Hello! At noon Central today, I'll be going live alongside Jeff Marchiafava to answer community questions and have some fun. If you can't tune in to the stream live, leave a question or comment below and we'll answer it right away. For everybody else, we'll see you in the chat at noon Central!
2019-11-25 15:45:40 +0000 UTC View PostWe hope you all have been enjoying MinnMax's content so far, there's a lot more on the way. I've been creating Patreon posts for all of our main content like MinnFAQs on Mondays, voting for The Great GOTY Hunt, or The MinnMax Show podcast, but I'd love to get a better idea of how many updates you'd prefer on Patreon. I don't want to spam your inbox with notifications, but I also don't want you all to miss any bonus YouTube content at 2019-11-24 17:00:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's show we unload our full thoughts on Star Ward Jedi: Fallen Order from Respawn and how the game compares to Dark Souls. We also do the appropriate amount of venting and celebrating the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield before talking about Microsoft's X019. After that, we turn the show over to you all on Patreon as we answer some of your best questions from the week. Thanks again for all of your support, it's amazing to see MinnMax continue t...
2019-11-21 03:53:34 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and the MinnMax community take the deepest dive into Obsidian's The Outer Worlds by spoiling and unpacking everything in the game from landing on Byzantium up through the many different possible endings.
If you like the game club format, please share it with a friend so that we can keep creating content that goes beyond the surface-level discussion in the future!
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2019-11-20 15:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostNow's your chance to make the show better! Leave a thought/topic/question as a comment on this Patreon post and there's a good chance we'll read it on this week's episode of The MinnMax Show podcast! This week we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez.
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2019-11-19 21:01:56 +0000 UTC View PostOn this week's livestreamed Q&A with $20 supporters, I'm joined again by Jeff Marchiafava to answer the community's biggest questions. We stream MinnFAQs live every Monday at noon Central. On this episode, we talk about how to spread MinnMax outside of the Game Informer community, how long it takes to finish Final Fantasy VII, and the future of community meetups. Thanks for checking it out, everybody!
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2019-11-19 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time! Now's the time to let us know your specific thoughts on the ending of The Outer Worlds in the comments below. We're recording the final installment of The Deepest Dive (a community-driven game club) tomorrow and we need your thoughts on everything in the game from landing on Byzantium through your ending. It's also a good opportunity to mention anything else that stood out to you about the...
2019-11-19 00:11:28 +0000 UTC View PostAnother week, another group stream, and another investigation into potential game of the year candidates. Take a look at your options below and choose the game we'll be streaming on Tuesday afternoon at 2pm Central...
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2019-11-18 20:09:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming up at noon Central, Jeff Marchiafava and I will be answering questions from the community about MinnMax's future and everything else under the sun. Please tune in and leave a juicy question in the chat, or leave a comment on this post if you can't watch the stream in real-time and we'll respond to it at the start of the show. Thanks for the support, everybody!
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2019-11-18 16:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Back in 2013, my friend Jeff Cork and I started recording a podcast in our free time where we reviewed each and every episode of The Twilight Zone from Rod Serling. The podcast has been dormant for a while, but I'm happy to announce that it has found a new home at MinnMax! On this episode, I'm reunited with Jeff Cork as well as former Game Informer intern Harry Mackin as we talk about the recent Fathom Event screening of six episodes of the original Twilight Zone in theaters to celebrate Rod ...
2019-11-15 17:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello beloved supporters! We have an extra early episode of The MinnMax Show for you this week, and it features a surprise special guest! As always, thanks for supporting MinnMax on Patreon and sharing the show with your friends!
To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.
9:45 - The future of Mass Effect
25:30 - Death Stranding
53:26 - Pistol Whip
56:11 - Disco Elysium
1:02:45 - Thank you the biggest MinnMax supporters on Patreon<...
We're back with the second installment of The Deepest Dive on The Outer Worlds from Obsidian! Join us as we talk about the middle chunk of the game, from landing on Monarch through landing on Byzantium. Thanks to everybody playing along and those of you who left a comment on the Patreon post, we appreciate it! The final installment of The Deepest Dive on The Outer Worlds will be airing next week on November 20th, so get ready to send your grand finale of feedback! You can listen to the audio ...
2019-11-13 14:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe first episode of our "spoilercast" format show is now live, we're calling it "Max Spoilers" thanks to a suggestion from the community. The first installment covers the first episode of The Mandalorian on Disney+ and features myself (Ben Hanson), Jeff Marchiafava, and newcomer/Star Wars expert Ross Pfund! Obviously in the future we want to use the Max Spoilers format to cover games, films, and much more. Thanks!
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2019-11-13 05:33:52 +0000 UTC View PostNow's your chance to make the show better! Leave a thought/topic/question as a comment on this Patreon post and there's a good chance we'll read it on this week's episode of The MinnMax Show podcast! This week we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and a new/returning face to MinnMax...
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2019-11-12 20:47:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody! Every Monday we hold a live Q&A session with supporters at the $20 tier to get specific about the future of MinnMax and much more. We'll be posting the audio for you all to hear it on Tuesday mornings. This week we have Jeff Marchiafava answering questions about his future... and he also insisted on talking about strippers and chili for some reason. Thanks for all of the support!
2019-11-12 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're about to record the second chapter of our community game club on The Outer Worlds and need your thoughts! Please leave a comment with your specific feedback on the game up until you land on the planet Byzantium, please don't spoil anything after that moment.
We're looking for specific thoughts on the game from the point you land on Monarch up until you land on Byzantium. As always, get sp...
2019-11-11 21:56:44 +0000 UTC View PostAnother week, another group stream, and another investigation into potential game of the year candidates. Take a look at your options below and choose the game we'll be streaming on Tuesday afternoon wisely...
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On Sunday night we surprised viewers of our Twitch Sings stream (follow us on Twitch, please) with an appearance by former Game Informer video editor Wade Wojcik. Before we sang our hearts out, I sat down with Wade to unpack his life since leaving Game Informer in an exclusive interview for Patreon supporters. It's a deep and very insidery conversation, but I hope you all enjoy hearing Wade's voice again. Let us know i...
2019-11-11 19:23:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming up at noon Central, Ben Hanson and Jeff Marchiafava will be going live with a community Q&A. We take our questions from the live chat, but if you can't tune in please leave a question as a comment here and we'll try to address it on the stream. Thanks!
The link and video should be in the post above, but here it is again - https://youtu.be/Ds0w3IHJS6U
2019-11-11 16:50:31 +0000 UTC View PostThere's only one way to answer this question from the latest episode of The MinnMax Show podcast...
Also, just a reminder that if you like the podcast please share the podcast!
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On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, we pick Suriel's brain for his (spoiler-free) thoughts on Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding and Kyle talks about the ghastly horrors of Luigi's Mansion 3 on the Nintendo Switch. Then we unpack the internet's reaction toward BlizzCon 2019, trying to weigh excitement over Dibalo IV and Overwatch 2 with Blizzard's moves to crack down on free speech from players. We also lighten the mood again by talking about Sakurai's sweet showcase for Terry Bogard in S...
2019-11-07 04:51:43 +0000 UTC View PostNow's your chance to make the show better! Leave a thought/topic/question as a comment on this Patreon post and there's a good chance we'll read it on this week's episode of The MinnMax Show podcast! Let's have some fun!
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2019-11-05 23:36:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Every Monday I stream from my living room and answer questions from the $20 supporters, and now the plan is to release the audio from these streams the following day for all of you wonderful supporters! On this week's stream we naturally had a lot of questions about Extra Life at Game Informer, but there's plenty of other good ones throw in the mix. Please look forward to our group stream called The Great GOTY Hunt on Tuesday and The MinnMax Show on Thursday! Thanks, everybody!
2019-11-05 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThere's been a little confusion about which games will be available as choices in the future. The goal for The Great GOTY Hunt is to offer a look at newer games, but from that potential GOTY perspective. Since MinnMax started so late in the year, we're open to going back and looking at other 2019 GOTY candidates once the new releases start to slow down. So don't expect to see Sekiro in the running for the next couple of weeks, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it as a poll option towards the...
2019-11-04 20:17:22 +0000 UTC View Post
At noon Central today I'll be going live to answer questions from the community about Extra Life 2019 and the week ahead for MinnMax. Jump in the chat and let me know your biggest questions! Thanks for the support, everybody!
2019-11-04 17:12:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, here's a fun bonus discussion for you! Former Game Informer intern Jacob Geller (@yacobg42) was in town so I sat him down to talk about his success creating video game essays for YouTube, Shadow of the Colossus, and why you shouldn't be seduced by Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky. You can watch the discussion on MinnMax's YouTube channel if you prefer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLq8esOv_Ew 2019-11-01 16:44:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The last week has been a whirlwind of positivity, thank you for all of your support so far in the journey! We want MinnMax to be a sustainable home for gaming content moving into the future and could really use some help getting the word out about The MinnMax Show, video content, and the Patreon in general. Now that the first episode of The MinnMax Show podcast is live (featuring intro music by Grant Kirkhope!), we'd really appreciate any help sharing the content with your friends on Twitter ...
2019-10-31 18:54:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to The MinnMax Show! On the first real episode of the podcast, we talk about playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Afterparty from Night School Studios. After that, we talk about Kotaku's frustrating saga surrounding corporate ads via G/O Media and run down every game release that we missed since Kyle, JeffM, and Suriel lost their jobs at Game Informer. Then we make the show better by reading the community's wonderful questions before revealing our new closing segment. Our deepest ...
2019-10-31 13:28:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The YouTube version of our first discussion on The Outer Worlds from Obsidian Entertainment is going live tomorrow for everybody, but we wanted to let you take an early crack at the audio version. This covers everything in the game up until you land on Monarch. Our deepest thanks to everybody for playing the game and submitting great comments, the next episode will air on November 13th and will cover everything in the game up until you land on Byznatium.
Let us know if you'd like this e...
2019-10-30 04:25:36 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, now's your time to shine! Please leave a comment/question/words of wisdom/game as a comment to this post and there's a very good chance we'll read it on this week's episode of The MinnMax Show!
The MinnMax Show is available on iTunes, Spotify, and now Google Play! Thanks again for all of the support.
2019-10-29 23:12:41 +0000 UTC View Post