25 Games Everybody Should Play (Alanah Pearce Returns)

25 Games Everybody Should Play (Alanah Pearce Returns)

From The MinnMax Show by MinnMax

April 2, 2026 · 2h 14m

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on essential games with guest Alanah Pearce, who is launching her own production company.

https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - We'll DM you a Steam code for Skate Story if you support MinnMax at the $5 tier before Monday, April 6th. New or returning supporters welcome. We'll update this description if we run out of codes. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by former MinnMax Guest Cohort Alanah Pearce as she launches her own production company called Charred Pictures that focuses on adapting video games to TV and movies in a way that's friendlier to independent developers. We then attempt to build a list of 25 essential games for gamers to play to fully understand the scope of the medium... but with a poisonous twist. Let us know in the comments what you would have included on the list. 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 Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/EayqMZeiQhQ Win tickets to the NierR concert by following MinnMaxShow on Instagram and leaving a comment here with your city of choice…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard

Guest: Alanah Pearce

Topics covered

  • video games
  • game adaptation
  • essential games
  • independent developers
  • community questions

Keywords

  • video games
  • game adaptation
  • essential games
  • Patreon
  • NierR concert

Sponsors

iam8bit, Mint Mobile, Pocahontas County, Iowa

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Charred Pictures, MinnMax

Places: Pocahontas County, Iowa

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