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 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...
- Our ...
2023-01-17 20:00:04 +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!
2023-01-16 22:28:35 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Ben Hanson's vacation
- Top 10 Games Of 2022
- Amusement park/Disney Land designs and attractions
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Howard Dean
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet endgame spoilers
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 ...
2023-01-16 20:35:16 +0000 UTC
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The Last of Us TV show is finally here! In this episode of Max Spoilers, Ben Hanson is joined by Bryan Vore and Ross Pfund to unpack and spoil everything about the first episode of the new HBO series run by Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog. We talk about the beginning of Joel and Ellie's adventure and how it differs from the game.
You can watch the video version right...
2023-01-16 19:48:28 +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...
2023-01-16 01:43:11 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiava, and Jacob Geller to unpack our excitement (and fears) about the games releasing in 2023. Then we answer wonderful questions submitted on Patreon!
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2023-01-11 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hanson's out this week, and when the cat's away, the mice will stream! JeffM and Sarah came up with the shows here, and Leo is writing the post so that's why it is so not good when it comes to the writing of it, typingly speaking.
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 in2023-01-09 19:08:47 +0000 UTC
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It's time for the first episode of The MinnMax Show for 2023! We're back! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to talk about our winter break and share the highlights of all the games we played. We also share the big results for the MinnMax community's hive-mind take on the top 10 games of 2022! Forget The Two Tens, this is an objective list based on hundreds and hundreds of votes. Then in the back half of the show we answer community question...
2023-01-04 23:48:46 +0000 UTC
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There is no typo in the headline, we're collecting your questions and comments for the next TWO weeks of podcasts on this post. Ben Hanson will be out of town next week, so we're recording two episodes of The MinnMax Show this Wednesday and airing one next week. We'll divide the questions between the shows randomly, but we'll read them on a specific episode if they tie in that episode's theme.
On this week’s episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard will be ta...
2023-01-03 16:48:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! It's a new year so it's time for all new options for New Show Plus, thanks for sticking with us!
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 ch...
2023-01-02 21:12:08 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- The Last of Us TV Show hype
- Feedback on MinnMax's 2022 and The Two Tens
- MinnMax's plans for 2023
- Breaking Down The Metal Gear Solid Actors' Christmas Song
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 r...
2023-01-02 19:57:10 +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...
2023-01-02 16:19:10 +0000 UTC
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We're heading into a new year and we want to hear from you. What type of content are we missing at MinnMax? What should we do more of? Leave a comment below and let us know.
Just for a reminder, here are our current recurring shows...
- The MinnMax Show
- The Deepest Dive
- New Show Plus
- Trivia Tower
- Party Chat
- MinnMax Plays
- MinnMax Interviews
- Max Spoilers
- Steam's Secret Stash
- Collector Corner
Also, based on a discussion on the latest...
2022-12-30 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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This is it, everybody. The final debate for Game of the Year for 2022 and the ranking of The Two Tens. MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Jeff Marchiafava to celebrate and rank the greatest games released in 2022. Where will Horizon Forbidden West rank? Should Wordle claim a spot on the list? Will anything dethrone Elden Ring? Tune in to find out! Thank you all so much for watching and sharing MinnMax's en...
2022-12-28 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody, Ben Hanson here. Thanks to your direct support on this very platform, we've had an incredible year at MinnMax. I've been saving fun clips throughout the year and boiled it all down to this video. Maybe you just listen to the podcast, maybe you catch a stream on Twitch every once a while, I hope this video introduces you to the full scope of what we're doing here at MinnMax and what your support here on Patreon is creating. 2022-12-27 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody, Ben Hanson here. Thanks to your direct support on this very platform, we've had an incredible year at MinnMax. I've been saving fun clips throughout the year and boiled it all down to this video. Maybe you just listen to the podcast, maybe you catch a stream on Twitch every once a while, I hope this video introduces you to the full scope of what we're doing here at MinnMax and what your support here on Patreon is creating. 2022-12-27 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! Hope you're enjoying the holiday season here. We've talked about it a fair bit on our bonus podcast Party Chat, but I wanted to actually get a poll out there to see where you all were at...
Should we include ads for your early audio version of The MinnMax Show every week? This is for the podcast version in the bonus audio feed. I've been cutting them out for the last couple of months. Ads can be annoying, but also occasionally there's some silly banter ...
2022-12-23 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to another exciting episode of The MinnMax Show. On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, Jefff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller to start debating the list for the best games of 2022. We celebrate the greatest games with a list of Two Tens, some might say the Top 20 games of the year. We build up all of the contenders along the way before we try to narrow things down to a workable version of The Two Tens. We'll b...
2022-12-21 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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This week's episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat and the final episode for 2022, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller to talk about…
- Sunsetting most Tuesday evening streams and CrossFade
- Avoiding burnout/how much content is too much
- Avatar: The Way Of Water spoiler-free review
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
- 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 quest...
2022-12-19 17:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey again! Jason here. You might remember Matt and I took a CrossFade break between Seasons 1 and 2, and we’re doing it again and putting the show on an indefinite hiatus. Our last episode of the year will be a Community Shuffle, where you send us songs you love, we shuffle them, and we make an episode all about the ones we pull at random.
Comment on this post by EOD Monday, Dec. 19, with a song so we’ve got time to shuffle and listen before we record this w...
2022-12-17 16:00:59 +0000 UTC
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For the final episode of Party Chat this year, we're recording at a special time and we hope to hear some new voices from the community on Sunday, December 18th at 8pm 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 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 compone...
2022-12-16 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the biggest episode of The MinnMax Show EVER! This week is dedicated to handing out the annual MinnMax Awards for specific categories in gaming this year and Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kelsey Lewin. We run down our picks for Best Thing, Dumbest Thing, Biggest News, The Game We All Agree Is Probably Good But We Didn't Play, Best Character, Best Moment, and The Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time. ...
2022-12-14 23:40:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody and thanks again for supporting MinnMax and letting us continue to grow, we cannot thank you enough.
The remaining three episodes of The MinnMax Show podcast this year will not contain community questions since we will be overflowing with debates about the greatest games of the year. If you're at the $2 tier then here's the schedule for when the podcasts will be airin...
2022-12-13 21:18:45 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! This is the last New Show Plus for 2022, so choose wisely!
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 Ne...
2022-12-12 20:19:24 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Mental health in games
- Opening letters and presents from the community sent to our new PO Box (PO Box 24508 Edina, MN, 55424)
- Returning to Elden Ring
- Death Stranding 2
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. Pa...
2022-12-12 19:32:33 +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...
2022-12-12 15:22:59 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson talks with Kyle Hilliard about visiting San Diego to play the first three hours of One Piece Odyssey, the new RPG from Bandai Namco. It's a turn-based RPG where you can swap between playing as the crew from the Straw Hats to uncover the secrets of a new island called Waford. Bandai Namco paid for this trip. This conversation also serves as an introduction to the anime One Piece a...
2022-12-12 15:00:11 +0000 UTC
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We're sorry we're a bit late, but we there's so much to talk about with The Game Awards that we had to delay things a bit! On this episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and the queen of The Game Awards herself Janet Garcia to unpack the biggest highlights and reveals from the evening. We also talk about Need for Speed Unbound, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, and Leo talks about why he's digging Pentiment so much! Then we answer wonderful questions submit...
2022-12-09 19:45:42 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! Because we'll be streaming our reactions to The Game Awards on Thursday at 6:30pm Central on YouTube, we're delaying the recording of The MinnMax Show podcast until 12pm Central on Friday. We'll be recording a live episode on YouTube. So don't include any predictions for The Game Awards in your questions, but we'll finish collecting them on Friday morning so you can squeeze in some timely ones after the show.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Be...
2022-12-06 19:21:15 +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!
2022-12-05 18:49:24 +0000 UTC
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