Indiana Jones’ Revenge, Top 20 Games Of 2024, Our Holiday Break Games - The MinnMax Show

[@marcosm1223]

I think the layout looks great, but maybe it'd be cool to add a semi-transparent name for each host? Especially since the rotating cast + regulars is a pretty big list of people

[@carlosflores-gaytan1589]

More than ever my family will think I'm in a zoom meeting when they walk in on me watching the MinnMax show on my laptop

[@hikaruyoroi]

The new layout is aesthetically very nice, but I feel like it gives up a LOT of functionality. I really appreciate podcasts that make it easy for me to look up more about hosts. So I really liked that every hosts name, and the best place to follow them was always on screen at all times in the old layout. This is super useful for new viewers to learn people's names, which can be especially relevant when clips are broken off from content. The video description seem to always do a great job of crediting people by name when they appear in the show. But especially when people are clapping in and out of the Minnmax Show, that might not be enough for folks to easily put a name to a face.

[@GamingInTheWild]

Yeah. It reads as the Luck Be A Landlord podcast at times.

[@Warrior-Song]

I agree, having their names on screen is nice

[@restlessoblivion]

They wouldn't have to give up too much screen real estate by doing a name bar at the top or bottom of their individual screens depending on the layout and whether their vid is on the top or bottom. It could either be clustered in the middle from the Patreon box or at the top and bottom of the overall screen.

[@lenyatissot]

I was curious who was the most influential cohort during The Two Tens. Based on their personal top 10s, I have calculated sums of absolute differences between positions on their list and the Two Tens (e.g. Jeff's no. 1 pick is UFO 50 and it is no. 4 on The Two Tens so the absolute difference is 3, if their game was not on the list the assumption is that it was no. 21 on The Two Tens). Here are the results: R Cohort Index 1 Jacob Geller 32 2 Kelsey Lewin 37 3 Haley MacLean 62 4 Janet Garcia 67 5 Kyle Hilliard 74 6 Ben Hanson 90 7 Jeff Marchiafava 97 8 Sarah Podzorski 105 9 Leo Vader 118

[@djtommypizza92]

this reads to me as more a measure of how each cohort's personal top 10 related to the overall group's. I think a real most influential cohort ranking would measure where on the list a game started versus how many points up or down it moved during the discussion as a whole

[@lukemoonwalker8444]

Jacob suggesting Tokyo Godfathers as a Christmas movies is the most Jacob thing I've heard in some time (I do the same all the time)

[@TheAgr08]

I always appreciate clean space or empty space on the lower edge of videos to allow a spot for captioning. Dig the layout. Ideally I'd like to see room for names/handles under each host/guest.

[@rafaela00002]

Agreed!

[@theD0gfish]

I think the hosts' names should be visible on the layout! New viewers are going to have a tougher time learning who everyone is without them.

[@MattHorton]

Thank you for the shout out! If people want to watch another video of mine, give my GOTY 2024 video a watch!

[@SpecialK_94]

Watched your vid on 1000x Resist after I played it and found it so thoughtful! Will definitely check out others 🫡

[@eoinsmostlybikevideos4519]

Jacob's COD rant is so on point. I played nothing but stakeout moshpit, shooting the shotgun around corners before even checking there were opponents, sometimes with a 4x K/D. There is no skill or strategy, but it just feels so fun.

[@ollieclay7426]

Ben please write Leo’s “how many niches could be invented” at 2:09:07 as a potential New Show Plus. I wanna see the cohorts combine their passions. I wanna see Kelsey figure out baseball for birds.

[@minnmax]

Done and done.

[@danorganplayer]

FF7 Rebirth getting more love from the community

[@groovydude4511]

For 1000xRESIST. I'd love a spoiler cast PLAYTHROUGH of the game. Its so dense and I feel like so much went over my head. I'd love to see a couple of you guys play through and give full spoilers live commentary. I feel like a regular spoiler cast wouldn't do it justice, but with a playthrough you can be reminded of all the things you loved about the game as you play through it, and talk about how certain things unfold and how certain characters develop, etc.

[@bastianjosef]

Jacob saying „I stopped growing“ and Ben‘s „I’m so sorry“ is a very underappreciated joke in this episode btw.

[@joshread3740]

I love the new layout! Simpler but also nicer

[@samiericalwhip]

1:40:52 Yoo, thanks for the shout out Leo. Love playing The Finals with ya brother. But I hear ya its best to have a hot couple game sesh and then cool down with the crew after. We should probably play a little less so we can savor the flavor more. Also, u free 4 da finals? 👀 The store just updated

[@LeoVader]

hell yeah brother. oh yah of course you free this afternoon or late tonight? i heard there's spotlights in the arena this week that give you bonus fans.

[@alanamarko]

ben's description of 8 billion genies made me order a copy INSTANTLY. that sounds sooooo up my alley!

[@goldie819]

The talk about Prototype is making me want to replay Saints Row 4

[@thatoneguy1821]

The only way I can make sense of Jacob Gellar’s comment at about the one hour mark, is by looking at my feelings on Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. I think Tears is objectively better in a lot of ways - it fixes almost all the critiques of BotW I had. BUT Breath of the Wild is tied with Ocarina for my favorite game of all time. Maybe that’s just because it was the first time having that experience… Maybe it’s the atmosphere of BotW… I can’t really make sense of it.

[@russellfranklinwrites]

Agreed. Tears of the Kingdom ran where Breath of the Wild walked, but you want to be there for your child's first steps more than you want to see the first time they break into a sprint. Breath of the Wild might not be the better game, but I'll always love it more.

[@JacobGeller]

Yes! Exactly!

[@godribbon]

I personally prefer TOTK because the gameplay improvements and building mechanics are super fun, but there was a point when I was playing through it where I realised I hadn't heard Kass playing his accordion, and it hit me that as good as TOTK is, it's missing some of the magic and wonder of BOTW. So even though I think fairly objectively TOTK has better gameplay, I totally understand if BOTW is the game someone prefers

[@roccotoscano859]

1:49:27 "I AM THE STORM THAT IS APROAAAAACHIIIINNNGGGGGGG" instantly started playing in my head.

[@maniac6933]

Mainstream song: Baba Yatu from Civ: it won a grammy, and its been in a ton of music competition and talent shows

[@OrangeLightning]

Appreciate Ben highlighting Bakeru, it's a really great game. To answer the question of why it's slept on so much - the English release dropped the same week as Astro Bot. I don't know who thought that was a good idea.

[@minnmax]

Oooh, of course.

[@TokeFyhn]

Also not on ps5 and my Xbox 😢

[@geoffbaumgartner5335]

Demo was fun. Some day...

[@Encubed]

Watching the footage in the video, it's giving me Mystical Ninja starring Goemon on N64 vibes

[@FIF780]

Loving the new layout, so clean!!!

[@drakeheinhorst3312]

23:10 if anyone wants to play Prototype they actually got remasters on last gen consoles. No need to emulate.

[@bort6727]

I wondered what Jacob was talking about having difficulty playing that game. Runs great on Series X.

[@TrueGinjaNinjaGamer]

Great job community getting Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at number 3! Also Persona 3 on our two ten was awesome

[@GamingInTheWild]

Fun episode as always! Layout feedback: centralising the ad and losing the MinnMax formatting makes the ad feel overprioritised and distracting. My eye goes to the ad in a way I don't like ❤️

[@the_sigil4340]

W40k Rogue trader is a crpg (a la Baldur's Gate) from Owlcat, it got released very late in 2023. And it is indeed pretty good.

[@Dukefazon]

I put 904 hours into Call of Duty in 2023 and I only played DMZ mode. It was amazing! But today it's not the same, you can barely do missions because they stopped adding new content and people are bored and just hunt each other down. It was a PvPvE game mode, now it's just a slaughterhouse. But I loved it in 2023. I've never played a CoD before or since but 2023 was the year of DMZ. Jacob would die of boredom because the time to kill is pretty high, it's either they kill you in the first 3 minutes or 20+ minutes, sometimes you can fight for the final exfil helicopter. It was so great, too bad they decided to let it die and didn't put any extra content after the halloween season of 2023.

[@SpecialK_94]

New near! Looking forward to another year of y'all. As I've stepped away more and more from social media I really appreciate the discussions and game recommendations!

[@AlexanderArts]

34:41 - Missed Joke Opportunity: "You know what you could always inch into in the new year, Leo?" - MeUndies?

[@Jerler91]

I was like "where are the borders!!" 😂 Minnmax just built different 👌🏾

[@annemarrow2862]

jacob’s call of duty videos are my favorite videos on youtube

[@patjohbra]

This is the first episode I've listened to and I'm going absolutely crazy trying to think of what else the "Get a Load of This" jingle is from. It doesn't even sound like anything anymore, I've listened to it so many times.

[@vonnegutter8953]

Jolly, a KZbin channel spinoff from the Korean Englishman channel uses the same tune I think.

[@Smdster]

Love the full-screen layout, but I did miss having nameplates with the fantastic and large group of regulars that y'all have cultivated.

[@Tally__Drake]

Dozens!

[@kofvscapcom]

Bury the Light is also one of the songs you can get in Teppen, it's fun

[@kulturvultur5036]

aaaand we're back!

[@thewhitewolf4968]

No that's the gameranx Friday show 😅😅

[@Kmaitland89]

That’s Nextlander!

[@sherridavis2322]

My favorite games i played in 2024 were Overwatch and Diablo 4 with my lady. Played hundreds and hundreds of hours of both of those and still play them both regularly, and blow any other game ive played last year out of the water tbh, new or old.

[@looler12123]

1:17:02 You can see Leo building the joke in his head lol

[@thefattmish]

Love the new layout, girls and boys. The only recommendations I'd offer would be more lights on those beautiful faces and more even lighting between the four hosts, if at all possible. Wonderful show!

[@godribbon]

I feel like everyone misunderstood the My Heart Will Go On question. They're not talking about videogame scores, they're talking about original *songs* written for the game, like Snake Eater for MGS3. Like everyone knows the Jurassic Park theme but it's not the same thing as the Celine Dion song, but all the songs they mentioned would work as a better comparison to JP. I can't think of any videogame song that comes close to My Heart Will Go On

[@futurereflectionsmedia8391]

Oh my god. Thank you Jacob for the Bobby Fingers recommendation. Those videos are wild… 🤯

[@ChickenTuesday]

Would love to see the Into the Aether guys on Trivia Tower!

[@LeanneMustafa]

2:08:27 what's the singer's name/ channel? cant find the link in the discription

[@Kaowlzu]

Descenders is the coziest game ever for me, and I'm not even a bike guy. The music, visuals and gameplay all go so well together, it makes it super easy to get in a flow and zen state

[@futurereflectionsmedia8391]

When Haley said her favorite game was Red Dead while I was playing RDR2 and listening to this podcast it made me feel vindicated 🤣

[@ahappydogwithsunglasses]

I found Bakeru to be an homage to the N64 Ganbare Goemon more than anything else; almost like a spiritual successor. So yes, huge Bakeru doggo stan here!

[@felixworks]

Nice Mega64 reference, Leo. That video's such a perfect blend of goofiness and biting criticism.

[@TheRatsCast]

Don't know if anyone else came up with this, but I think Jacob was thinking of Final Fantasy X-2's Real Emotion. That song got tons of views on YT. It's currently sitting at 585K views on one of channels

[@wemartin12]

51:08 It's good to hear that Haley loves me, and I am her real friend.

[@minnmax]

Nope! But thank you! ;)

[@wemartin12]

@@minnmax Parasocial norms upheld all around!

[@Huckleberry42]

I am the only one complaining about it apparently but the middle being gifs rotating is really distracting. I rather it just be the channels logo or something.

[@MarkPTP7000]

1:39:48 Amazing idea. When it comes to breaking habits, take any opportunity you can to remove the need for willpower out of the equation. Physical barriers are great for this type of thing.

[@quiet451]

I can't see the top of Ben's head and that's arguably the best part.

[@sigmamayo]

i want to go to the pissy zone and never come back

[@minnmax]

Don't say things you can't take back.

[@JakeSteinberg]

Jacob's answer about 1000XResist being on his personal all time list, but Astro Bot being higher for the year, is really representative of how social media, I think has transformed how we look at representations of ourselves. It's less about speaking to answering the question honestly, but more about trying to create a impression for a parasocial, largely imagined, audience. Not a knock, just interesting to reflect on.

[@jonathanbaird]

This feels like a reach, at least with this group in particular. I struggle to understand how anyone could listen to 12+ hours of these in-depth end-of-year conversations and think any of these cohorts aren't being truthful to themselves and their audience(s).

[@cloverraven]

The second that he said resident evil four safe room is cozy. I automatically thought of the caves dock safe room.

[@SoulterrorX]

Leo, I am one of those people who has a PS5, Switch, and Steam Deck but no PC.

[@skatestreetsGAME]

Either those Triangle Strategy sprites just always face the camera on rotate to do so ("billboarding") or what i imagine is the case with an Ogre Battle type game anyway they did draw every sprite in 8 directions (front/back/sides & diagonals) that it changes between depending on your viewing angle

[@braulio09]

Never thought I'd see Haley shout someone else down but wow. I was really confused because Jacob is so obviously right that indies prioritize Switch and are more successful on it because the install base is so much bigger. There is no contest between a 3m install base vs 150m, even if everyone wanted to argue they prefer the Steam Deck and the Switch is old. Idk, seemed a bit aggressive and stubborn from everyone, even when Jacob presented the slam dunk answer so simply. It's been 3 days since I listened, and I am still thinking of 1000xResist being in Jacob's top 10 of all time but not Astro Bot. 😂 Cool discussion Oh, and Leo's way to play Indiana Jones sounds awesome but I am not good enough! Probably to late to stream it?

[@CrimsonKale]

Never thought I’d hear Ben gushing about one of my favorite comics in the past few years (Eight Billion Genies)

[@blueodeyssey]

Does anybody know the name of chess music channel mentioned at 2:08:11 ? I've spent more than an hour trying to find them and so far, no luck!!!

[@minnmax]

www.ddinstagram.com/reel/DD7LdgYxH1y/?igsh=MXIyaXc4OXVwbjc5YQ==

[@blueodeyssey]

@minnmax Thank you! Much appreciated! 🎉

[@Kmaitland89]

Love the show. It’s my first choice for a gaming podcast but, man I wish you guys went back to in person as much as possible. I love the vibes of in person!

[@Roughling]

I liked the old layout way more tbh, kind of looks like a videochat with a pop up ad in the middle now. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I do kind of miss the branded borders and stuff, made it feel more coherent viusally

[@kushgoku]

1:14:26 reporting in as a lifelong console user, currently own a ps5 and a switch and i just bought a steam deck . there’s probably dozens of us !

[@garrettpeters9342]

The 20 though 10 on the community list resonates so much more with me than on the two tens.

[@williambarter245]

"call of duty war journalist" should be a new show plus

[@JoshKeatonFan]

I love you guys! I was huge into GameInformer Magazine and watching/listening to The GameInformer Show! I have been going back and listening to past episodes of The MinnMax Show and it is taking me back to the days when I used to load up episodes of The GameInformer Show.

[@minnmax]

Aww, thanks so much! When did you start listening to The Game Informer Show?

[@JoshKeatonFan]

@@minnmax I can't remember exactly. I know I renewed or bought the GameStop membership thing sometime back in 2010 and got GameInformer Magazine but then I can't remember if it wasn't until late 2016 or early 2017 when I started with The GameInformer show.

[@jacoblabelle]

Justice for Bakeru! I'm not a fan but I support Ben in his quest.

[@kulturvultur5036]

Classy new layout! Loving it

[@user-hg5um5sl5t]

Does anyone remember the name of the gaming podcast Ben was saying he likes? Heard it but can’t remember the timestamp. Thanks

[@minnmax]

Into the Aether!

[@KaiPerspective]

I just want to mention that I'm not comfortable with minnmax taking sponsors from financial instruments or institutions.

[@FBuilding]

The people bailing on karaoke anecdote : same thing happened to me and my partner a month ago. We booked a pretty expensive room and had 5 last minute cancelation. We had a great singing evening nonetheless but those people are on the naughty list now.

[@jackspinoza]

Which song from Judero did yous listen to on the bonus show?

[@SqueebPlays]

It "technically" came out this year. The System Shock remake on PS5 is my GOTY. What a great time.

[@BlinxNinety]

Love the mega64 reference!

[@Talented34tv]

So happy the community gave Silent Hill 2 the love it deserved 🖤

[@skatestreetsGAME]

If there's ever just 3 of you on I wanna see the map in the bottom right corner.

[@minnmax]

This is the best comment of the week.

[@skatestreetsGAME]

@@minnmax Hahaha, love you guys ;p BUT NOT BEYOND SOCIAL NORMS!

[@antico]

Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader is amazing, it's close to be as good as Baldur's Gate 3.

[@ahorserunning]

The Bakeru trailer says it takes place in “another Japan, a WORLD different from the one you live in." Not “a Japan different from the one you live in.” It’s just saying it’s an alternate dimension Japan that is a world unlike ours, not that you currently live there lol

[@Redbones44]

I’m surprised people don’t complain about breakable weapons in Indiana Jones as much as they did with Zelda Botw. What exactly is different about the mechanic?

[@stofu92]

The happiest song is objectively "Katamari on the Rocks" from Katamari Damacy since that's the song that plays in my head whenever I'm happy. As for "songs that transcended the game they are from", I think you have to give some credit to Pop/Stars by KDA. It might be cheating (it's a promotional song rather than for LoL specifically), but it's hard to argue against 621 Million views on KZbin and being Certified Platinum.

[@mikelynch920]

Hanson, thanks for pulling BAKERU back out of the toilet. It's a fun game!

[@laurensmith3898]

I cannot believe Silent Hill 2 hasn't appeared at all.

[@David-uc6sg]

Also, of the 3m that have a deck, I'd bet 2.5m already game on PC. It isn't really cutting into the switch player base.

[@Profecy02]

That 8 billion genies thing sounds crazy

[@FIF780]

Ben, bakeru was my #10

[@jacoblabelle]

new layout is HOT

[@tranwc]

PS4 and steam deck owner, plus original switch and a switch lite, oh, and an Xbox one s. No PC. 51 yrs old.

[@paulsanchez001]

The layout kind of feels like my phone is zoomed in on the video.

[@CosmicTavern]

The factory must grow.

[@buddyjarjoura5166]

The Rebirth vindication /cheer

[@Maxximillianaire]

Just listened to I’m a Lady Now and it is very catchy

[@skatestreetsGAME]

Ya can't talk Bakeru without mentioning it's Goemon roots !

[@paddy4918]

Went and watched Jacob's GALOT - was excellent.

[@GRIFTYRODRIGUEZ]

am i taking crazy pills or did you guys not mention Unicorn Overlord at all AGAIN???? legit a top 3 goty this year imo

[@pgeyser777]

Switch oled a better place to play indies than steam deck

[@tyler2010]

Joe juba catching strays with that mass effect comment

[@pablob1522]

I LOVE THE INDY COMBAT thee parry is so good and you can grab ppl with R1 its so sick i dont know how ppl dont like it

[@Steenar123]

I'm that demographic Leo! (Sort of) All I have is a PS4, Switch, and Steam Deck.

[@dustyw8771]

Just to let Jacob know if he sees this prototype 1 and 2 are on PS5 & Xbox they remastered them awhile back

[@solofox9426]

Is this dude nuts? Everything he said about this Bakeru game is wrong! Getting bashed in Steam reviews? No, it was at very positive! Available everywhere? No, not if you want to play it on a Playstation or an Xbox! Bad trailer!? No it was super charming and had Legend of the Mystical Ninja vibes!!! Also, Nobody tell Jacob about the modern ports of Prototype and Prototype 2 on PS4/PS5. Then he doesn't have to feel bad about pirating.

[@minnmax]

Fair points. I missed it wasn't on PlayStation or Xbox. Also, yeah I should have been more clear - I was talking about getting bashed in the sales based on the low total number of Steam reviews.

[@tyler2010]

BO6 is 100% similar to 1000x resist apparently