Mina The Hollower, Forza Horizon 6, Steam Controller Review
5/14/20262 hr 24 min
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Janet Garcia head to Japan (digitally) to talk about the upcoming game from the creators of Yakuza/Like A Dragon called Stranger Than Heaven and review Forza Horizon 6. Then Kyle Hilliard and Jeff Marchiafava join the show to share early impressions of Mina the Hollower from the creators of Shovel Knight, get hands-on with the new Steam controller, and talk about the fantastic 90s PC vibes of Forbidden Solitiare. After that, it's nothing but your sweet community questions submitted on Patreon 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
00:01:51 - The Kyoto MinnMax meetup
00:07:29 - Stranger Than Heaven
00:19:52 - Forza Horizon 6
00:32:55 - Pocahontas County, Iowa
00:36:00 - Mina The Hollower preview
00:57:31 - Steam controller review
01:09:19 - Factor Meals
01:11:32 - Forbidden Solitaire
01:20:32 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/
01:13:48 - Community questions
02:15:19 - Get A Load Of This
Janet’s GALOT - https://www.uscgamesexpo.com/2026-expo-games
JeffM's GALOT - https://youtu.be/UtOq7ccTMwI
Hanson's GALOT - https://open.spotify.com/album/7qP2RO8Zm1u47l8pbgtU25?si=cmkYYE5fQjWMp4d8DChN7A\&nd=1\&dlsi=64e0b86b40be4ac9
Kyle's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/nirvannatheband/comments/1t5vtke/update_day_wii_shop_wednesday_but_only_the_game
Community GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NlP-08pVm4
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsBen Hanson· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, everybody, and welcome to a new episode of the Midnite Show, where plays about games and friends are getting better. I'm joined by Janet Garcia.
Janet Garcia· Host0:25
Hello.
Ben Hanson· Host0:26
I'm joined by the one and only Sarah Podzorski.
Sarah Podzorski· Guest0:30
Hello. My opinions on the new Fox, it does not reflect my employer's opinions.
Ben Hanson· Host0:36
What, you think he's- Please do not- Mm ...
Sarah Podzorski· Guest0:38
come for me.
Ben Hanson· Host0:39
Okay, you think he's- So you're into the Fox?
Sarah Podzorski· Guest0:40
He's, he's definitely super hot and super sexy.
Ben Hanson· Host0:43
And you like how thick his neck is?
Sarah Podzorski· Guest0:45
I love it, Ben.
Ben Hanson· Host0:48
Cool.
Sarah Podzorski· Guest0:48
I think he's so good-looking.
Ben Hanson· Host0:51
Well, she said it. There we go, everybody. [laughs] This is a new episode of the Midnite Show podcast. We have a lot to talk about. We're talking about Stranger than Heaven, which is just based on presentations that Sega's been rolling out. This is from the creators of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. We'll be unpacking that whole thing in a big way. We're gonna be talking about Forza Horizon 6, the new racing game set in Japan. We'll be unpacking that in a huge way. Then we're talking about Mina the Hollower from the creators of Shovel Knight. This is their... The way that they phrase it is it's their take on Zelda, where Shovel Knight is their take on Mario. This is kind of their adventure game that's very Souls inspired, but with a Game Boy Color aesthetic. So we'll be talking