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!
2022-02-21 19:15:35 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin finish off the best, most thorough discussion of Pokémon Legends: Arceus on the internet. The second installment of our gigantic game club discussion is fueled by comments submitted on Patreon and we cover everything in the game from defeating Lord Kleavor to the ending and post...
2022-02-16 19:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about the big, exciting, new game from Guerrilla Games called Horizon Forbidden West on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Our copies of the game were provided by PlayStation. Then Kyle Hilliard talks about playing the campaign for Crossfire X from Remedy and Supraland Six Inches Under. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the show to answer great questions submitted by...
2022-02-16 18:46:49 +0000 UTC
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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 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...
- Horizon Forb...
2022-02-15 20:10:19 +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!
2022-02-14 21:18:52 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Horizon Forbidden West
- The Super Bowl
- The Lord of the Rings show on Amazon
- Trivia Tower: The Dark Souls of Trivia
- Open world design
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 reco...
2022-02-14 19:42:10 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews director Chihiro Fujioka about his amazing career in games, where he directed Super Mario RPG on the Super Nintendo, wrote Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, directed Tomato Adventure on the GameBoy Advance, and was a pivotal figure with the Mario and Luigi RPG series from AlphaDream. They talk about working with Shigeru Miyamoto, Geno in Super Smash Bros, and what it's like ...
2022-02-14 17:15:00 +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...
2022-02-14 15:34:03 +0000 UTC
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It's time to submit your comment on the rest of Pokémon Legends: Arceus! Just to be clear, if you aren't done with the game yet you can still submit a comment about what you've played so far. We'll also be covering the endgame content, but we'll segment it out for the back half of the discussion just in case you haven't finished that yet.
Don't write a long review, please keep your...
2022-02-13 14:03:44 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to a whole new episode of Max Spoilers! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund and Bryan Vore to unpack the full season of The Book of Boba Fett. Spoiler warning, obviously! We also spoil and discussion both seasons of The Mandalorian so you've been warned. Thanks, everybody!
You can watch the video version of our discussion here - https://youtu.be/LMOv4IyRRio
2022-02-10 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard talk about GhostWire: Tokyo from Tango Gameworks before diving into a big discussion on Sifu for the PlayStation 5. Then Jacob Geller and Sarah Podzorski join the show to break down the biggest news from the Nintendo Direct, like the Chrono Cross remaster, Kirby's surreal new swallowing abilities, and more. Then we answer wonderful questions from the community!
Help su...
2022-02-10 02:21:17 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, 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 10am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
- Sifu
- OlliOll...
2022-02-08 20:51:32 +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!
2022-02-07 19:51:40 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, we talk about Jackass Forever, our favorite studio visits of all time, why Charles McGregor can’t stop playing Valorant, and more! Kyle Hilliard and Jeff Marchiafava are on the show this week as well!
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. Part...
2022-02-07 19:19:34 +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...
2022-02-07 15:43:40 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang about working at Nintendo for over a decade in the public relations and original content department and how the creation of the regular YouTube series Nintendo Minute changed their lives. They talk about working closely with legendary Nintendo developers, the challenges of preserving Nintendo's history, the origins of the Nintendo Direct, less...
2022-02-04 17:16:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show and thank you for supporting us on Patreon ! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard review their time with Techland's open-world zombie game Dying Light 2 Stay Human. We also talk about the huge news that Sony purchased Bungie and run down the only big independent developers left in the game industry. Then we're joined by O'Dell Harmon Jr and Nikole Zivalich to talk about Game Freak's bold changes with ...
2022-02-02 23:50:48 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin create the best, most thorough discussion of Pokémon Legends: Arceus on the internet. Fueled by comments submitted on MinnMax's Patreon, this gigantic community game club has us talking about everything in Game Freak's new game on the Nintendo Switch up until you defeat the firs...
2022-02-02 18:20:57 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Pokémaniac guests O'Dell Harmon Jr and Nikole Zivalich. 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! W...
2022-02-01 20:08:30 +0000 UTC
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Did you hear CrossFade is back? Well, it is! And we’re kicking off Season 2 with none other than streamer, podcaster, and video game guy on the internet Dan Ryckert!

You know Dan from Fire Escape Cast, Panning the Stream, The Min...
2022-02-01 15:00:08 +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!
2022-01-31 20:38:50 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! In case you missed our announcement, MinnMax Council has been rebooted and is now "MinnMax Party Chat". On this first episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Marchifava, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and Leo Vader to share our live reaction to learning that Sony bought Bungie, talk about the Halo show, dive into Sarah's knowledge of Batman, and more!
If you join the $20 tier on Patreon, you can jump in and join the show either with your voice in the "Stage" on Discord or...
2022-01-31 19:43:15 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! As you probably saw in the big post, we're rebooting MinnMax Council and it's now called MinnMax Party Chat. Instead of just once a month, now every week we're taking calls and literally talking to you all about whatever you'd like! This is all happening through Discord and "Stages". If you look on the left-hand side, you'll see a voice room called MinnMax Party Chat. Jump in there, have your mic ready to go, and use the icon on the bottom to raise your "hand...
2022-01-31 17:12:15 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody, Ben Hanson here. It's time for some announcements! Thanks to your feedback, we're making some changes to MinnMax in 2022. Here's a breakdown of the new shows we're announcing...
MinnMax Party Chat - We're rebooting MinnMax Council. Our Patreon-exclusive podcast is now called MinnMax Party Chat and will be popping up as an audio download every Monday for $5 supp...
2022-01-31 16:50:14 +0000 UTC
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It's time to submit your comment on the opening hours of Pokémon Legends: Arceus! For the first discussion, we're covering everything in the game up through the first big boss fight for the first area... the one they call a "Lord". Please don't spoil anything after that boss fight.
Submit a comment below and please get specific. Don't write a long review, please ke...
2022-01-31 04:22:42 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, we announce which game we're tackling next for The Deepest Dive and then jump into our predictions for 2022. We talk about Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo's big year ahead and try to guess which news will pop out and surprise us. After that, we answer great questions submitted over on Patreon.
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2022-01-26 22:08:50 +0000 UTC
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For the fourth week in a row, Bonus Podcast was the community's pick for New Show Plus. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava return for a loose discussion about death, babies, Epic Mickey, our tabletop collections, Jackass, the new Batman theme, and more! You can join the Backstage Pass tier and vote for us to continue Bonus Podcast next week as well!
You can watch and share the video version here - htt...
2022-01-26 18:00:07 +0000 UTC
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We're celebrating GameFreak's new approach to Pokémon by kicking off a gigantic community game club discussion called The Deepest Dive! Join Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin for the best, thorough discussion of the game on the internet. We're going beyond any review or podcast discussion because we're collecting your comments on the game here on Patreon. You can always unlock the podcast version of the discussion...
2022-01-26 14:16:00 +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 10am Central on Wednesday.
On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...
- Our predictions...
2022-01-25 19:57:05 +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!
2022-01-24 20:49:39 +0000 UTC
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