Hello and welcome to a very special bonus podcast from MinnMax! Thanks to your support, Ben Hanson and Leo Vader were able to travel to the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, California for the week. They attended dozens and dozens of panels with game developers and learned lessons about the development of games like Horizon, Destiny, The Last of Us Part II, Deathloop, Marvel's Guardians o...
2022-03-26 06:36:56 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! This week's episode is quite different, since we're recording from the show floor at GDC 2022 with Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Fanbyte's Imran Khan! We talk about what it's like to be at a gaming convention again, debate how to cover the new Harry Potter game, and a whole lot more. Full disclaimer: The audio quality on this episode is a bit unique. Please forgive us! Thank you!
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2022-03-24 00:54:27 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson and Leo Vader podcasting from GDC 2022! We'd love to have your questions about the show itself. 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 10am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll...
2022-03-22 15:48:12 +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.
This week Ben Hanson and Leo Vader are out at GDC in San Francisco and JeffM and Janet are taking the week off, so Sarah is picking up the reigns and steering all op...
2022-03-21 19:14:14 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Kyle Hilliard is joined by YouTube essayist Jacob Geller and Double Fine's Harper Jay to dig into all of the biggest spoilers and secret of From Software's Elden Ring. They talk about their favorite moments from the game, favorite and least favorite boss fights, what makes the game so special, and their challenges with the final boss.
You can watch and share the video version right he...
2022-03-18 22:12:35 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the fantastic new Zelda-inspired indie game Tunic, our first couple of hours with Ghostwire: Tokyo on the PlayStation 5, Starfield's new video, and then we try to wrap our minds around Square-Enix's releases lately. After that we answer great questions submitted by the community!
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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 10am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
- Tunic
- G...
2022-03-15 18:25:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome everybody! We hope you're ready for a new round of Trivia Tower on Monday, March 14th at 7pm Central.
Ben Hanson is joined by Blessing Adeoye Jr. from Kinda Funny for our monthly video game trivia competition! Answer a question correctly and you move on to the next floor of the tower, winning codes for Elden Ring, Nobody Saves The World, Young Souls, Repu...
2022-03-14 20:04:34 +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! 2022-03-14 19:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about…
- The Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer
- Pixar's Turning Red
- Even more about Elden Ring
- Our favorite current 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 i...
2022-03-14 18:13:24 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Dan Callan about his incredible and wide-ranging career in the game industry. Callan has professionally role-played as Morpheus in The Matrix Online, launched Resistance 2, worked on multiple Halo games, survived the launch of Destiny, and even travelled to Japan to work as a level designer for Square-Enix's upcoming open-world, action-RPG Forspoken. He's now a lead le...
2022-03-14 16:15:01 +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...
2022-03-14 13:36:15 +0000 UTC View PostIn this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks to the founder of Camouflaj Ryan Payton and director of production Matt Walker about their unique perspective on Japanese game development, the challenges of running a mid-size independent studio like Camouflaj, releasing République: Anniversary Edition and Iron Man VR, and more. Payton worked with Hideo Kojima and was a producer on Metal Gear Solid 4 before becoming the original creative director for Halo 4, in this discussion we also talk about h...
2022-03-11 17:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back with a new episode of The MinnMax Show podcast! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Sarah Podzorski, and Jeff Marchiafava break down the biggest news and weirdest reveal trailers from Sony's State of Play. Then they talk about Kirby and the Forgotten Land on the Nintendo Switch and the delightful new, short game from Valve called Aperture Desk Job. After that, the real fun begins with a big (spoiler free) gush-session for From Software's Elden Ring. Then Janet Garcia joins ...
2022-03-10 04:10:20 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, 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 10am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
- State of Play...
2022-03-08 19:01:01 +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! 2022-03-07 19:42:16 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia and Kyle Hilliard and we talk about…
- Shrek and Shrek's games
- The Batman (no spoilers)
- The best movies filmed in our towns
- Forspoken's delay
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 y...
2022-03-07 19:15:26 +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...
2022-03-07 14:58:25 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined in the studio by his old friends Grant and Ronnie to unpack their thoughts on From Software's Elden Ring so far. In this discussion they don't spoil anything after Stormveil Castle. They talk about the first real boss fight with Margit the Fell Omen, what they they about the open world, the best builds, and a whole lot more.
Watch and share the video version right...
2022-03-04 19:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund and Bryan Vore to unpack all of the spoiler-filled details of Matt Reeves' The Batman. We talk about The Riddler, Catwoman, the ending, surprises along the way, and damn near everything else.
You can watch and share the video version of Max Spoilers right here - https://youtu.be/6hKliQdTSG0
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2022-03-04 17:17:10 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show and thanks for your support! We have a different kind of episode this week, as Ben Hanson is joined in the MinnMax studio by former Game Informer editors Jeff Cork, Joe Juba, and Ben Reeves! Ben Reeves just announced that he's leaving Game Informer after 15 years to become a narrative designer at Firaxis. In this episode we share way too many old stories from Game Informer and also talk about what compels us to play games in the first place. Then we answer que...
2022-03-02 20:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis email is coming to you one day early because we're recording the episode on Tuesday at 5:30pm Central this week due to our special guests...
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Cork, Joe Juba, and special guest/former Game Informer editor Ben Reeves! 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...
2022-02-28 22:13:32 +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! 2022-02-28 21:21:17 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Pokémon Scarlet/Violet's reveal
- Elden Ring (spoiler-free)
- The Batman reviews
- Ben Reeves leaving Game Informer
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...
2022-02-28 20:21:03 +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...
2022-02-28 15:31:42 +0000 UTC View PostAJ Moser? More like “A+ Hoser”! The writer, /r/indieheads guy, Game Query co-founder, GI alum, and Unreal Engine social media manager makes his CrossFade debut in our next episode, so throw some questions and songs his way.
Leave a comment, song, or question on this post by Wednesday!
Matt’s album pick for this episode is “Keep It Like a Secret” by Built to Spill (a classic of lat...
2022-02-28 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Kyle Hilliard and Janet Garcia are joined by Steve Bowling from Good Vibes Gaming to spoil and discuss the full story of Horizon Forbidden West from Guerrilla Games. They talk about Aloy's journey, what the ending means for a third entry, and their favorite moments along the way.
You can watch and share the video version right here - 2022-02-25 17:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's podcast, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Jacob Geller and Suriel Vazquez to unpack From Software's new masterpiece Elden Ring. Suriel also talks about Capcom's exciting fighting game announcements. Then Leo Vader joins the show to help answer community questions submitted on Patreon!
Check our Jacob Geller's YouTube channel here - https...
2022-02-23 23:10:50 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and special guest 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 pul...
2022-02-22 20:50:27 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by GameSpot's Tamoor Hussain for a special episode of our community quiz show called Trivia Tower all about From Software's games! If you're the first to answer the question, you can win a game code for OlliOlli World, Nobody Saves the World, Tales of Arise, Dark Souls Remastered, and more. The questions will center around the "Soulsborne" e...
2022-02-21 20:01:44 +0000 UTC View Post