25 Games Everybody Should Play (Alanah Pearce Returns)
25 Games Everybody Should Play (Alanah Pearce Returns)  
Podcast: The MinnMax Show
Published On: Thu Apr 02 2026
Description: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - We'll DM you a Steam code for Skate Story if you support MinnMax at the $5 tier before Monday, April 6th. New or returning supporters welcome. We'll update this description if we run out of codes. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by former MinnMax Guest Cohort Alanah Pearce as she launches her own production company called Charred Pictures that focuses on adapting video games to TV and movies in a way that's friendlier to independent developers. We then attempt to build a list of 25 essential games for gamers to play to fully understand the scope of the medium... but with a poisonous twist. Let us know in the comments what you would have included on the list. 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 Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/EayqMZeiQhQ Win tickets to the NierR concert by following MinnMaxShow on Instagram and leaving a comment here with your city of choice - https://www.instagram.com/p/DWjtYg6kU3S/?img_index=1 Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.discoverpoco.com - Visit Pocahontas County, Iowa https://www.mintmobile.com/minnmax - Premium wireless starting at $15/month https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: FIREFLOWERS To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:55 - Alanah Pearce's new production company: Charred Pictures 00:13:03 - Valencia, Spain community meetup - April 14th 00:14:19 - Get a Steam code for Skate Story 00:15:27 - 25 Games Everybody Should Play 00:33:35 - Visit Pocahontas County, Iowa 00:35:19 - 25 Games Everybody Should Play 01:24:19 - Mint Mobile 01:25:40 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/ 01:27:42 - Community questions 02:06:20 - Get A Load Of This Jacob's GALOT - https://www.ign.com/articles/baby-steps-fans-think-the-game-might-secretly-be-a-fan-made-uncharted-5 Hanson's GALOT - https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/artful-amoeba/plants-like-people-succumb-to-anesthesia-video/ Kyle's GALOT - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-howe-a379251_a-long-while-back-a-team-was-assem[…]m=member_desktop\&rcm=ACoAADJ9j9QBNlHh0pyisRzsKpGCWpcUG2u0Wlc Community GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop\&v=PtHrkZgn-mU Links to other things mentioned in the episode... Watch Ben on CBS and FOX morning shows in Minneapolis - https://youtu.be/ZRjDfRUSfFM Alanah's Charred Pictures - https://www.charredpictures.com/ https://gameinformer.com/subscribe Ezra Klein podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYrgLn7pWp8 Win NieR concert tickets on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/DWjtYg6kU3S/?img_index=1 Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Support MinnMax directly on YouTube - https://youtube.com/minnmax/join Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/minnmax.com Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.