In this MinnMax interview, Ben Hanson talks to his former boss Andy McNamara about his decision to leave behind his role as Game Informer's editor-in-chief for a new job out in Los Angeles, California. Andy shares his thoughts on the evolving media landscape, his passion for biking, and what he thinks about his incredible 29-year run at the world's biggest video game magazine.
You can check out the video version of the discussion here - 2020-07-07 15:30:59 +0000 UTC
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It's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday for The Great GOTY Hunt.
TrackMania - Ubisoft's long-running wacky racing game has a new version out, let's race some loops and have some fun.
Cellular Harvest - This indie ...
2020-07-06 21:50:10 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday at noon Central, we stream our exclusive Q&A for $20 supporters (the High Council) on Patreon. Then we share the audio version of that stream with you all!
If you want to join the High 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.
2020-07-06 18:11:47 +0000 UTC
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If you're playing The Last of Us Part II along with us for The Deepest Dive, now's your chance to submit a comment for us to read during our gigantic game club discussion airing on Wednesday on YouTube and the Patreon-exclusive podcast feed. The Deepest Dive for The Last of Us Part II features Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and HyperDot developer Charles McGregor.
Leave a specifi...
2020-07-06 15:46:43 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday at Noon Central, we stream an exclusive Q&A for supporters in the High Council. We’re happy to answer any and all questions about the future of MinnMax, our past, or the news of the day. 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!
2020-07-06 13:39:56 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork report on the conclusion of their June goals (weight loss and meditation) and share their new personal goals for the month of July. Then we take calls from the MinnMax community about streaming, cutting out alcohol, and learning how to play the piano. If you'd like to call in for the next show and share your goals, please consider supporting MinnMax at the High Council tier on Patreon.
You can also watch the video version here - 2020-07-03 14:51:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! At 6pm Central we're going live with the second episode of BetterQuest, our new call-in show about getting better with our former co-worker 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 High Council Discord channel and talking about the goal you're setting for yourself and reporting on June's goals as well. Then we can check back in at the start of next month!
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2020-07-02 20:51:05 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by former Game Informer intern O'Dell Harmon to talk about Andy McNamara leaving Game Informer and our favorite game of the year so far. We also run down the community's list of the Top 10 Cyborgs in video games!
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
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2020-07-02 00:52:16 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The Deepest Dive! MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and HyperDot developer Charles McGregor continue their in-depth discussion of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II. This discussion covers everything in the game from the start of Seattle Day 2 up to the end of Seattle Day 3, with no spoilers for anything beyond. We talk about our evolving thoughts on Joel, Ellie's quest for revenge, and how we're getting the hang of combat and gameplay. Also, we need to...
2020-07-01 16:15:59 +0000 UTC
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MinnTrax is our new music podcast hosted by Matt Helgeson and produced by Jason Dafnis where a guest has Helgeson review one of their favorite albums and vice versa. You can subscribe to MinnTrax on your favorite podcast app, new episodes are released every other Friday.<...
2020-06-30 19:39:23 +0000 UTC
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This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and former Game Informer intern O'Dell Harmon. 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.
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2020-06-30 16:18:09 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the first episode of Refreshed! Ana Diaz's show about highlighting the wonderful people, work, and ideas on the internet. On the first episode, Ana is joined by Insider's digital culture reporter Palmer Haasch to talk about the rise of K-pop as a music genre and its surprising impact on the world. If you prefer to watch the video version, you can find it ...
2020-06-29 20:04:54 +0000 UTC
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If you're playing The Last of Us Part II along with us for The Deepest Dive, now's your chance to submit a comment for us to read during the second part of our gigantic game club discussion airing on Wednesday on YouTube and the Patreon-exclusive podcast feed. The Deepest Dive for The Last of Us Part II will feature Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and HyperDot developer Charles McGregor...
2020-06-29 19:27:56 +0000 UTC
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It's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday for The Great GOTY Hunt.
No Straight Roads - This would be a preview build for an upcoming music-based action-adventure game directed by the lead designer of Final Fantasy XV.
Ninjal...
2020-06-29 18:25:15 +0000 UTC
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For the last Sunday of every month, we let folks at the High Council tier on Patreon call in to our Patreon-exclusive podcast MinnFAQs and ask us anything they want. For this month, we're joined by (former Game Informer and Giant Bomb employee) Dan Ryckert to compete in trivia and talk way too much about Taco Bell and Dr. Mario.
If you want to join the High 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 mon...
2020-06-29 17:35:21 +0000 UTC
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It's the last Sunday of the month, so here's our big call-in episode of MinnFAQs! On this month's episode, we're joined by former Game Informer and Giant Bomb employee Dan Ryckert. We’re happy to answer any and all questions about the future of MinnMax, our past, or the news of the day.
Thanks for your support, everybody!
Here's a link to the stream starting at 8pm Central - https://www.youtube.com/w...
2020-06-29 00:32:15 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody! Just a reminder that at 8pm Central this Sunday we'll have our monthly call-in episode of our Patreon-exclusive Q&A podcast called MinnFAQs. This month Ben Hanson will be joined by Dan Ryckert (formerly of Game Informer, formerly of Giant Bomb, formerly of not playing way too much Mario Party on Twitch) and we'll be answering any and all questions from folks at the High Council tier on Patreon. If you're at that tier, we'll be taking calls from the High C...
2020-06-26 14:58:08 +0000 UTC
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On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Sarah Podzorski to talk about her journey localizing games at 8-4 and a whole lot more. We cover the new Pokémon MOBA, some older games we've been playing, and run down the MinnMax's community's top 10 3D platformers of all time. We also get more serious and talk about the infuriating amount of harassment and abuse in the video game industry. Then we open up the Minnbox and awa...
2020-06-24 23:50:14 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and HyperDot developer Charles McGregor launch their gigantic community-fueled game club discussion of Naughty Dog's The Last Of Us Part II . Going beyond the average spoilercast discussion, were breaking the PlayStation 4 game up into multiple sections and discussing them in as much detail as we can thanks to your comments submitted on this Patreon! As always, if you enjoy the discussion please tell a friend about what we're doing here!...
2020-06-24 15:15:11 +0000 UTC
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This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, 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...
Crash Bandicoot 4
EA Play Live
Pokemon...
2020-06-23 18:30:59 +0000 UTC
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Ben Hanson interviews the creator of the incredibly popular co-op tabletop game Pandemic about the game's origins and what it's been like talking about the game during the real-world pandemic of COVID-19. Leacock is a wildly successful designer, also creating games like Forbidden Island. In this interview he explains the process of how he creates tabletop games and offers tips to newcomers interested in creating their own. We hope you enjoy the discussion!
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2020-06-23 16:15:01 +0000 UTC
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If you're playing The Last of Us Part II along with us for The Deepest Dive, now's your chance to submit a comment for us to read during our gigantic game club discussion airing on Wednesday on YouTube and the Patreon-exclusive podcast feed. The Deepest Dive for The Last of Us Part II will feature Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and HyperDot developer Charles McGregor.
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2020-06-22 20:27:46 +0000 UTC
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It's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday for The Great GOTY Hunt.
The Last Of Us Part II - We know that people are wary of spoilers, but we'd be starting a completely new game and jump in with the first hour to show off Naughty Dog's game ahead of The Deepest Dive.
2020-06-22 19:34:27 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday at noon Central, we stream our exclusive Q&A for $20 supporters (the High Council) on Patreon. Then we share the audio version of that stream with you all!
If you want to join the High 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.
The call-in episode is happening this Sunday (June 28th) at 8pm Central and will feature special guest Dan Ryckert! So now's your chance to us ask u...
2020-06-22 18:34:59 +0000 UTC
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Every Monday at Noon Central, we stream an exclusive Q&A for supporters in the High Council. We’re happy to answer any and all questions about the future of MinnMax, our past, or the news of the day. 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!
2020-06-22 15:36:25 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, Jeff Marchiafava, and Ana Diaz on to talk about the launch lineup for the PlayStation 5, share spoiler-free impressions for The Last of Us Part II, and unpack a surprising amount of Pokémon news.
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:25 - Star Wars: Squadrons
00:08:54 - More PlayStation 5 discus...
2020-06-18 01:03:24 +0000 UTC
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This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and Ana Diaz. 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...
- Spoiler-free The Last of Us Part II Im...
2020-06-16 20:13:46 +0000 UTC
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MinnTrax is our new music podcast hosted by Matt Helgeson and produced by Jason Dafnis where a guest has Helgeson review one of their favorite albums and vice versa. You can subscribe to MinnTrax on your favorite podcast app, new episodes are released every other Friday.<...
2020-06-16 16:20:32 +0000 UTC
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Ben Hanson interviews Shane Kim about his 20 years at Microsoft and the successes (Halo) and failures (red ring of death) of the Xbox's early years. Kim worked his way up in Microsoft to be the manager of Xbox game studios and eventually the corporate vice president of the interactive entertainment business before handing the reigns over to Phil Spencer. Kim then worked as a director at GameStop and eventually became the interim CEO before his retirement. We talk about what he learned from hi...
2020-06-16 16:01:18 +0000 UTC
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It's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday for The Great GOTY Hunt on Twitch. https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow
Among Trees - A beautiful looking survival sandbox game that just launched in early access on Steam.
2020-06-15 20:16:10 +0000 UTC
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