We want to get together and we need your help. We frequently get suggestions for where we should hold a MinnMax community meetup, now we're leaving it all in your hands. In the comments below, make your best case for your hometown (USA only, sorry) as the location of the big MinnMax community meetup happening in September of 2024.
We're going to fly a bunch of MinnMax cohorts ou...
2024-04-15 18:00:04 +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!
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2024-04-15 17:20:46 +0000 UTC View Post
In the FINAL discussion for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by his old friend Ronnie, Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund, and special guest Ana Diaz from Polygon! This is the end ...
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Michael Huber, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to talk about Star Wars Outlaws from Ubisoft, the surprisingly great game reveals at the Triple-i Initiative Showcase like The Rogue Prince Of Persia, and returning to games we bounced off of previously like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Middle-earth: Shadow of War! Then we answer some wonderful questions from the community submitted on Patreon!
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2024-04-10 23:00:52 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Michael Huber, Leo Vader, 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...
We're here, we did it, this is the end of the road for The Deepest Dive on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Were collecting your final thoughts on everything in the game from Chapter 12 through the ending. Since we're covering several chapters here, you're probably better off submitting a comment about something other than the very end of the game.
We're collecting your c2024-04-09 14:21:42 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode of Bonus Pod, Haley MacLean is joined by her friend Bryan Bell as they talk about all things Pokémon. They cover the competitive scene, the new anime, Pokémon nuzlocke runs, the upcoming Legends game, and even Pokémon trivia. Thanks for listening to Bonus Pod! We record it every Monday at 4pm Central, and you can join the MinnMax Council tier to call in and be on the show.
Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of ...
2024-04-08 23:59:28 +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!
2024-04-08 17:45:59 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! We've had a lot of fun with MinnMax's shows so far in 2024, so we're kicking off a new, quarterly best-of video series. So far this year we've introduced Michael Huber from Easy Allies into the crew to fill in for JeffM on paternity leave, debuted a new show with Bonus Pod, and more. Let us know in the comments if there's any clip you want more context on.
Here's the big thing though! If you think any of these clips are worth $2, you can support MinnMax...
2024-04-08 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader share their darkest gaming confessions... please go easy on us in the comments. Then we talk about Stellar Blade on the PlayStation 5, Pepper Grinder from Devolver Digital, and the overlooked gem Bramble: The Mountain King. Of course we then dive into a ton of great questions from the community!
Help support MinnMax's supporters!
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard. 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 on Tuesday night.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
Our biggest ...
2024-04-02 17:54:06 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to Bonus Pod! On this week's episode, Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson as they talk about...
Dragon's Dogma 2
MinnMax business updates
Haley's mom
Trivia Tower's future
Doc Lightning plans
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Debating sponsored content
Final Fantasy VII Trivia
You can join the MinnMax Council tier and call in to Bonus Pod as it records e...
2024-04-01 23:33:11 +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!
2024-04-01 18:07:05 +0000 UTC
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What’s New this Week!
Bonus content time! Join MinnMax’s for its weekly Bonus Pod at 4PM CT!
This week we have Ben and Haley, talking about:
the future of Trivia Tower
MinnMax business update
Haley starting Final Fantasy Remake
If there is something else you think we should cover during this week’s episode, feel free to let us know in the comments below!
What is Bonus Pod?
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MinnMax continues their multi-part game club discussion on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, covering Chapters 9, 10, and 11 in Square-Enix's gigantic RPG. Ben Hanson is joined by Ronnie and Ross "The Star Wars Guys" Pfund as they continue to create the best, most thorough discussion about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on the internet. In this discussion, they talk about exploring the jungles of Gongaga, visiting Cos...
Above: The MinnMax community meetup at Tempest Bar in San Francisco.
Take a whirlwind tour of the Game Developer's Conference 2024 in this travelogue from MinnMax. Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean and Janet Garcia as they attend preview events from Microsoft and Nintendo, run into familiar faces from Kinda Funny and Double Fine, and host a community meetup at Tempest Bar in San Francisco! A huge thanks to everybody in the community for supporting MinnMax as an indepen...
2024-03-29 19:07:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Above: The MinnMax community meetup at Tempest Bar in San Francisco.
Take a whirlwind tour of the Game Developer's Conference 2024 in this travelogue from MinnMax. Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean and Janet Garcia as they attend preview events from Microsoft and Nintendo, run into familiar faces from Kinda Funny and Double Fine, and host a community meetup at Tempest Bar in San Francisc...
2024-03-29 19:06:44 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Haley MacLean to exciting games on the horizon that you should keep on your radar. Then we dive into a mountain of games discussions by unpacking the new Overwatch-like Marvel Rivals, Stardew Valley's big 1.6 update, Dragon's Dogma 2, Princess Peach: Showtime, Wildmender, and South Park: Snow Day. We also check back in on Pacific Drive. Then Ana Diaz joins us to answer some wonder...
2024-03-28 02:23:48 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and Sarah Podzorski. 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...
On this big episode of Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Janet Garcia and Ben Hanson to unpack their trip to San Francisco last week to attend the Game Developer's Conference. They talk about what it's like behind-the-scenes of the event, meeting developers, attending informative panels, and a whole lot more. We cannot thank you all enough for supporting MinnMax and letting us attend events like this and especially to those folks who came out to the community meetup!
You can su...
2024-03-26 01:47:47 +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!
2024-03-25 18:47:59 +0000 UTC
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The Deepest Dive on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth soldiers on! We're collecting your thoughts on Chapters 9-11 in the game, so please submit something specific and insightful in the Google Doc. Due to our schedules, we've had to shift things a bit so we aren't recording our di...
Compete in game trivia on Tuesday, March 26th at 7pm Central to win prizes on the new episode of Trivia Tower! Join host Michael Huber and special guest cohost Rogersbase and answer questions to work your way up the tower and earn codes for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Astro Duel 2, Bore Blasters, and more. If you're a $2 supporter of MinnMax on Patreon, you can jump into the Discord and compete. Ob...
2024-03-22 19:02:45 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and new temporary cohort Michael Huber from Easy Allies share their full thoughts on Capcom's excellent open-world RPG Dragon's Dogma 2, Princess Peach: Showtime on the Nintendo Switch, Rise of the Ronin on PS5, and a whole lot more. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! 2024-03-22 00:31:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Due to several of us being at GDC, we won't be recording the podcast on Wednesday this week so no early access for Patreon supporters. We will most likely be streaming a live episode of the podcast on Thursday at 2:30pm Central and getting it up in the podcast feeds as soon as we can after that. Thank you!
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and a mystery guest. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question...
2024-03-19 15:24:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to the best, most thorough discussion about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on the internet. In the third episode of our five-part game club series on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by his childhood friends Grant and Ronnie as well as Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund to discuss everything about Chapters 5-8. We don't spoil anything beyond Chapter 8 in Rebirth for this...
2024-03-16 17:15:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we go, folks! Please submit your thoughts on Chapters 5-8 of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for The Deepest Dive! Don't panic if you haven't finished Chapter 8, just submit a comment based on however much you've played at this point. For your reference, these chapters cover the ship, Costa Del Sol, North Corel and the region around it, and the Gold Saucer.
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard to talk about Unicorn Overlord from Vanillaware, get JeffM's take on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, dust off our Playdates for Mars After Midnight, go back in time and celebrate another interactive documentary with Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, and then we talk about the impact of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama's impact on the game industry. After all of that...
2024-03-13 21:47:27 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, 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 (Untitled Goose Game on vinyl) for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode w...
2024-03-12 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to a big episode of Bonus Pod! On this week's episode, Haley MacLean doubles down on community calls and talks to wonderful folks from the MinnMax community about hot topics such as...