FYI: We're recoding a live episode of The MinnMax Show on YouTube at 4pm Central after the big Summer Game Fest stream on Thursday, so it won't be available early in the bonus podcast feed or for Backstage Pass supporters.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and community manager 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 o...
2023-06-06 16:37:52 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader continue their gigantic game club discussion on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the Nintendo Switch. In this discussion, they cover the southern half of Hyrule and the Water Temple and Lightning Temple. They also talk about Prince Sidon's reintroduction, their favorite shrines, evolving Ultrahand strategie...
2023-06-06 00:12:31 +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!
2023-06-05 22:53:18 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- The Summer Game Fest schedule
- Our Doc Lightning community film festival
- The MinnMax community meetup
- Worrying about Metal Gear Solid 3I
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 ...
2023-06-05 18:08:33 +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...
2023-06-05 13:55:11 +0000 UTC
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On this week's episode of The Deepest Dive on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, we're covering the southern half of the map and the two remaining temples! If you're not quite caught up, don't worry about it! There will be ONE MORE episode about a month down the road where we'll mop up all of the loose ends and the overall story.
We're collecting your comments 2023-06-04 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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At the start of May we challenged everybody in the MinnMax community to create a documentary under three minutes long in an event called Doc Lightning. You didn't need to be an expert, filming with your phone was encouraged. One month and 31 submissions later, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Jacob Geller screened everybody's work in a big film festival and had a blast. The wide range of documentaries blew us away, highlighting things like trains, international travel, snakes, parents, houses, and ...
2023-06-02 21:57:28 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Janet Garcia walks Ben Hanson through her experience at a recent event where she got to play over an hour of the The Expanse: A Telltale Series, an episodic narrative game releasing on July 27th, 2023. It's a prequel to the beloved sci-fi show on Amazon where you play as Camina Drummer.
Watch the video version here - htt...
2023-06-01 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson and Leo Vader are joined by fighting game experts Suriel Vazquez and (Game Infomer and Giant Bomb alumn) Jason Oestreicher to unpack everything great about Street Fighter 6! Then Leo explains why he loves the new FPS called Friends vs. Friends and Jeff Marchiafava explains why he doesn't love LEGO 2K Drive. After that, it's nothing but your wonderful community questions.
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2023-05-31 17:40:04 +0000 UTC
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Reminder for everybody: MinnMax's community meetup in Minneapolis is happening this Friday, June 2nd at 8pm Central at Wisdom Gaming Studios, located in the Mall of America On Level 4 - East. You don't have to be a Patreon supporter to attend, feel free to invite whoever you want.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Mar...
2023-05-30 21:59:14 +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!
2023-05-29 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews the senior reporter for Vice's Waypoint Patrick Klepek about the end of the outlet, what that means for him personally, and what it means for the future of games press in general. Patrick has had an incredible vantage point on the game industry, since before he worked at Waypoint he was at 1UP, Giant Bomb, Kotaku, MTV, and G4.
Watch and share the video version he...
2023-05-29 16:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Jacob Geller to unpack all of the highlights for the big PlayStation Showcase!
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:00 - PlayStation highlights
01:12:01 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:19:11 - Community questions
01:49:02 - Get A Load Of This
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2023-05-24 23:58:26 +0000 UTC
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We'll be recording this week's episode of The MinnMax Show podcast after the big PlayStation Showcase stream at 3pm Central, we'll be streaming our reactions to that on YouTube. This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, 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...
2023-05-23 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The Deepest Dive on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! In this discussion, we cover the northeast quadrant of the map, Fire Temple, and our evolving thoughts on the gameplay systems in general. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by Jacob Geller to unpack our praise for Nintendo's incredible adventure. We talk about the new things we'...
2023-05-23 00:02:32 +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!
2023-05-22 21:58:13 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- PlayStation Showcase predictions
- Documentary filming update
- How to produce a podcast
- Xbox's summer event predictions
- Editing tips for Doc Lightning
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 ...
2023-05-22 17:45:27 +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...
2023-05-22 13:47:38 +0000 UTC
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We hope you're still enjoying your time with The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom, we're ready to collect even more of your thoughts on the game! This time we're focusing on exploring the NE corner of the map, but you're welcome to talk about gameplay-focused things from anywhere.
We're collecting your comments 2023-05-21 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this special episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by community manager Haley MacLean, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to share our thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! Hear more of our thoughts on The Deepest Dive for that game on YouTube and in the bonus podcast feed. Then we're joined by Mark MacDonald from Enhance Games to talk about his podcasting past with Sarah Podzorski and the new puzzle game from the cr...
2023-05-18 02:00:11 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and special guest from Enhance Games (Tetris Effect, Humanity) and the 8-4 Play podcast Mark MacDonald. 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...
2023-05-16 19:32:35 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava unpack their full thoughts after their first weekend with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Nintendo Switch. They cover the opening hours of the game, the first appearance of Ganondorf, the mystery surrounding Zelda, the Sky Islands tutorial area, and then head to the objective in the northwest region of the map. They also...
2023-05-16 00:12:50 +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!
2023-05-15 22:35:58 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, community manager Haley MacLean and Ben Hanson talk about…
- The best moms in gaming
- Film aspect ratios
- The Deepest Dive on Zelda planning
- GQ's Top 100 games of all time article that Hanson contributed to
- Gelado vs. ice cream
- Survivor update
- Game trivia
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 ...
2023-05-15 00:41:51 +0000 UTC
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We're here, everybody. It's time for The Deepest Dive on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. We're collecting your thoughts on the game, roughly focusing on the opening hours and exploring the northwest corner of the map. This is a loose one, so just submit a specific comment highlighting your experience so far.
We're collecting your comments 2023-05-14 15:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Since so many folks jumped up to a higher tier this month, we want to give you all an opportunity to call in and podcast with us directly on Party Chat so we're recording at a special time: Sunday, May 14th at 6pm Central.
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 b...
2023-05-12 21:30:46 +0000 UTC
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Compete in game trivia on Tuesday, May 16th at 8pm Central by supporting MinnMax on Patreon, Twitch and Fire Escape's Mary Kish is our special cohost this time around. We'll be taking several months off after this episode (listen to the latest episode of The MinnMax Show to learn why), so this is your last chance to compete for the summer!
Answer a question correc...
2023-05-12 16:27:16 +0000 UTC
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We have a big episode of The MinnMax Show podcast for you this week. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader are joined by video essayist (and former Polygon senior video producer) Jenna Stoeber to REVIEW The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on the Nintendo Switch. Then Hanson shares some news that will be impacting MinnMax's content this summer, we get Jected, then we applaud Apple Arcade for still going strong. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community a...
2023-05-11 13:06:54 +0000 UTC
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Join MinnMax's multi-part community game club discussion on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! This is a funky one, since we won't have standard story-based stopping points for each episode. For the first discussion we're going to focus on the "phenomena" objective in the North West area of the map, but we want you to explore and enjoy the game the way you want to enjoy it, so we'll be primarily talking about the game's systems in the discussions. We just want to have a dedicated, big...
2023-05-10 15:15:59 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and special guest 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 abou...
2023-05-09 18:30:31 +0000 UTC
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