We'll DM you a Steam code for the great game Spilled if you support MinnMax on Patreon or upgrade your tier before Monday, September 8th. We'll post on Discord, Bluesky, and Instagram if we run out of codes. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava, and returning champion Suriel Vazquez share their early review of one of the most-anticipated games of all time: Hollow Knight: Silksong. Then we rave about SEGA's revival with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance and explain why Lumines Arise is lodged in our soul. After that the party begins with Haley MacLean, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader joining the show to talk about a couple of great sim games with dark twists: Discounty and Grimshire. Then Leo explains why IO Interactive's 007 First Light is living up to his wildest Hitman fantasies and 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

00:02:16 - Get a Steam code for Spilled! (and YouTube Analytics)

00:06:52 - Hollow Knight: Silksong

00:39:17 - Factor Meals

00:41:12 - Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

00:56:06 - Lumines Arise

01:03:39 - Cronos: The New Dawn

01:07:19 - Jacob's book How A Game Lives

01:09:01 - Recent embarrassments

01:11:43 - Discounty

01:24:21 - Grimshire

01:36:38 - 007 First Light

01:48:16 - Apotris

01:55:40 :49 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:58:20 - Community questions

02:40:01 - Get A Load Of This

Leo’s GALOT - https://brandonhare.itch.io/bluejeweled

Haley's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hYpNTNfrLE

Hanson's GALOT - https://alifewellwasted.com/

Sarah's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlDfVTl5pmI

JeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtHPFvQ1Puw

Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/joneshowdareyou.bsky.social/post/3lxuxfroljk2r

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