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We're officially kicking off MinnMax's 2025 Game of the Year debate, which we call The Two Tens! We've gathered the full crew of Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski to create a list of our favorite games from the year before we start hacking away to get the list down to the Top 20. Will your favorite game make the cut? Please forgive us if it doesn't. Join us on next week's episode where we'll rank The Two Tens. What will take the #1 spot? Will it be Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Will it be Death Stranding 2: On The Beach? Will it be Aotenjo: Infinite Hands? Tune in to find out!

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:44 - Win Steam codes by following @MinnMaxShow on Instagram

00:06:41 - Building The Two Tens

01:50:21 - Cutting The List Down To 20 Games

03:10:52 - And Roger Spoilers

03:17:27 - Spoilers End

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Also, we held code giveaways for new Patreon supporters for the following games: Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance, Sunderfolk, Wildgate, Despelote, Promise Mascot Agency, Spilled!, Star of Providence, LEGO Party, and Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3.

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Welcome to The MinnMax Awards! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski debate nominees and winners for the year of gaming in 2025. We determine the Best Moment, Biggest News, Dumbest Thing, and more. How many categories will Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 win in THIS show? Tune in to find out! Any help sharing MinnMax's Game of the Year content online is appreciated.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:18 - Win 150 Steam codes by subscribing

00:08:39 - Best Thing

01:05:08 - Dumbest Thing

01:51:22 - Biggest News

02:18:17 - Best Game We Didn't Play

02:26:59 - Best Moment

02:29:48 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Spoilers

02:51:21 - End of Spoilers - Best Moment

02:53:01 - Silent Hill F Spoilers

03:00:09 - The Roottrees Are Dead Spoilers

03:02:14 - Blue Prince Spoilers

03:05:10 - Keeper Spoilers

03:07:59 - Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilers

03:13:57 - Split Fiction Spoilers

03:21:13 - Consume Me Spoilers

03:25:04 - End of Spoilers - Best Moment

03:26:13 - Ghost of Yōtei Spoilers

03:35:58 - Keep Driving Spoilers

03:37:49 - The Alters Spoilers

03:40:48 - Hollow Knight: Silksong Spoilers

03:50:08 - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Spoilers

03:53:02 - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Spoilers

03:58:37 - End of Spoilers - Best Moment

04:09:05 - Road To Empress Spoilers

04:13:39 - Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time For 2025

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For the last episode of The MinnMax Show before our end-of-year awards, guest host Haley MacLean invites Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller and Leo Vader for one last grab bag of 2025 indies before bringing in special guest Santa Claus to evaluate whether everyone has been naughty or nice little gamers this year.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:09 - Holiday Content Schedule

00:07:34 - Pipistrello & The Cursed Yo-Yo

00:21:06 - Unbeatable

00:30:54 - Turtle Beach - code MINNMAX at turtlebeach.com/MINNMAX

00:34:02 - It Takes A War

00:39:38 - Spoilers For It Takes A War Starts

00:40:57 - Spoilers End

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00:45:51 - Skate Story

00:55:49 - Santa Arrives

01:00:41 - Naughty Or Nice Gaming Habits

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01:27:33 - Community Questions

02:00:25 - Get A Load Of This

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Jacob's GALOT - (sorry we can't bleep a link) https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1pg0ujj/new_rare_footage_of_a_li[…]m=web3x\&utm_name=web3xcss\&utm_term=1\&utm_content=share_button

Community GALOT - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raichu

Leo's GALOT - https://www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/the-majority-ai-view/

Janet's GALOT - https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/home-in-or-hone-in

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