In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks to the co-founder of Avalanche Studios Christofer Sundberg about his long journey in the game industry. We talk about why he left the studio behind the Just Cause series and ended up creating a new studio called Liquid Swords. You can check out the timestamps below for a full breakdown of topics, but we also talk about working with God of War's Cory Barlog on Mad Max, the challenges of game development, and canceled games from his past like Tremors ...
2022-08-17 15:21:10 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, 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! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
- Gaming's...
2022-08-16 20:04:27 +0000 UTC
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Inspired by our brief discussion about the show Community on The MinnMax Show podcast, Kyle Hilliard wanted to round up fans of the show for a big, fun discussion about what makes the show so special. In this discussion he's joined by Leo Vader, contributor Jacob Geller, and former Game Informer editor Ben Reeves. They talk about their favorite episodes, moments, and jokes throughout the full run of the beloved comedy series. This is a Patreon-exclusive discussion, so we hope you enjoy it!
2022-08-16 18:53:42 +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!
2022-08-15 20:20:37 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Bryan Vore joins Ben Hanson to talk about…
- One Piece
- Potential Gamescom announcements
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Top Gun: Maverick
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 Di...
2022-08-15 18:18:53 +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...
2022-08-15 14:48:02 +0000 UTC
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You've conquered Giant Bomb and now it's time for another intense Trivia Tower competition: let's wipe the floor with our friends over at Kinda Funny.
It's MinnMax's community versus Kinda Funny's community on the next episode of Trivia Tower happening on Monday, August 15h at 8pm Central! Kinda Funny's SnowBike Mike is cohosting this episode and the Kinda Funny community will be c...
2022-08-12 15:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski talk about the joys of Cult of the Lamb and unpack Nintendo's big Splatoon 3 Direct. Then we're joined by former Game Informer editor John Carson and returning champion Suriel Vazquez to dive into the weeds on the big fighting game tournament EVO th...
2022-08-10 21:41:23 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, and former Game Informer editor John Carson. 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 talk...
2022-08-09 19:57:25 +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!
2022-08-08 19:30:47 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Marchiafava to talk about…
- Tabletop recommendations
- Square-Enix's sales
- The Sandman
- Bullet Train review
- Batgirl film getting canceled
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...
2022-08-08 18:23:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks! As we've talked about on the last couple of episodes, we're going to shift this show to stream on Twitch every Monday at 12pm Central. It'll still be the same content and call-in structure, but now we can expose it to more people. Let us know what you think as the show progresses.
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 Di...
2022-08-08 14:37:31 +0000 UTC
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On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Marchiafava, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader to talk about Rollerdrome, Final Fantasy XV for some reason, and the great updates to Into the Breach before we're joined by Jacob Geller and former senior video producer at Polygon Jenna Stoeber to unpack all of the bizarre Pokémon Violet and Sca...
2022-08-03 22:00:57 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, Sarah Podzorski, and former Polygon video editor Jenna Stoeber. 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...
2022-08-02 20:32:53 +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!
2022-08-01 20:20:14 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller and former Game Informer editor Jill Grodt to talk about a handful of tough calls when it comes to managing an outlet like MinnMax. We talk about whether to make this podcast available on Twitch every Monday, the right level of ad support for an independent podcast like MinnMax, and a whole lot more. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
If you want to join the Party Cha...
2022-08-01 18:43:16 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson talks to the Saints Row reboot's creative director Brian Traficante and writer/narrative designer Jennifer Campbell about the full history of the game's development. They talk about the history of Volition and how the reboot started, some alternate early ideas that involved Bob Saget, specifics of the gameplay, and what they think about Grand Theft Auto 6.
You can watch and...
2022-08-01 16:16:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello! Jason here. Get ready for another episode of CrossFade by sending questions and music for our host and guest by Wednesday, Aug. 3 at noon Central!
This time, we’re pleased to welcome writer, critic, and host of the podcast Eclipsed Bijan Stephen to the show! He’s been listening to a lot of solo piano jazz lately, which should be a fun left turn from our usual fare.
Here’s what we’re covering this time:
- Joy Division’s “Unknown...
2022-08-01 14:59:18 +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...
2022-08-01 13:59:25 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to the Game Champion Thunderdome! This is the second and final post to determine the winner, but just in case you missed the first: 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. We've rounded up the last three months of...
2022-07-29 15:15:59 +0000 UTC
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Hello and welcome to the Game Champion Thunderdome! 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. 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 bonu...
2022-07-28 15:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to a special episode of The MinnMax Show! Ben Hanson is joined by MinnMax Contributor and co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin, localization superstar (and Sarah's former boss) from 8-4 John Ricciardi, and the founder of Giant Bomb/
2022-07-28 00:22:17 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, 8-4's John Ricciardi, and Giant Bomb founder Jeff Gerstmann. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, BetterQuest goal, or anything else f...
2022-07-26 19:53:42 +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!
2022-07-25 20:03:51 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Janet Garcia and Ben Hanson are joined by Ross Pfund and Emily Reese to talk about…
- Our four new shows!
- Hitting the Trek 2 Shrek goal
- Live A Live
- Marvel's Comic-Con announcements
- Nope review
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! Weâ€...
2022-07-25 18:34:56 +0000 UTC
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Directly because of your continued support of MinnMax, today we're proud to reveal four new regular shows! The same way we converted a Tuesday evening streaming slot once a month into the show Steam's Secret Stash, we're applying that lesson to the rest of the month as well. So every Tuesday evening we'll rotate through shows to keep things interesting for you all, starting in August. We're still going to be streaming gameplay every Thursday as well. So here are the new shows that will be air...
2022-07-25 16:03:05 +0000 UTC
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Heads up: Due to the scheduling of Trivia Tower at 8pm Central tonight, we're going to try streaming Party Chat live on Twitch! So there won't be a YouTube version.
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 rot...
2022-07-25 15:29:56 +0000 UTC
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In the grand finale for our gigantic community game club discussion, MinnMax's Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchifava are joined by the developer of HyperDot Charles McGregor (@DarkaysTG) and YouTube superstar and PlayStation superfan Ryan Biniecki (@MysticRyan) to talk about everything remaining in Naughty Dog's Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. In this section they cover everything in the game from ...
2022-07-22 18:15:01 +0000 UTC
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It's MinnMax's community versus Giant Bomb's community on the next episode of Trivia Tower happening on Monday, July 25th at 8pm Central! Giant Bomb's creative director Dan Ryckert is joining as the cohost and this time we'll have dire stakes for whichever community loses. We're opening the floodgates and inviting Giant Bomb's community to compete, so we need your help...
2022-07-21 16:04:19 +0000 UTC
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Skanking is a dance people do to a little genre of music called ska, and we’re all gonna be doing it with special guest former Game Informer editor John Carson on CrossFade! We’re talking about Streetlight Manifesto – ska princes of the early 2000s – and Nolan Potter, a retro psych rock artist Matt discovered recently and can’t stop listening to. Leave a song for us to listen to, or ANY question about mu...
2022-07-21 14:00:08 +0000 UTC
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