If you're new to MinnMax, thank you for being here and supporting us! Also, we'd like to apologize for our long-running and objectively stupid tradition of telling jokes to celebrate American's Thanksgiving holiday.
Jeff Cork, Leo Vader, Ben Hanson, and Jeff Marchiafava will be sharing 20 reasons they're thankful for gaming in 2023, but really it's just an opportunity to write a bunch of medioc...
2023-11-17 22:00:05 +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, Leo Vader, and Janet Garcia to talk about the list of nominees for Game of the Year from The Game Awards. What do you think will win between Resident Evil 4 Remake, Baldur's Gate 3, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Alan Wake 2? Then we talk about the return of Kiryu with Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name a...
2023-11-15 22:06:19 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The Deepest Dive on Alan Wake 2! In this discussion, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader break down their favorite details from Remedy's new survival-horror game up through Saga's Return 6 and Alan's Initiation 6. We don't spoil anything after that point. We talk about the music, boss fights, Cynthia Weaver, the reveals about Tor and O...
2023-11-15 21:15:01 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and special guests Gita Jackson and Nathan Grayson from the freshly launched Aftermath. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anyth...
2023-11-14 21:23:06 +0000 UTC
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In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks to former editor-in-chief from The Escapist Nick Calandra and Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw about leaving the company behind to form a crowd-funded outlet called Second Wind. We talk about the 16-year history of Zero Punctuation at The Escapist and what Yahtzee is planning for Second Wind with his new show Fully Ramblomatic. Nick also talks about rebuilding communi...
2023-11-14 19:15:01 +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!
2023-11-13 20:48:49 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Leo Vader, Ben Hanson, and Haley MacLean talk about…
- To-Do Lists
- Kyle Bosman's Delayed Input
- Trends of 2023
- Where are laws
- Work/Life balance challenges and the future of MinnMax
- The Game Awards nominations
- GTA 6
- The Garfield Movie reaction
If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching, or ask any ques...
2023-11-13 19:42:45 +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...
2023-11-13 15:45:26 +0000 UTC
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We're back for more Alan Wake 2, and we hope you're ready to submit a comment on the middle section of the game! We're collecting your comments on the game up through Alan's Initiation 6 and Saga's Return 6. Please don't spoil anything in the game beyond that point. We'll stop collecting comments on Monday afternoon.
We're collecting your 2023-11-12 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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It may have lost the community's vote for The Deepest Dive, but there's still a lot to unpack and admire about Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac Games. In this spoiler-filled discussion, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard talk about their favorite moments from the PlayStation 5-exclusive, their thoughts on Venom and the symbiote suit, the best sidequests, and where things ar...
2023-11-10 21:19:48 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin and Jeff Marchiafava to talk about the fantastic remake of Star Ocean: The Second Story R, the surprising new Robocop game, and more thoughts on WarioWare: Move It before Jason Guisao joins the show to talk about being let go from Bungie and how he's hoping to apply his writing skills to another game studio in the future. Then we talk about 2023 overall and how the incredible year in gaming compares...
2023-11-09 00:37:44 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, and special guest Jason Guisao formerly of Game Informer and Bungie. 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...
2023-11-07 19:00:04 +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!
2023-11-06 20:41:25 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, and Janet Garcia talk about…
- Canada's geography
- Myst
- The best VR experiences
- BlizzCon and Overwatch 2
- The Top 10 Thanksgiving jokes
- The dos and don'ts for sponsored content
If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching, or ask any question under the sun, jump up to the MinnMax Council tier!...
2023-11-06 19:43:04 +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...
2023-11-06 13:50:49 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! As you might have heard on The MinnMax Show or The Deepest Dive, Ben Hanson is sick and lost his voice. Running a 25-hour stream for charity without a voice is... challenging. So we're rescheduling our big marathon charity stream called Give To The Max. To account for everybody's schedule, the new date is Saturday, December 2nd starting at 8am Central. We apologize for the d...
2023-11-02 22:52:21 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, a sick Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader to talk about Dontnod's excellent new climbing game Jusant, why WarioWare: Move It on the Nintendo Switch is a good successor to Smooth Moves for the Wii, Leo's new love for the FPS The Finals, Jacob's thoughts on Alan Wake 2, and then we dive into Konami's wacky world with Metal Gear Solid 3's remake and Silent Hill: Ascension's surreal launch. After that, nothing but ...
2023-11-02 16:09:58 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, 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.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
- Met...
2023-10-31 20:14:20 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader kick off their three-part game club series on Remedy Entertainment's new survival-horror game Alan Wake 2. In this discussion, they unpack the first 6 hours of the game - covering the prologue, Saga Anderson's first two chapters and Alan Wake's first three chapters up through Initiation 3: Haunting. So they stop whe...
2023-10-31 16:03:06 +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!
2023-10-30 18:25:26 +0000 UTC
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In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks with James Turner about his new studio All Possible Futures (that he founded with Jonathan Biddle) and their debut game The Plucky Squire published by Devolver Digital. The game takes cues from Nintendo titles like Zelda and has players controlling Jot on a journey through a 2D picture book but then also popping out into 3D and exploring a bedroom. James al...
2023-10-30 16:15:00 +0000 UTC
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Rise and shine, Alan Wakers! It's time to submit your thoughts on the first chunk of Alan Wake 2 for The Deepest Dive. We're collecting your comments on the game up until you switch back to FBI Agent Saga Anderson. Please don't spoil anything in the game beyond that point. We'll stop collecting comments on Monday afternoon.
We're collecting your 2023-10-29 17:02:12 +0000 UTC
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Greetings generous MinnMax community! On Saturday, December 2nd starting at 8am Central, we're kicking off a 25-hour marathon stream to raise money for charity! Normally this is an "Extra Life" stream, but this year we wanted to highlight a smaller nonprofit outside of the Extra Life system where every donation will have a BIG impact so this year it's a "Give To The Max" stream! We'll be rotating th...
2023-10-27 23:48:35 +0000 UTC
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We're taking The Deepest Dive into Remedy Entertainment's new survival-horror Alan Wake 2 and we want you to join for the adventure. It's going to be a wild ride with a ton to talk about. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava are tackling this game in a multi-part game club discussion. We've been waiting 13 years for a new Alan Wake game, let's savor this together. Any help sharing this pitch video is appreciated - 2023-10-26 15:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We have a big episode for you this week as Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Kelsey Lewin share their early thoughts on Alan Wake II and then unpack and debate Super Mario Bros. Wonder on the Nintendo Switch. Then Leo Vader and Sarah Podzorski join the show to talk more about Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (spoiler-free) and Cities: Skylines II. Leo also talks about what it's like to revisit every Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game on the PlaySta...
2023-10-26 13:04:40 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, 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 talki...
2023-10-24 19:28:38 +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!
2023-10-23 19:11:04 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Haley MacLean talk about…
- MinnMax's 4th anniversary community meetup
- Seattle highlights
- Planning our big charity stream on Saturday, November 4th
- Jackbox Party Pack 10
- The voice of Vincent in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching, or ask any question under the sun, jump up to ...
2023-10-23 18:24:51 +0000 UTC
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Ben Hanson interviews Bruce Nesmith about his long career at Bethesda Softworks, where he was the lead designer on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, senior systems designer for Starfied, and overall design director for the studio. He started at the legendary RPG studio in 1995, so we have a lot of ground to cover. He talks about the growth of Bethesda and some of the natural pitfalls they've fallen into r...
2023-10-23 16:15:00 +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...
2023-10-23 15:10:07 +0000 UTC
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