MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by his co-host Jeff Cork to share our personal goals for the month of October and take calls from the MinnMax community. We talk about spending more time with the family in a productive way, sending out anonymous friendship surveys, and spending more time writing. Jump in the Discord and share your own personal goal for October!
You can watch the video version right here - http...
2020-10-06 15:13:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! At 6pm Central we're going live with a new episode of BetterQuest, our call-in show about getting better with Jeff Cork. Each month we're setting goals for ourselves and we encourage the community to create ones for themselves as well, we'll be taking calls from the MinnMax Council Discord channel and talking about the goal you're setting for yourself and reporting on last month’s goals as well. Then we can check back in at the start of next month!
The video will be pub...
2020-10-05 20:53:41 +0000 UTC
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On this Friday's episode, the guest is Ana Diaz and we'll be reviewing Frank Ocean's album Blonde and King's album We Are King. You’re welcome to 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 we’ll read some of our favorites on the episode! Also, please leave a link to your current favorite song or a song you think is worth dis...
2020-10-05 20:44:57 +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!
Baldur's Gate 3 - Since the release of Baldur's Gate 2 in 2000, fans have been left in the dark. What happened to Baldur? Is his gate okay? All these questions and more will be answered when the newly reno...
2020-10-05 19:05:51 +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.
2020-10-05 18:08:11 +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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2020-10-05 13:33:07 +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 first Bowser boss fight through the second called Bowser in the Fire Sea. So in this discussion we talk about the ramping difficulty, Hazy Maze Cave, Lethal Lava Land, Shifting Sand Land, Dire, Di...
2020-10-02 17:27:42 +0000 UTC
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Lucky you! Getting to watch this video early! It's a weird one, very fun doing a parody again. Thanks to the Backstage Pass folks who joined me for the ride.
Enjoy before it goes live for everyone tomorrow, after which you'll enjoy it less because it was cooler before that!
2020-10-01 18:17:13 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Ana Diaz are joined by former Game Informer intern and freelancer Jill Grodt to talk about Genshin Impact, Among Us, and then break down the ten games that need to exist in the game industry. Then we get to some great community questions and more!
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
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2020-09-30 19:58:04 +0000 UTC
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It's a-Mario time... again! Submit your comment on the second section of Super Mario 64 for The Deepest Dive, covering everything in the game from the first Bowser fight through the second Bowser fight... so the basement levels, basically! For the next discussion airing next week we'll be covering everything else in the game.
Also, because we're continuing to grow, please keep your one ...
2020-09-30 16:45:00 +0000 UTC
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This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Ana Diaz, Leo Vader, and guest Jill Grodt. 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...
- What we want most from the game industry
- Among Us...
2020-09-29 18:00:04 +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!
Kirby Fighters 2 - Do you wish Smash Bros was JUST Kirby? Well apparently that game already came out. But this is the sequel to that game. And we could play it!
2020-09-28 19:03:44 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to MinnFAQs! On this special episode, we're joined for the first time ever by Kyle Hilliard to take dozens of wonderful questions from the community. We talk about Armored Core, planning for Extra Life, and where to get your gaming news.
Every Monday at noon Central, we stream our exclusive Q&A for $20 supporters (the MinnMax Council) on Patreon. 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 Minn...
2020-09-28 16:00:43 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday we record a Patreon-exclusive podcast called MinnFAQs where we take questions from the community about our past, MinnMax's future, the biggest gaming news, or anything else under the sun. On the last Sunday of every month, we have a call-in version of MinnFAQs where everybody at the $20 tier can call in through the MinnMax Council channel on Discord and talk to us directly.
This
2020-09-26 16:31:00 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday we record a Patreon-exclusive podcast called MinnFAQs where we take questions from the community about our past, MinnMax's future, the biggest gaming news, or anything else under the sun. On the last Sunday of every month, we have a call-in version of MinnFAQs where everybody at the $20 tier can call in through the MinnMax Council channel on Discord and talk to us directly.
This Sunday (September 27th) at 7pm Central, Ben Hanson will be joined by Kyle Hilli...
2020-09-26 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! From now until the end of September, Patreon supporters only get 30% off of all of MinnMax's merch by using the promo code "refreshed" at checkout. With the weather changing, we have plenty of warm hoodies in the store just for you. Aaaand in honor of The Deepest Dive on Super Mario 64, we just added a new shirt to celebrate everybody playing along with our community game club! Yes, that is the back of the shirt. Let us know what you think an...
2020-09-25 20:00:03 +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 up through the first Bowser fight. So in this discussion we talk about Mario's move-set, the camera, the castle, Bob-omb Battlefield, Whomp's Fortress, Jolly Roger Bay, Cool, Cool Mountain, and Big Boo's H...
2020-09-25 18:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode we're joined by friend of the show Jacob Geller to talk about his upcoming charity drive, Microsoft buying Bethesda, and much more. Then we're joined by the legendary Mary Kish from Twitch to answer questions from the community!
To jump to a particular discussi...
2020-09-23 23:23:06 +0000 UTC
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It's a-Mario time! Submit your comment on the first third of Super Mario 64 for The Deepest Dive, covering everything in the game up through the first Bowser fight! For the next discussion airing next week we'll be covering everything up through the second Bowser fight.
Also, because we're continuing to grow, please keep your one comment to around the length of a tweet. We want...
2020-09-23 13:16:41 +0000 UTC
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On this Friday's episode, we're flying guestless with producer Jason Dafnis and host Matt Helgeson giving each Metallica's Master of Puppets and Lucy Dacus' Historian to review. You’re welcome to 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 we’ll read some of our favorites on the episode! Also, please leave a link to your current favorite song ...
2020-09-22 19:18:25 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ana Diaz is joined by But Why Tho's host Kate Sánchez (@OhMyMithrandir) to talk about the rise of anime fandom in 2020 and why such a rough year has led to an increased interest in My Hero Academia, Food Wars, God of High School, and Haikyuu!!
You can watch the video version right here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P27jw31IUkg
Buy MinnMax merch here - 2020-09-22 18:15:59 +0000 UTC
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This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Mary Kish, Jacob Geller, 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...
- Hades
- Microsoft buying Bethesda
- More con...
2020-09-22 18:00:04 +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!
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (demo) - The Bandicoot Is Back. We could check out the demo of the upcoming platformer and explore its inventive new levels that MinnMax's Ben Hanson calls "the ban...
2020-09-21 19:05:15 +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. Then we share the audio version of that stream with you all! This week Leo Vader takes the reins and answers a slew of fun, thought-provoking questions from the community.
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.
2020-09-21 18:23:52 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday at Noon Central, we stream an exclusive Q&A for supporters in the MinnMax Council. Usually it's hosted by someone who knows something about anything, but with Hanson out of town we're trying something different!
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.
Than...
2020-09-21 15:02:14 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Suriel Vazquez have a spoiler-filled conversation about Marvel's Avengers from Crystal Dynamics and Square-Enix. They share their thoughts on the gameplay, evolution of Kamala Khan/Miss Marvel as a character, and the tragedy of MODOK. Let us know what you thought about the game in the comments below.
You can watch the video version of the discussion right here -
2020-09-18 20:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Introducing my most EFFICIENT (shortest) Watch Later yet! The fine folks who tuned in to the editing stream yesterday know this video used to be three minutes longer and I was a little unhappy with it. But I made some tough cuts and rewrites and I think you've got a better video because of it!
So please enjoy my pitch for THPS 1 + 2's excellent Speed Run mode! Thanks for your generous support!
2020-09-17 16:19:27 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! This episode is coming in hot with a lot of raw processing about the avalanche of PlayStation 5 launch details. We hope you enjoy the show and get ready for The Deepest Dive on Super Mario 64 next week, we'll be taking your comments on the first third of the game on Wednesday.
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:02 - The Deepest Dive on Super Mario 64
00:01:52 - The PlaySta...
2020-09-17 00:12:50 +0000 UTC
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This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, 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...
- The PlayStation 5 Showcase
- Spelunky 2
- Cras...
2020-09-15 17:20:02 +0000 UTC
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In this interview with MinnMax's Ben Hanson, legendary game designer Sid Meier reflects on his life and the process of writing Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games. We talk about the impact of Robin Williams on his career and how the developers of Civilization and XCOM at Firaxis have maintained such a healthy, positive studio throughout the years.
You can watch the video version here - https://www....
2020-09-15 16:08:39 +0000 UTC
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