MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Ghost of Yōtei's co-creative director Nate Fox about the upcoming PlayStation 5 open-world adventure. We talk about Atsu, whether there any connections to Jin from Ghost of Tsushima, and share new details on the gameplay and combat. We also talk to Nate about Sly Cooper, Infamous, and a whole lot more. Ghost of Yōtei releases on PlayStation 5 on October 2, 2025 a...
2025-09-08 20:47:12 +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.
This month we're giving previous runner-up New Show Plus ideas another shot at getting made. So if there's an old poll option you always regret not pushing for harde...
2025-09-08 18:38:23 +0000 UTC
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Hello Snakes! It's time to submit your thoughts on everything in Metal Gear Solid Delta up through The Sorrow boss fight for The Deepest Dive. Please don't spoil anything beyond that point, we want to respect the first-timers here.
We're collecting your thoughts on the big middle chunk of the game 2025-09-05 17:52:54 +0000 UTC
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We'll DM you a Steam code for Spilled! if you upgrade your tier on Patreon before Monday, September 8th. We'll post on Discord, Bluesky, and Instagram if we run out of codes.
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava, and returning champion Suriel Vazquez share their early impressions of o...
2025-09-05 05:00:53 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! Due to Thursday's release of Hollow Knight: Silksong, MinnMax is ALSO delaying things. We're recording the podcast on Thursday evening at 7:30pm Central, with a public post likely on Friday morning at 11:15am Central on YouTube and your regular podcast feed. We'll also be reacting live to the State of Play featuring 007 First Light as well happening on YouTube at 1pm Central on Wednesday. htt...
2025-09-02 22:28:44 +0000 UTC
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This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Kelsey Lewin and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
Here’s a link to the video version of this episode! - https://youtu.be/rwNIQCGdBfY
Thanks so much for su...
2025-09-02 22:21:41 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hilliard, and Game Informer's Charles Harte begin their three-part game club discussion of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (and thereby Metal Gear Solid 3) with this episode covering everything in the game up through the end of the Virtuous Mission and the opening title sequence. We don't spoil anything past this point for new players, since Haley and...
2025-09-02 16:15:02 +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.
This month we're using a great suggestion from Aging_Poorly in the Discord and giving previous runner-up New Show Plus ideas another shot at getting made. So if ther...
2025-09-01 17:59:12 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by the founder and studio director of Camouflaj Ryan Payton to unpack Konami's series revival with Metal Gear Solid Delta. Payton talks about his experience working inside of Kojima Productions on Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence and on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as an assistant producer and how that informs his perspective on the remake. Then Ana Di...
2025-08-28 00:57:45 +0000 UTC
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The latest New Show Plus just went live, where we took a day to visit Minnesota's iconic Valleyfair theme park and rank every legitimate ride! We mic'd ourselves up for our lunch break and kept it just for Backstage Pass patrons. I think that's all the context you need and probably a little extra even. Thanks so much for your support and for making this incredibly fun day and video happen!
Here's a link to the video - ...
2025-08-27 16:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! We hit our sub goal on Twitch (thank you), so we created a bonus episode of New Show Plus. Instead of reviving a rejected idea, we made a natural follow-up to one of our most popular series with the debut of House Hunter Wilds! If you want to see Sarah, Leo, and Ben get away from Zillow and into the real world to explore a Minneapolis mansion from 1887, here you go! - https://youtu.be/vYucgJpT0vs
This we...
2025-08-26 19:02:23 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hilliard, and Game Informer's Charles Harte are creating a three-part game club celebrating Metal Gear Solid Delta for The Deepest Dive! The episodes will drop here on MinnMax's YouTube channel and in the bonus podcast feed for $5 supporters on MinnMax's Patreon. Thi...
2025-08-26 17:35:08 +0000 UTC
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This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Janet Garcia and Ana Diaz to break down their recent trip to Cologne, Germany for Gamescom, "the world's largest gaming event!" Topics include...
naked people at Gamescom!?!? (clickbait)
travelling to Germany
attending Opening Night Live in-person
press and consumer balance
standout indies
gaming handout spaces for older people
2025-08-26 14:06:59 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hilliard, and Jacob Geller unpack the best moments and biggest reveals from Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live before unpacking the unusual tone and situation behind Masahiro Sakurai's Nintendo Direct on Kirby Air Riders. Then we celebrate some great new games like Sword of the Sea, Öoo, and Wheel World. Oh, and we talk about Drag X Drive on the Nintendo Switch 2! Then we answer your wonderful questions submitted here on Patreon.
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2025-08-21 01:21:01 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hilliard and Leo Vader are finally unleashed to discuss the characters, twists, and pizza-inspired gameplay of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding 2!
Thanks for supporting MinnMax and unlocking the audio version of the discussion! You can watch and share the video version of our Max Spoilers ...
2025-08-20 16:15:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! We hope you enjoyed the big Minneapolis travelogue from our huge community meetup - https://youtu.be/auWBre1kPLQ
And just a reminder that the Charge Shot won the New Show Plus poll, so we'll be back next week with a big episode. In the meantime, we'll have a Max Spoilers on Death Stranding 2: On The Beach going up on YouTube and the bonus podcast feed on Wednesday.
This week for community questions...
2025-08-19 17:08:19 +0000 UTC
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This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader to recap one incredible week that could have been a lot better: MinnMax's Minneapolis travelogue, featuring eight cohorts and our biggest meetup ever!
Here’s a link to the video version of this episode with several minutes of pre-recording ...
2025-08-18 23:55:52 +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!
2025-08-18 17:17:53 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia fly into Minneapolis to spend time with Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard before disaster strikes and Haley MacLean isn't let into the country and Ben and Leo are in close proximity to a contagious disease. We still manage to have a great time, with visits to the Mall of America, lazy river tubing, Whirly...
2025-08-15 16:15:02 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia fly into Minneapolis to spend time with Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard before disaster strikes and Haley MacLean isn't let into the country and Ben and Leo are in close proximity to a contagious disease. We still manage to have a great time, with visits to the Mall of America, lazy river tubing, Whirly...
2025-08-15 16:15:01 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by Michael Huber from Easy Allies to walk through our full thoughts on Mafia: The Old Country from 2K and Hangar 13, Battlefield 6's successful open beta, JeffM's new obsession with Merge Maestro, and more! Then we answer wonderful questions submitted on Patreon by the community.
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https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off wi...
2025-08-13 22:08:37 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody, a huge thanks to everybody who came out to the MinnMax summer community meetup in Minneapolis. The huge travelogue showing off the trip is being edited right now, it looks like the version for Backstage Pass tier supporters will be around 10 hours long. The plan is to post the edited and extended version this coming Monday.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll ...
2025-08-12 16:50:15 +0000 UTC
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This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Jacob Geller for a classic MinnMax Councilor call-in show! Topics include...
what's a good pallet cleanser after Death Stranding 2?
renting games from the local library
having the will to finish games
quick thoughts on the new Naked Gun movie
how is Chilling by the Fire real?
gaming handout spaces for older people
2025-08-11 23:19:15 +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!
2025-08-11 18:38:19 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, and Jacob Geller assemble for the first time together in the MinnMax Studio! We talk about the emotional simplicity of the new game called And Roger, the 2D action thrills of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, and the similarities to Dead Space in Bloober Team's Cronos: The New Dawn. Then we answer your wonderful community questions from Patreon!
Learn mo...
2025-08-06 21:16:59 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! It's a busy week here at MinnMax, here are some reminders of what we've got going on!
Our month of Kyle Bosman being part of MinnMax as a guest cohort is over, BUT we have one more surprise for you. Jacob Geller and Kyle Bosman attended Monster Jam in Raleigh, North Carolina and made a short vlog showing it off. Bosman then shares his easy-to-follow guide on how they can improve the event.
Watch and share the video version here - 2025-08-05 16:15:02 +0000 UTC
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Our month of Kyle Bosman being part of MinnMax as a guest cohort is over, BUT we have one more surprise for you. Jacob Geller and Kyle Bosman attended Monster Jam in Raleigh, North Carolina and made a short vlog showing it off. Bosman then shares his easy-to-follow guide on how they can improve the event.
Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/xjl4UlzEYVk
Here's the 40-minute extended version o...
2025-08-05 16:15:01 +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.
This week is the first time since MinnMax's inception that the entire crew will be in the same place! Cohorts filter in throughout the week ahead of the 2025-08-04 18:32:28 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and guest cohort Kyle Bosman unpack the biggest Nintendo Switch 2 reveals from the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Ben talks about playing Battlefield 6's multiplayer, and Leo talks about Wildgate from Dreamhaven! Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week!
You can watch and share the video version here - 2025-07-31 23:20:17 +0000 UTC
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