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MinnMax Council - The Janet Garcia Community Call-In Special!

On the last Sunday of every month, we let everybody at the $20 MinnMax Council tier call in and podcast with us about whatever they want. This month we're joined by MinnMax's newest cohort Janet Garcia to take calls about baseball, The Force Awakens, Final Fantasy VI, Jak II, Pokémon cards, Janet's KFC birth, and some Nolan North trivia. It's a fun show and we hope you enjoy it. We look forward to hearing YOU call in on May 30th!

Buy MinnMax merch here - 2021-04-26 18:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Call In To MinnMax Council With Janet Garcia This Sunday At 6pm Central

We'd love to hear your voice! You can call in and podcast with Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia this Sunday, April 25th at 6pm Central. We'll be taking all calls from the MinnMax Council channel in the Discord. Jump on the line with any question under the sun or just talk about a game you've been enjoying recently, it's your show! Let me know if you have any questions about how it works, let's talk on Sunday!

Max Spoilers - The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Finale

MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Bryan Vore (@Bryan_Vore) and Ross Pfund (@areyoubadenough) for this spoilercast about the season finale for Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. We talk about the journey of Sam Wilson, Sharon Carter's surprises, our full thoughts on John Walker as US Agent, and a whole lot more.

You can watch the video version right here - 2021-04-23 18:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - Resident Evil Village, Before Your Eyes, It Takes Two Review

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Suriel Vazquez, and Jacob Geller to talk about finally getting to play Resident Evil Village, weigh in on It Takes Two, and rave about the new game Before Your Eyes. Then Leo Vader joins us to answer some wonderful questions from the community!

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:39 - Resident Evil Village

00:20:36 - R...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Jacob Geller. 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 this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...

- Resident Evil Village

- Befo...

MinnMax Interview - Jason Schreier On Breaking News, Game Reveals, And His New Book Press Reset

MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews reporter Jason Schreier about his new book on the unsustainable aspects of the game industry called Press Reset. Jason also talks about when reporting should break the news on game reveals, his transition from Kotaku to Bloomberg as a writer, the challenges of having a large platform on Twitter, and apparently a remake of Knights of the Old Republic happening at Aspyr Media.

You can watch and share a video version right here - 2021-04-20 16:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Submit Your Question Or Song For Our CrossFade Podcast!

On this Friday's episode of our music podcast CrossFade, the guest is Ben Hanson and we'll be talking about Girl Talk's Feed the Animals and Prince Paul's A Prince Among Thieves. Subscribe to the podcast in its own stand-alone feed and listen to the albums to get ready!

On every episode of CrossFade, we want to involve the Patreon community as much as possible. So please leave a question or discussion topic below and we’ll read some o...

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! 2021-04-19 19:06:59 +0000 UTC View Post

MinnMax Council - Shang-Chi Trailer Reaction, Kyle's Nobody Review, Sony's PS3 180

Hello everybody! This week Kyle Hilliard joins Ben Hanson to talk about Marvel's new trailer, the rules of Trivia Tower, and more.

Every Monday at noon 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 t...

MinnMax Interview - Why Fantasian Might Be Final Fantasy Creator Sakaguchi’s Final Game

MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews the creator of Final Fantasy Hironobu Sakaguchi from Mistwalker about his new RPG on Apple Arcade called Fantasian and how it was inspired by Final Fantasy VI. They also discuss Sakaguchi's history in Hawaii, directing Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, and why this is likely his final game.

Watch the video version here - https://youtu.be/HZ6ThZrR9Ns

Or you can watch the full, unedited...

Join The MinnMax Council Stream At Noon Central!

Every Monday at Noon 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.

Thanks for your support, everybody!

MinnMax Interview - John Dickerson On Min/Maxing The Presidency And His Favorite Video Games

Alright, here's an odd one. MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews John Dickerson from 60 Minutes, CBS News, former host of Face the Nation, and the Slate Political Gabfest about his latest book "The Hardest Job in the World" and what it takes to "min/max" the American presidency. Dickerson also talks about his history with video games, from working at Atari to his love for Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. We also talk about the upcoming release of Age of Empires IV from Relic and Microsoft. Bas...

New Merch Revealed For The Deepest Dive Universe!

Hi everybody, we're very excited to reveal our new merch design for The Deepest Dive! We hired the incredibly talented MinnMax community member Hugo Pereira to create a collage highlighting all of our choices for The Deepest Dives so far, the plan is to update the mural every year as well. You can get the design on a t-shirt, poster, phone case, and a whole lot more at MinnMax's merch store. Everything...