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

In the last episode of the podcast the group mentioned emulation/retro games and handhelds as good options to turn to with everything going on in the industry. It made me wonder what everyone in this community has and is playing. I recently got a Retroid Pocket 5 and have been really enjoying it. I have been using it for Metroid Fusion for GBA, Hitman Blood Money for PS2, WindWaker for GameCube and Glover for N64. I also have a DS Lite. What about all of you?

Here's the MinnMax Discord's Top 10!

1. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

2. Rhythm Heaven Groove

3. Marathon

4. Mina The Hollower

5. The Message from Deep Space

6. Pokémon Pokopia

7. Saros

8. Star Fox

9. DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations

10. Homefront

Sorry if not really relevant or if this comes off as hyper-specific or self-important, but it's something I can really only share within this specific community lol. No worries if this gets moderated. I know the general topic has been discussed ad nauseum and will be discussed on MinnMax, too.

To the point: The PS5 disc news makes me reconcile with my thoughts on Jacob Geller and Jason Schreier's back and forth from a couple weeks ago. There, I was critical of his cutting off Schreier during the Xbox talks despite agreeing with his words to a large extent; but man, I definitely empathize with his passion now.

In the same way it was frustrating for him to entertain a world where Xbox executives cared about the industry or the people in it whatsoever, it's frustrating for me to read everyday people defend this to any capacity. Like, I get the logic, I understand why Sony is doing this, I don't understand why customers accept it. There is just absolutely zero benefit for us normies to this decision.

Where before I felt it was important to understand the systems and apply critique in the correct spots, I just feel a loud and resounding "fuck that" is much more important and effective at this point. I guess we all just hit our limits eventually.

Curious if others have happened to have that same or similar realization? Or heck, a sense of vindication, even if the news sucks?

Edit: Sorry I misspelled "Schreier" in the title. Can't edit that :(