Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to talk about the narrative game As Dusk Falls, the thrills of Escape Academy, and the underappreciated joy of Klonoa. Then Leo Vader joins the show as we all share our full thoughts on the new cat-centric game Stray on PlayStation and Steam. Then we answer some great questions submitted by the community.
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2022-07-20 22:17:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! We hope you've wrapped up Jak and Daxter for The Deepest Dive because now's the time to submit your thoughts on the game! Please don't spoil anything from future entries in the series in your comment though.
Submit one comment below and please get specific. Don't write a long review, please keep your one comment to around the length of a tweet. ...
2022-07-20 15:15:59 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Jacob Geller. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, 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...
- Stray
- As Dusk F...
2022-07-19 21:10:15 +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!
2022-07-18 20:41:48 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Sarah and Ben talk about…
- Scheduling MinnMax content
- Live A Live hype
- The Clerks 3 trailer
- Sarah's favorite shows
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 Discord, there’s ...
2022-07-18 18:17:37 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Pixar's creative director of theme parks Tasha Sounart about her experience working with video game developers to make sure the Pixar-related details in their games are correct. Tasha started at Pixar as an animator in 1997, before she joined Double Fine where she was the lead animator for Brutal Legend and creative director for Costume Quest, then she joined Pixar aga...
2022-07-18 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...
2022-07-18 14:43:29 +0000 UTC
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In this gigantic community game club discussion, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchifava, and Janet Garcia are joined by the developer of HyperDot Charles McGregor (@DarkaysTG) and YouTube superstar and PlayStation superfan Ryan Biniecki (
2022-07-15 16:14:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello and welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's show, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard run down the full release calendar for 2022 and they each get six picks for the games they are most excited to play. Who will get to play God of War Ragnarok? Pokémon Scarlet? The Callisto Protocol?!? Then we answer fun questions submitted by the community on Patreon! Thanks for your support, everybody!
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2022-07-13 21:20:52 +0000 UTC
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Hello Jak and Daxter fans, thank you for supporting MinnMax! It's time to submit your comment on the first section of Jak and Daxter 1! For the first discussion, we're covering everything in the game up until you get to Rock Village. Please don't spoil anything after that point in the comments!
Submit one comment below and please get specific. Don't write a long review, please ...
2022-07-13 16:04:41 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! Thanks to our wonderful mods in the Discord, every week we've been polling the community and creating a Top 10 to determine what folks are playing over the weekend. Now we want to expand that concept for this one-off event.
Click on the link below and submit your picks for the 10 best games rele...
2022-07-12 19:53:31 +0000 UTC
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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, 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 six most-ant...
2022-07-12 17:06:21 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson talks to Brandon Jones, the co-founder of Game Trailers and former editor-in-chief of Easy Allies. They talk about the frustrating days after he sold Game Trailers to a larger company and what it's like to create content for a Patreon like Easy Allies for six years.
You can watch and share the video version of this discussion here -
2022-07-12 16:15:59 +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!
2022-07-11 21:15:33 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Bryan Vore, and Ross Pfund unpack Taika Waititi's new Marvel movie Thor: Love and Thunder. We spoil the film's biggest moments, talk about the return of Natalie Portman, and unpack the post-credits scenes as well.
You can watch the video version of the show here - https://youtu.be/ZotV5BFrxcQ
2022-07-11 20:18:41 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by former Game Informer editors John Carson, Wesley LeBlanc, and former 2022-07-11 16:15:02 +0000 UTC
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This week for Party Chat, we're streaming the show on Sunday at 7pm Central so that new folks can potentially call in. 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 (...
2022-07-08 21:06:14 +0000 UTC
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In this interview with MinnMax's Ben Hanson, the former President of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé talks about his new book Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo and some of the challenges he encountered within the organization. He explains why he's not interested in surfacing more Nintendo history, what it's like working with Shigeru Miyamoto, shares some thoughts on the...
2022-07-08 16:16:00 +0000 UTC
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We're creating the best, most thorough discussion about Jak and Daxter on the internet and we need your help! Join The Deepest Dive and submit your comments on Naughty Dog's classic platformer for us to read during our game club discussions. The panel consists of Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Charles McGregor, and YouT...
2022-07-07 15:09:35 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! It's been far too long since we've had a community meet-up, so this Saturday, July 9th we're going to have a small get together for a bike ride in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Meet me (Ben Hanson) at the Sea Salt restaurant right by Minnehaha Falls (4801 S Minnehaha Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417) at 10am Central on Saturday, July 9th. We'll go for a casual bike ride along the trails,...
2022-07-07 00:34:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode we talk about the big release date reveal for God of War Ragnarok from Sony's Santa Monica studio before unpacking our three favorite games from 2022 so far. We also talk about some of the most underrated games of the year so far. Then we answer some wonderful questions from the community!
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2022-07-06 22:14:16 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, 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 favorite games...
2022-07-05 20:00:58 +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!
2022-07-04 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello! Thanks to your support on Patreon, we hit our previous goal and had a great time playing through Chibi-Robo. During that playthrough, Sarah Podzorski talked about the local co-op glory of Shrek 2 on the Nintendo GameCube. We also realized that, despite years of podcasting with her, we've never actually me...
2022-07-01 16:17:39 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack the biggest reveals from the Nintendo Direct Mini. While technically just a "partner showcase" focusing on third-party releases, there were several exciting announcements such as a collection of Mega Man Battle Network games, new gameplay from Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, a big farming RPG from Square-Enix called Harvestella, Persona 5 finally releasing on Sw...
2022-06-29 23:08:16 +0000 UTC
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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, 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...
- Nintendo Direct Min...
2022-06-28 19:03:01 +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!
2022-06-27 19:17:14 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Summer Games Done Quick
- Nintendo Direct Mini predictions
- Vampire Survivors
- Marvel's Avengers
- Pixar's Lightyear (spoiler-free 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! We’d love to hear from you. Party Chat is rec...
2022-06-27 18:03:07 +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...
2022-06-27 14:10:36 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Bryan Vore, and Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund unpack all of the biggest moments, reveals, and spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Plus. We talk about the evolution of Darth Vader, some surprising cameos, and how the show helps or hurts the original trilogy.
You can watch and share the video version here - 2022-06-24 16:03:39 +0000 UTC
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