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The MinnMax Show - Elden Ring DLC, New Zelda Revealed, Metroid Prime 4

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's special early episode, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard unpack all of the highlights from the surprising Nintendo Direct showing the last big games hitting the Nintendo Switch console. We talk about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4 gameplay, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and the odd surprises of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Perfect Dark! Then Kyle talks about his time playing Elden Ring: Shadow of the...

Bonus Pod - Everything We Played At Summer Game Fest

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

• Everything else we played at Summer Game Fest

• SGF Travelogue in retrospect

• Day of the Devs highlights

• Marvel Rivals

• Yars Rising

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

• Bloons TD

Thanks so much for supporting and unlocking Bonus Po...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

Hey everybody, we're recording The MinnMax Show early this week - so you can watch us live at the Backstage Pass tier at 11am Central on Tuesday. We'll get it up in the bonus podcast feed shortly after that and it will air to the public with the video version at the standard time (12:15pm Central) on Thursday.

Also, due to the Nintendo Direct dropping on Tuesday morning at 9am Central (we'll be streaming a reaction on YouTube) and some challenging schedules - there won't be a New Show ...

MinnMax's Summer Game Fest Travelogue 2024

Thanks to your direct support on Patreon, Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia were able to attend Summer Game Fest AND we were able to bring MinnMax video editor (and the world's greatest Dungeons & Dragons DM) Charles Harte to his first ever video game event. We cannot thank you enough fo...

MinnMax's Summer Game Fest Travelogue 2024 (Extended Version!)

Thanks to your direct support on Patreon, Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia were able to attend Summer Game Fest AND we were able to bring MinnMax video editor (and the world's greatest Dungeons & Dragons DM) Charles Harte to his first ever video game event. We cannot thank you enough fo...

Compete In Trivia Tower This Monday, June 17th At 7pm Central!

Hey everybody, Trivia Tower is back! We want you to compete in game trivia on Monday, June 17th at 7pm Central to win codes for Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Abiotic Factor, and a whole lot more. The last person standing wins an Astro A50 X headset. This episode will be hosted by Michael Huber from Easy Allies and he'll be joined by his old friend and co-worker 2024-06-14 16:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - The Best Games From Summer Game Fest 2024

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's big episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Charles Harte, and returning champion from Easy Allies Michael Huber unpack their full thoughts on Summer Game Fest 2024. We all share our picks for the biggest and best games before jumping into community questions!

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2024-06-12 22:02:06 +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, Janet Garcia, Charles Harte, and Michael Huber. 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.

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2024-06-11 23:24:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Pod - Summer Game Fest's Best Trailers & Alan Wake 2 DLC Review

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

• The best trailers from Summer Game Fest 2024

• Alan Wake 2's DLC

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.

The MinnMax Show - So... How’s The PlayStation 5 Doing?

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jacob Geller as we unpack the highlights from Sony's State of Play like the fun Astro Bot announcement and the uneven Concord gameplay reveal. Then we unpack the current state of Sony and the PlayStation 5 in 2024, mapping out all of their 1st party studios and how long we can expect to wait until the next big games are released. After that, Jacob Geller talks about playing Metal Gear Solid 3:...

Doc Lightning 2024 - The 2nd Annual Short Documentary Film Festival

One month ago we challenged you all to create a documentary that was on any topic and under 3 minutes long, 39 heroes stepped up to the plate. For the 2nd annual Doc Lightning Film Festival, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader watch the documentaries made by the wonderful community. They are so good and so heartfelt and we cannot thank you all enough for sustaining an outlet like MinnMax. We'll see you next year for another Doc Lightning!

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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, 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 iam8bit will ship out the great prize below for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.

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2024-06-04 16:36:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Pod - Leo And His Best Friend Cobysoft Joe On Creating The Dome-King Cabbage Documentary

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Leo Vader and his best friend Cobysoft Joe and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…

• The Dome-King Cabbage documentary

• Haley's back

• Friendship

• Everything good under the sun
  
  You can watch and share Leo's Dome-King Cabbage documentary here - https://youtu.be/PSjnZs-HtLQ

2024-06-03 22:56:44 +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!

2024-06-03 19:31:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Leo Made A Documentary About His Best Friend's Game: Dome-King Cabbage

Hey, Leo here! Back in March, you lovely patrons flew me out to spend a weekend with my best friend of ten years Cobysoft Joe (and my partner for the industry redefining gaming news show Games Are Dumb And For Kids) as he showed his upcoming game Dome-King Cab...

The Dome-King Cabbage Documentary - Extended Cut

Hey, Leo here! Back in March, you lovely patrons flew me out to spend a weekend with my best friend of ten years Cobysoft Joe (and my partner for the industry redefining gaming news show Games Are Dumb And For Kids) as he showed his upcoming game Dome-King Cab...

Los Angeles People, Join The Community Meetup On Sunday, June 9th At 7pm

Hello everybody! Janet Garcia, Charles Harte (video editor/amazing D&D DM), and Ben Hanson will ...

The MinnMax Show - Summer Game Fest Predictions, XDefiant, Paper Mario

Welcome back To The MinnMax Show! On this big episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Michael Huber, and Jeff Marchiafava returning from paternity leave! We share our biggest predictions for Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest showcase and beyond before talking about Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on the Nintendo Switch, the odd situation of Ubisoft's XDefiant and Warner Bros.' Multiversus, JeffM's paternity break games with Dragons' Dogma 2 and Dicefolk, and Ben's arcad...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, and Michael Huber. 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.

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Bonus Pod - Haley De Boom's Grand Debut!

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by friend of the show and former guest on The MinnMax Show Haley De Boom! Here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…

• How Haley De Boom got started in her career (ILM, Square-Enix, Apple)

• Haley's best motion capture stories

• Both of the Haleys' complicated love of Overwatch

• FromSoft games and starting Elden Ring in time for the DLC

Thanks so much for supportin...

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!

2024-05-27 20:32:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Max Spoilers - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

MinnMax's Jacob Geller and Ben Hanson review and spoil the new Mad Max movie from George Miller called Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. We talk about Chris Hemsworth's bold character of Dementus, our favorite shots, and how the movie compared to Mad Max: Fury Road. Thanks for supporting MinnMax and unlocking this podcast...

The MinnMax Show - Hellblade 2, 1000xResist, Best Looking Game Of All Time

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin and Michael Huber to unpack our full thoughts on Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 and what it means for Xbox. Then Kelsey and Jacob rave about 1000xResist and Huber gushes about the Resident Evil throwback Crow Country. Then it's on the community questions submitted by all of you lovely people!

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2024-05-22 23:16:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Baby Talk - JeffM And Hanson Talk Parenting

MinnMax's Jeff Marchiafava returns from his paternity leave and is joined by Ben Hanson to talk about the experience with his new baby boy. They also take questions from the MinnMax community about becoming parents, how to handle the stress, and the unbelievable joy from the whole experience. Vote for more episodes of Baby Talk by joining the Backstage Pass tier.

You can watch and share the vi...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Michael Huber, Kelsey Lewin, 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...

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2024-05-21 21:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Pod - Ben's Business Blast, Community Meetup Poll, The Future Of MinnMax

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

• The Big Community Meetup poll

• Ben moving to a new house

• Haley starting Final Fantasy VII Remake

• Updates on MinnMax's shows

• Building the new studio

• The finances of MinnMax

• The future of MinnMax

Thanks so much for supporting and unlocking Bonus Pod. You ca...

Choose The Final Location For MinnMax's Big Community Meetup This September

First of all, a huge thank you to everybody for supporting MinnMax on Patreon and submitting a town as a contender for the big community meetup in September. We had a blast going through the options, you can watch that by clicking here i...

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!

2024-05-20 19:39:31 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Indika, XCOM’s Jake Solomon

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to unpack the deluge of great games releasing in early May. We start out by talking about Ubisoft's reveal trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows before diving into the surreal Nun-based adventure Indika, the amazing puzzles of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the dark farming world of Echoes of the Plum Grove, and the keyboard-based dungeon-crawler Cryptma...

Town Showdown: Choosing MinnMax's September Meetup Location

Last month we asked for you to pitch your hometown as the location of MinnMax's big community meetup in September, now it's time to narrow things down to a handful of options for you all to vote on this coming Monday here on Patreon. MinnMax's Haley MacLean, Kelsey Lewin, Ben Hanson Jacob Geller, and ...