Thanks to your support, we've had a great year here at MinnMax. In this video, we take a look back at the highlights and best moment from our year with Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava. We show clips from Trivia Tower, The MinnMax Show podcast, MinnMax Council, The Deepest Dive, BetterQuest, and more. Let us know if you have any feedback or questions about 2021 in the comments below and thanks again for supporting independent games medi...
2021-12-27 17:16:01 +0000 UTC
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It's time to build the list of our favorite games of 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski create a list of Game of the Year contenders before they start whittling it down to The Two Tens. We debate Psychonauts 2, Death's Door, The Forgotten City, Bravely Default 2, and a whole lot more on this episode. We'll be back next week with a new episode to rank and finalize the list. If you enjoy the show, any help sharing...
2021-12-22 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson put together Tim Schafer from Double Fine and Hazelight Studios' Josef Fares to talk about Psychonauts 2, It Takes Two, and designing a great platformer in 2021. They cover a lot of ground, like comparing development timelines, sharing advice on making a sequel, and weighing the pros and cons of staying independent.
Watch and share the video version here - 2021-12-20 17:15:59 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Bryan Vore and Ross Pfund to unpack Marvel and Sony's Spider-Man: No Way Home and spoil everything in the film. We talk about the returning villains, the surprises, the ending, the post-credits teasers, and everything else.
You can also watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/YLovjJ5_K-o
Follow us on Twitch - 2021-12-18 18:06:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to The MinnMax Awards for 2021! On this episode, we're celebrating the best from gaming this year by nominating and debating the winners for a handful of special categories. We have a full crew on this episode, with Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski. We hope you enjoy the discussion, for the next two episodes we'll be debating the best games of the year by creating a list that's the "Two Tenns". Be sure to check out the tim...
2021-12-16 05:48:08 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and Wade Wojcik kick off their big multi-part game club discussion of Halo Infinite's campaign from 343 Industries. With The Deepest Dive, they're creating the best, most thorough discussion of Halo Infinite's campaign on the internet and it's fueled by comments by Patreon supporters. This discussion covers everything in the game ...
2021-12-14 17:15:00 +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!
2021-12-13 19:47:57 +0000 UTC
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Since this will be the last episode of MinnMax Council for the year, it's our big community call-in episode! Ben Hanson takes calls about our Game of the Year lists, designing Trivia Tower, and a whole lot more. We hope you enjoy the discussion!
Every Monday at 12pm Central, we stream our exclusive Q&A for $20 supporters (the MinnMax Council) on Patreon and they can ask us anything under the sun. Then we share the audio version of that stream with you all!
2021-12-13 19:24:45 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday at 12pm Central, we stream an exclusive Q&A for supporters in the MinnMax Council. We're holding our monthly call-in episode early, so today you can call in via the Discord to ask anything under the sun.
We’re happy to answer any and all questions about the future of MinnMax, our past, or the news of the day in the chat. If you can’t make it into the chat during the stream, feel free to leave your question here and we’ll answer it on the stream.
Thanks for y...
2021-12-13 15:23:12 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard recently attending a private virtual preview of Square-Enix's Forspoken, their upcoming open-world action RPG. We learned more about the story of Frey, world of Athia, and the city of Cipal. We also saw plenty of new gameplay featuring the impressive action combat and the wild traversal they call magic parkour. In this preview, we also talk about the project's d...
2021-12-13 14:01:02 +0000 UTC
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It's time to submit your comment on the opening of Halo Infinite! For the first discussion, we're covering everything in the campaign up until the Pelican crashes in the mission called Pelican Down. It's the original campaign demo from 2020.
Submit a comment below and please get specific. Don't write a long review, please keep your one comment to around the length of a tweet
2021-12-12 17:32:44 +0000 UTC
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Please join MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Voidburger from Giant Bomb this Sunday at 7pm Central for an intense round of video game trivia! The competition happens in the MinnMax Discord, there's a link below. If you answer correctly, you move on to the next floor of Trivia Tower. For this episode only, we're giving away a game code if you make it to the 2nd floor, 3rd floor...
2021-12-11 21:42:42 +0000 UTC
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In this live episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski are joined by Bryan Vore to break down the biggest reveals from The Game Awards. We highlight the biggest games shown off during Geoff Keighley's event, like a Wonder Woman game from Monolith, a new Elden Ring trailer, Sonic Frontiers, The Matrix Awakens tech demo, and a whole lot more. Then we talk about Halo Infinite's campaign and Sarah's time with Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker before answering wond...
2021-12-10 20:57:00 +0000 UTC
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Heads up, folks! With The Game Awards on Thursday night at 7pm Central (we're streaming reactions, by the way), we're delaying the podcast recording this week until Friday. It'll be a live episode on YouTube at 12pm Central.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Bryan Vore. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, topic, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below!...
2021-12-07 23:28:45 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork take calls from the community about getting better and set new personal goals for the month of December.
You can watch and share the video version of BetterQuest right here - https://youtu.be/Bq5fNElMTM4
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:17:40 - Jeff Cork's big goal of a great day with his kids
00:24:30 - ...
2021-12-07 03:06:33 +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!
2021-12-06 23:43:51 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday at 12pm Central, we stream our exclusive Q&A for $20 supporters (the MinnMax Council) on Patreon and they can ask us anything under the sun. Then we share the audio version of that stream with you all!
If you want to join the MinnMax Council and even call-in to the show on the last Sunday of every month, you can support us at the $20 tier even if only for one month.
Join the Thank You Crew over on Patreon to add your name to this list! 2021-12-06 19:02:12 +0000 UTC
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Here at MinnMax we're creating the best, most thorough discussion about Halo Infinite on the internet... and we need your help! We're breaking Halo Infinite's campaign up into two parts so we can go much more in-depth with our discussion than a standard video review. The panel for The Deepest Dive will be Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, and Wade Wojcik.
The first discussion will cover everything in the game up until the Pelican crashes in a mission c...
2021-12-06 16:25:04 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday at 12pm Central, we stream an exclusive Q&A for supporters in the MinnMax Council. We’re happy to answer any and all questions about the future of MinnMax, our past, or the news of the day in the chat. If you can’t make it into the chat during the stream, feel free to leave your question here and we’ll answer it on the stream.
Here's another link to the stream - https://youtu.be/vVHTG2-x1Aw
2021-12-06 14:52:19 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! If you listened to our Patreon-exclusive podcast MinnMax Council you've probably heard me (Ben Hanson) mention a passion project video essay I've been working on for a while. Well, here it is! I wanted to explore what it's like to be a fan of an absurd game like Konami's Sunset Riders for 30 years and how one's fandom can evolve over time. It's a strangely personal video essay, so I hope you all enjoy it.
Any help sharing this video essay is appreciated! 2021-12-03 17:10:13 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and special guest Jacob Geller are joined by the master of music (and host of Level with Emily) Emily Reese to break down our favorite game music tracks from 2021. I'm sure we all missed some great games and music, so feel free to leave any biggies in the comments for other folks to find. Then we talk about Solar Ash and Exo One before answering great questions from the community!
Check out our guest's ...
2021-12-01 23:17:10 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and special guest Emily Reese! It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, topic, 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 ...
2021-11-30 21:09:33 +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!
2021-11-29 20:07:38 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the big community call-in episode of MinnMax Council! If you're a $20 supporter you can ask any question you want every week for the show and even call in on the last Sunday of every month! We'd love to hear from you next month.
On this episode, Ben Hanson takes calls from the community about the Spider-Man films, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond's difficulty, Survivor, and Peter Jackson's documentary on The Beatles called Get Back. We hope you enjoy the discussion and we hope you'...
2021-11-29 18:01:59 +0000 UTC
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In this interview, MinnMax's Ben Hanson talks to Guardians of the Galaxy's senior narrative director Mary C. De Marle and senior creative director Jean-Francois Dugas from Eidos Montreal about their experience developing the new Marvel game. We talk about the game's marketing, the best reactions from the community, and the details of the writing process. Then we dive into spoilers and get specific about secret characters and late-game revelations, everything is timestamped below for your conv...
2021-11-29 17:14:17 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! Thanks for supporting us at the MinnMax Council tier, we greatly appreciate it! Tonight (Sunday) at 7pm Central, you can call in via the MinnMax Council Discord channel to talk to Ben Hanson about whatever you want. The floor is yours.
We look forward to hearing from you! Let us know if you have any questions about how the call in works!
https://youtu.be/5dydDGcqIkg
2021-11-28 17:15:59 +0000 UTC
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Every year there's so much to be thankful for in the world of video games, so each year Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jeff Cork, and Jeff Marchiafava get together and celebrate the year with jokes. This year we fully randomized who's telling which joke, and we also pulled great jokes from the MinnMax community about Resident Evil Village, Deathloop, Metroid Dread, and more. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
You can watch and share the video version here!
2021-11-25 16:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode. Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard share their picks for some overlooked great games from 2021 and also talk about the news that Harmonix is now owned by Epic Games. Then we're joined by previous guests Nikole Zivalich (previously on the Weekend Confirmed podcast) and 2021-11-24 22:43:23 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Bryan Vore, and Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund break down the first two episodes of Marvel's Hawkeye on Disney Plus. We hope you enjoy the discussion!
You can watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/Z3p-0vMIeoY
Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow
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2021-11-24 16:55:35 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and returning guests O'Dell Harmon Jr and Nikole Zivalich. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, topic, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our...
2021-11-23 20:42:15 +0000 UTC
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