Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We have a fun episode for you this week, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Ana Diaz, and (formerly of Game Informer, The Washington Post, and Fanbyte) Elise Favis. We share our thoughts on Sonic Frontiers, break down the highlights from Nintendo's Indie World showcase, Elise raves about A Plague Tale: Requiem, we pit the farming in Coral Island against Square-Enix's Harvestella, and Sarah talks about playing Resident Evil 4 for the first time. Then we ...
2022-11-10 04:14:40 +0000 UTC
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On the new episode of Ana's Internet Cafe, MinnMax's Ana Diaz is joined by Jess Reyes to discuss Genshin Impact two years after its release. Since this episode of Ana's Internet Cafe doesn't really have a visual component we decided to put the audio in this feed.
You can follow Jess Reyes on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/jpr...
2022-11-10 01:30:01 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Ana Diaz, and Elise Favis. 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, this week it's Mutazione on Switch! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be ...
2022-11-08 19:00:06 +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!
2022-11-07 20:16:57 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- The Deepest Dive on God of War Ragnarok
- Sonic Frontiers reviews
- Extra Life this Saturday, November 12th at 12pm Central on YouTube
- Paisley Park (Prince tour)
- The Game Championship winner
- Gears of War movie at Netflix
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...
2022-11-07 19:24:00 +0000 UTC
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Games like God of War Ragnarok don't come around very often, so let's savor the experience by playing through it together and talking about in three discussions with The Deepest Dive. MinnMax's Ben Hanson will be joined by Delayed Input's Kyle Bosman, Indie Informer's Jill Grodt, and returning champion 2022-11-07 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...
2022-11-07 14:45:25 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! We're a little over halfway through the first season of Kelsey Lewin's new show Collector Corner. If you haven't caught an episode yet, the show highlights rare or unique gaming-related collections and the back half of each episode highlights somebody from the MinnMax community!
We have a couple episodes left, so we wanted to put out the call again to see who wants to be on the show. Please leave a comment describing your collection, we're looking for a...
2022-11-05 17:21:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! As you might have learned from our messages to new supporters, we're always interested in learning how folks like you found MinnMax and what type of content you want to see.
So, for this poll, we're wondering if you followed our work at Game Informer or if you discovered us after we started MinnMax. Which one are you?
Also, if you used to listen to our cont...
2022-11-04 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller as they dive into their full (and extremely spoiler-free) review of God of War Ragnarok from Santa Monica Studios. There was an embargo, so this review discussion is why the episode is up later than usual in this feed. Then we talk about Bayonetta 3, Resident Evil Village's DLC, and the price and release date reveal for PSVR2. After that we answer wonderful questions...
2022-11-03 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the final big vote for The Game Championship!
Did you know that if you're a $50 supporter of MinnMax (even just for one month), you can choose any game for us to officially declare you the champion of on The MinnMax Show podcast and in the description for every video and podcast? Your name and favorite game are all over the place!
We've rounded up the last three months of games chosen by Game Champions and now you get to choose which game we create a bonus piece...
2022-11-03 15:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to the second big vote for The Game Championship!
Did you know that if you're a $50 supporter of MinnMax (even just for one month), you can choose any game for us to officially declare you the champion of on The MinnMax Show podcast and in the description for every video and podcast? Your name and favorite game are all over the place!
We've rounded up the last three months of games chosen by Game Champions and now you get to choose which game we create a bonus...
2022-11-02 15:00:06 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, 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...
- God of W...
2022-11-01 19:55:24 +0000 UTC
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Did you know that if you're a $50 supporter of MinnMax (even just for one month), you can choose any game for us to officially declare you the champion of on The MinnMax Show podcast and in the description for every video and podcast? Your name and favorite game are all over the place!
We've rounded up the last three months of games chosen by Game Champions and now you get to choose which game we create a bonus piece of content about. We'll reach out and coordinate and ...
2022-11-01 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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On the next episode of CrossFade, we’re excited to be joined by Natalie Marlin (https://twitter.com/NataliesNotInIt)! We’re finally cracking into Bruce Springsteen with “Darkness On the Edge of Town”! We’re contrasting The Boss with Archers Of Loaf, a band Matt’s mentioned a few times on the show. They released their first album in 25 years this July, so now’s a great time to get caught up on their 1993 ...
2022-10-31 22:00:07 +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!
2022-10-31 20:42:13 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Introducing our video editor Charles Weierke
- Elon Musk and Twitter
- Creating YouTube thumbnails
- Silent Hill 2
- Black Adam
- Jackbox Party Pack 9
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...
2022-10-31 18:17:58 +0000 UTC
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In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks to Firaxis' creative director Jake Solomon about the full history of transitioning from XCOM 2 to the tactics RPG Marvel's Midnight Suns. They talk about the challenges of designing something new, Sid Meier's input on the game, the appeal of a card-based system, the rise of Marvel Snap, and a whole lot more.
You can watch and share the video version of this interview here - https...
2022-10-31 16:15:01 +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...
2022-10-31 15:09:32 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to talk about the first five hours of God of War: Ragnarok without spoiling any story details. Then Jacob Geller unloads his thoughts on Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and he and Kyle try to share their odd appreciation of Scorn. Jeff Marchiafava joins the show as we all talk about Gotham Knights from Warner Bros. Montreal and why it misses the mark. ...
2022-10-26 21:45:19 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kelsey Lewin. 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....
2022-10-25 18:00:06 +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!
2022-10-24 19:10:05 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- MinnMax's third anniversary
- The community meetup in Minneapolis
- What shows and films count as satire
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantummania
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 i...
2022-10-24 18:13:41 +0000 UTC
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In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks to Noah Falstein about his over 40-year career in the game industry and how his journey designing arcade games led him to working with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas on Indiana Jones video games, becoming Google's chief game designer, and eventually to Return to Monkey Island. This interview is a follow-up to The Deepest Dive on Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, so we hope you enjoy Noah's stories!
You can watch and share the vi...
2022-10-24 16:15:01 +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...
2022-10-24 15:02:16 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Kyle Hilliard and Jacob Geller share their spoiler-free impressions of God of War Ragnarok's first five hours. They're both playing the game on PlayStation 5 and their codes were provided by PlayStation. They answer questions from the community about Ragnarok's gameplay, Atreus' evolution, and the best jokes so far from Mimir.
You can watch and share the video preview here - 2022-10-21 13:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack all of the big reveals for the Silent Hill franchise like a remake of Silent Hill 2 from Bloober Team and new games called Silent Hill F, Silent Hill: Ascension, and Silent Hill: Townfall. Then we all gush over Ubisoft's new tactics game Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle on the Nintendo Switch, Kyle won't stop talking about Pilotwings 64, and Hanson weigh...
2022-10-20 05:44:58 +0000 UTC
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On the next episode of CrossFade, we’re excited to be joined by critic and labor organizer Elana Levin (https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn) to talk about Def Leppard’s “Hysteria” and Cinderella’s “Long Cold Winter” (one of the bands they talk about in Peacemaker)!
Leave a song or question about music, Elana’s work, or ‘80s metal on this post by the end of the day Thursday, October 20!
2022-10-19 21:50:33 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody, MinnMax's third anniversary is coming up and we're celebrating by not only holding a community meetup this Friday, October 21st at 7pm Central outside at Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis, but also by announcing several new designs for MinnMax merch! We built up a new store on Bonfire, since their shirts are at a higher quality overall and give us a larger cut of sales. At the store y...
2022-10-19 17:55:04 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, 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 (below) for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
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2022-10-18 21:38:06 +0000 UTC
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