Death Stranding 2 Review, Peak, 300th Episode!

The MinnMax Show

MinnMax

Video Games, Leisure, Games

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 144 minutes

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We've hit 300 episodes of The MinnMax Show and cannot thank you enough for sharing the show! MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Haley MacLean to unpack our spoiler-free thoughts on Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding 2 (codes provided by PlayStation). Then Jacob Geller raves about the DLC called Lies of P: Overture before Sarah Podzorski joins the festivities to talk about the delightful thrills of co-op mountain climbing in Peak and Ben and Kyle survive even longer on the beach with Konami's new Survival Kids game. 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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00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:41 - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

00:43:27 - Hello Fresh

00:45:19 - Lies of P: Overture

00:54:00 - Peak

01:03:30 - Wix

01:05:17 - Survival Kids

01:16:22 - Dead Letter Dept.

01:27:49 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:29:56 - Community questions

02:12:35 - Get A Load Of This

Haley’s GALOT - https://www.tiktok.com/@bekyamonlive/video/7517019458846690593

Jacob's GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1ldrhwq/breaking_mount_lewotobi_lakilaki_in_indonesia_has/

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/mission-impossible-final-reckoning-spoiler-secrets-christopher-mcquarrie-interview/

Kyle's GALOT - https://www.gameinformer.com/2025/06/25/steven-universe-creator-rebecca-sugars-invader-zim-fan-art-appeared-in-a-2002-issue-of

Sarah's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vXdxJA_5sg

Community GALOT - https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/sega-leaked-6-years-of-sales-numbers-for-sonic-persona-smt-like-a-dragon-and-total-war.3829/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the MinMax Show. I'm Ben Hansen joined by Kyle Hilliard.
0:05.0	Whoa!
0:06.0	Cyril Vasquez.
0:07.0	Hi.
0:08.0	And Jeff Marcia. What are you doing here?
0:10.0	Just like old times.
0:11.0	Yeah. Now where were we before we were so rudely interrupted?
0:16.0	Jacob Geller. Who the hell are you, Jacob Geller?
0:19.0	Now I'm a man who makes YouTube videos and puts them on the internet.
0:22.6	And then we have Kelsey Lewin. Hello, Kelsey.
0:24.6	Hi, I'm the only non-Minnesota here.
0:27.6	And Leo Vader.
0:29.6	Hey, thanks for giving me the most excitement.
0:31.6	I have waves of realization. I'm like, oh, we're so fortunate to have you, Leo.
0:35.6	Thank you for being here, sir. God bless you.
0:43.8	It's not just a new voice, but a new official cohort here at MinMax out of the blue, Janet Garcia.
0:49.9	What is good. I'm so excited. I do feel a little bit like the new kid at school, but I'm excited to be here.
0:54.8	Haley McLean. Hello. It's me. It's Sarah. I'm back.
0:56.8	Sarah Pazorski.
0:58.3	Welcome to MidMax.
1:00.2	Thank you for letting me at the big kids table.
1:01.4	Thought you saw the last of me?
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