This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Ana Diaz, 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...
- Immortals: Fenyx Rising
- Doom Eternal DLC
- Po...
2020-10-27 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Suriel Vazquez joins forces with YouTube essay extraordinaire Jacob Geller, writer and video artist Yussef Cole, and former Kotaku writer Heather Alexandra to have a gigantic, spoilercast discussion of Hades from Supergiant Games. They talk about the ending of Zagreus' story, why the writing works so well, and the endgame gameplay in general.
You can watch the video version of the discussion here - https://youtu....
2020-10-27 18:16:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey 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!
Disc Room - We could explore this mysterious room and find out what mysterious circles dwell within... it's a fast-paced Meat Boy-esque title that will guarantee some accidental cusses from your boy.
2020-10-26 18:59:53 +0000 UTC
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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. And on the last Sunday of every month we open up the phone lines and take all calls from the MinnMax Council! On this October call-in episode, we have a couple of new voices from the community and they're great to hear! If you want to join the MinnMax Council and even call-in to MinnFAQs on the last Sunday of every month, you can support...
2020-10-26 17:15:01 +0000 UTC
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This is it, folks. The big one. This week we're talking John Carpenter's The Thing from 1982 and we need your comments to fuel our discussion! Because we're continuing to grow, please keep your one comment to around the length of a tweet. We want to get to as many comments as possible. We hope you understand.
Please submit a comment below with your specific thoughts
2020-10-26 16:24:33 +0000 UTC
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At 6pm Central Ben Hanson will be going live with our monthly call-in episode of MinnFAQs! He'll be taking calls from the MinnMax Council Discord channel and answering any of your questions or just talking about games with you, the floor is yours.
Then on Monday we'll release the podcast version of MinnFAQs for $5 supporters.
Thanks for your support, everybody! And happy anniversary!
2020-10-25 15:37:34 +0000 UTC
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On this episode of Refreshed, Ana Diaz is joined by Mashable's Morgan Sung to explain TikTok and why it's such a novel social media experience. They talk about how to get the most out of the platform and why it's more than just tweens dancing.
You can watch the video version of Refreshed right here - https://youtu.be/PiPX4ebOkYw
2020-10-23 23:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody, Ben Hanson here. One year ago we launched MinnMax and it was terrifying. Quitting my dream job for the vague idea of creating a place about games, friends, and getting better could be seen as absurd, but thanks to you all for catching us after our big leap. This is now a dreamier job.
We've had an incredible year and we can't thank you enough. Thanks to your support we've added Ana Diaz and Leo Vader to the crew and also created new shows like BetterQuest, CrossFa...
2020-10-23 18:18:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we're celebrating MinnMax's first year by having Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava on to stroll down memory lane, talk about babies, Mario Kart Live, Amnesia: Rebirth, and a whole lot more.
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:48 - JeffM's baby talk
00:14:16 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
00:18:57 - Hades
2020-10-22 01:58:13 +0000 UTC
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We're back with the first ever cross-media take on The Deepest Dive! This time, we're tackling The Thing. You're probably familiar with John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing, but with The Deepest Dive we're spreading things out and covering the full history and every version of the story.
In the first discussion, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Mike Mahardy, and Javy Gwaltney talk about the 1938 short st...
2020-10-21 18:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! It's hard to believe that MinnMax is now one year old! It's been an unbelievable journey and we can't thank you enough for your support. On September 19th and October 7th, we got together to talk about what MinnMax could be and we also recorded our conversations. This audio is pretty raw and dry (read boring), but since you're at the Backstage Pass tier we're guessing that you enjoy peeks behind the curtain.
I'm sure a lot of the discussions will be confusing, so ...
2020-10-20 18:13:28 +0000 UTC
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This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, and Leo Vader. The plan is to have JeffM on in the beginning as well, but he'll be on baby duty before community questions. 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...
2020-10-20 18:01:00 +0000 UTC
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This Friday’s episode is a Van Halen Special with guest Greg Renoff, author of “Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal”. We'll be reviewing the albums Van Halen and 1984, you can listen to the albums ahead of time!
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...
2020-10-19 20:31:00 +0000 UTC
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This week we're kicking off The Deepest Dive on The Thing and we need your comments to fuel our discussion that'll air on Wednesday. For the first discussion Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Javy Gwaltney, and Mike Mahardy are tackling the original 1948 short story Who Goes There? by John W Campbell and the 1951 film The Thing From Another...
2020-10-19 19:55:54 +0000 UTC
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Hey 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!
Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin (Preview) - We could take an early look at this action farming sim ahead of release next month! I'm on board for the adorable 3D graphics, looks just right for slaughtering monster...
2020-10-19 19:08:46 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! 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 MinnFAQs on the last Sunday of every month, you can support us at the $20 tier even if only for one month.
2020-10-19 19:03:21 +0000 UTC
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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!
2020-10-19 14:19:29 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patreon supporters! If you've been listening to BetterQuest, you know that I've been working on a documentary for a while now... and it's finally done! It's called Trailheads: The Oregon Trail's Origins. With the first documentary from MinnMax, we travel back to 1971 to tell the surprising story of how a college project from Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger, and Don Rawitsch was donated to the state of Minnesota and its organization MECC and went on to become one of the most celebrated...
2020-10-16 16:29:00 +0000 UTC
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My second Watch Later about Lord of the Rings! Nerd alert!
Enjoy this sneak peek before it goes live for everyone tomorrow!
2020-10-15 18:00:26 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode we're joined by GameSpot's video producer Jake Dekker to walk through the launch of the next-gen systems and the stand-out games along the way.
It's a bit ahead of schedule but here's a link for our next charity drive in conjunction with our upcoming documentary on The Oregon Trail! https://www.givemn.org/story/Oregontrail
To jump to a par...
2020-10-14 21:46:39 +0000 UTC
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This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, and Leo Vader. 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...
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Next-Gen Launch Games
- The state of VR
2020-10-13 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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To gear up for Halloween, we're shaking things up and are proud to announce The Deepest Dive on The Thing! Obviously we can't limit the conversation to just John Carpenter's masterpiece horror film from 1982. With The Deepest Dive, we're creating the best, most thorough discussion of The Thing on the internet and we need your help! We'll be reading your comments submitted on Patreon throughout the three-week discussion covering...
10/21 - The short story Who Goes There?...
2020-10-13 16:16:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey 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!
Airborne Kingdom (Preview) - We can take an early look at this blend of management and exploration that might give Spiritfarer a run for its money.
2020-10-12 19:02:00 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ana Diaz is joined by Sarah Podzorski (@sarahpodz) to talk about the rise of anime overlays on YouTube and why VTubers (virtual YouTubers) are becoming so popular. In their discussion they talk about the origins of virtual entertainers with Hatsune Miku and even Disney's Turtle Talk with Crush. You can watch Refreshed liv...
2020-10-12 18:15:00 +0000 UTC
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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 MinnFAQs on the last Sunday of every month, you can support us at the $20 tier even if only for one month.
2020-10-12 18:11:05 +0000 UTC
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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!
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2020-10-12 13:10:27 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Ana Diaz are joined by Twitch star Dan Ryckert and best friend Ronnie in this gigantic community-fueled game club discussion of Super Mario 64! We're breaking the beloved Nintendo 64 3D platformer up into three sections/discussions, with this one covering everything from the second Bowser fight through the ending. So in this discussion we talk about collecting 120 stars, Snow...
2020-10-09 17:15:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's show, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez discuss the best in gaming this week and then we're joined by friend of the show Sarah Podzorski to answer your community questions!
You can follow Sarah on Twitch here - https://www.twitch.tv/sarahpodz
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - ...
2020-10-08 03:39:45 +0000 UTC
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It's a-Mario time... for the last time! Submit your comment on the final section of Super Mario 64 for The Deepest Dive, covering everything in the game from the second Bowser fight to the grand finale!
Also, because we're continuing to grow, please keep your one comment to around the length of a tweet. We want to get to as many comments as possible. We hope you understand.
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2020-10-07 15:52:21 +0000 UTC
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This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, and Sarah Podzorski. 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...
- Crash Bandicoot 4
- Star Wars Squadrons
...
2020-10-06 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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