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Ask Us A Tabletop Question/Recommend A Two-Player Tabletop Game!

Hey Folks, Jeff M. here! The new episode of Tabletop Game Night is happening on Tuesday at 7:30pm Central on Twitch and we're going to be trying out a podcast format, and we'd like you to participate!

The show will be broken down into three segments. In the first segment, Hanson and I will be running through some of our favorite two-player games and talking about what makes them special and who we recomm...

Ana's Internet Cafe - How Fans Shaped Splatoon's Lore

On the new episode of Ana's Internet Cafe, MinnMax's Ana Diaz is joined by special guest TAHK0 to dive in deep on the lore of the Splatoon series. They talk about how the series has been influenced by the real world and how Splatoon 3 adds to the larger story with its campaign and beyond. This does content spoilers for Splatoon 3 but they offer a warning for when that section begins. You can watch An...

The MinnMax Show - Nintendo Direct And Sony’s State Of Play Highlights

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! We have a heck of an episode for you this week, with Ben Hanson joined by Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to unpack the best moments and trailers from the avalanche of news and press conferences in the game industry. We talk about the big Nintendo Direct where they revealed Fire Emblem Engage and Pikmin 4, and we really dive in to talking about the re-release of Goldeneye 007 and the big announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of T...

The Deepest Dive - Indiana Jones And The Fate of Atlantis

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Bryan Vore, and Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund unpack the first half of the 1992 classic LucasArts adventure game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis in this huge community game club discussion we call The Deepest Dive. We talk about our history and love  of Indiana Jones movies and games before dissecting everything great about the game up until you get to Cr...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, 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! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.

On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...

- Ninte...

Party Chat - D23 Recap, Splatoon 3, Bonnie Ross Leaving 343

On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…

- Disney's big announcements over the weekend

- She-Hulk

- The community's thoughts on Splatoon 3

- Bonnie Ross leaving Halo and 343 Industries

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...

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

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! 2022-09-12 16:50:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Join MinnMax’s Party Chat At 12pm Central!

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...

Submit Your Thoughts On Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis For The Deepest Dive

Hello everybody and thank you for joining us on this adventure! It's time to submit your comment on the first half of 1992's Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis! For the first discussion, we're covering everything in the game up until you get to Crete. Please don't spoil anything after that point in the comments!

Submit one comment below and please get specific. Don't write ...

CrossFade: The Wind Waker OST Listening Party

Hoy! For a special treat, Jason Dafnis from our music podcast CrossFade gathered Kyle Hilliard and Sarah Podzorski (aka the other pieces of the Triforce) for a roundtable adventure through the soundtrack to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. You can listen to MinnMax's music podcast CrossFade wherever you get podcasts (like on Apple) – and in a CrossFade first...

The MinnMax Show - PAX’s Best Games, Cyberpunk’s Future, Immortality Review

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and returning guest O'Dell Harmon Jr. to talk about the best games from PAX West including Lies of P and Gunbrella. Then we talk about the new trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet before unpacking the reveal of Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty and debate whether the upcoming DLC can restore the name of Cyberpunk. Then Leo Vader joins us to talk about his love of Assassin's Creed...

Join Us For The Deepest Dive On Indiana Jones And The Fate of Atlantis

Get ready for the next great adventure with MinnMax's game club series called The Deepest Dive. We're tackling the critically-beloved Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis! Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Bryan Vore, and Ross Pfund will be playing the point and click adventure game from 1992 and talking all about it while reading comments and thoughts from you all on Patreon! If the new trailer for Indiana J...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, 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’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...

- PAX Highligh...

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

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! 2022-09-05 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - 49 Games That Need Remakes More Than The Last Of Us

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Janet Garcia to talk about playing The Last of Us Part 1 (codes provided by PlayStation) and then share our picks for the games we'd most like to see remade. After that, we have a bunch of games to talk about like the excellent Tinykin, Cursed to Golf, and the shocking divisive Pac-Man World Re-PAC. Then we're joined by Digital Eclipse's Chris Kohler to share the full backsto...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Digital Eclipse's Chris Kohler. 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 abo...

The Great Minneapolis Travelogue (With Janet Garcia)

Months ago we set a Patreon goal for the MinnMax community: If we hit it, we'd fly Janet Garcia from Los Angeles to Minneapolis, Minnesota to play Shrek 2 on the Nintendo GameCube. You all did it, so we all got to meet Janet for the first time in person and spend four days with her traveling around Minneapolis filming this travelogue video. Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader join Janet Garcia in this w...

The Great Minneapolis Travelogue (With Janet Garcia)

Months ago we set a Patreon goal for the MinnMax community: If we hit it, we'd fly Janet Garcia from Los Angeles to Minneapolis, Minnesota to play Shrek 2 on the Nintendo GameCube. You all did it, so we all got to meet Janet for the first time in person and spend four days with her traveling around Minneapolis filming this travelogue video. Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader join Janet Garcia in this w...

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

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! 2022-08-29 19:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Party Chat - Seinfeld Trivia, MinnMax's Game Jam, Finishing Elden Ring

On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia to talk about…

- Janet's trip to Minnesota

- Editing the big Minneapolis travelogue 

- Seinfeld trivia

- MinnMax's Game Jam called MinnHax

- Upping our game for biking and running

- The challenge of finishing games like Elden Ring

If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching...

MinnMax Interview - Designing Nintendo’s Greatest Logos

MinnMax's Ben Hanson talks to legendary graphic designer from Nintendo Jim Wornell about his work designing the logos for games like Animal Crossing, Golden Sun, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Advance Wars, and more. We're also joined by designer Cory Schmitz, who worked on the logos for Ghost of Tsushima, Valorant, Control, Days Gone, Stray, Oculus, and a ton more. In this discussio...

Join MinnMax’s Party Chat At 12pm Central!

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...

The MinnMax Show - Gamescom’s Biggest Reveals And Saints Row’s Failures

On this special episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Janet Garcia joins Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader in the MinnMax Studio thanks to your support on Patreon! We talk about the biggest reveals and news from Gamescom and Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live event featuring games like Lies of P and Dead Island 2 before unpacking the underwhelming reboot of Saints Row. Then we answer wonderful questions submitted on Patreon and award the iam8bit prize of the week!

You can watch...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

Heads up, everybody! This week's episode of The MinnMax Show podcast will be recorded live on Thursday, August 25th at 11am Central on our YouTube channel. So there will not be an early version available on Wednesday for $5 supporters. The good news is that we'll be in the MinnMax studio in Minneapolis with Janet Garcia, all thanks to hitting the Trek 2 Shrek goal on Patreon!

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Sarah Podzorski, and Janet G...

Party Chat - Saints Row Impressions, She-Hulk, The Last Of Us On HBO

On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard talk about…

- Our early impressions of Saints Row

- She-Hulk

- First footage of The Last of Us on HBO

- Dragon Ball Super's manga

- The Trek 2 Shrek schedule!

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 MinnMa...

Join MinnMax’s Party Chat At 12pm Central!

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...

Max Spoilers - Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard share their full review thoughts on the new Dragon Ball movie produced by Akira Toriyama himself called Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. The film is in theaters now and focuses on the relationship between Piccolo and Gohan. In this discussion we fully spoil the film, so you've been warned!

You can watch and share the video version of this discussion here - https://youtu.be/AN62SqwthJs 2022-08-19 18:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - The 5 Most Epic Games Ever Made

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, and Jacob Geller debate and create a list of the most epic video games ever made. We're factoring in the game's scope, ambition, budget, and downright lunacy. Then we unpack some new games we've been enjoying like Rollerdrome from Roll7, Midnight Fight Express, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 on the Nintendo Switch. Then we answer some wonderful questions from the community in the back half o...