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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!

2024-01-22 19:18:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Max Spoilers - God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla

MinnMax's Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Ross Pfund share their full thoughts on God of War Ragnarok's free roguelike DLC Valhalla and all of its fascinating story moments. They talk about what the reveals mean for Kratos reflecting on his own past and what it could mean for the future of PlayStation's God of War franchise. Enjoy!

You can watch and share the video version of the discussion h...

The MinnMax Show - Indiana Jones, Xbox Direct Highlights, Prince Of Persia Review

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Haley MacLean unpack the best moments and highlights from Microsoft's Developer Direct for January of 2024. They talk about the new gameplay shown for Obsidian's Avowed, the release date for Hellblade II, and the extended first real look at Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Then they share their full thoughts on Ubisoft's excellent 2D Metroidvania Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the ...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

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

Bonus Pod - Series Premiere With Haley, Leo, And Jacob

Hello hello! In case you missed the Patreon post (which you can click here to read), we're making some changes to MinnMax in 2024. We're saying goodbye to our weekly bonus podcast Party Chat, or, to be more specific, we're overhauling the show and it's now called Bonus Pod. Community manager Haley MacLean is the new host and we're emphasizing relaxed conversations with cohorts and MinnMax regulars m...

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!

2024-01-15 18:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post

New Hosts, Changing Names, And MinnMax’s Updates For 2024

Hello everybody, Ben Hanson here. Thanks to your support on Patreon and help sharing our shows online, MinnMax is continuing to grow. That has allowed us to bring on new folks like community manager Haley MacLean in 2023, and it allows for even more positive changes heading into 2024. A lot of these changes are based on your feedback, so thanks for sharing your thoughts in the Discord and to everybody who took the time for the recent MinnMax content survey. Keep in mind, these aren't all of t...

The MinnMax Show - Our Holiday Break Games And The Ultimate Top 10

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On the first episode for 2024, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader to talk about the surprising games we played over holiday break and run down the MinnMax community's "objective" ranking of the best games of 2023. Then we answer wonderful questions submitted on Patreon!

Here's everybody's individual lists for The Top 10 Games of 2023! 2024-01-11 02:28:12 +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, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, 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 abo...

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!

2024-01-08 21:07:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Party Chat - Top 10s, MinnMax Content Survey Results, Puerto Rico

On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Haley MacLean talk about…

- Our holiday breaks

- Visiting Puerto Rico

- The "objective" Two Tens ranking

- Starfield's ending

- MinnMax content survey results

- How to keep MinnMax growing strong

- New Years gaming resolutions

- The best way to play Final Fantasy VII

If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing...

The MinnMax Show - The Game Of The Year Debate 2023 (Part 2)

This is it. It's time for the grand finale for MinnMax's Game of the Year debate, which we call The Two Tens. Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Sarah Podzorski to finalize the correct order for the 20 best games of 2023. Will Baldur's Gate 3 defeat Alan Wake 2? Should The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom be MinnMax's Game of the Year? How much can one person's passion carry a game up the list? ...

Watch The Premiere Of The Best Of MinnMax 2023 Or The Extended Version!

Directly because of your support on Patreon and feedback in the Discord and beyond, 2023 was MinnMax's best year yet. We cannot thank you enough for supporting independent games media, we're building this thing together. When you see me (Ben Hanson) typing something during a recording, I'm likely writing down a timecode for a great moment so I can create a clip and then compile them all together to create a comprehensive Best Of for the entire year! We thought it'd be more fun to experience t...

Watch The Premiere Of The Best Of MinnMax 2023!

Directly because of your support on Patreon and feedback in the Discord and beyond, 2023 was MinnMax's best year yet. We cannot thank you enough for supporting independent games media, we're building this thing together. When you see me (Ben Hanson) typing something during a recording, I'm likely writing down a timecode for a great moment so I can create a clip and then compile them all together to create a comprehensive Best Of for the entire year! We thought it'd be more fun to experience t...

Everybody's Top 10 Favorite Games Of 2023 (And Your Turn To Vote!)

We hope you're not sick of celebrating 2023's amazing games yet, because here is everybody's Top 10! We gathered up lists from cohorts, contributors, and friends of the show to give you all a better idea of where we stand and what we love. Reminder: The grand finale of The Two Tens debate will air on Thursday, January 4th on YouTube and the regular podcast feed. It'll be live on Wednesday, January 3r...

The MinnMax Show - The Game Of The Year Debate 2023 (Part 1)

Welcome to the start of The Two Tens: MinnMax's big Game of the Year debate! Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Sarah Podzorski to lock down the greatest games of 2023. We start out by building the full list and then start cutting it down to The Two Tens, otherwise known as the Top 20 games of 2023.

You can unlock the full Game of the Year debate early (including the bonus "Pissy Zone" discussi...

Vote For The Most Interesting Game In The Game Championship!

Perhaps you've heard us read a list of "Game Champions" at the end of The MinnMax Show podcast. Here's what that is: If you're a $50 supporter of MinnMax (even just for one month), you can choose any game for us to officially declare you the champion of on The MinnMax Show podcast and in the description for every video and podcast.

We've rounded up the last four months of games chosen by Game C...

Help Improve MinnMax With This Quick Content Survey

Hello, everybody! In the interest of "getting better", we've put together a quick survey to give us a better idea of where we're at with our shows and overall content. It'd really help us a ton if you clicked through and submitted some quick feedback. htt...