Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard share their full thoughts on Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac Games. The conversation is 100% spoiler-free, all we spoil is mentioning a couple of villains that the trailers revealed years ago at this point. We'll be talking more about Mario Wonder next week on the show but we do react to the reviews hitting during the recording, and then Kyle explains why the Meta Quest 3 is h...
2023-10-18 15:37:29 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, 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 8pm Central on Tuesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
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2023-10-17 14:57:53 +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!
2023-10-16 20:07:56 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Haley MacLean talk about…
- The Seattle community meetup on 10/22 at 7pm at Petoskey's
- Patreon's overhaul
- How Wired almost killed MinnMax
- Merch designs
- Parasocial relationships
- Analogue 64
- Assassin's Creed Mirage
- Sea of Stars
- Spider-Man 2
If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watch...
2023-10-16 18:27:25 +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...
2023-10-16 02:08:34 +0000 UTC
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On Tuesday, October 17th at 7pm Central Ben Hanson and Ash Parrish from The Vergeare cohosting the most intense round of game trivia ever. If you're even a $2 MinnMax Patreon supporter you can jump in and compete, if you get one answer correct you win a game code for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor or Wild Card Football. It's never been easier to win a code. However, that's the end of the road for you in this episode because then w...
2023-10-13 16:16:03 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to a big episode of The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Haley MacLean, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava to talk about their continuing journeys in Baldur's Gate 3, then we talk about the best farming games released in 2023, Dave the Diver, and Monster Hunter Now. After all of that, we get into some wonderful community questions submitted on Patreon.
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2023-10-11 23:20:42 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kelsey Lewin, Haley MacLean, Jeff Marchiafava, 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 weâ€...
2023-10-10 19:19:16 +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!
2023-10-09 20:47:40 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Haley MacLean talk about…
- Predicting MinnMax's Game of the Year debate
- The Deepest Dive poll results!
- Ahsoka's finale (spoilers-free)
- An expert weighs in on Forza Motorsport
- Game Grumps
- Final Fantasy VII
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 ...
2023-10-09 20:18:41 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson sits down in the studio and talks with the CEO of Atari Wade Rosen about his journey to become the head of the legendary publisher, why Atari acquired the remaster kings Nightdive Studios, the strategy to avoid brutal layoffs in the game industry, Bubsy's future, and the benefits of living in Minnesota.
You can watch and share the video version here - 2023-10-09 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...
2023-10-08 22:11:30 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson and his old friends Grant and Ronnie spoil and discuss the first 5 chapters of Sephiroth's new origin story called First Soldier within the free mobile game Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis. First Soldier tells the story of Glenn, Matt, and Lucia as they explore the Rhadoran islands on behalf of Shinra to find a place to build a new Mako reactor, but it has surprising connections t...
2023-10-06 22:15:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, and special guest Charles Harte from Game Informer to talk about Assassin's Creed Mirage, Cocoon, El Paso, Elsewhere, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, Forza Motorsport, and more! Then we answer your questions submitted here on Patreon.
Follow Charles Harte here - https://twitter.com/chuckduck365
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2023-10-04 21:23:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! We created a new YouTube channel to house all of our solo stream archives from Twitch, so if you're interested in watching us play more games please subscribe to MinnMax Stream Archives!https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives
We're planning on streaming more and more on ...
2023-10-03 20:44:03 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and guest Charles Harte from Game Informer. 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 aroun...
2023-10-03 18:46:26 +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!
2023-10-02 19:51:55 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- The Deepest Dive vote
- How to prepare to Alan Wake 2
- Lies Of P
- Final Fantasy VII
- Survivor season premiere
- Counter-Strike 2
- How to get into Baldur's Gate 3
- Tommy Tallarico
- Castlevania: Nocturne
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 ...
2023-10-02 18:30:28 +0000 UTC
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As you probably know, October is going to be a great month for gaming. There are too many amazing options for which game we tackle next in our game club series called The Deepest Dive so we're leaving the choice up to you. And now, presented without commentary and in a randomized (seriously) order, please select which game you want to see us tackle next for The Deepest Dive.
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2023-10-02 15:00:04 +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...
2023-10-02 14:57:21 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and community manager Haley MacLean to talk about replaying 2010's Alan Wake from Remedy and why Janet was so blown away by her hands-on preview with Alan Wake 2! We also talk about Resident Evil 4's new DLC starring Ada Wong called Separate Ways and Janet's love for soccer video games before diving into questions from the community.
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2023-09-27 23:42:40 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, 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...
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2023-09-26 17:12:40 +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!
2023-09-25 20:24:55 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Sea of Stars
- Hamilton backlash
- Beetlejuice: The Musical review
- The best Mario games
- New Final Fantasy VII Rebirth gameplay and details
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! We’d love to hear from you. Party Chat is recorded each...
2023-09-25 18:52:12 +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 ...
2023-09-25 13:51:35 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to your support, MinnMax is celebrating its 4th anniversary this October and we're shaking things up by hosting a community meetup in Seattle, Washington! Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, and friends will be at a Minnesota-themed restaurant/bar (of course) called Petoskey's on Sunday, October 22nd at 7pm and we want you to join.
You don't need to be a Patreon supporter to swing by and say...
2023-09-24 21:15:54 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard unpack the gigantic leak of Xbox's future console hardware and game release calendar through the FTC filing. Then Hanson regales the group with his hands-on experience playing Cloud's Past and the open regions of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth before we talk about Lies of P, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, and Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth. After that, we get to some great community q...
2023-09-21 03:39:24 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to another big episode of Max Spoilers covering Baldur's Gate 3! This time, MinnMax's Sarah Podzorski and Haley MacLean cover Act 2. There aren't any spoilers for Act 3 in this discussion. They talk about Shadowheart, Moonrise Towers, Shadow Curse, Gauntlet of Shar, Nightsong, Kethetic Thorm, Last Light Inn, and the Shadow-Cursed Lands. Thanks for supporting MinnMax and directly supporting co...
2023-09-21 01:15:00 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, 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...
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2023-09-19 18:00:05 +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!
2023-09-18 19:36:18 +0000 UTC
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