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! 2022-10-17 20:21:06 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Janet Garcia joins Ben Hanson to talk about…
- Kinda Funny's huge new studio opening event
- Knowing when to take big swings with MinnMax's growth
- How strict are we with tabletop rules
- She-Hulk's finale
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 h...
2022-10-17 18:20:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2022-10-17 15:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia to try and predict the review scores and reception for 2022's biggest upcoming games like God of War: Ragnarok, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Then we talk about playing Street Fighter 6 and the new Monster Hunter-like game from EA called Wild Hearts before diving into questions from the community.
Raise the stakes for Trivia T...
2022-10-12 21:24:42 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava. 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...
<... 2022-10-11 20:32:03 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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! 2022-10-10 19:38:09 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia talk about…
- Why the community is loving Overwatch 2
- Planning Trivia Tower: All-Stars
- Extra Life 2022
- The future of ads on The MinnMax Show
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 reco...
2022-10-10 18:31:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2022-10-10 13:44:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been one year, so we're bringing back the greatest crossover event in games media history with the second annual installment of Trivia Tower: All-Stars on Monday, October 17th at 8pm Central! The community won't be competing in this episode, instead it will be the greatest minds from around the game industry battling it out to win money for a charity of their choice. MinnMax will once aga...
2022-10-07 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack the big reveal trailer for Nintendo and Illumination's Super Mario Bros movie and to try to wrap their minds around Chris Pratt's voice for Mario. Then they talk about CD Projekt RED's big announcement of upcoming games in The Witcher and Cyberpunk universes, the Dead Space remake trailer, Potion Permit, and a whole lot more. Then we answer questions submitted on...
2022-10-06 22:54:39 +0000 UTC View PostFYI: Due to the release of the Mario movie trailer on Thursday, we're delaying the podcast recording. There won't be a new episode on Wednesday, we'll be doing a live recording on Thursday at 3:15pm Central.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader. 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’l...
2022-10-04 20:04:32 +0000 UTC View Post
We launched MinnMax in October of 2019, which means later this month we're somehow celebrating our third anniversary! We cannot thank you all enough for your direct support, you've created a sustainable outlet for games media in a turbulent world. As always, keep the feedback coming.
We're celebrating our third anniversary by inviting you to join us in person at Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis, ...
2022-10-03 22:10:29 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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! 2022-10-03 20:49:12 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Jeff Marchiafava and Ben Hanson talk about…
- The lack of hype for Overwatch 2
- Giant Bomb and GameSpot being sold to Fandom
- Kinda Funny's Patreon overhaul
- Google Stadia shutting down
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. Part...
2022-10-03 19:14:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2022-10-03 14:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Leo Vader and Jacob Geller discuss the new game Immortality from Sam Barlow and Half Mermaid, which is one of the best-reviewed games of 2022. In this spoilercast, they talk about the plots of the films within this FMV game, the larger secret meaning, and how you reach the credits. Warning: this conversation discusses some very mature and serious topics addressed in the game.
You can watch and share the video version of this discussion here - 2022-09-30 18:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by the founder of Indie Informer Jill Grodt to unpack our predictions for God of War: Ragnarok. Heads up, they do include spoilers for God of War 2018. After that, we talk about Cyberpunks 2077's resurgence with the new anime on Netflix, Tunic on the Nintendo Switch, and Shovel Knight Dig! Then we answer wonderful questions from the community.
You can check out Jill's n...
2022-09-28 21:09:14 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and special guest Jill Grodt. 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 Wednes...
2022-09-27 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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! 2022-09-26 20:06:49 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia talk about…
- Splatoon 3
- E3 2023
- Survivor
- Deathloop
- The Last of Us HBO Trailer
- Star Wars' Andor
- Dunkey's Publishing Initiative
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 Ch...
2022-09-26 18:22:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2022-09-26 14:51:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Get ready to compete in a new episode of Trivia Tower, everybody! The stream begins on Monday, September 26th at 6pm Pacific/8pm Central and our cohost on this episode is Digital Eclipse's Chris Kohler.
Let us know in the comments below if you have any questions about how it all works. If you make it to the third floor of the tower, you can win a ...
2022-09-25 16:02:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to your direct support on Patreon, we're able to keep growing and adding new shows to our line-up. Welcome to the first episode of Collector Corner! MinnMax Contributor Kelsey Lewin (co-director of the Video Game History Foundation) is hosting this show all about the rarest game collections from aro...
2022-09-23 18:15:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week Ben Hanson was flown out to San Francisco (on Ubisoft's dime, by the way) to play three hours of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on the Nintendo Switch. He talks about his experience and why he was impressed by the tactics game on the new episode of The MinnMax Show podcast. In the middle of his play-session, Ubisoft set up an interview with the game's associate producer Quentin Correggi. I...
2022-09-22 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! We apologize for this episode being late in this feed due to an embargo lifting for Mario + Rabids: Sparks of Hope. On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and special guest Imran Khan to talk about the Rockstar's nightmare scenario of GTA 6 gameplay videos leaking and a whole lot more. Ben Hanson talks about his trip to San Francisco (which, full transparency, Ubisoft paid for) to play Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on the Nint...
2022-09-22 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWith our new suite of shows on Tuesday evening, we re-introduced tabletop gaming into MinnMax's rotation. The monthly show Tabletop Game Night (the third Tuesday of every month) can be anything from us playing a game with the community in Tabletop Simulator to a podcast about our thoughts on tabletop games... and this is a podcast about our thoughts on tabletop games! MinnMax's Jeff Marchiafava and Ben Hanson talk about their favorite two-player tabletop games and take calls and questions fro...
2022-09-21 23:35:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and special guest Imran Khan. 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...
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In the final discussion for our game club on Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Bryan Vore, and Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund talk about everything in LucasArts' classic adventure game from when you land on Crete to the end of the game. Yes we complain a bit about the puzzles and multiple mazes, but there's a lot of great moments here if you like punching nazis ...
2022-09-20 19:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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! 2022-09-19 21:59:16 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia talk about…
- Square-Enix preview event, including Crisis Core
- Brie Larson
- Rain Code
- Splatfest
- Biking
- Marvel vs Capcom 2 arcade cabinet
- Janet stream on Xbox's Twitch channel!
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 Coun...
2022-09-19 18:08:49 +0000 UTC View Post