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MinnFAQs - Animal Crossing, Launching MinnTrax, Cancelling The Next Community Meetup

Welcome back to MinnFAQs, our weekly Q&A for $20 supporters on Patreon! Starting with the relaunch, we now release the audio version for $5 supporters every Monday. So here's a fresh take on the state of the world... but we try to stay positive!

We hadn't officially announced it, but wanted to let you folks know that the community meetup for the spring and the connected charity won't be happening. We'll keep the same charity and community meetup structure for the summer though, so p...

Join Us For The MinnFAQs Stream At Noon Central

It's been a wild week, so let's all unpack things together. At 12pm Central, I'll be going live to answer any question you have about the relaunch or how the virus affects MinnMax. If you can't make it to the stream leave a comment here and I'll answer it right away!

Thanks, everybody!

https://youtu.be/sq3fcsfRmA4

The First Episode Of MinnTrax, Featuring James Brown Vs. Nas Is Now Live!

In case you missed the news, Matt Helgeson (former host of The Game Informer Show) is hosting a new podcast on the MinnMax podcast network called MinnTrax! It's a dueling album review show about expanding your musical horizons, and the first episode is now live!

The podcast is in a stand-alone feed, so please subscribe to it on your favorite podcast app and check it out! If you enjoy the episode, please leave a review as well! 2020-03-13 17:57:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Get Ready For The Deepest Dive On Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Sometimes the world can be a scary place, so we're here to help. We're officially announcing that the next Deepest Dive from MinnMax will be covering Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch! The Deepest Dive is a game club, where we play through the game together and read as many specific comments from the community as possible to have the best, most thorough discussion about Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the internet! The first episode of The Deepest Dive will air on March 25...

The MinnMax Show - Call Of Duty: Warzone, Ori, E3's Cancelation

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode we cover Call of Duty's new battle royale, the incredible achievement of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and the stunning news that E3 2020 has been canceled. In the second half of the show, we're joined by the former host of The Game Informer Show Matt Helgeson to promote his new music podcast on the MinnMax network called MinnTrax! Please subscribe to it here!  2020-03-12 02:34:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Submit Your Question, Topic, Or Song For MinnTrax!

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.

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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week on the podcast, we'll be joined by Matt Helgeson! He's the former host of The Game Informer Show podcast and recently announced host of MinnMax's first new podcast in the podcast network MinnTrax! You can click here to subscribe to this dueling album review podcast, the first full episode is coming up on Friday. We'll also have a post looking for MinnTrax questions going live tomorrow morning, so save your best music questions for that one.

It'...

Announcing The Celebration Of Final Fantasy VII

MinnMax is proud to announce The Celebration Of Final Fantasy VII, our own compilation of fun content to get ready for Final Fantasy VII Remake's release on April 10th. Here's the plan...

- We're finishing our playthrough of Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII on PlayStation 2.

- Recording a Patreon-exclusive commentary track for Advent Children: Final Fantasy VII.

- Streaming all of Midg...

Choose What We Stream On The Great GOTY Hunt!

It's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday for The Great GOTY Hunt. This week it's between...

Call of Duty: Warzone - The new battle royale dropping tomorrow.

And the final version of the community-created remake of Half-Life 1.

Cho...

MinnFAQs - Revealing The Big Relaunch

Today is a big day for MinnMax! We posted an update running down all of the changes coming to the Patreon and beyond, and one of those changes includes launching the audio version of MinnFAQs on Mondays after the stream concludes for the $20 supporters! On this episode of MinnFAQs, Ben Hanson talks about the history of the redesign, Matt Helgeson's new podcast called MinnTrax (2020-03-09 19:29:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Check Out MinnMax's Exciting New Merch!

Thanks to your amazing support, we were able to create a new logo for MinnMax and create an avalanche of new merch! We have t-shirts, mousepads, pillows, buttons, and a whole lot more. MinnMax's new logo and style was developed by Jeff Wiggins.

https://shop.spreadshirt.com/minnmax/

2020-03-09 16:51:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Introducing MinnTrax: Matt Helgeson's Dueling Album Review Podcast

Hey everyone, Matt Helgeson here. You may remember me as the former host of the Game Informer Show. I’m here to announce MinnTrax, MinnMax’s new music podcast! It’s something I’ve been planning with Ben and the rest of the MinnMax team for a while. Joining us as MinnTrax's producer will be another personality who will be familiar to many of you: 2020-03-09 16:12:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Join Us For MinnFAQs Live At Noon Central!

Hello everybody! With MinnMax's relaunch, we have a lot to cover today. At noon Central, Ben Hanson will be going live to talk about new merch, new shows, and more! Jump in the chat and let's talk about the future of MinnMax.

My internet decided to crap out halfway through the stream, so there are two parts if you're watching the video version...

Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENK9lwsh0Vc...

Everything Changing With MinnMax's Relaunch

Thanks to your incredible support on Patreon, we hit our goal of contracting out a graphic designer to give MinnMax a visual overhaul. After several glowing recommendations, we chose Jeff Wiggins whose work you might have seen in IGN's YouTube thumbnails. You can check out Jeff's full portfolio here or2020-03-09 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Mike Mahardy On Leaving Gamespot, Guesting On Giant Bomb, And Game Informer's Internship

Ben Hanson interviews Mike Mahardy on his career in games press right before he announces his next move in the industry. Mike was an intern at Game Informer back in 2012 before being hired at Gamespot where he grew into a more video-focused position. In the discussion we talk about what it's like to be a recurring guest at Giant Bomb, why we want to marry Vinny Caravella, and what he's looking for out of his mysterious next job. If you enjoy the conversation, any help sharing it would be appr...

The MinnMax Show - Tackling Your Backlog Tips, Final Fantasy VII, Half-Life: Alyx

Hello generous supporters! Thanks for tuning in for another episode of The MinnMax Show! We have a big, exciting week next week with MinnMax's relaunch... but this episode is exciting in and of itself! We're joined by Javy Gwaltney to talk about PAX, backlogs, and a lot more. We hope you enjoy the show!

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

5:00 - GDC's cancellation

7:50 - PAX East highlights

13:45 - Baldur's Gate 3

26:0...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

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.

You could do us a favor by subscribing to the audio version of the podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast...

MinnFAQs - Planning The Relaunch

Welcome back to another fun week at MinnMax! Every Monday at noon we stream an exclusive Q&A for $20 supporters, then we release it in the exclusive audio feed. On this week's stream, we talk about the upcoming redesign/relaunch of MinnMax, planning the next Deepest Dive, and Mike Mahardy leaving GameSpot. We hope you enjoy the conversation and thanks for your support!

Choose What We Stream On The Great GOTY Hunt!

It's up to the $10 supporters on Patreon to choose the game we stream every Tuesday for The Great GOTY Hunt. Obviously the biggest thing this week is the demo for Final Fantasy VII, and we're going to show that off in a bonus stream so it doesn't crush any of the other candidates here. So here are your options...

Bloodroots - It's in the same vein as an Ape Out or Hotline Miami, giving players a creative sandbox (axes, wagons, carrots) for ways to defeat all of your ene...

Join Our MinnFAQs Q&A At Noon Central!

Good morning, supporters! At noon Central, Ben Hanson will be going live with our weekly Q&A for $20 supporters to answer any and all questions left in the live chat, Discord channel, or as a comment on this post! We can talk about MinnMax's upcoming relaunch, community meetups, or whatever else you want. Hey, it's your show!

I'll see you at noon Central! https://youtu.be/Ps4A-KzcYeM

The MinnMax Show - Xbox Series X New Details, Mega Man's Future, Sonic Vs. Dragon Quest

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! All the cohorts are in town and we have a lot to unpack on this new episode. To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

7:30 - New Xbox Series X Details

22:10 - Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

38:00 - Vitamin Connection

42:00 - Platinum's Project GG

45:50 - Harmonix's Fuser

46:50 - Kotaku's Star Wars article/High Republic

52:55 - Sonic the Hedgehog review

1:04:20 - Dragon Ques...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

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!

You could do us a favor by subscribing to the audio version of the podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast app, telling a friend, leaving a review, and subscribing to ou...

MinnFAQs - The February Community Call-In Special!

Welcome to a very special episode of MinnFAQs, our weekly Q&A for some of MinnMax's biggest supporters. The last Sunday of the month we open up the phone lines and call up $20 supporters from the Discord to let them ask us whatever they'd like! On this episode Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez talk with the community (literally) about our favorite Game Informer memories, paintball, voice lessons, and much more.

Thanks again to our $20 supporters for both supporting us...

Choose What We Stream On The Great GOTY Hunt!

Welcome back to another week with MinnMax, thanks for being here! Every week we let $10 supporters choose what we stream as we journey through the year attempting to locate the Game of the Year for 2020. This week, you can choose between...

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection - The old GBA and DS Mega Man games in a new bundle.

Vitamin Connection - A Switc...

Call In And Ask Us Anything On Sunday At 6pm Central!

On Sunday at 6pm Central, we'll be streaming a MinnFAQs Q&A for $20 supporters and calling you up from the Discord! Right now, it looks like it'll be Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez. This is a great opportunity to record a podcast with us, ask us anything you want, and help support MinnMax overall! We'd be honored if you bumped up your tier (even if it's only for this month) and let us get to know YOU a little better on Sunday. Here's a link to last month's stream, to giv...

The MinnMax Show - Last Of Us 2 Predictions, Escape From Tarkov, Wolcen

Well, The Last of Us Part 2 might not be at PAX East but it is on The MinnMax Show podcast! Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez talk about the gameplay and story predictions for Naughty Dog's last PS4 game, JeffM shares some exciting indie games on Game Pass, and we try to wrap our minds around Escape from Tarkov and Wolcen. Then we open up the Minnbox and read some great community questions, be sure to thank iam8bit on Twitter for bringing back question of the week!

To jum...

Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast

This week on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, 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!

MinnFAQs - Indiana Jones 5, Final Fantasy VII, VGMCon Panel

Welcome back to MinnFAQs, our weekly Q&A for $20 supporters! We have a lot of ground to cover on this week's show, from YouTube analytics to Masters of the Universe...

Also, this Sunday February 23rd at 6pm Central is YOUR chance to call in and ask us anything you  want or just hang out for a while! We'll be pulling callers from the MinnFAQs channel on Discord for $20 supporters, so please consider jumping in and helping out!

Max Spoilers - Toy Story's Lamp Life

MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard spoil and review Pixar's new Toy Story short on Disney+ that tells the story of Bo Peep before Toy Story 4. In the discussion, we also spoil Toy Story 3 and 4 and talk about Pixar's development process recently with films like The Incredibles 2. If you prefer to watch the video version, here you go!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw82qXgI1R8 

Choose What We Stream On The Great GOTY Hunt

Sorry, I accidentally sent the vote out to the wrong tier. Here's a do-over so it's fair to you all... Every week we take a look at the biggest new releases and let our $10 Patreon supporters choose what we'll be streaming at 1pm Central on Tuesday! Take a look below, do some research, and choose wisely!

Twitch.tv/minnmaxshow

youtube.com/minnmaxsh...