Star Fox Returns, Mixtape Review, Xbox's Gigantic Asterisk

About this episode

The episode features discussions on the new Star Fox game, a review of Mixtape, and insights into Xbox's messaging and gaming news.

https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - Support MinnMax at the $5 tier on Patreon and we'll DM you Steam codes for EVERY Deconstructeam game: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Many Nights A Whisper, Gods Will Be Watching, Essays on Empathy, and The Red Strings Club. Offer ends 5/11/26. We'll update this description if we run out of codes. We include a bonus snippet of Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and MinnMax's production assistant Nick Stefanacci's reaction to the new Star Fox game on Nintendo Switch 2 before diving into the main show that has Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and special guest Kahlief Adams from Spawn on Me diving into the excellent new game Mixtape from Beethoven & Dinosaur in a spoiler-free review. Then we revisit Saros on PlayStation 5 (codes provided by PlayStation), share early impressions of Dead as Disco's rhythm combat, compare the upcoming NBA The Run to NBA Street, and then try to wrap our minds around Xbox'x shifting messaging and the state of gaming news. After all of that, 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…

People in this episode

Host: Kyle Hilliard

Guests: Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, Kahlief Adams

Topics covered

• Star Fox game
• Mixtape review
• Xbox messaging
• gaming news
• Patreon community questions

Keywords

• Star Fox
• Mixtape
• Xbox
• gaming news
• Patreon

Sponsors

MinnMax

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Deconstructeam, PlayStation, Xbox

Products: Star Fox, Mixtape, NBA The Run, NBA Street, Dead as Disco

Books & works: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Many Nights A Whisper, Gods Will Be Watching, Essays on Empathy, The Red Strings Club

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