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.
2020-06-15 18:24:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
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2020-06-15 13:44:31 +0000 UTC View Post
We just wrapped up What Remains of Edith Finch and it's already time to kick off another round of The Deepest Dive! We're ready to savor and dissect everything that Naughty Dog has made for the world with The Deepest Dive on The Last of Us Part II. The Deepest Dive is a gigantic community game club discussion, where we break the game up until multiple sections and read insightful comments from the community as we go.
The first discussion will go live on Wednesday, June 24th 2020-06-12 14:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! It's a big episode this week as we're joined by Polygon's Mike Mahardy to break down Sony's gigantic reveal of a ton of games for the PlayStation 5 and the hardware itself. We hope you enjoy the show!
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:08 - Announcing the next Deepest Dive
00:05:40 - Every PlayStation 5 game reveal
01:17:55 - Command & Conquer Remastered Co...
2020-06-12 00:54:39 +0000 UTC View Post
At 3pm Central, we'll be streaming our reactions to Sony's reveal event for several games on the PlayStation 5. We'll shut up during the important bits, so please join Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez as we get our first big look at the next generation of games!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlm69ZK4pQs
We'll be recording and posing The MinnMax Show podcast right af...
2020-06-11 17:21:55 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The Deepest Dive! Folks at the $10 tier on Patreon voted for it, so here's our fun discussion all about Giant Sparrow's What Remains of Edith Finch from 2017. For this game club discussion, Ben Hanson and Ana Diaz are joined by Marcus Stewart and Jacob Geller to talk about death and generational trauma... you know, good video game stuff. If you enjoy this discussion, any help sharing The Deepest Dive with a friend is appreciated.
If you prefer to watch the video version,...
2020-06-10 17:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostBen Hanson speaks with Marcus Lehto from V1 Interactive about forging his own path and creating the new RTS-inspired FPS Disintegration and what it's like to try and finish developing a game during a pandemic. We also talk about his career at Bungie, from designing Master Chief to directing Halo: Reach. Marcus has a great perspective on Bungie's relationship with Microsoft throughout the years and how they were able to buy back their independence. We hope you enjoy the interview, you can alwa...
2020-06-10 15:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostBecause of the very exciting PlayStation 5 stream on Thursday at 3pm Central (which we'll be streaming out reaction to) we're delaying this week's podcast until Thursday evening.
But on this week's episode we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and guest Mike Mahardy. 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 ...
2020-06-09 17:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This Wednesday at 2pm Central, we're streaming the season finale of Photomode Snap! Leave a comment below with a screenshot that you took from any game ever and we'll review it on the show along with the MinnMax community. This isn't a special edition, so any game is eligible. Please only submit one screenshot and please leave the name of the game as well. We'll stop collecting scree...
2020-06-09 15:17:47 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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.
2020-06-08 23:02:55 +0000 UTC View PostIt's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday for The Great GOTY Hunt.
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection - Let's head back to the 90s and experience the classic RTS series' roots with the new remaster of the first game and Red Alert.
2020-06-08 22:29:26 +0000 UTC
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The community voted, so this Wednesday we'll be airing The Deepest Dive on What Remains of Edith Finch. What we need now is your insight! Leave a comment below with a very specific piece of feedback on the game, like your favorite line, room, sound effect. The more specific your comment is the higher the chances we'll read it during the discussion. Unlike previous Deepest Dives, please don't ...
2020-06-08 21:57:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
2020-06-08 14:46:26 +0000 UTC View PostIn addition to MinnMax's own charity drive, here's an archived stream of Ben Hanson hosting a GameSpot charity drive to raise money for Covid-19 Direct Relief and Black Lives Matter where we play an intense round of game case trivia with Kinda Funny's Blessing Adeoye Jr., GameRanx's Jake Baldino, Easy Allies' Brandon Jones, GameSpot's Alessandro Fillari, and MinnMax's very own Suriel Vazquez. GameSpot's charity drive is continuing throughout the next couple of weeks and the links to donate ar...
2020-06-05 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the first big episode of our new show BetterQuest! Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork share their personal goals for the month of June before taking calls from the MinnMax community about losing weight, learning Japanese, and creating art. BetterQuest also has a special guest appearance by friend of the show Dan Ryckert. 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.
Thanks for supporting MinnMax ...
2020-06-05 16:04:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody! At 7pm Central we're going live with the first 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. Then we can check back in at the start of next month!
The video will be public after the stream...
2020-06-04 22:40:29 +0000 UTC View PostHello and welcome to a new episode of The MinnMax Show podcast! Obviously it's an emotional week, but we wanted to do our best to add some positivity back into your day. On this week's episode, we're joined by former Game Informer editor Bryan Vore, the developer of HyperDot Charles McGregor, and Mar...
2020-06-03 22:58:43 +0000 UTC View Post
After two days of intense community voting by $10 supporters, What Remains of Edith Finch has won and will be the next Deepest Dive! We'll be playing through the game (which is around 2 hours long) and reading your comments about the experience. You can find What Remains of Edith Finch for $20 on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and on the Epic Game Store currently for half th...
2020-06-03 16:53:53 +0000 UTC View Post
If the world is bumming you out and everything you see online is frying your soul, here's an outlet for you! We just launched a new charity drive all about rebuilding the city of Minneapolis. We want to emphasize our support for the Black Lives Matter movement, which is why 100% of the proceeds for this fundraiser will go towards rebuilding the predominantly black neighborhoods that aren't getting as...
2020-06-02 22:52:48 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on the podcast, we'll be joined by Marcus Stewart and former Game Informer editor Bryan Vore. 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 our favorite E3 memories and also living in Minneapolis d...
2020-06-02 18:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time ever, we're letting the community decide The Deepest Dive! If you're at the $10 Patreon tier, even if only for a month, you get to vote on not only The Great GOTY Hunt streams but also The Deepest Dive! If you jump up to that tier, the post with the poll ending at midnight on Tuesday will unlock for you. Let me know if you have any questions.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/vote-for...
2020-06-01 21:22:16 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time ever, we're letting the community decide The Deepest Dive! The Deepest Dive is our community-fueled game club discussions that aim to be the best, most thorough discussions on the internet. Thanks for you continued support of MinnMax, we appreciate any help spreading the word about what we're doing here. All of the options below are between 2-3 hours long. This will be a one-episode discussion, airing on Wednesday, June 10th. Here are your ...
2020-06-01 20:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday for The Great GOTY Hunt.
Gunfire Reborn - Described as "Borderlands meets Risk of Rain", this FPS/RPG roguelite is in early access currently on Steam and people are really digging it so far.
On the final Sunday of the month, we stream a very special episode of MinnFAQs where we let each and every $20 supporter call in and podcast with us about whatever they want. On this episode, we talk about living in Minneapolis during this period of history, Shadow of the Colossus, and a whole lot more. Thanks to everybody that called in.
If you want to join the High Council and call-in to MinnFAQs on the last Sunday of every month, you can support us at the $20 tier even if only for on...
2020-06-01 14:31:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody! At 6pm Central, we'll be going live with our monthly call-in episode of MinnFAQs! We'll be pulling calls from the High Council channel on Discord, so jump in and get ready to talk about whatever you'd like or ask me anything under the sun.
If you can’t make it to the stream, feel free to leave your question here and we’ll answer it on the stream.
Thanks for your support, everybody!
2020-05-31 22:27:10 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to your support, Jeff Cork (former co-worker from Game Informer) and Ben Hanson are launching a new show called BetterQuest! BetterQuest is a monthly call-in show for folks at the High Council Patreon tier that's all about accountability for getting better. Every month we'll each pick an area of our lives to improve, like learning a new skill, improving personal relationships, or getting in shape, and check back in alongside the community on the progress. If you're at th...
2020-05-29 17:20:03 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show and thanks for your support! On this week's episode, we talk about The Last of Us Part II (without spoilers), Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath, and welcome Ana Diaz as a new official contributor to MinnMax! We hope you enjoy the show!
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:10 - The Last of Us Part II
00:10:15 - PlayStation 5 rumors
00:12:40 - Silent Hill DLC in Dead by Dayligh...
2020-05-28 00:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to the island! After months away, we brought the Animal Crossing crew back together to check back in on how everybody's doing with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. So on this episode, Ben Hanson is joined once again by Ana Diaz, Sarah Podzorski, and Kelsey Lewin to talk about turnips, terraforming, and what's wrong with Isabelle. We hope you enjoy this discussion, and please get ready for an interesting community for for the next Deepest Dive next week!
If you prefer to watch...
2020-05-27 16:01:31 +0000 UTC View PostThis 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...
- Minecraft Dungeons
- Maneater 2020-05-26 14:56:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week we let the community vote on a theme for the next special episode of Photomode Snap and you chose superheroes! So this Thursday at 3pm Central we're streaming the first ever live episode of Photomode Snap, and we'll be looking at each and every submission from the community!
Leave us a link to a screenshot you took from any superhero game and let us know the name of t...
2020-05-25 20:26:17 +0000 UTC View Post