Compete in game trivia on Tuesday, July 30th at 5pm Central with host Michael Huber and special guest Skill Up. You might know Ralph AKA Skill Up from his great YouTube channel or excellent gaming podcast Friends Per Second...
2024-07-26 21:05:56 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Jacob Geller hosts a discussion about the second "half" of From Software's Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree with Sarah Podzorski, Kyle Hilliard, and special guest Renata Price. This is the second part of The Deepest Dive on Shadow of the Erdtree, and in this discussion they talk about the Abyssal Woods, secret areas in the game, lore ramifications, their favorite bosses, the difficulty of ...
2024-07-26 18:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show and THANK YOU for directly supporting this entire operation. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about the Game of the Year debate as it currently stands and then dive into the speed-running world of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. Then Haley MacLean and a very relaxed Leo Vader join the show to talk about three great indie games that were just released called Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, Été, and D...
2024-07-25 00:28:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a podcast version of this week's New Show Plus for your convenience. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, and Jeff Marchiafava comb through and answer questions for The MinnMax Show podcast submitted in 2019, 2020, 2022, and more. Hopefully we dig up an old question from you! You can vote for more episodes of Quest For More Questions by supporting MinnMax on Patreon at the Backstage Pass tier....
2024-07-24 17:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, 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 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...
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Leo Vader and they talk about their favorite local multiplayer games of all time. Both cooperative and competitive.
Thanks so much for supporting and unlocking Bonus Pod. You can call into future episodes of Bonus Pod via Discord by joining the MinnMax Council tier, episodes record every Monday at 4pm Central.
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!
2024-07-22 20:13:27 +0000 UTC
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It's time to submit your final thoughts on Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree for our second and final discussion with The Deepest Dive. Even if you haven't finished the DLC, just submit a comment based on what you've played so far. We're collecting your comments on Tuesday morning.
Do not submit your comment on this Patreon post, instead enter your one comment under 600 characters along with yo...
2024-07-22 00:52:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Above: Giant Bomb's Mike Minotti, But Why Tho's Kate Sanchez, Inverse's Hayes Madsen, and Ben Hanson.
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Above: Giant Bomb's Mike Minotti, But Why Tho's Kate Sanchez, Inverse's Hayes Madsen, and Ben Hanson.
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Haley MacLean kick things off by unpacking their thoughts on Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess and PlayStation's beta for Concord. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the crew to talk about the new expansion to her beloved Final Fantasy XIV and how Dawntrail stacks up to climactic content like Endwalkers. After that it's time for community questions!
Kelsey Lewin's Animal Crossing book ...
2024-07-17 16:50:42 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
The challenge of being handy around the house
Sharks in Haley's waters
Ben's Star War Outlaws preview event
A first timer's review of Disneyland
An investor wanting in on MinnMax
How we pick community questions
Thanks so much for supporting and unlocking Bonus Pod....
2024-07-16 00:28:44 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Kelsey Lewin. 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 Tuesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
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!
2024-07-15 18:21:01 +0000 UTC
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It's been a fun process with you all pitching your hometown and then the big vote here on Patreon, but we're happy to declare Asheville, North Carolina the winner and location of MinnMax's big community meetup! We're getting togeth...
2024-07-10 18:20:11 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On the 250th episode of the show, Ben Hanson is once again joined by Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader! We talk about Anger Foot from developer Free Lives and publisher Devolver Digital before we follow our hearts and talk about a handful of old games we've been playing and loving. Then we answer great questions submitted by the community!
Thanks to Do A Barrel Roll! for this episode's intro music, learn more about them here - 2024-07-10 16:13:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, 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 8pm Central on Tuesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by her old Game Informer intern buddy and former Game Informer editor Blake Hester. Blake is writing an oral history of Guitar Hero and Rock Band from Harmonix and you can order the book here - https://vol.co/collections/guitar-hero
Here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
Introducing Blake Hester and his writing career
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!
2024-07-08 19:03:14 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader as we duel our way through 2024's game release calendar and claim the six games we're most interested in playing. We also talk about attending Summer Games Done Quick and a ton of other fun stuff in the community questions segment.
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2024-07-03 12:37:52 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Janet Garcia and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
Janet's new office space
company organizing concerns for content creators
the beginning of Janet's wedding planning
the immaculate vibes in women's bathroom
helping out women in our field
new skills (Janet learning ASL)
Does Hanson love FF7 more than Janet loves Jak a...
2024-07-01 22:27:36 +0000 UTC View PostDue to the 4th of July this week, we're recording the podcast a day early. This also means there won't be a new episode of New Show Plus this week, thanks for understanding. This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, 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 iam8...
2024-07-01 21:11:02 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to Jawarhello for jumping up to the highest tier on Patreon and triggering a Cohort Hootenanny! Every time somebody joins that tier, we pull together as big of a group as possible for a fun discussion. On this episode we assembled the full crew of Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, and Haley MacLean to talk about turning 30 years old, aging, Summer Game Fest, and Cliffy B's stand-up. We can't thank you all ...
2024-07-01 20:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the absurdity of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble before taking a turn for the sick and twisted by talking about Luigi's haunted mansions, outer space's killer klowns, and Sweeny Todd simulators. Then we're joined by From Software Twitch streamer Ellie Joy Panic to dissect Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree before we dive into wonderful questions submitted on Patreon!
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MinnMax's Jacob Geller, Sarah Podzorski, Kyle Hilliard, and special guest Renata Price dive into From Software's new masterpiece Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree. In this first of two discussions, they talk about their opening hours with the game and trying to wrap their minds...
2024-06-26 18:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean, and special guest Twitch streamer Ellie Joy Panic. 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...
2024-06-25 16:40:25 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
Video game collector editions
The merits of owning stuff
Quebec
Breakfast
The big MinnMax community meetup in Asheville, North Carolina is happening on October 5th
Haley beat Final Fantasy VII Remake and is playing Rebirth
Thanks so much for supporting and unlockin...
2024-06-24 22:46:52 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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!
2024-06-24 18:29:20 +0000 UTC
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It's time to submit your thoughts on Elden Ring's DLC for The Deepest Dive! You don't need to have finished Shadow of the Erdtree or conquered a specific boss at this point, we're just looking for you to weigh in with one comment on your experience with the game thus far. We'll sort through all of the comments and read them during our first discussion coming up on Tuesday.
Do not submit your c...
2024-06-23 13:16:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Are you ready for The Deepest Dive on Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree? Next week we're kicking off a game club covering From Software's ambitious DLC and we want you to join the fun. Jacob Geller is hosting The Deepest Dive, and he'll be joined by Sarah Podzorski, Kyle Hilliard, and returning special guest from the Armored Core VI series 2024-06-19 00:24:27 +0000 UTC View Post