On this big episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Sarah Podzorski to celebrate the year of gaming in 2023. We nominate, debate, and finalize winners for the categories of Best Thing, Dumbest Thing, Biggest News, The Game We All Agree Is Probably Good But We Didn't Play, Best Character, Best Moment, and The Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time... for 2023. If you enjoy this episode, please ...
2023-12-20 17:15:01 +0000 UTC
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We need your help this Wednesday at 7pm Central taking on the Second Wind community in the last episode of Trivia Tower for 2023! They recently launched their own Patreon and it's skyrocketing to the top of the charts, so we invited their community to face off against MinnMax in video game trivia. Our cohost is Second Wind's 2023-12-20 02:38:30 +0000 UTC
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In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talked to the lead writer for the Mass Effect trilogy Mac Walters about why he left BioWare to create a new studio funded by NetEase called Untold Worlds. They talk about lessons from BioWare's growth over the last 20 years, how to assemble a team for a new studio, and the sci-fi action game that Untold Worlds is developing.
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2023-12-18 17:15:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to share our final thoughts on new games in 2023 by talking about God of War's roguelike DLC, the Avatar game, and more. Oh, and Janet talks about playing Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown! Then we're joined by a generous donor during our Give To The Max charity stream named Haley De Boom to answer community questions. And we're all deboomed away by her resume.
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2023-12-14 00:57:14 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Sarah Podzorski, and the community member who donated during Give To The Max to appear on the show: Haley De Boom!. 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...
2023-12-12 20:55:01 +0000 UTC
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It's the final week for New Show Plus in 2023, so we're going all out with more options than ever.
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...
2023-12-11 21:28:55 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean and special guest for a bit Jill Grodt from The Indie Informer talk about…
- Give To The Max charity stream update/thoughts
- Attending The Game Awards
- Debating the response to The Game Awards
- Day of the Devs highlights
- Sea of Stars love
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth trailer details
- Reading the horror story written by the MinnMax community
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2023-12-11 20:15:39 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! Thanks for directly supporting and creating a great year at MinnMax. Here's a roadmap for when we're recording MinnMax's Game of the Year debates...
- Saturday, December 16th at 11am Central - The MinnMax Awards (Category Winners)
- Monday, December 18th at 3pm Central - The Two Tens Part 1
- Tuesday, December 19th at 3pm Central - The Two Tens Part 2
Even though we're recording them early, the debates...
2023-12-10 16:05:45 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! Thanks for directly supporting and creating a great year at MinnMax. Here's a roadmap for when we're recording MinnMax's Game of the Year debates...
- Saturday, December 16th at 11am Central - The MinnMax Awards (Category Winners)
- Monday, December 18th at 3pm Central - The Two Tens Part 1
- Tuesday, December 19th at 3pm Central - The Two Tens Part 2
Even though we're recording them early, the debates...
2023-12-10 16:01:24 +0000 UTC
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Last weekend we streamed for 25-hour straight and thanks to your incredible support as a community, together we raised over $57,000 to help foster kids in Minneapolis with 100% going to the nonprofit Connections To Independence. https://www.givemn.org/story/Minnmax23
It was an incredible stream from the MinnMax Studi...
2023-12-09 18:42:38 +0000 UTC
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On this live episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and the former editor-in-chief of Easy Allies Brandon Jones to break down the big reveal of GTA 6 from Rockstar Games and all of our favorite announcements from Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards.
Check out Brandon Jones' book Whirly World here - https://www.amazon.com/Whirly-World-Brandon-Jones/dp...
2023-12-08 20:15:15 +0000 UTC
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We're recording a live episode of The MinnMax Show podcast this Friday at 11am Central on MinnMax's YouTube channel, so that we can recap The Game Awards from Thursday night. So it'll be in your feed later than usual!
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and former editor-in-chief of Easy Allies Brando...
2023-12-05 19:40:29 +0000 UTC
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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!
2023-12-04 21:14:51 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, community manager Haley MacLean fills in for Ben Hanson since his voice is gone after the big Give To The Max charity stream this weekend where we raised over $57,000 for foster kids in Minneapolis via Connections To Independence! Haley talks about...
- Visiting Minneapolis again
- Give To The Max charity stream highlights
- The challenges of finalizing ...
2023-12-04 19:53:53 +0000 UTC
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Our gigantic 25-hour charity stream is happening this Saturday! Starting at 8am Central, we're streaming for 25 hours and raising money to help foster kids in Minneapolis by playing games, auctioning off rare prizes, and rotating through guests in the MinnMax Studio. Oh, and community manager Haley MacLean is flying in from Nova Scotia to join us! Here's a link to where you donate, be sure to select "Add a dedication to...
2023-11-30 19:37:09 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and special guest Emily Reese from the Level with Emily podcast! It's our favorite episode of the year, we're celebrating the very best game music around as we each share our three favorite tracks and also take a ton of great musical recommendations from you in the MinnMax community. Then we answer some wonderful...
2023-11-29 19:17:21 +0000 UTC
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We're recording The MinnMax Show early this week, on Tuesday evening to be exact. So we need your questions early as well! This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and game music maestro Emily Reese from Level with Emily. 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 ...
2023-11-28 00:03:33 +0000 UTC
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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!
2023-11-27 20:42:14 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Haley MacLean and Ben Hanson talk about…
- The Give To The Max Charity Stream this Saturday
- All Auction Items for charity
- Fantasy Critic for 2024
- PAX Unplugged
- A ton of games from 2023 that need more love
Here's the full list of games mentioned...
Pseudoregalia
dotAGE
Worldless
Elevator Action Returns S-Tribute
Void Stranger
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2023-11-27 19:25:16 +0000 UTC
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While they were driving to Minnesota's largest candy store for New Show Plus (you can watch that adventure here) MinnMax's Leo Vader and the creative director of Giant BombDan Ryckert recorded a bonus podcast just for you. In this candid conversation, Leo and...
2023-11-27 17:15:01 +0000 UTC
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It's time for Thanksgiving in America, so that means one thing and only one thing: Giving thanks to this wonderful year of gaming. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava are once again joined by their former co-worker Jeff Cork to give thanks to everything wonderful in the world of gaming for 2023... via hundreds of mediocre jokes. Thank you to everybody who supports MinnMax and especi...
2023-11-23 00:15:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard to set the scene for MinnMax's game of the year debate. We share games we think more people should play before we record The Two Tens and recommend games that deserve more love this year. Leave a comment and let us know the games you think we should play before our debates. Then we're joined by NoClip's Danny O'Dwyer to talk about working directly with Valve to crea...
2023-11-22 19:42:41 +0000 UTC
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It's time for the final episode of our game club discussion about Alan Wake 2 from Remedy Entertainment. In this discussion, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader talk about the game from Saga and Alan's Chapter 7s through the end of the game. They theorize about the ending, talk about connections to Control, and talk about how the gameplay evolves thro...
2023-11-22 19:15:01 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and NoClip's Danny O'Dwyer. 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.....
2023-11-21 16:01:34 +0000 UTC
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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!
2023-11-20 20:50:53 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Haley MacLean talk about...
- Janet being on the Remap Radio podcast
- Using MinnMax's money wisely
- How to expand Trivia Tower
- Success with our recent interviews
- The dream of hiring another full-time person
- The goals of expansion for MinnMax
If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching, or as...
2023-11-20 19:32:08 +0000 UTC
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In this exciting MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks to developers who used to work at Radical Entertainment and created the beloved open-world licensed game on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Gamecube called The Simpsons: Hit & Run from Radical Entertainment. We talk about how the project started with The Simpsons: Road Rage, their favorite jokes, the crunch and relentless challenges of the game's ...
2023-11-20 17:15:00 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday at 12pm Central, we record our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Party Chat and we need your input! You can literally join the group discussion by clicking on the Stage in MinnMax’s Discord channel called MinnMax Party Chat. Raise your hand (there’s a button for that) whenever you want to talk and we’ll rotate everybody around. Using your phone as the mic is totally fine, there’s no video camera component for you. Otherwise, you can ask a question in the live chat (it help...
2023-11-20 15:41:10 +0000 UTC
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We're close to getting out of the dark place, we just need you to type one more thing: Your final thoughts on Alan Wake 2 for The Deepest Dive! We're collecting your comments on the final third of the game, so everything from both characters' Chapter 7s through to the ending. We'll stop collecting comments on Monday afternoon.
We're collecting 2023-11-19 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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This Tuesday at 7pm Central, we're hosting a fun round of game trivia and we want you to compete! The competition takes place in MinnMax's Discord, so you have to be a Patreon supporter to access it. Chris Person from the new gaming site Aftermath is our special guest cohost. Let us know if you have any que...
2023-11-19 00:54:54 +0000 UTC
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