On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to unpack the deluge of great games releasing in early May. We start out by talking about Ubisoft's reveal trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows before diving into the surreal Nun-based adventure Indika, the amazing puzzles of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the dark farming world of Echoes of the Plum Grove, and the keyboard-based dungeon-crawler Cryptmaster. Then we're joined by the creative director for XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns Jake Solomon to talk about leaving Firaxis to start Midsummer Studios for a ton of community questions submitted on Patreon. Support the show directly and submit questions for future episodes on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version of the podcast here - https://youtu.be/-12oIr9QMNo You can follow Jake Solomon's new studio Midsummer Studios here - https://www.midsummerstudios.com/ Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: GOTITFORMYMOMMA Head to https://www.squarespace.com/MINNMAX to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MINNMAX https://www.tryfum.com/MINNMAX To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...  00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:50 - Animal Well 00:06:23 - Assassin's Creed Shadows 00:14:16 - Indika 00:31:54 - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes 00:44:06 - Echoes of the Plum Grove 00:49:52 - Cryptmaster 01:00:07 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:05:51 - Jake Solomon on leaving Firaxis to start Midsummer Studios 01:18:04 - Community questions 02:20:19 - Get A Load Of This Haley’s GALOT - https://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-rivals-dev-apologizes-for-contract-that-blocked-creators-from-criticizing-the-game Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/D2eLCE2-64I?si=Jm5fEhS0pvmepK6E Hanson's GALOT - https://www.idlethumbs.net/designernotes/episodes/jake-solomon-part-2 Jake's GALOT - https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/1197965368/light-eaters Sarah's GALOT - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/Fields_of_Mistria/ Community GALOT - https://vxtwitter.com/TerminX13/status/1788789298730242527 Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.