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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

Due to schedules and travel, we're recording The MinnMax Show on Tuesday at 7pm Central this week and releasing it at the normal times. With Sony's State of Play also happening on Tuesday at 5pm Central (we'll be streaming our reactions), we won't have a poll for a new episode of New Show Plus this week BUT on Wednesday we'll be airing a New Show Overflow - we revived a lost idea for a show and it's a fun one.

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff...

Bonus Pod - Ben And Leo's Business Blast

This week on Bonus Pod, guest host Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader for a behind-the-scenes look at MinnMax as a business. We take a ton of community questions and talk about...

• MinnMax Studio update

• Podcast ad placement

• How Rapid-Fire has boosted our YouTube channel

• Our Patreon numbers

• Finding the perfect work/life balance

• What's the right amount of content?

• Game studio visits

2024-09-23 17:49:57 +0000 UTC View Post

MinnMax Interview - Max Spielberg’s Untold Journey To Lynked: Banner of the Spark

MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews co-founder and creative director of FuzzyBot Max Spielberg and Lynked: Banner of the Spark's art director Eric Kozlowsky about their game that they describe as an "arcade-inspired co-op adventure that blends hack and slash combat with roguelike and town-building elements." We also talk about their respective journeys through the game industry with Eric working on game...

Zelda Vs. Silent Hill - Vote For The Deepest Dive

At MinnMax we like to create the best, most thorough discussions about games in a multi-part game club discussion called The Deepest Dive.

We just wrapped up The Deepest Dive on Mirror's Edge, thanks to everybody who voted for the game in the last po...

The MinnMax Show - Dead Rising, Plucky Squire, Flight Simulator 2024

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Easy Allies' Michael Huber talk about Capcom's Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster and a bit about Black Myth: Wukong before Kelsey Lewin joins us to celebrate Visions of Mana. Then we all talk about The Plucky Squire, Peglin, and Tactical Breach Wizards before Charles Harte joins the show to unpack his eventful journey to the Grand Canyon to play Microsoft Flight Simul...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, and Charles Harte. 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....

The Deepest Dive - Mirror's Edge Part 2

In this second and final game club discussion, Alex Van Aken, Charles Harte, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader share their full thoughts on 2008's Mirror's Edge from the mission New Eden through the ending. They talk about how much stuff they forgot happened in the back half of the game, the final boss fight, and their final thoughts on Faith and the story.

Watch and share the video version here - <...

Bonus Pod - Naughty Vegas, Naughty Farm Sims, And Jackbox Naughty Pack

Content Warning - This episode contains some sexual language when talking about The Jackbox Naughty Pack.

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

· Leo's recent Vegas trip!

· Jackbox Naughty Pack Review

· Why Traveller's Rest is a unique 'farming' game

· The Game Informer reunion party

Here’s a link to the video version of this episode! -  2024-09-16 23:46:43 +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. 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!

2024-09-16 18:31:07 +0000 UTC View Post

MinnMax Interview - John Romero And Jordan Mechner's Battle To Save Gaming History

MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin and Ben Hanson talk to Doom's designer John Romero and Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner about their lifelong passion for preserving video game history and how so much is being lost every day. They beg other developers to save their materials, to write books, to do more interviews, get that history out there and don't shy away from it being extremely technical. This conv...

Hey Portland! Come To MinnMax's Community Meetup On Friday, September 27th At Gigantic Brewing

Kelsey Lewin and Ben Hanson will be in Portland, Oregon at the end of September and we'd love to meet and thank some of you in person. We're on a top secret mission there for some fun content, and Kelsey will also have a booth for her Pink Gorilla game stores at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo.

If you're in the area, com...

Submit Your Final Thoughts On Mirror's Edge For The Deepest Dive!

It's time to submit your final thoughts on Mirror's Edge for The Deepest Dive! In this second and final discussion, we're covering everything in DICE's 2008 classic after the mission called Ropeburn. You can get caught up on everything so far in the first discussion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bW06Z1WToQ

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The MinnMax Show - PS5 Pro, Space Marine 2, I Am Your Beast Review

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the PS5 Pro reveal before turning to happier things like our continued love of Astro Bot. Then we have a ton of good games to talk about, with Leo raving about Wild Bastards, everybody being impressed by the co-op fun of Space Marine 2, Jacob's love of I Am Your Beast, and more. Then we answer your wonderful community questions!

Attend Haley MacLean's talk ...

Max Spoilers - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Bryan Vore and Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund to unpack all of their thoughts on Tim Burton's sequel to the 1988 classic Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. We talk about Michael Keaton's performance, how this film compares to other "lega-sequels", and whether Tim Burton has been redeemed.

Watch the video version of this episode right here - 2024-09-11 23:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, 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 about...

Bonus Pod - Dissecting Jacob's Favorite Game: The Beginner's Guide

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Leo Vader and Jacob Geller for a thorough discussion about 2015's The Beginner's Guide - which is Jacob's favorite game of all time. This episode is like a shallow Deepest Dive... or a bonus Max Spoilers... look, the point is we just wanted to surface this passionate discussion because Haley just finished the game for the first tim...

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!

2024-09-09 18:09:08 +0000 UTC View Post

The Deepest Dive - Mirror's Edge

MinnMax's Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, and video editor Charles Harte are joined by special guest host Alex Van Aken (creator of Viewport, formerly of Game Informer) as they kick off a two-part game club discussion of DICE's 2008 first-person classic Mirror's Edge. The MinnMax community voted for this retro pick and they submitted hundreds of insightful comments to share along the way. Does the game hol...

Compete In Trivia Tower On Monday, September 9th At 8:30pm Central

It's time to prove you know a thing or two about games by competing in Trivia Tower this Monday, September 9th at 8:30pm Central! Ben Hanson is hosting this time around and will be joined by the amazing Alanah Pearce, who you might know from her YouTube channel, 2024-09-06 17:05:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Submit Your Thoughts On Mirror's Edge For The Deepest Dive!

It's time to submit your thoughts on Mirror's Edge for The Deepest Dive! We hope you've been playing the 2008 classic along with us and can help fuel our two-part game club discussion. For the first episode, we're covering everything in the game up through the level called Ropeburn. The cut-off for comments are Saturday night.

Do not submit your comment on this Patreon post, instead enter your ...

The MinnMax Show - Astro Bot Review, Zelda Reveals, PlayStation's Concord Failure

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava share their spoiler-free review for Astro Bot on the PlayStation 5 before nose-diving into a discussion about the failure of PlayStation's first-person hero shooter Concord and how it was abruptly pulled from stores after less than two weeks. Then we talk about Flock, Tomb, and dungeons and Still World reveal for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom before jumping into community questions.

Hel...

Micro RPG, Huge Fun - Mythological Space Adventures

Every week we let Backstage Pass-tier folks on Patreon vote for New Show Plus, here's the audio-only version of this week's winner. For the second episode of Micro RPG, Huge Fun, Charles Harte takes the reigns once again and hosts a simple tabletop session with Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, and former Game Informer editor Marcus Stewart as they take to the stars in a sci-fi adventure. New Show Plus ...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

FYI: Due to an embargo, we can't share an early version of the podcast this Wednesday. The ad-free version of the show will be up as soon as possible on Thursday.

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, 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 shi...

Bonus Pod - More Game Previews With Marcus Stewart

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

• Little Nightmares 3

• Directive 8020

• Life is Strange: Double Exposure

• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

• The First Berserker: Khazan

• How does Gamescom succeed where E3 failed?

• The lore of Outback Steakhouse's Bloomin' Onion

Here’s a link to the video ver...

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!

2024-09-02 18:14:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Join Us For The Deepest Dive On Mirror's Edge!

 You all voted for it here on Patreon, so we're officially kicking off The Deepest Dive on Mirror's Edge. It's the 28th game we've tackled for the series so far! Join Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, Charles Harte, and 2024-08-29 19:20:04 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - Valve's New Game, Star Wars Outlaws, Gamescom Previews

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and special guest Marcus Stewart to talk about Star Wars Outlaws, Valve's new game Deadlock, what Marcus played at Gamescom, and more!

Follow Marcus on Twitter - https://x.com/MarcusStewart7

Follow Marcus on Twitch - ...