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The MinnMax Show - Black Ops 6, Alan Wake DLC, Metaphor Check-In

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Haley MacLean get into the Halloween spirit and kick off a fun conversation about Alan Wake II's The Lake House DLC and the fun to be had with Call of Duty Black Ops 6. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the crew to rave even more about Metaphor: ReFantazio, Infinity Nikki, and more before we get to wonderful questions submitted by the community!

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2024-10-31 02:37:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Max Spoilers - Metaphor: ReFantazio's First Two Cities

MinnMax's Haley MacLean, Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, and Kelsey Lewin unleash their full thoughts on Metaphor: ReFantazio from Atlus and the Persona team. They don't spoil anything after the first two cities in the game, so they only cover Grand Trad and Martira. They talk about the Human boss designs, the best archetype combos, their favorite story moments, grinding tips, and more.

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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean, and Jacob Geller. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit will ship out the great prize below for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.

On this week’s episode we’ll be talking ...

Bonus Pod - Star Wars Outlaws Revisit, The Best Star Wars Games Of All Time

This week on Bonus Pod, guest host Kyle Hilliard recruits Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund to the resistance, fighting back against the evil forces that believe Star Wars Outlaws to be "mid." They then work on building a list of the five best Star Wars games of all time!

Here’s a link to the video version of this episode!

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Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus - Halloween Edition!

Every week New Show Plus lets supporters at the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon vote to choose a new show for us to create, or to continue an older show from a previous week, but never before have the options been so chilling. You can learn more about the format in this quick video.

So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus airing Tuesday on Twitch!

2024-10-28 18:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - Celebrating MinnMax's 5th Anniversary

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava celebrate MinnMax's fifth anniversary by gathering together for a podcast in the NEW studio space! If you're at the Backstage Pass tier, you can watch a full tour of the new space. We thank the community for supporting us on Patreon and allowing this whole outlet to exist in the first place. Oh, and we talk about games like Batman: Arkham Shadow on Meta Quest 3, Max Spielberg's Lynked: Banner of the Spark, Fear the Spotlight...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

We have a special episode of the podcast this week, as we're celebrating MinnMax's 5th anniversary! It's only possible because of your support, so a huge thank you is in order. This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit wil...

Bonus Pod - Xbox Partner Preview, Beastieball

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Charles Harte, Jacob Geller, and The Indie Informer's Jill Grodt to talk about their favorites and least favorites from last week's Xbox Partner Preview, as well as early impressions of the volleyball RPG Beastieball. You can read Charles' preview of the game on The Indie Informer now!

2024-10-21 23:55:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

Every week New Show Plus lets supporters at the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon vote to choose a new show for us to create, or to continue an older show from a previous week. You can learn more about the format in this quick video.

So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus airing Tuesday on Twitch!

2024-10-21 18:29:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Compete In Trivia Tower This Monday At 8pm Central, It's The Easy Allies Rematch!

Hello good competitors! On Monday, October 21st at 6pm PT/8pm CT, Michael Huber is hosting a rematch in video game trivia with the Easy Allies community facing off against the MinnMax community. Isla Hinck is cohosting and is team leader for Easy Allies, and Jacob Ge...

The MinnMax Show - Most Beautiful Games, Neva, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure

MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader for a wide-ranging episode of The MinnMax Show. We talk about the most beautiful games of all times, Neva, Mario Party, Life is Strange, and a whole lot more.

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2024-10-16 23:00:41 +0000 UTC View Post

The Deepest Dive - The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom's Finale

MinnMax's Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, Haley MacLean, and Jeff Marchiafava finish their two-part game club discussion on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom for the Nintendo Switch. In this installment, they cover everything from the Gerudo area through the end of the game. Full spoilers for the ending of Echoes of Wisdom. A huge thank you to everybody who played along with MinnMax and submitted c...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit will ship out the great prize below for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.

On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about....

Bonus Pod - Video Game Consulting 101 with Suriel Vazquez

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by an experienced roundtable of Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and original cohort Suriel Vazquez to pull back the curtain on the mysterious world of video game consulting. They spill the beans on...

• What game consultants actually do

• Can they talk about what games they consulted on?

• How they balance confidentiality requirements with wanting to talk about the games they consulted on publicly

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2024-10-14 20:38:15 +0000 UTC View Post

MinnMax Interview - The Radical History Of Panic And The Playdate

MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin and Ben Hanson recently went to Portland, Oregon to explore the company Panic, we encourage you to watch the new MinnMax Spotlight to see the entire trip. During that adventure, we sat down with Panic's co-founder Cabel Sasser and the director of special projects and the plate Greg Maletic to talk about ...

Introducing MinnMax Spotlight - Inside Panic: Gaming’s Boldest Company (And The Extended Version)

Hey everybody, Ben Hanson here. Back when I was Game Informer's video producer, I went on over 80 game studio visits and was always amazed at how insightful they were. Being in the studio and getting to know the developers left me humbled by the amount of thought and effort going into every game or piece of hardware we enjoy. A 15-minute video interview in a sterile room never captured the ...

Introducing MinnMax Spotlight - Inside Panic: Gaming’s Boldest Company

Hey everybody, Ben Hanson here. Back when I was Game Informer's video producer, I went on over 80 game studio visits and was always amazed at how insightful they were. Being in the studio and getting to know the developers left me humbled by the amount of thought and effort going into every game or piece of hardware we enjoy. A 15-minute video interview in a sterile room never captured the ...

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

Every week New Show Plus lets supporters at the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon vote to choose a new show for us to create, or to continue an older show from a previous week. You can learn more about the format in this quick video.

So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus airing Tuesday on Twitch!

2024-10-14 18:52:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Submit Your Final Thoughts On The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom For The Deepest Dive

It's time to submit your final thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom for The Deepest Dive! In this second and final discussion we're covering everything in the game from the Gerudo desert area through the end of the game. You have until Monday morning to submit your comment.

Do not submit your comment on this Patreon post, instead enter your one comment under 600 characters al...

The MinnMax Show - Metaphor: ReFantazio, Nintendo Alarmo, Silent Hill 2

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, and Haley MacLean rave about the new JRPG from the creators of Persona called Metaphor: ReFantazio and dig in on everything fascinating and surreal about Nintendo's new alarm clock called the Alarmo. Then Jeff Marchiafava and Leo Vader join the show to weigh in on Silent Hill 2 and their continuing adventures in UFO 50. After that, we get to your wonderful questions submitted over on Patreon!

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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Haley MacLean. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit will ship out the great prize below for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.

On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...

2024-10-08 18:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Pod - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (and the Best Puzzle Games Ever)

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Kyle Hilliard and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…

• Lorelai

• And

• The

• Laser

• Eyes

• What makes a good puzzle game?

• Kyle and Haley's favorite puzzle games

Here’s a link to the video version of this episode!

Thanks so much for suppor...

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

Every week New Show Plus lets supporters at the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon vote to choose a new show for us to create, or to continue an older show from a previous week. You can learn more about the format in this quick video.

So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus airing Tuesday on Twitch!

2024-10-07 18:32:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom, Pirate Yakuza, Suriel Vazquez Returns

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia are joined by special guest Suriel Vazquez to break down their thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on the Nintendo Switch. Then we talk about the overlooked indie RPG Arco and Janet regales us with her adventures playing the upcoming SEGA release of Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii. Oh, and we finally get to talk about Epic Mickey being freed from the Wii. Then we get to your wonderful questions!

Don...

The Deepest Dive - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Haley MacLean, and Jeff Marchiafava kick off their two-part game club discussion covering The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on the Nintendo Switch. In this first episode of The Deepest Dive they cover the starting area, first dungeon, and then the entire Jabul Waters area. They do not spoil anything after the Jabul Waters dungeon, they do not talk about Gerudo...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and special guest Suriel Vazquez. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit will ship out the great prize below for the...

Bonus Pod - Metaphor: ReFantazio, Puppies, And Red Dead

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Charles Harte and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…

• Introducing Charles' new puppy Toaster!

• Haley and Charles' animal rescue stories

• Metaphor: ReFantanzio is so much better than we anticipated (new demo review)

• How to make playing a new game feel special

• Should Charles finish Red Dead 2?
  

Here’s a link to the video version of ...

MinnMax's Big Asheville Meetup Is Canceled, BUT We're Raising Money To Help The Community

MinnMax's "Big Community Meetup" in Asheville, North Carolina was scheduled for this Saturday, October 5th, but nature had other plans. Due to the devasting impact of Hurricane Helene on the area, we're forced to cancel the meetup. Please contact your airline/housing to get a refund and help spread the word to any friends who were going to attend. We're using this unfortunate situatio...

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

Every week New Show Plus lets supporters at the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon vote to choose a new show for us to create, or to continue an older show from a previous week. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in this quick video.

So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus airing Tuesday on Twitch!

2024-09-30 18:41:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Jason Schreier On Blizzard's Secret Games And Inside History

Jason Schreier from Bloomberg and the Triple Click podcast joins Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, and Jacob Geller for an in-depth discussion on his new book releasing October 8th called Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment. It chronicles the inside history of the beloved game studio, with stunning new insight on the company's relationship with Bobby Kotick's Activision, the dev...