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Watch Ben And Janet Play Nintendo Switch 2 (Extended Version)

Thanks to your support on Patreon here, MinnMax has grown into a real gaming outlet and Nintendo invited Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia to the Switch 2 hands-on event in Los Angeles, California. Since it's all because of you, we thought it only fair to share the experience with you all in this travelogue-esque video showing off the event and our time playing Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Welcome Tour, Drag X Drive, and (most importantly) Welcome Tour again. We'll also be unpacking more ...

Watch Ben And Janet Play Nintendo Switch 2

Thanks to your support on Patreon here, MinnMax has grown into a real gaming outlet and Nintendo invited Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia to the Switch 2 hands-on event in Los Angeles, California. Since it's all because of you, we thought it only fair to share the experience with you all in this travelogue-esque video showing off the event and our time playing Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Welcome Tour, Drag X Drive, and (most importantly) Welcome Tour again. We'll also be unpacking more ...

Bonus Pod - Getting Deeper Into Blue Prince

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and Leo Vader to finally stop tiptoeing around spoilers and get right into the meat of what makes Blue Prince so special.

The first part of the conversation is lightly spoilery, discussing some early game puzzles and onboarding with tips for frustrated players. Then at 58:48 the real spoilers begin. Nothing that will ruin your experience, but much more open conversation about places ...

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus - NO HOLDS BARRED!

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. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in this quick video.

This week we're pulling out all the stops to give other shows a chance against the titan that is Scripted Podcast, including a very special Charge Shot! We're d...

Topics for This Week's Bonus Pod, Recording at 3pm CT!

What’s New this Week!

Bonus content time! Join MinnMax’s for its weekly Bonus Pod at 3PM CT!

This week we have Sarah, Leo and Haley! Diving even deeper into indie hit Blue Prince which we have all been playing and enjoying. To help with spoilers, here is how the episode will be structed:

• first half will be tips and tricks to aid those who are in the first few hours of the game and maybe feeling a little stick

• and second half will...

  2025-04-14 17:26:14 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - 2025's Best Game And Biggest Game

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader get together in the MinnMax Studio for a fun episode unpacking our spoiler-free thoughts on Blue Prince, South of Midnight, Inzoi, Schedule 1, and a whole lot more!

Help support MinnMax's supporters!

https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: HAPPYBIRTHDAYMRRESETTI

Subscribe to the Good Bad Billionaire podcast - 2025-04-09 22:42:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Writing And Performing The Perfect Deepest Dive - New Show Plus

Backstage Pass patrons voted for this show for a third time! So now MinnMax's Haley MacLean, Kelsey Lewin and Janet Garcia turn the tables on Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller and Leo Vader by writing them the most insightful Deepest Dive ever on Plok that is also full of the understated, witty humor the three are known for. You can watch the video version on YouTube here (where New Show Plus is posted every Wednesday), or check...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

Hey everybody, this week at MinnMax we have a fun opportunity for folks in the Minneapolis area posted in the Discord channel and Ben and his childhood best friend Ronnie posted their marathon playthrough of the excellent Split Fiction - https://youtu.be/sua9iZVEfag

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have ...

Bonus Pod - Blue Prince & Dog DNA - A Classic Community Call-In Episode

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is taking calls from community members at the MinnMax Council tier to discuss...

• the reveal of Haley's dog Sable's DNA

• how Pew Pew Bang got its name

• the Discord's upcoming Indie Game Club (and how to be a part of it)

• a classic Bob Buel trivia game

• Blue Prince - GOTY material? (a super quick no-spoilers chat)

• the growing lack of sympathy for game piracy

2025-04-07 22:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

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. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in this quick video.

So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create tomorrow on New Show Plus!

2025-04-07 18:10:43 +0000 UTC View Post

The MinnMax Show - Switch 2 Direct, Donkey Kong Bananza, From Software's Duskbloods

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader unpack all of their thoughts and emotions on the big Nintendo Direct all about the Nintendo Switch 2. Then we answer your wonderful questions submitted here on Patreon!

Help support MinnMax's supporters!

https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: HAPPYBIRTHDAYMRRESETTI

To jump to a particular discussion, check out t...

Writing And Performing The Perfect Pew Pew Bang - New Show Plus

On this community-voted continuation of last week's episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader, but if it's problematic mostly Ben Hanson, convene to write an exciting segment for a new Pew Pew Bang episode before being joined by every member of the Pew Pew Bang crew for a live readthrough. We thought it worked for an audio version, but you can also 2025-04-02 19:58:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

Hey everybody, big day coming up tomorrow. We'll be reacting live to the Nintendo Direct fully revealing the Switch 2 at 8am Central on YouTube, here's a link - https://youtube.com/livez6TvhoV_w?feature=share

Have we mentioned the new episode of Pew Pew Bang is live? Subscribe to Kelsey, Sarah, Janet, and Haley's podcast on your favorite podcast app or watch and share it on YouTube for a video game s...

Bonus Pod - JeffM's Debut, A Real Chat About Game Informer, Survivor Tabletop Review

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson and Bonus Pod first-timer Jeff Marchiafava to talk through some of the more controversial elements of the exciting Game Informer revival. They talk about...

• our complicated feelings on the big GI comeback

• the logistics of producing a magazine

• where JeffM slept as a baby boy

• GI's new parent company Gunzilla and their NFT projects

• GI's old parent company G...

  2025-04-01 00:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

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. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in this quick video.

Our Scripted Podcast show was a huge hit last time, so to kee...

The MinnMax Show - Game Informer Revived, PlayStation's New FPS, Wildgate Revealed

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the miraculous revival of Game Informer magazine and Kyle's return as its executive editor, the PlayStation-published new first-person party shooter called Midnight Murder Club, more thoughts on Assassin's Creed Shadows, and former Blizzard developers getting together to create the sci-fi Sea of Thieves-esque Wildgate. Then Game Informer's editor-in-chief Matt Miller joins the podcast to answer community questions a...

Writing And Performing The Perfect Podcast Segment - New Show Plus

On this week's New Show Plus, Backstage Pass patrons voted for Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Haley Maclean to write the most perfectly viral podcast segment imaginable for Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Korgus to perform live.

We thought it worked well enough for the audio feed, but you can watch and share the video version here!

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and GAME INFORMER editor-in-chief Matt Miller. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit will ship out the great prize below for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.

Bonus Pod - Recapping GDC (And Beyond)

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Sarah Podzorski and Janet Garcia to relive their wild week traveling together for Game Developers Conference! They talk about...

• fave GDC summits

• the spirited tale of how Haley lost her phone in an Uber (and what happened thereafter)

• the MinnMax meetup

• the GDC concert

• the IFG/GDC Awards

2025-03-24 22:53:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

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. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in this quick video.

So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus airing Tuesday on Twitch!

2025-03-24 17:33:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Take A Tour Of GDC 2025 With MinnMax's Travelogue

Directly because of your support on Patreon here, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Janet Garcia were able to attend the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco last week. Since it's all thanks to your support, we created this travelogue to share the full experience with you! It's like a free pass to the event, hopefully. We attend developer panels, visit Kinda Funny, record a podcast ...

Take A Tour Of GDC 2025 With MinnMax's Travelogue (Extended Version)

Directly because of your support on Patreon here, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Janet Garcia were able to attend the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco last week. Since it's all thanks to your support, we created this travelogue to share the full experience with you! It's like a free pass to the event, hopefully. We attend developer panels, visit Kinda Funny, record a podcast ...

The MinnMax Show - Assassin's Creed Shadows, Atomfall, GDC's Best Games

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, and special guest Charles Harte share their full thoughts on Ubisoft's incredibly important release of Assassin's Creed Shadows before we unpack Rebellion's new IP Atomfall and more. Then Sarah Podzorski and Haley MacLean join to share highlights from GDC 2025, including Sarah's panel about marketing Fields of Mistria. Then we answer your community questions!

Help support MinnMax's supporters!

2025-03-21 20:04:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

Since Ben, Haley, Sarah, and Janet are at GDC (Game Developer's Conference) in San Francisco this week, The MinnMax Show podcast will be up on Friday for everybody. We apologize for the delayed recording.

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, and Charles Harte. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, ne...

The MinnMax Show - Death Stranding 2, Wanderstop, Suriel Made A Game!

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller are joined by former cohort Suriel Vazquez to talk about the new trailer for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Wanderstop, and the game Suriel just shipped as the narrative lead: Merchants of Rosewall! Then we're joined by Kelsey Lewin and Charles Harte to talk about some of the high-level enjoyment and frustrations in Monster Hunter Wilds. We also talk about the fusion of Balatro and Mahjong that (believe it or not) JeffM...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and returning champion Suriel Vazquez. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit will ship out the great prize below for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.

On this week’s episo...

Bonus Pod - Planning For GDC 2025

This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson to talk about their upcoming trip to GDC 2025 as they map out the content coming and the panels they want to attend to learn more from game developers.

Here’s a link to the video version of this episode! - https://youtu.be/sTqHKyj8T8M

Thanks so much for supporting and unlocking Bonus Pod. You can call into future episodes of Bonus Pod via D...

Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!

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. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in this quick video.

So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus airing Tuesday on Twitch!

2025-03-10 18:08:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Max Spoilers - Boyhood

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and our friend and former Game Informer co-worker Jeff Cork unpack Richard Linklater's masterpiece from 2014 called Boyhood. The film follows the journey of a boy over 12 years in his life, filming a little bit every year to chronicle him actually aging along with his family. This is Janet's first time seeing the movie. We hope you enjoy this odd edit...

Contribute An Auction Item To 2025's Give To The Max Charity Stream!

Hey everybody, we're a long ways off from our big Give To The Max charity stream happening in the fall but I wanted to plant some seeds early. Every year folks from the community donate amazing items for us to auction off for charity. We don't ask for them, but they happen anyway. Items like former Game Informer...