GTA VI, Giant Bomb And Polygon Gutted, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor

MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by the huge crew of Kelsey Lewin, Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava and returning champion Ana Diaz to talk about Grand Theft Auto VI's new trailer, Polygon, Giant Bomb, and the state of games media, indie publishing agreements, and good new games like Deep Rock Galactic Survivor and Revenge of the Savage Planet. Ana Diaz was previous a cohort at MinnMax, we're excited to have her jump on again here and there for content - in the same way Charles Harte does. 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.

Now you can support MinnMax on YouTube directly, with MinnMax Memberships. For $10 on YouTube, you can unlock the equivalent to the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon including 140 hours of extended content. This includes The Pissy Zone post-GOTY debates for 2022, 2023, and 2024. Help tell a friend, please! youtube.com/minnmax/join

Tune in this Friday at 7:30pm Central for MinnMax-A-Thon, where we'll randomly roll through highlights from MinnMax's 5.5 years of independence to coincide with the launch of MinnMax Memberships! https://youtube.com/live/BJZZxE7l-Fw?feature=share

Watch and share the video version of this episode here - https://youtu.be/jTZPHsBKCDg

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Learn more about Haley's indie game publishing agreement stats and infographics here - indiegamepublishing.com

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

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:36 - Launching MinnMax Memberships on YouTube!

00:07:42 - GTA VI

00:25:35 - https://us-store.msi.com/save

00:26:53 - Xbox price increases

00:36:07 - The collapse of Polygon and Giant Bomb

01:19:00 - Indie game publishing agreements insight

01:28:03 - https://huel.com/minnmax

01:30:14 - Revenge of the Savage Planet

01:40:00 - Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

01:46:41 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:48:34 - Community questions

02:40:35 - Get A Load Of This

Ana's GALOT - https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2025/01/05/wisconsin-port-o-potty-ice-fishing-shelter-goes-viral-the-crappie-shack/

Hanson's GALOT - https://bit.ly/4kdxY0G

Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/InfinityNikki/comments/1kcymf6/why_so_many_players_quit_infinity_nikki_since/

Haley's GALOT - https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/788167418857652234/1369809913349537822/ben.webp?ex=681d3665&is=681be4e5&hm=af9e7063c465f8fc4acfb8d915f8ebab126de0948b2d07c71aaefdfb99a01bc2&