The MinnMax Show24 Jul 2025

Unleashing Thoughts On Donkey Kong Bananza

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and guest cohort Kyle Bosman pile in to unpack our thoughts on Donkey Kong Bananza for the Nintendo Switch 2. Then we talk about Shadow Labyrinth, the new dark and atmospheric Pac-Man metroidvania from Bandai Namco and how to keep arcade franchises around in 2025. After that, we talk about the great new game that's Scrabble meets Balatro called Word Play from Mark Brown at Game Maker's Toolkit! 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

00:01:37 - Rumor Meister Tease

00:02:43 - Win a Nintendo game!

00:04:46 - Donkey Kong Bananza

00:48:17 - Hello Fresh

00:50:46 - Shadow Labyrinth

01:07:07 - Word Play

01:24:02 - Pokémon Presents

01:26:14 - Pokémon Friends

01:31:08 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:33:28 - Community questions

02:19:18 - Get A Load Of This

02:25:20 - Rumor Meister Message #4

Janet’s GALOT - https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-07-12/ice-raids-deported-los-angeles-cats-and-dogs-left-behind

Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/kRqxyqjpOHs?si=Hm30DZiQR4KuzWNv

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUTZ0fY1y0c

JeffM's GALOT - http://neal.fun

Bosman's GALOT - https://us.mentos.com/products/mentos-mints-with-vitamins

Community GALOT - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWI-UVkD_-M

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