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May 15, 2025 153 mins

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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, and special guest Charles Harte talk about Remedy's new co-op first-person shooter set in the Control universe called FBC: Firebreak. Then we get whisked away by the wonder of the soccer-centric game about Ecuador called Despelote and unpack Id's new entry in the iconic franchise with Doom: The Dark Ages. 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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Learn more about the Microsoft boycott here - https://www.bdsmovement.net/microsoft

Watch Charles Harte's video on FBC: Firebreak here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP3ameICxSk

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:36 - FBC: Firebreak

00:29:45 - Turtle Beach

00:31:51 - Despelote

00:55:47 - Hello Fresh

00:58:19 - The BDS Movement and Microsoft

01:03:04 - Doom: The Dark Ages

01:13:41 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:16:53 - Community questions

02:09:44 - Get A Load Of This

Leo’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9GTp2Rk9Q8

Jacob's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/GodofWar/comments/18mudtu/david_jaffes_original_ending_for_kratos_cory/

Janet's GALOT - https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-fan-crochets-during-garrett-crochet-starts

Hanson's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/jparish.bsky.social/post/3lov7lhewis2t

Charles' GALOT - https://supercincyexpo.com/

Community GALOT - https://gizmodo.com/labubus-creator-on-the-ugly-cute-sensation-thats-taken-over-the-world-2000600397

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