Scheduling note! With Sony's State of Play scheduled for 3pm Central on Thursday, we'll be streaming our reactions to that on YouTube and then streaming a live episode of the podcast right after the State of Play. So there won't be any early access to the podcast on Wednesday and it'll be up late for everybody on Thursday.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski. It's your tu...
2023-02-22 02:10:53 +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!
2023-02-20 20:41:16 +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...
2023-02-20 19:14:45 +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...
2023-02-20 14:13:23 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, Sarah Podzorski, and special guest Michael Higham are tackling the new release of Like A Dragon: Ishin in a three-part game club discussion and they need your help! The new game in the Yakuza series (albeit technically a remake of a game never released in the West) is a great place to jump in if you're new, since it's technically ...
2023-02-17 17:18:28 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to rave about the Metroid Prime Remaster, share their full thoughts on the PSVR2 headset (provided by PlayStation) and its flagship title Horizon Call of the Mountain, then we talk about the new Monster Hunter-like game Wild Hearts and Double Fine's incredible new documentary series about the development of Psychonauts 2. After that we answer wo...
2023-02-16 13:49:30 +0000 UTC
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We're shaking things up everybody. On Thursday, February 16th at 6pm Central, MinnMax is crossing over with our favorite movie podcast Blank Check for an all-film trivia episode of Trivia Tower! If you haven't been lucky with game trivia in the past, then this is your chance! Ben Hanson will be joined by special cohosts Blank Check's 2023-02-16 00:10:00 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, 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 a great prize for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
2023-02-14 19:00:03 +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!
2023-02-13 20:14:44 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- The new Double Fine documentary on the creation of Psychonauts 2
- The new Super Mario Bros. commercial
- The Last of Us on HBO
- Samba De Amigo's return
- Old Game Informer documentaries
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 ...
2023-02-13 19:11:59 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews God of War Ragnarok's narrative director Matt Sophos and story lead Richard Gaubert from Santa Monica Studio about the full process of writing and creating the hit game for the PlayStation 4 and 5. This interview contains spoilers for the game! They talk about an early version of the script where Thor kills Kratos, the origins of Loki's mask, the game's greatest lines,...
2023-02-13 17:15:00 +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...
2023-02-13 13:46:20 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! This week Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and special guest Jill Grodt from The Indie Informer to recap the highlights from the big Nintendo Direct. We talk about the new trailer and vehicle reveal for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Metroid Prime Remastered, Pikmin 4, GameBoy Advances games on the Nintendo Switch, and more! Then Leo tells us why Hitman's Freelancer mode made his favorite game of all time even better and Jill Gr...
2023-02-09 03:38:28 +0000 UTC
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We're recording The MinnMax Show podcast at 5pm Central on Wednesday, right after we stream reactions to the Nintendo Direct at 4pm Central.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jill Grodt, 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 a great prize for the w...
2023-02-07 21:04:34 +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!
2023-02-06 22:53:25 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Why we won't be covering Hogwarts Legacy on The MinnMax Show
- James Gunn and the DC universe
- Animorphs
- 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 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 Discord, thereâ€...
2023-02-06 19:03:38 +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...
2023-02-06 15:14:33 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about how much they're enjoying EA's big remake of Dead Space and the amazing release of Hi-Fi Rush from Tango Gameworks. We also talk about Season: A Letter To The Future and the announcement this week of The Crew Motorfest. Then we jump into some great questions from the community!
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2023-02-01 22:11:06 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, 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 a great prize for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
- Dead ...
2023-01-31 18:42:24 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson talks to the director and writer of Hi-Fi Rush John Johanas from Tango Gameworks about the team's transition away from The Evil Within and The Evil Within 2 to the wild musical world of Hi-Fi Rush. We talk about the origins of the project, the reason for the surprise release, the inspirations for the game, working with the creator of Resident Evil Shinji Mikami, and more.
T...
2023-01-31 16:37:03 +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!
2023-01-30 20:57:56 +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...
2023-01-30 19:27:27 +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...
2023-01-30 00:16:28 +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 Jeff Marchiafava to unpack Xbox's new game showcase called Developer Direct with new looks at Redfall, Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends, and the big reveal and surprise release of Hi-Fi Rush from the creators of The Evil Within. Then we dive into the big meaty release of the week from Square-Enix called Forspoken, we debate the game's writing and what the action-RPG offers. Th...
2023-01-26 00:19:00 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, 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 favorite and iam8bit will ship out a great prize for the winner, pictured below! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about....
2023-01-24 19:44:56 +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!
2023-01-23 20:44:21 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Recapping the Cozy Holiday Feast
- The Scream VI trailer reaction
- Game trivia
- Giant Bomb's layoffs
- The Deepest Dive tease
- Reading Jurassic Park
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 i...
2023-01-23 19:49:13 +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...
2023-01-23 15:58:56 +0000 UTC
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On Monday, January 23rd at 8pm Central, Polygon and Triple Click's Maddy Myersis joining Ben Hanson as co-host for a fun game trivia competition! If you're a $2 supporter of MinnMax on Patreon, you can jump in the Discord and compete to win a game code for One Piece Odyssey, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks Of Hope, Lil Gator Game, or even an Astro A40 headset! The prompts will ...
2023-01-19 19:03:43 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, we've reassembled the crew of Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava to be embarrassed by our predictions for 2022 before confidently predicting everything in the gaming world from 2023. We also talk a bit about Fire Emblem Engage, One Piece Odyssey, and Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on the episode as well. Then we dive into great questions submitted by the community on Patreon.
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2023-01-18 22:52:39 +0000 UTC
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