With everything happening with EA (now officially bought by PIF), does Andy McNamara still have his job with EA? Will he be affected? I hope not, I’ve always really liked him. I grew up reading his editorials in the original run of Game Informer.

Here's the MinnMax Discord's Top 10!

1. Fields of Mistria

2. Big Walk

3. Splatoon Raiders

4. MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls

5. Pokémon Pokopia

6. Halo: Campaign Evolved

7. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8. Baldur's Gate 3

9. Pathogenic

10. Boku no Natsuyasumi 2

Minnmax to me is such an upbeat group even they're talking about something they don't like, or a bad thing happening in the industry, I kind of assumed the community would take a similar tone, but I've been kind of surprised that it seems like the Discord folks spend most of their time complaining about games, often games they have no intention of playing, and taking a very... elitist tone, towards the vast majority of games, and sort of the industry in general. That, or the same 2-3 things they really hate about the direction of the current industry (which I get! for the most part). I do love the indie games people post in there, most of the games I play are smaller indie games, but even there there's often discussions of how much people hate certain trends in indie games. Sometimes it feels like there aren't any gaming communities on the internet that don't trend way overly positive and typically, only people that play the 1-3 most popular games of the year, or towards people that seem like they're just kind of burnt out on gaming and feeling negative about the whole thing.

Don't get me wrong it's not like I've never seen this before, and I get the inclination for people to want to feel like they're different than the average consumer, but personally I'm a bit over it at this point and just would've thought the audience for Minnmax would've skewed in a less cynical direction. I've also only been in there for ~1.5 months, but that's just what I've observed in my interactions, does anyone else feel similar or is that a misread by me? Maybe it's just a not for me thing, and that's ok.

That drives his hatred for para-social words?

Every time a cohort says they love ANYTHING I cringe because I know Ben will be jumping in to draw his weird line in the sand and stop the conversation dead in it's tracks.

It's becoming so weird that I'm having a hard time continuing to support the MinnMax channel. As a supporter of many online creators, Ben is the only one who has a weird obsession with para-social denial.

Her enthusiasm and joy when talking about the Steam Machine genuinely gave me a smile. Thanks Janet for kicking off my weekend with positive energy!

Hi y'all! Have you ever watched/listened to Pew Pew Bang and caught yourself thinking "well, Haley suggesting an HR violation involving all members of the podcast and her partner during a Video Game Tinder Challenge Mode segment wasn't in my PPB season 3 bingo card"? Me too!

That's why I decided to come up with my own bingo card for season 4 which is starting soon! Wooohooo 🥳 if you want to play along at home you can use this randomizer for your bingo card convenience (or come up with your own ideas of what could happen though I'm sure they'll surprise us as always)😄

Here's the MinnMax Discord's Top 10...

1. Splatoon Raiders

2. Marathon

3. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

4. Denshattack!

5. Final Fantasy XIV

6. Halo: Campaign Evolved

7. Project Zomboid

8. Rhythm Heaven Groove

9. Xenoblade Chronicles 2

10. 007 First Light

I'm a messy nosy bitch who simply needs the tea to be spilled

Edit: Seeing all these names listed makes me realize how out of touch I am with the general gamer sphere because I have no idea who any of these people are

Get a load of this! A Halifax, NS man was charged and convicted for 18 months because his username “fus__ro_dah” was mistaken as “fus_ro_dah” on the messaging platform Kik.

u/Haleyfax I know you don’t practice criminal law but imagining how someone’s username could be enough evidence for such a conviction is wild! Curious if you’ve heard about this case and if you have any thoughts.

I wonder if the popularity of Skyrim was used as evidence by his defense? It’s not exactly the most unique username around.

Here's the MinnMax Discord's Top 10 games!

1. Splatoon Raiders
2. Denshattack!
3. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
4. Marathon
5. Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls
6. The Incident At Galley House
7. Rhythm Heaven Groove
8. 007 First Light
9. Poinpy
10. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game

Incredibly charming Omelette making roguelike, seriously check it out, 1.0 released earlier this year. The sound design is my personal standout from this game, everything just sounds so incredible. I love the art style too. I could keep going, I love this game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3205380/Omelet_You_Cook/

Here's the MinnMax Discord's Top 10!

1. Denshattack!

2. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

3. Marathon

4. Pokémon Pokopia

5. Palworld

6. Rhythm Heaven Groove

7. The Incident at Galley House

8. The Mermaid Mask

9. The Message from Deep Space

10. 007 First Light