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Party Chat - Breaking Down The Classic Games In The New PlayStation Plus

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

- The games included with the new versions of PlayStation Plus

- Chibi-Robo in retrospect

- Trivia Tower planning

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...

MinnMax Interview - Behind The Secrets Of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

In this new Interview, Ben Hanson is joined by MinnMax Contributor Jacob Geller to dive into the secrets of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe with the game's director William Pugh and art director Dominik Johann from Crows, Crows, Crows. We talk about the game's development, spoil the game's new endings, and talk about content that was cut from this release. You should play the game before listening ...

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 Game Championship - Persona 5 Royal Is One Of The Greatest Of All Time

As you might know, if you support MinnMax at the $50 tier you become a Game Champion and can choose any game under the sun. Last month we kicked off The Game Championship, which took every game chosen by our $50 supporters and pitted them against each other in a series of Twitter polls. After a brutal and close battle amongst dozens and dozens of options, the last game standing was Persona 5 Royal. I...

The MinnMax Show - Who’s Winning This Console Generation?

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard unpack the state of the game industry and PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo's "console war". We also run down the indie game highlights from Nintendo's Indie World event and share our full thoughts on the new gameplay video showing off Gotham Knights. Then Sarah Podzorski joins us to answer wonderful questions submitted by the community on Patreon!

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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

Hey everybody, we're talking about the state of the "console wars" on this week's episode of the podcast. So please submit a comment with your thoughts on this generation so far, especially if your primary console of choice has shifted in the last year or so.

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us ...

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! 2022-05-09 20:09:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Party Chat - What We're Playing, How Devs Port To Switch, Taxes!

On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Janet Garcia and Ben Hanson talk to the community about…

- Vampire Survivors

- Home repair

- How developers port games to Switch

- Taxes

- Nicknames

And here's a link to the game Charles McGregor mentions on the show! https://darkaystg.itch.io/omnigear

If you want to join the Party Chat every single week an...

MinnMax Interview - Creating The Art Of Final Fantasy 9

In the new MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson speaks with Cecil Kim (studio art director for Thatgamecompany) and Wevr's director/executive producer Jake Rowell about their time working on Squaresoft's Final Fantasy 9. They talk about the incredible team Squaresoft built up in Hawaii, the technology behind the game's background art, and why the game has a special spot in so many people's hearts. We also t...

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 - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by our kings of dork media Ross Pfund and Bryan Vore to unpack everything wild and great about Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. In this big spoilercast, we talk about director Sam Raimi's unique touches, the stunning surprises, and shocking brutality of the film. 

You can watch and share the video version right here - 2022-05-06 17:24:42 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - The Greatest Games We Finally Played

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader talk about the biggest games on their backlog and what it was like to finally get around to playing it. We talk about Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Gravity Rush 2, and the original Deus Ex. We also talk about some new games like Nintendo Switch Sports, Rogue Legacy 2, and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe! Then we answer some wonderful questions s...

The Deepest Dive - Chrono Cross (Part 4/The End)

This is it everybody, we're at the end of time. In the final installment of our gigantic game club discussion on Chrono Cross from Squaresoft, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Joe Juba, and IGN's news reporter Rebekah Valentine cover everything in the game from when you become Serge again through the multiple endings AND 1996's Radical Dreamers. Our Chono Cross codes were provided by Square-Enix....

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, 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...

- Diving into our b...

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! 2022-05-02 19:55:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Party Chat - Square-Enix Sells Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, And More

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

- Ben's bachelor party

- Embracer Group buying out Square-Enix's western studios

- What we're watching

- YouTube hits for kids

- Lego Dimensions

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 r...

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 Final Thoughts On Chrono Cross For The Deepest Dive

It's time to submit your comment for the final section of Chrono Cross! Even if you haven't finished the game, feel free to submit a comment on what you've played so far. For this discussion, we're covering everything in the game from the second "big change" to the ending AND Radical Dreamers! It's now or never, people! As always, thanks for supporting The Deepest Dive format and for playing along. 2022-05-02 15:41:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Compete In Nintendo Trivia At 7:30pm Central Tonight With Trivia Tower!

Get ready for an all-Nintendo episode of Trivia Tower happening at 7:30pm Central tonight, April 28th! We'll be joined by former Nintendo employees/hosts of Nintendo Minute Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang from The Kit & Krysta Podcast and Patreon to learn which community knows the most about Nintendo.

Answer a question correctly and you move on to the next floor of the tower, winning codes for...

The MinnMax Show - Is It Okay Not To Like Elden Ring And Other Burning Questions

Welcome to a special episode of The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski to answer as many questions from the community as we can. We devoted the full episode to your questions submitted over on Patreon! Let us know what you think about the different approach to an episode.

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2022-04-27 22:18:34 +0000 UTC View Post

The Deepest Dive - Chrono Cross (Part 3)

In the third part of this gigantic game club discussion on Chrono Cross from Squaresoft, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Joe Juba, and IGN's news reporter Rebekah Valentine cover everything in the game from  when a "big change"' occurs to when another "big change" occurs after you fight the Sky dragon and the rest. We don't spoil anything after that. Our Chono Cross codes were provided by S...

Joe Juba is on CrossFade! Ask Him Stuff About Music or Whatever!

There’s just ONE more thing… MinnMax Contributor Joe Juba (The Deepest Dive, The MinnMax Show) will talk The Mountain Goats and Silver Jews with Matt on this week’s episode of CrossFade! Now’s the time to ask Joe those burning questions about his music tastes. Or about yours. Or about anything under the sun!

This episode’s albums are “Heretic Pride” by The Mountain Goats (chosen by Joe) and “The Natural Bridge” by Silver Jews (chosen by Matt).

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