal is. Like Jason Schrirer said "Pick your battles man." I was wondering what y'all's thoughts are on the Netflix deal. Is this somehow a great evil that I don't understand?