Watch the charity stream on YouTube here starting at 2pm Central - https://youtube.com/live/mHghpFQdnP8?feature=share
On Saturday, October 18th, MinnMax is playing games together and auctioning off amazing prizes in the MinnMax Studio to raise money for 2025-10-10 21:01:30 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava assemble to share their early impressions of Battlefield 6's campaign. They also try to untangle the mystery of Dreams of Another from Q-Games, weigh in on "Balatro meets a slot machine" with CloverPit, and pick sides on LEGO Party versus LEGO Voyagers. Oh, and Leo has been enjoying Techland's Dying Light: The Beast and Janet finally beat Persona 5 Royal somehow! Then it's nothing but your wonderful community questions. Thank...
2025-10-09 15:28:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Due to an embargo this week, there won't be an early episode of The MinnMax Show this week. We'll post all versions of the podcast on Thursday. In the meantime, why not catch up on Sarah and Haley's Silent Hill F playthrough on YouTube? https://youtu.be/v9xO7MKOos0
Also! We'll have a post up about it soon, but our Give To The Max charity stream is happening on Saturday, October 18th. We'll be playing games a...
2025-10-07 17:52:07 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Leo Vader and Game Informer's Charles Harte to get in the thematic weeds of Consume Me, a (unfortunately) very relatable indie life sim and Two Tens contender. They also talk about Charles' incredible proposal and post-proposal Disney trip!
00:17:55 - Consume Me chat starts
00:28:34 - Consume Me spoilers start
Here’s a link to the video version of this epis...
2025-10-07 02:26:19 +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.
This week, Ben Reeves pitches and hosts every show! He's a friend from back in the Game Informer days who was recently laid off from his Narrative Designer position ...
2025-10-06 18:18:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson interviews Raccoon Logic's head of studio Reid Schneider and creative director Alex Hutchinson about lessons from shipping Revenge of the Savage Planet. We also dive into the state of the game industry and how the two developers are pulling from their experience leading games like Assassin's Creed 3, Batman: Arkham Origins, Far Cry 4, Urbz: Sims in the City, ...
2025-10-06 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader are joined by Game Informer's Charles Harte to unpack the excellent Hades 2 from Supergiant Games. Then Kelsey Lewin and Sarah Podzorski join the show to talk about Consume Me, Silent Hill F, Blippo +, Road To Empress, Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree. After that, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier joins the podcast to talk about EA going private and Final Fantasy Tactics. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and aw...
2025-10-01 23:27:30 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Thanks for subscribing to Pew Pew Bang and sharing the new episode all about Pokemon - https://youtu.be/_BL5SpOgNAg
And don't miss Sarah and Haley playing the first four hours of Silent Hill F, they'll be picking up their stream on Twitch this Friday evening! https://youtu.be/JEzkpjLIrSc
This week for community questions on the podcas...
2025-09-30 19:48:24 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ana Diaz (whose mic starts to sound good four minutes in) to discuss all sorts of Bonus Pod worthy topics, including...
Animula Nook and games that look too good to be true
Haley remaking a run down theme park from her childhood in Planet Coaster 2 (a call for help)
Gacha games deserve to be talked about
2025-09-29 23:55:08 +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!
The ad-free video version is available here!
After a Patreon-exclusive Pokémon themed Loaded Gun, MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin, Haley Maclean, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski fearlessly evaluate the Pokémon franchise from a place of deep love and respect before showing off their ideal Pokémon teams and testing their wits in Pokémon trivia!
To jump to a particular segment, check out the timestamps below...
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader unpack the PlayStation 5's new epic from Sucker Punch Ghost of Yōtei (codes provided by PlayStation) launching on October 2nd. Then we descend into madness by talking about the physicis-driven Baby Steps from the creators of Ape Out and why it has infected JeffM's mind. After that, Easy Allies' Michael Huber joins the show to share highlights from Sony's State of Play including a breakdown of the upcoming Wol...
2025-09-25 13:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Kelsey Lewin write the upcoming Zelda movie in record time before Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard and Haley MacLean come through to perform it. It's the Matrix meets Terminator, on smack. Thanks to Backstage Pass patrons for voting on what show we create or continue every week!
New Show Plu...
2025-09-24 16:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! Because of the Ghost of Yōtei discussion on the podcast this week, there won't be an early version of the show available on Wednesday. We'll share the raw, unedited version and the ad-free version for supporters on Thursday when the embargo lifts. We'll also be streaming our reactions to the State of Play on YouTube, so look forward to that on Wednesday at 4pm Central.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Haley MacLean. ...
2025-09-23 19:01:42 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hiliard, and Game Informer's Charles Harte are joined by Giant Bomb's Dan Ryckert for the grand finale of their three-part game club covering Metal Gear Solid Delta. In this expanded spoilercast, they cover everything after the fight with The Sorrow and really unpack the ending of Metal Gear Solid 3 in a discussion that goes beyond a spoilercast. What doe...
2025-09-23 16:15:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined in-studio by her co-gamer Michael to unpack their experience as a couple with his rageful yet loving complete playthrough of Hollow Knight: Silksong. They also discuss...
Is there a better entry to the Metroidvania genre? (yes)
Haley plays games in bed (and everyone is mad about it)
Haley ate a donair in bed once and everyone is also mad about that
should Metroid Prime 4 be in this ...
2025-09-23 00:24:51 +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.
This month we're giving previous runner-up New Show Plus ideas another shot at getting made. So if there's an old poll option you always regret not pushing for harde...
2025-09-22 18:45:27 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for another Cohort Hootenanny! A generous supporter on Patreon here jumped up to the highest tier to trigger an emergency big group bonus podcast from the MinnMax crew. We assembled Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader to talk about the wild west, torture devices, high school reunions, weddings, and the challenges of when to talk about yo...
2025-09-22 18:41:57 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Janet Garcia and contributor Ana Diaz visit Gamescom in Cologne, Germany for the first time to explore the biggest gaming convention in the world. They see the huge lines for Hollow Knight: Silksong, get to play Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem, and climb the infinite steps of the Cologne Cathedral. This is all possible because of your support here on Patreon, so thank you for making this...
2025-09-22 16:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Janet Garcia and contributor Ana Diaz visit Gamescom in Cologne, Germany for the first time to explore the biggest gaming convention in the world. They see the huge lines for Hollow Knight: Silksong, get to play Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem, and climb the infinite steps of the Cologne Cathedral. This is all possible because of your support here on Patreon, so thank you for making this...
2025-09-22 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This is it, folks. We're at the end of Metal Gear Solid Delta and are collecting your final thoughts on the game in this shared Google Doc2025-09-19 21:17:42 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader along with special guest Brendon Bigley from Into The Aether and Wavelengths share early impressions of Borderlands 4 and how the action compares to the new roguelite FPS Void/Breaker. Then we run through our favorite moments from the Nintendo Direct on Friday, including the reveal of Fi...
2025-09-17 22:02:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello everybody! We hope you've enjoyed the deluge of content so far this week from MinnMax, 8 hours of podcasts! An ad-free version of Pew Pew Bang is now available in the bonus podcast feed for $5 supporters and it includes a special pre-show segment called "Sarah's Loaded Gun". Bonus Pod is great this week with Kelsey Lewin un...
2025-09-16 19:12:05 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Haley MacLean, and Game Informer's Charles Harte continue their game club discussion for Metal Gear Solid Delta and talk about everything in the game from the start of Operation Snake Eater to The Sorrow boss fight. We share strategies for the boss fight against The End, try to wrestle with Eva and Naked Snake's sexuality, and the newcomers share their final p...
2025-09-16 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Kelsey Lewin and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
Virtual Boy history
Gunpei Yokoi
Kelsey's Wonder Swan obsession
Nintendo's new Pokemon patents
Here’s a link to the video version of this episode! - https://youtu.be/zHGDqX_qgNw
Thanks so much for supporting and unl...
2025-09-16 03:24:40 +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!
Update: Thanks to popular demand, these ad-free episodes will now have video versions as well! Video - Pew Pew Bang - The Cooking Episode (Ad-Free)
Now that Pew Pew Bang has sponsors, we wanted to make sure we have an ad-free, direct-support option for listeners who prefer it. So we'll be posting ad-free audio versions here on the MinnMax Patreon, which also feature a bonus opening seg...
2025-09-15 15:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava run through their current personal Game of the Year pick (and some runner-ups) before shifting over to the horizon and speculating about which upcoming 2025 game could claim the top spot? Then we talk about The Rogue Prince of Persia and why Evil Empire's follow-up to their work on Dead Cells isn't making a bigger splash. After that, it's time for your wonderful community questions!
Help support MinnMax's supporter...
2025-09-10 22:25:20 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! We have a potentially funky podcast schedule coming up. We're planning on recording on Wednesday at 1pm Central, BUT there are strong rumors that a Nintendo Direct is dropping Thursday or Friday so we'll likely delay the recording until after we do a reaction stream for that mysterious September Nintendo Direct. So stay tuned to our Instagram, Discord, or Bluesky for updates.
Also! We're sliding back the recording of The Deepest Dive on Metal Gear Solid Delta one week. We...
2025-09-09 19:36:22 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Sarah Podzorski and Jacob's lovely fiancé Annie for a huge spread of topics, including...
the latest Field of Mistria update
Sarah and Haley's continuing Grimshire obsession
Rise of the Golden Idol
phantom siblings
and
more!
Here’s a link to the video version of this ...
2025-09-09 00:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post