The MinnMax Show - Control's New Spin-Off, Despelote, Doom: The Dark Ages
Added 2025-05-15 01:32:48 +0000 UTCMinnMax'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. After that, we answer wonderful questions submitted on Patreon!
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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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Comments
I don’t think participating in BDS makes someone less likely to do more actions. In my understanding, any action is a step past no actions, and a step towards becoming more involved in one’s community and the broader world. The decision to cut off something small but pleasurable may not have massive systemic ramifications, but it’s a sort of constant reminder, “there are things in the world greater than my passions, and my existence already isn’t in a vacuum”. There are similar arguments that voting is, for many a sedative, but voting is a one-off action that renews every couple of years. Boycott is sustained, it gives one constant reminders, and to participate in it loops one into a broader community of activists. Learning about BDS means learning about what Palestinians need from their own voices, and I think that is one of the easiest ins for involvement.
Echo Rose
2025-05-20 14:05:46 +0000 UTCThe Hit House's cover of "Ordinary World" by Duran Duran has stuck with me for a long time after the Evil Within 2 reveal.
Lorenzo
2025-05-18 00:06:16 +0000 UTCI am very skeptical of the efficacy of decentralized online boycotts, but I absolutely understand wanting to feel able to do something to affect change in your day to day life. I urge people to channel that feeling into connecting and organizing with others nearby where you live, and worry that gestures designed to create as little pain as possible - like avoiding only the underperforming game division of a company that makes all of its money on business applications - might cause someone not to take other more effective actions.
John Ford
2025-05-15 19:32:53 +0000 UTC
