The Game Of The Summer 2025: On The Beach

The MinnMax Show

MinnMax

Video Games, Leisure, Games

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

Get a PS5 code for the great game Despelote if you support MinnMax on Patreon (or upgrade your tier) before Monday, July 14th. We have 50 PS5 codes, North America only. We'll post on all social channels if we run out. https://www.patreon.com/c/minnmax

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Sarah Podzorski, and guest cohort Kyle Bosman share their picks for the game of the summer. Is it Mario Kart World on Nintendo Switch 2? Death Stranding 2: On The Beach? Tamagotchi Plaza for some reason? Kelsey makes the case for The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. 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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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:31 - Get a PS5 code for Despelote

00:04:32 - Game of the Summer 2025

00:05:17 - Mario Kart World

00:08:04 - Tamagotchi Plaza

00:16:54 - Elden Ring Nightreign

00:19:35 - Factor Meals

00:21:31 - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

00:35:36 - Community picks for game of the summer

00:36:26 - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

00:48:02 - Umamusume: Pretty Derby

01:00:19 - Turtle Beach

01:02:27 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Volfied

01:07:45 - GrimGrimoire OnceMore

01:19:26 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:21:23 - Community questions

02:12:00 - Get A Load Of This

02:19:27 - The Rumor Meister

02:22:50 - Plugs

Bosman’s GALOT - https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/Betsumon

Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI_-15spElT/?igsh=ODR5em5pa3I0eW04

Hanson's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/jenmsft.bsky.social/post/3ltfxpxewrs2o

Sarah's GALOT - https://share.google/hUHGEnfwhpsLptMVI

Community GALOT - https://youtu.be/NAKjCvZCTj0?si=yDxoK5NYznnTZKG-

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to a new episode of the MinMax Show,
0:23.7	place about games, friends, are getting better.
0:25.5	I didn't say Minx Show podcast.
0:27.0	Let the record show, Kyle Bossman.
0:29.5	Very good.
0:30.8	I'm learning from the best.
0:32.8	Kyle Boseman, the guest cohort throughout the entire month of July.
0:35.6	This month is flying by, but we're soaking in the sights, the sounds of One Kyle
0:39.4	Boseman.
0:39.8	So thanks again for being here, sir.
0:42.0	Happy to be here.
0:43.0	Sweet.
0:43.3	We're also drawn by Kelsey Lewin.
0:45.3	I hope there's a secret guest on this show.
0:48.1	Maybe there is.
0:49.0	Let's find out.
0:49.6	We're also joined by one Sarah Podsorski.
0:52.0	Hello.
0:52.9	Hello. Hello. Of course, I would say there is a secret guest because as we know from New Show Plus
0:57.8	last week and from the Minmac show last week, Rumor Meister is a character.
1:06.0	A mysterious figure.
1:07.6	Is it the best way to describe them, Kyle?
	...

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