GOTY Debate Prologue, Castlevania, Over The Hill

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Leo Vader convene to unofficially kick off MinnMax's Game of the Year debate for 2026 by letting folks know the games they need more people to play. What's on your list of must-players before GOTY season begins? Then we descend into Metroidvania season with early thoughts on Konami's Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Well Dweller, Silver Pines, and Echo Weaver. JeffM and Ben also talk about the open-world off-world driving game called Over The Hill. 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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00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:58 - Give To The Max Charity Stream on 11/6/26

00:07:24 - Leo and the haunted cabin

00:11:59 - GOTY Debate Prologue

00:12:29 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

00:14:26 - GOTY Debate Prologue

00:16:06 - Blood Dungeon

00:17:53 - Cairn

00:21:15 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

00:22:48 - Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse

00:26:12 - Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

00:30:27 - The Blood of Dawnwalker

00:31:15 - Esoteric Ebb

00:33:08 - The Incident at Galley House

00:34:20 - The Mermaid Mask

00:35:52 - Dogpile

00:38:30 - Titanium Court

00:41:38 - Moldrise

00:42:31 - Perfect Tides: Station to Station

00:47:04 - Deadlock

00:48:44 - Welcome to Elderfield

00:49:30 - Orbitals

00:51:12 - Normal Golf Game

00:52:32 - Star Fox and Ocarina of Time

00:55:25 - Phonopolis

00:55:36 - Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream

00:57:33 - Star Wars: Zero Company

00:58:03 - Pokemon Pokopia

00:58:40 - Debating incremental games

01:00:35 - 007 First Light

01:01:37 - Gears of War: E-Day

01:03:22 - Saros

01:04:34 - Control Resonant

01:07:26 - Creature Kitchen

01:09:16 - Factor Meals Ad

01:11:32 - Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

01:19:56 - Well Dweller

01:23:04 - Silver Pines

01:24:58 - Echo Weaver

01:32:43 - Alienware Ad

01:34:15 - Over The Hill

01:36:28 - Beat Weaver

01:45:34 - KikOff Ad

01:47:01 - Thanking iam8bit

01:48:03 - Community questions

02:22:40 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYMbF7VH350

Janet's GALOT - https://www.timeshifter.com/

Ben's GALOT - https://kotaku.com/inside-the-failed-fight-to-unionize-one-of-gamings-most-idealize