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Submit Your Final 2024 Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
Hey everybody! This is the last week in 2024 where we'll have community questions on the podcast. Here's the rundown for our schedule coming up and when the episodes are airing to the public...12/19 - The MinnMax AwardsBest ThingDumbest ThingBiggest NewsThe Game We All Agree Is Probably Good But We Didn't PlayBest MomentGreatest Work of Art12/26 - The Two Tens Debate Part 11/2 - The Two Tens Debate Part 2At the $5 tier, you get ad-free, one-day-early access to the podcasts.$10 tier gets you all of the unedited videos on 12/18, and ...
Bonus Pod - Community's Best Game Music Of The Year
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Charles Harte to go through the community's submissions for the best game music of 2024! It's a spiritual sequel to last week's MinnMax showwhere the cohorts gave their less enlightened picks. Leave it to the community to form THE definitive list.Here’s a link to the video version of this episode!Here's the Google Doc where the community shared favorite songs (and relevant links).Thanks so much for supporting and unlocking Bonus Pod. You can call into future episodes of B...
Topics for This Week's Bonus Pod, Recording at 3pm CT!
What’s New this Week!For Bonus Pod this week recording at a slightly earlier time of 3PM CT we have Haley and Charles combing throuugh the MinnMax Communiity's best game music picks of 2024! If you have a song you would like to submit, feel free to include it here! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D6ArQZiMHUisP4mrWm3LXeOe-jPmKlqEIxNt1HumfuY/edit?tab=t.0What is Bonus Pod?Bonus Pod is all about getting to those extra topics we otherwise don’t have time for on the main podcast, with cohorts cycling through every week to talk about tons ...
Choose What We Stream On The Last New Show Plus Of The Year!
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. You can learn more about the format inthis 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!Two Tens Prep: Brainrot -In a last ditch effort to catch up on this year's contenders, we'd stream multiple cohorts gameplay feeds at the same time as they check out the games they want to ge...
The MinnMax Show - 2024's Best Game Music And Monster Hunter Wilds
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and video editor Charles Harte unpack their favorite game music from 2024 before Kelsey Lewin joins to talk about Monster Hunter Wilds and more. Then we answer wonderful questions submitted by the community!Help support MinnMax's supporters!https://www.iam8bit.com- 10% off with Promo Code: THENAMEAGAINISMRPLOWhttps://www.turtlebeach.com/minnmax- 10% off with code MINNMAXTo jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...00:00:00 - Intro00:03:37 - The best game music of...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast/Watch Our Osaka Travelogue!
To prep you for the Monster Hunter discussion on the podcast this week, don't miss Charles Harte's travelogue from visiting Osaka, Japan and Capcom's headquarters! There's a 2.25-hour version as well for folks at the Backstage Pass tier, check the Discord channel. https://youtu.be/05r0vvjCC-kThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, and video editor Charles Harte. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest...
Bonus Pod - 56 Hidden Gems From 2024
Fixed: Here's the audio version of the episode and a final link to the video version as well, apologies for the error.This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Leo Vader to share picks from the community about more hidden gems from gaming in 2024. It's a visual episode, with the two watching trailers for the games mentioned so check out the link below.Here’s a link to the video version of this episode! - https://youtu.be/kQMRDM8X2isHere's the Google Doc where the community shared games and links - https://docs.google...
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. You can learn more about the format inthis quick video.This week we're leaning into preparing for the Two Tens, so help us choose what gets a little extra time ahead of the discussions!Two Tens Prep: Helldivers 2- We'd squad up for a refresher on why this unique co-op shooter took over the world back in February!Two Tens Prep: Lorelai and the Animal Well- We'd g...
The MinnMax Show - 2024's Most Underappreciated Games
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jacob Geller share their picks for the most underrated games of 2024 before we talk about Grunn, Crypt Custodian, and Metro Awakening in VR. Then for community questions we're joined by Jonah Abrahamson, who is a generous donor from our big charity stream where you all raised over $65,000 to help single moms in Minneapolis through the nonprofit Emerge Mother's Academy! You can still donate here - https://www.givemn.org/story/MaxmomsHelp support MinnMax's supporters!https://w...
251 Reasons To Be Thankful For Gaming In 2024
We're thankful for all of your support here on Patreon, so here's a special extended version of our annual Thanksgiving joke-a-thon just for you. For the 8th year in a row now, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava are joined by their old co-worker Jeff Cork to read a ton of jokes about being thankful for gaming in 2024. Who knows, there might even be a special guest appearance...You can watch the video version here - https://youtu.be/LROKhMsZBUEAs always, thanks again for a great year of MinnMax support. We couldn'...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and Give To The Max donor Jonah Abraham! 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 episode we’ll be talking about...Underappreciated gam...
Bonus Pod - Haley's In Minneapolis/Give To The Max Highlights
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is in the MinnMax Studio along with Ben Hanson and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…Haley's trip to MinneapolisGive To The Max highlightsWhat we can do better for Give To The Max 2025Here’s a link to the video version of this episode! -https://youtu.be/CcIGYXqIaHQCheck out the Give To The Max highlights here - https://youtu.be/OBPlnCJSC5gThanks so much for supporting and unlocking Bonus Pod. You can call into future episodes of Bonus Pod via Discord by joining the MinnMax Counci...
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. Although this week we're delaying the next vote on us playing Overwatch because Haley MacLean is in Minneapolis. We'll pick up Overwatch as an option next week.So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we create for New Show Plus airing Tuesday on Twitch!Haley's On Target- Haley doesn't have Target stores in Halifax, so while she&#...
Submit Jokes About Gaming In 2024 For Our Thanksgiving Tradition
It's that magical time of year, everybody. For the eighth year in a row, it's time to give thanks by writing a ton of dumb jokes!Jeff Cork, Leo Vader, Ben Hanson, and Jeff Marchiafava will be sharing 20 reasons they're thankful for gaming in 2024 next week in the MinnMax Studio, really it's just an opportunity to write a bunch of mediocre jokes to make each other laugh.MinnMax wouldn't exist without you, so we need your help writing jokes and making the segment even better! Submit an original joke or two in the comments belo...
The MinnMax Show - Game Of The Year Debate: The Prologue
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Sarah Podzorski, and Jeff Marchiafava prepare for the big Game of the Year debates by sharing their final picks for games that other people should check out and will be relevant during The Two Tens. The full list of games we mention during this segment is below. We also talk about The Rise of the Golden Idol, Dragon Quest 3's remake, and the roguelike Shogun Showdown. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week!Here's the full list of g...
Max Spoilers - Life Is Strange: Double Exposure
MinnMax's Janet Garcia and Haley MacLean are joined by Remap's Patrick Klepek and Kinda Funny's Blessing Adeoye Jr. to unpack each of the chapters in Square-Enix and Deck Nine's Life is Strange: Double Exposure. The return of Max Caulfield get outs of the gate strong, but becomes a mess by the end of the game. This is a full spoilercast, so you've been warned. They also spoil previous Life is Strange games.Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/OkZurDuYw94Support Remap and Patrick Klepek here - https://rem...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski. 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 episode we’ll be talking about...The games we need to play before our GOTY debateRis...
MinnMax Spotlight - Keeping EverQuest Alive, 25 Years Later
Last month we debuted our new series MinnMax Spotlight by taking you inside Panic and the Playdatein Portland, Oregon. This month, the MinnMax Spotlight is on EverQuestand the studio that's kept the legendary MMO alive for 25 years!The better this video does, the more opportunities open up for MinnMax in the future. Watch and share the MinnMax Spotlight on EverQuest here - https://youtu.be/_18ZFndAzWUI (Ben Hanson) have a soft spot in my heart for EverQuest since my friends in high school became obsessed with it and we had a blast creating ...
Bonus Pod - The Game Awards Nominations Reaction & Debating Sponsored Content
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…30 Rock, The Simpsons, FuturamaThe Game Awards NominationsMinnMax's approach and debates about sponsored contentHere’s a link to the video version of this episode! -https://youtu.be/jOl7D3cjhlwThanks so much for supporting and unlocking Bonus Pod. You can call into future episodes of Bonus Pod via Discord by joining the MinnMax Council tier, episodes record every Monday at 4pm Central.
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. You can learn more about the format inthis 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!Wacky Match-Ups: Jacob and Kelsey -Two MinnMax cohorts who've never made content one-on-one would find the cross-section of their interests and make a show about it, this week starting with two a...
The MinnMax Show - Tetris Forever, LEGO Horizon, Slitterhead
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader rally for a huge episode covering all of the latest games.See MinnMax's charity auction items and stream details here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/were-helping-big-115828242Help support MinnMax's supporters!https://www.iam8bit.com- 10% off with Promo Code: CORNBREADCHAOShttps://www.turtlebeach.com- 10% off with Promo Code: MINNMAXTo jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...00:00:00 - Intro00:03:26 - Win Prince...
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, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia. 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 episode we’ll be talking about...Tetris ForeverLEGO Horizon A...
We're Helping Single Moms With MinnMax's Big Charity Stream On Saturday, November 23rd
MinnMax's big charity stream is happening on Saturday, November 23rd on our YouTube channel, it's all part of Minnesota's nonprofit push called Give To The Max. We're giving away game codes to donors AND we have a ton of amazing auction items for you to win throughout the stream, more details below.For over a decade now we've been hosting big charity streams in November to help kids. This year, we're shaking things up and helping single moms with 100% of all donations going directly to Emerge Mothers Academy in Minneapol...
Bonus Pod - Arcane, Overwatch Classic, Pokemon TCG Pocket
This week on Bonus Pod, Haley MacLean and Charles Harte have a loaded chat of all the hot topics we can't fit in the MinnMax Show because we're prioritizing Leo talking about some game you've never heard of and will never play. Today, Haley and Charles get into:Arcane Season 2 (episodes 1-3)Overwatch Classic announcementPlanet Coaster 2 reviewwhether the new Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is still fun if you don't spend moneydesigning a toilet PokémonHere's a link to the video version!Thanks so much for supporting and un...
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. You can learn more about the format inthis 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!We Do It First -With the new Donkey Kong Country expansion for the Super Nintendo World theme park being shown off today (which you can watch our live reaction for), Haley would head into Planet Coas...
The MinnMax Show - Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Monster Hunter Wilds, Shadow The Cool Hedgehog
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and video editor Charles Harte are joined by returning fan favorite Haley De Boom to unpack the big release of Bioware's Dragon Age: The Veilguard. We also touch on the Castlevania DLC for Vampire Survivors before Kelsey Lewin and Sarah Podzorski join the show to share their full thoughts on the Monster Hunter Wilds Beta... and Shadow the Hedgehog. Come to MinnMax's community meetup at 7pm on Friday, 11/22 at Utepils - https://www.patreon.com/posts/minnesota-folks-115104096Book Charles Harte to r...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Kelsey Lewin, and Charles Harte. 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 episode we’ll be talking about...Dragon Age: The VeilguardVampire Survivors' Castle...
Bonus Pod - Haley and Sarah Play Their Childhood Browser Games
This week on Bonus Pod, Haley and Sarah go back to a simpler time, revisiting their old online girlpop haunts. Join them as they:dress Baby Krissycook with Goofymanage a pet spaget Barbie makeoversIt was recorded with the podcast in mind but it's an especially visual episode this week, so as always, here's a link to the video version!Thanks so much for supporting and unlocking Bonus Pod. You can call into future episodes of Bonus Pod via Discord by joining the MinnMax Council tier, episodes record every Monday at 4pm Central.
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. You can learn more about the format inthis 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!Death Row Snacks with Charles Harte -In this new interview show, Charles "Doofus Barf Boy" Harte would be joined by a new guest each week to share a meal of the guest's all-time favorite ...
Minnesota Folks, Join Our Community Meetup At Utepils Brewing On Friday, November 22nd
Hey everybody! MinnMax is hosting a community meetup in Minneapolis at Utepils Brewingon Friday, November 22nd at 7pm and we'd love to have local folks swing by. You don't need to be a Patreon supporter to join, feel free to bring a friend.We'll have a couple of tables reserved, and there will also be a fire outsideif you're feeling brave. Utepilshas been generously supplying the MinnMax Studio with beer for a while now, and we held our third anniversary meetupthere as well. There will be a food truck (Hana Bistro, Chinese food)...
