Microsoft’s Stunning Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! We have a big episode for you this week, as Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia unpack the news that Microsoft has acquired Activision Blizzard and rave about the new action RPG Nobody Saves the World. Then we're joined by the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin to talk about RPGs on the GameBoy Advance like Mother 3 and Tomato Adventure. Then Sarah Podzorski jumps on to help us answer community questions submitted on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/Z8W-dwP65Lk Follow Kelsey Lewin's work here! https://gamehistory.org/ https://twitter.com/kelslewin Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://shop.asmodee.com/lord-of-the-rings-lcg-5-revised-core-set-mec101 https://bit.ly/fixturegaming https://www.iam8bit.com https://www.divergecoffee.com/ To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:41 - Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard!!! 00:31:16 - Nobody Saves the World 00:48:03 - Mother 3 01:02:59 - Tomato Adventure 01:14:37 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:18:29 - Community questions 01:50:18 - Get A Load Of This Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nintendo-power-reunion-stories-from-the-original-nintendo-power-staff-tickets-243179485387 Sarah's GALOT - https://bit.ly/34ZwIg1 Hanson's GALOT - https://bit.ly/33PX97o Janet's GALOT - https://twitter.com/Polygon/status/1483510793127690246 Community GALOT - https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-01-18/daniel-radcliffe-weird-al-yankovic-casting-roku Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax 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 Join the Thank You Crew over on Patreon to add your name to this list! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Ted Ryser Divergecoffee.com Fixture Gaming’s Fixture S1 Iam8bit Zachary Pligge Ludwig Roque Andrew Uerkwitz Drew Waranis Andrew Vala BeatenDownBrian PrettyGoodPrinting.com John Higby The Lord of the Rings Card Game MisterNomer Jawarhello Ronn Steve Bamdad Clemens Zobel Purebrednumber6 Starkiller Spider_Dan Preetham Yarlagadda GeneralNadine99 Kris