Leo Vader

Leo Vader

@leovader.com

i am a cohort at @minnmax.com and i am me at http://youtube.com/leovader

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The new episode of The MinnMax Show is now live on YouTube and your favorite podcast app. We talk about parting ways with Jacob Geller, then reset for some passionate discussion about games. youtu.be/rF3x6Iurjfw

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Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.

Janet and I got to visit JackBox in Chicago! everyone there was just as affable and funny as you'd hope they'd be, with awesome playtests and insights into what makes a good JackBox game. totally blessed experience.

MinnMax@minnmax.com

We played the forbidden, unreleasable game from Jackbox Games: Poop Cake. Don't miss the new MinnMax Spotlight on @jackboxgames.com's development process for Jackbox Party Pack 12 and more! youtu.be/Aj53SRZn4VA

hi i’m the guy who makes airport power outlets so all your shit falls out of them. i’m like a the Joker type guy

my new rapid-fire interview with an industry legend, so much fun recording this! here's a question that got cut after our Backstage Pass screening because i guess there were already too many gargantuan, self-indulgent bits for a supposedly rapid-fire interview about a video game. debatable imo.

MinnMax@minnmax.com

MinnMax's new Rapid-Fire Interview is with Jeff Kaplan! We talk about Overwatch, his time at Blizzard, and learn all about his new team's new game called The Legend Of California! youtu.be/3WoAgGSaUVk

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A huge thank you to everybody who came out to the MinnMax Community Meetup in Chicago!

see you tomorrow night Chicago!!! all are welcome!!

MinnMax@minnmax.com

Chicago people! Don't forget that @leovader.com and @gameonysus.bsky.social are hosting a MinnMax Community Meetup on Tuesday, July 14th from 8-10pm. Feel free to bring a friend, learn more about it here - www.patreon.com/minnmax/post...

every single year we remember this is the best thing MinnMax does. someone in chat at the end said "lived a whole life watching these" and that's perfectly put. real humans' real lives, jaw dropping horrors and achingly big laughs. true art.

MinnMax@minnmax.com

We challenged MinnMax's community members to create a documentary under 3 minutes long, even if they had zero experience. The result was 43 incredibly fun and human short documentaries. Welcome to Doc Lightning 2026! youtu.be/WBJO68bscyQ

the Pew Pew Bang crew's chemistry has only gotten better and better, they are just so comfortable and have so much fun talking to each other. no one's making them make those episodes so long, they just don't want them to end and you can feel it. proud of them for polishing off another great season!

MinnMax@minnmax.com

The new Pew Pew Bang is a fun sci-fi role-playing campaign, but as always there are some growing pains as the new cast gets to know each other. Thanks to @chuckduck365.bsky.social for returning as GM! Watch here or listen on your podcast app: youtu.be/ND2vh_iiyCU

so much to dig into with this amazing game, couldn't be happier to be hosting 9+ hours of discussion on it. the Deepest Dive game club format is perfect for re-examining every level and explaining why its "linearity" is an illusion created by its polish. so proud of my precious Hitman devs.

MinnMax@minnmax.com

"I like playing a movie more than watching a game" IO knows how to bring the movie-like experience of James Bond. Here our thoughts as we begin this three-part game club discussion of 007 First Light. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhzl...

heading straight off to my honeymoon next week, will get a new Patreon bonus video up after that. thanks as always for your patience and support, means everything to be able to take the time to tighten the screws on this stuff. very fulfilling project.

i have always immediately closed every pop up from any website or application explaining new features without reading it because it's an unexpected intrusion on my sense of peace. this will continue for the rest of my life. stop writing those. i'll figure it out or i won't.

in two hours i can finally talk about my Game Of The Year: the three hours of 007 i played at a preview event last week. remains to be seen if the full game will top it

MinnMax@minnmax.com

We're recording a LIVE episode of The MinnMax Show today at 2pm Central on YouTube, it'll be up in the podcast feeds as soon as possible after that. youtube.com/live/fsDaDxI...

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Samson: A Tyndalston Story is like a little injured baby bird that @leovader.com just can't look away from. We talk about the ambitious open-world crime game from the creator of Just Cause and Mad Max on the new episode of The MinnMax Show! youtu.be/1hqvyRjUUpY

in a very pessimistic mindset (a pessy zone if you will) about games lately and Station to Station is the only thing keeping the faith. incredibly deep writing but breezy to read, light gameplay hooks but each serve a purpose & attach you to the story. every session's been absolutely brain-soothing.

MinnMax@minnmax.com

Get a Steam code for Perfect Tides: Station to Station, it just won the IGF award for Narrative Excellence! www.patreon.com/c/minnmax Support MinnMax at any tier before Monday, March 30th and we'll DM you on Patreon with a Steam code for one of our favorite new games!

so support our lovely MinnMax crew or just go buy the game directly, idgaf as long as you are consuming art that expands your brain and makes you feel! it's not hard or boring we're just out of the habit because of inflated external reward systems! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

store.steampowered.comPerfect Tides: Station to Station on SteamA narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while...