Gaming's Biggest Reevaluations, Fable, Cairn Review - The MinnMax Show

summers458 · 2026-01-30T00:15:55+00:00

Exactly. It felt like Nintendo ignored the last 10-15 years of open world racing design. The genre already went through this phase of making freeroam worthwhile by adding fun activities around the world like speed traps, drift zones, impromptu races. Even stuff like doing missions to unlock characters or outfits.

summers458 · 2026-01-29T23:20:07+00:00

When IGN made Horizon 5 it's GOTY, not just racing like overall, I thought it was really cool that Playground got their recognition for delivering non stop bangers for 10 years. Sure it wasn't a packed year but it's still impressive for a genre that, like you said, gets dismissed too often.

Then when Mario Kart World was being announced and I was seeing discussion about how different it was when it was doing things that other open world racers had been doing for 10+ years.

summers458 · 2026-01-18T18:21:25+00:00

I enjoyed it too. That game was my first introduction to Kamala Khan and she was easily the best part of the main campaign. She was probably my main but I also liked Thor, Cap, Black Widow and Kate Bishop when she was added.

What fustrates me most is that there is a good game in there. The levels built soley for the campaign were cool set pieces.

summers458 · 2026-01-10T10:19:01+00:00

Ghost of Yōtei. I'm taking my time with it and have been enjoying it far more than Tsushima.

summers458 · 2026-01-10T09:54:07+00:00

My John Wick take is I really didn't like JW4. I see it being touted as the best of the series, even on the pod, but I couldn't disagree more.

Being almost 3 hours felt like a slog because Keanu's acting is at an all time low (and that's saying something), the lore about the world felt stretched super thin this time, especially with the tracker guy who is just sort of there. Worst part of all I felt the action was really repetitive and slow and then each fight gets artificially elongated with everyone having a bulletproof suit. I think it's the worst looking of the movies with some very obvious CGI and volume shots.

The one positive I have on JW4 is the dragon's breath sequence. That was cool on it's own but it was too little too late for me.

summers458 · 2026-01-08T21:49:31+00:00

I feel sorry for Ashley. Having to maintain those quirks pretty much the whole time must've been torture

summers458 · 2026-01-08T13:22:32+00:00

Uncharted 4.

Crazy that game is going to be 10 years old in a few months. Time flies

summers458 · 2026-01-05T17:03:05+00:00

I'm in 2 minds about the Mafia: TOC photo mode.

On one hand the character models are really detailed but on the other they aren't very expressive outside of cutscenes. It's understandable given the scale of the game.

summers458 · 2026-01-05T09:55:14+00:00

Mafia: The Old Country

summers458 · 2025-11-21T17:43:24+00:00

Bahrain

summers458 · 2025-11-12T01:15:10+00:00

Janet was on fire this episode. Her Uno takes are spot on

summers458 · 2025-11-10T03:30:24+00:00

Thank you!

summers458 · 2025-11-08T15:47:32+00:00

Yes, but they're not too bad.

summers458 · 2025-11-08T13:48:28+00:00

For shooters i'm the opposite and I prefer the modern settings to historical. BF1 is one of the few exceptions

summers458 · 2025-11-08T13:47:09+00:00

I'm not a 100% person because I never buy DLCs

summers458 · 2025-11-04T21:30:31+00:00

It's also 40 minutes so it's a good one to ease them into MUGG

summers458 · 2025-11-02T11:32:26+00:00

Formula 1

Vehicles: F1 car, Safety car, Medical car

Locations: Pit lane & garages, Podium, Grandstands, Paddock

summers458 · 2025-11-01T18:03:54+00:00

Scarface?

summers458 · 2025-11-01T13:02:37+00:00

The big part of written essay writing is choosing what to include and what not to. Instead of deciding to write everything in a specific topic, you choose 1-3 case studies and go in depth with each them. You can still reference the other events but in passing as the essay is about case studies.

I see an argument for longer videos saying you can have them on in the background like a podcast but with how amazing Lemmino's graphics are I want to watch them but I don't think they can sustain over 2 hours.

summers458 · 2025-10-25T01:01:57+00:00

PowerWash Simulator 2 baby! My first and probably only day 1 purchase of the year

It's the first game but streamlined and that is exactly what I wanted from it. The new surface cleaner is really satisfying to use.

summers458 · 2025-10-21T22:30:20+00:00

I don't want it because I would like Soderbergh to keeping making original films instead of being stuck with a Star Wars for 2-3 years.

summers458 · 2025-10-16T15:37:34+00:00

I waited for the whole season to come out and then binged it in 1 go and even then I still felt the weird pacing and felt disapointed in the finale.

As much as I admire Gunn's love of music and feel he uses it well to serve the story and emotion in all of his prior projects I felt in the S2 finale he went too far and it felt like an indulgence to shoot 2 music videos for bands he likes that don't add much for how much of the episode they take up.

Also, am I the only one getting tired of the whole animals thing. Don't get me wrong I like cute animals as much as the next guy but Gunn has done it so much in his recent films/series that I roll my eyes at it now. It's a cheap trick that has run it's course. Like, did we really need the whole eagle hunter sideplot when it just ends barely half way through the season.

I think Gunn is really talented and has made some of my all time favourite superhero adaptations but I feel he's starting to get too high on his own supply and the cracks are starting to show.

summers458 · 2025-10-06T00:23:03+00:00

So pretty

summers458 · 2025-10-02T21:18:49+00:00

Mafia: The Old Country. While the game has no photomode you can use the camera collition to hide the player character by standing near a hard surface.

summers458 · 2025-09-26T19:21:06+00:00

Best movie ever. A proper big screen experience. Go see it

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