Welcome back to BetterQuest, our monthly show about getting better and holding each other accountable! On this episode, Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork share the results of their January goals before taking calls from the MinnMax community and friend of the show Janet Garcia! To set a personal goal for yourself in February, jump into the channel on the MinnMax Discord and check out the pinned spreadsheet. 2021-02-05 18:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by their ol' pal Javy Gwaltney and special guest/voice actor extraordinaire Sarah Elmaleh (Gone Home, Anthem, Gears 5) to talk about the upcoming remaster of BioWare's Mass Effect trilogy. Then we talk about how well Resident Evil 7 holds up and the game's absolutely absurd DLC before unpacking the PlayStation 5-exclusive Destruction AllStars available now with PS Plus. Then we're joined by Jeff ...
2021-02-03 23:41:05 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and perhaps a guest! 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...
- Mass Effect: Legendary ...
2021-02-02 20:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello everybody! We've had a lot of fun with The Great GOTY Hunt streams on Twitch, but we all agreed it's time to change things up and make that slot even more fun and exciting. So we're officially replacing The Great GOTY Hunt with New Show Plus. Instead of just focusing on new games released, 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. The end result is that the ...
2021-02-01 22:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello everybody! We've had a lot of fun with The Great GOTY Hunt streams on Twitch, but we all agreed it's time to change things up and make that slot even more fun and exciting. So we're officially replacing The Great GOTY Hunt with New Show Plus. Instead of just focusing on new games released, 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. The end result is that the ...
2021-02-01 21:05:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Every Monday at noon we talk to the MinnMax Council about anything they want, then we post the podcast version in the Patreon-exclusive podcast feed. The last Sunday of every month is our big community call-in special, where everybody at that $20 tier can call in and podcast with us! On this episode, we're joined by the great Ana Diaz to talk about her new job and why she's stepping away from MinnMax...
2021-02-01 17:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody! Jump in the MinnMax Council channel on Discord and call in to talk to Ana Diaz and Ben Hanson at 6pm Central on Sunday, 1/31! We look forward to hearing your voices!
2021-02-01 00:03:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody! For the last Sunday of every month, we let everybody at the MinnMax Council tier ($20) call in to MinnFAQs and ask us anything under the sun or just talk about what they've been playing. This Sunday, January 31st at 6pm Central, Ben Hanson will be joined by Ana Diaz to talk about why she's stepping down from MinnMax stuff for a while to focus on her new, full-time job ...
2021-01-29 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Suriel Vazquez, Leo Vader, and the wonderful Ana Diaz to talk about Hitman 3, The Medium, Cyber Shadow, and Ana's big announcement that she'll be focusing on her new, full-time job for the near future and stepping away from MinnMax.
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:26 - Ana's announcement
00:03:49 - Hitman 3
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2021-01-27 21:56:13 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Ana Diaz, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez. 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...
- Ana's favorite games of all time...
2021-01-26 19:15:56 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks, it's Leo coming at you Patreon-style. It's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday at 12 PM Central for The Great GOTY Hunt!
Trials of Fire - Ahhh!!! Sorry, the concept of Fire Trials really scared me, I hope there's not anything even scarier below this. We could check out this early access card-based tactical battler, hot off b...
2021-01-25 20:14:46 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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!
This Sunday the 31st at 6pm, Ana Diaz and Ben Hanson will be taking calls from the MinnMax Council tier! Jump up and say hello, let's podcast together about whatever you'd like!
2021-01-25 19:15:26 +0000 UTC View Post
In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks to Adam Doherty and Dax Ginn about working on Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, and Arkham Knight before leaving Rocksteady Studios to form WhatBoy Games and create their deck-building tactical game (now available in early access on Steam) called Trials of Fire.
You can watch the video version of the interview right here - 2021-01-25 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
2021-01-25 14:41:46 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by Resident Evil superfan Alex Aniel (@CVXFreak) to break down the Resident Evil Showcase stream, the reveal of Resident Evil Village's gameplay, the announcement of the competitive game Resident Evil RE: Verse, and more. Then we talk about IO Interactive's Hitman 3 and Ana Diaz joins us to answer questions submitted by the community on Patreon!
To jump to a particular d...
2021-01-22 00:43:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow, took me long enough to make a VR video! And this sure isn't the one I expected to make first. I hope you enjoy this modern look at a not very modern game!
2021-01-21 22:44:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! A very smart viewer suggested posting these here once in a while, in case any of you fine people aren't in our Discord. That's where the posts for these exclusive Backstage Pass streams usually go, which I do bi-weekly before every Watch Later (embargoes permitting).
If you're not yet on Discord, it's a simple sign up (you don't have to download anything if you don't want to) and then just link your account in the Apps tab of your Patreon profile.
Thanks for your support no m...
2021-01-21 18:11:38 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava conclude their multi-part game club discussion of Cyberpunk 2077 from CD Projekt RED. In this discussion, we talk about Act 3 and the multiple endings. Going beyond the average spoilercast, we break down Johnny Silverhand's actions at the end of the game, the personality and choices of V, Panam, Judy, the best ending, the worst end...
2021-01-20 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo that we can cover the Resident Evil stream on Thursday, this week's episode of The MinnMax Show will be recorded and streamed live on YouTube for everybody on Thursday afternoon at 4:30pm Central. We're sorry that Patreon supporters won't be unlocking this week's episode early, but hopefully you enjoy the Resident Evil discussion!
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Ana Diaz, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez. It's your turn to make the show be...
2021-01-20 00:58:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks, it's Leo coming at you Patreon-style. It's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday at 12 PM Central for The Great GOTY Hunt! This week, we'll be playing each of these bad boys cooperatively!
Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos - The demo of this Zelda: Four Swords inspired Zelda: Four Swords clone is available now! That game was really...
2021-01-18 20:09:50 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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 MinnFAQs on the last Sunday of every month, you can support us at the $20 tier even if only for one month.
2021-01-18 19:10:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody! With the new year we've been talking about changing/adding some things here at MinnMax, and we'd love to hear your feedback on what type of content you'd like in the future. Vote for your favorite options (more than one is great!) in the poll below, or leave a comment with what you'd like to see in 2021.
As always, thanks for supporting independent games media! We couldn't create this stuff without you.
2021-01-18 16:15:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're finishing off The Deepest Dive into Cyberpunk 2077 by covering Act 3, the endings, and everything else under the sun.
Submit a comment on Cyberpunk 2077's Act 3 or anything else we missed in our other discussions, and please get specific. Don't write a long review, please keep your one comment to around the length of a tweet. We want to get to as many comments a...
2021-01-18 15:13:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
2021-01-18 14:53:40 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund and Bryan Vore for a fun spoilercast review of WandaVision's first two episodes on Disney Plus. We talk about the mystery it sets up, theories about what's going on, rave about Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen's acting, and talk about comparisons to Bewitched.
You can watch the video version of our discussion here - 2021-01-15 17:34:26 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Leo Vader, and special guest Janet Garcia run down our 5 most anticipated games of 2021 and also share picks from the community! Then Jeff Marchiafava and Ana Diaz join us for some great community questions.
Janet's Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Gameonysus
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
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2021-01-13 22:23:36 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava continue their multi-part game club discussion of Cyberpunk 2077 from CD Projekt RED. In this discussion, we talk about the main story/critical path missions from Act 2 of the game and even more discussion about sidequests. We talk about the importance of Judy and Panam, Takemura's personality, the parade mission, the introduction ...
2021-01-13 19:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Ana Diaz, and special guest Janet Garcia (formerly of IGN). 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...
B...
2021-01-12 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOn this Friday's episode of our music podcast CrossFade, the guest is Suriel Vazquez and it will be a special all about MF Doom. Specifically, we'll be talking about MF DOOM's Operation Doomsday and Madvillain's Madvillainy. 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...
2021-01-11 22:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year folks, it's Leo coming at you Patreon-style. It's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday at 12 PM Central for The Great GOTY Hunt! It's Demo Duesday tomorrow as we choose a game that's only available in demo form.
Fights in Tight Spaces (Demo) - This game seems to be based on that fight from Mission Impossible 5, blending t...
2021-01-11 19:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post