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The MinnMax Show - Picross special featuring Ben Reeves!

When the Hanson is a way, the picross fans will play! Join Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Jenna Stoeber, and special guest Ben Reeves, Narrative Designer at Firaxis Games! Do we take the opportunity to talk about Marvel's Midnight Sun, which he wrote hilarious dialogue for? No! It's a Picross special, so we talk mostly picross! And a little bit about OXENFREE II: Lost Signals, Dr. Fetus Mean Meat Machin...

The Deepest Dive - The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Episode 4 (Endgame)

MinnMax's Kyle Hilliard, Haley Maclean, Jacob Geller, and Jenna Stoeber round out their coverage of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with this final, spoiler-heavy episode of The Deepest Dive! They talk the final temple, boss battle, overall story, cutscenes, and any last notes and thoughts on the game overall. Thanks so much for supporting the game club format!

You can watch and share the video version of The Deepest Dive here -   2023-07-12 18:40:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have guest host Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Jenna Stoeber, and special guest Benjamin Reeves. Join us for a special PICROSS-centric episode!

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 question...

Party Chat - Game of the Year crush, Frog Detective, and building your grocery store in Minecraft

On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Janet and Jenna talk about...

• How game journalism changes the way you play games
• Minnmaxing your grocery run
• Traveling to Japan

If you're wondering what the pops and clicks in Janet's audio are, it was a  too-aggressive new audio filter! We're always trying to improve the audio quality of the podcasts and well, sometimes the experiments go awry.

And if you want to join the Party Chat...

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.

Check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus, airing Tuesday at 12 PM Central on 2023-07-10 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Join MinnMax’s Party Chat At 12pm Central!

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...

Submit Your Thoughts on the ENDGAME of Tears Of The Kingdom For The Deepest Dive!

ANOTHER Tears of the Kingdom Deepest Dive? Well of course-- there are still depths to explore! This will be the last one, though, and it'll cover all the endgame action, up to credits rolling. Join Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, Kelsey Lewin, and Jenna Stoeber as they talk gritty details about the final boss battle.

We're collecting your comments 2023-07-09 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - 2023 Release Calendar Six Shooter Duel

Saddle up, cowfolk! Your rootin' tootin' guest host Kyle Hilliard leads Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava in the 2023 Release Calendar Six Shooter Duel. This is MinnMax's annual game auction, where the team duels with each other over the games they're most excited to cover for the rest of the year. You remember, this yearly event? That everyone remembers and looks forward to? 

From big games like Exoprimal, Starfield, and Baldur's Gate 3, to smaller indies...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Leo Vader. 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 ...

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.

Check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus, airing WEDNESDAY on 2023-07-03 20:11:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Party Chat - WORLD BIRD DEBUT, NES and board game recs, and exposing our darkest email shames

On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Kelsey, Jenna, Janet, and Haley talk about…

• Tachi, Kelsey's beautiful new bird!
• Standout Next Fest demos
• Board games corner with Janet

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 week in the Discor...

Join MinnMax’s Party Chat At 12pm Central!

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...

The MinnMax Show - Pikmin 1+2, Final Fantasy 16, Story of Seasons, MinnMax Summer Fun Time

Join us in welcoming our guest host, Kyle Hilliard! He is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kelsey Lewin to talk Pikmin 1, 2, and Bloom, the Game of Thrones issue with FF16, and some hard-hitting truths about the milk industry in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. Featuring the soft launch of the MinnMax Summer Fun Time. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week!

You can find info on Kelsey's upcoming Animal...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have host Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, Sarah Podzorski, and Jenna Stoeber. 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....

Party Chat - Death by Mountain Dew, Pikmin Bloom and the Niantic Treatment, and just a little K-Drama chat, as a treat

On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Kelsey, Sarah and Jenna talk about…

• Limited Edition Mountain Dew Watermelon
• Pikmin Bloom and Pokemon Go
• What game franchise needs the Niantic Treatment?
• At what speed to do you listen to podcasts?
• Minesweeper and Let's! Revolution!
• Just a little bit of K-Drama chat but more to come if y'all are into that

If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk ...

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.

Check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus, airing Tuesday on Twitch!

2023-06-26 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Join MinnMax’s Party Chat

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...

Summer Game Fest 2023 & Super Nintendo World Vlog (Early & Extended)

Janet, Sarah and Leo spent a full week in LA making memories to last a lifetime, and now that experience has been condensed down to merely 10 hours. The MUCH shorter, public version will be out in a week or two, but since this got finished sooner why not get it to you sooner!

There's too much in here to begin to sum up. Celebrity sightings, arcade gameplay, show floor tours, visits to E3's former home, GoPro Universal Studios ride footage, bonus podcasts, and much more.

It's been ...

The MinnMax Show - A Mario-Tastic Nintendo Direct, FFXVI and Game of Thrones, first impressions of Lies of P

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We are, for the first time, flying without the Ben wind beneath our wings. So if the podcast sounds a little different, that's why - we're still navigating the hosting and technical sides of this transition, and we appreciate your patience!

Host Kelsey Lewin is joined by Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jenna Stoeber to discuss June's sudden Nintendo Direct and the many Mario games that caught their eye, plus Mythforce and Headbangers Rhythm Royale. ...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll be hosted by Kelsey Lewin, with guests Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and Jenna Stoeber. 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...

Party Chat - Summer Games Fest hangover, housing woes, and what you need to know about archiving digital games

On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Janet, Kelsey and Jenna talk about...

-Zelda story timelines

-Preserving digital games, from a practical standpoint

-MinnMax without Ben??

-Prepping for Summer Games Fest

-How unreasonably expensive housing is

-Just a little but more Tears of the Kingdom talk

-Best big city to be a gamer?

-Fantasy critic chat

If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about ...

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.

It's Leo writing these now! I'm taking over New Show Plus while Hanson is on paternity leave, so get ready for a sharp dip in punctuality and thumbnail quality.

Join MinnMax’s Party Chat

Every Monday at 12pm Central, we record our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Party Chat and we need your input! This is the FIRST (but not last) WEEK that we'll be running without Ben, as he is now on paternity leave! But rest assured, you're in good hands with Janet, Kelsey, and Jenna.

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 ...

The MinnMax Show - The Best Games We Played At Summer Game Fest

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and Leo Vader unpack all of the highlights from a week in Los Angeles playing games while attending Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest. They talk about the event itself and what they consider their game of the show. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week!

You can watch the video version here - http...

28 Hidden Gems From Summer Game Fest

This is the podcast version of this week's New Show Plus winner, so thanks for supporting MinnMax and unlocking this show. MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jeff Marchiafava take calls and suggestions from the MinnMax community to highlight indie games shown during a summer stream but need some more attention. We've listed all of the indie games below with timestamps so you can check them out yourself and wis...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

Hello everybody! To give the Summer Game Fest attendees a bit of a break, we'll be recording the podcast live this week on Thursday at 12pm Central. So there won't be an early version on Wednesday.

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

The MinnMax Show - Starfield, Xbox Showcase, Star Wars Outlaws

Welcome to this bonus episode of The MinnMax Show podcast! Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard need to rave about all of the fun game reveals and news from Xbox and Ubisoft's summer press conferences.  We talk about the Xbox Games Showcase highlights, including Starfield, Fable, Avowed, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and the remake of Persona 3 before unpacking the biggest takeaways from Ubisoft Forward like gameplay for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Star Wars:...

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!

2023-06-12 16:38:41 +0000 UTC View Post

We'll Send You A Great Game If You Try A Higher Tier Today

Hello everybody, happy Summer Game Fest to you and yours. We have 300 Steam codes to give away to y'all, so the first 300 people to try a higher tier on Patreon (even for just a month) will be sent a Steam code (via Patreon) for the absurd platformer called Mr. Sun's Hatbox. The game is like a fusion of Spelunky and Metal Gear Solid V, you might recall Leo Vader and ...

The MinnMax Show - Summer Game Fest's Biggest Reveals

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode (recorded live on YouTube), Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and community manager Haley MacLean as we unpack all of the highlights and most exciting game reveals from Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest 2023. We each share our favorite three things from the show and then dive into that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth trailer in a big way. We also talk about the new game from the creators of Chicory: A Colorful Tale call...