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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! https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowIf You Build It - Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - This is a building stream. Hanson will be coached by JeffM and he'll unbox and build the new M...
Party Chat - How "Efficient" Should MinnMax Be?
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Janet Garcia joins Ben Hanson to talk about…- Kinda Funny's huge new studio opening event- Knowing when to take big swings with MinnMax's growth- How strict are we with tabletop rules- She-Hulk's finaleIf you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching, or ask any question under the sun, jump up to the MinnMax Council tier! We’d love to hear from you. Party Chat is recorded each week in the Discord, there’s a S...
Join MinnMax’s Party Chat At 12pm Central!
Every Monday at 12pm Central, we record our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Party Chat and we need your input! You can literally join the group discussion by clicking on the Stage in MinnMax’s Discord channel called MinnMax Party Chat. Raise your hand (there’s a button for that) whenever you want to talk and we’ll rotate everybody around. Using your phone as the mic is totally fine, there’s no video camera component for you. Otherwise, you can ask a question in the live chat (it helps if you tag MinnMax so it’s highlighted for us) or...
Predicting Every Big Game Review For 2022 - The MinnMax Show
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia to try and predict the review scores and reception for 2022's biggest upcoming games like God of War: Ragnarok, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Then we talk about playing Street Fighter 6 and the new Monster Hunter-like game from EA called Wild Hearts before diving into questions from the community.Raise the stakes for Trivia Tower: All-Stars by donating to the charity prize poo...
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, and Jeff Marchiafava. 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 a 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...- Gotham Knights- Wild Hearts- Street Fighter 6- Let&...
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! https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowThe Greatest Pumpkin - We'd spend an hour carving pumpkins in real life, then viewers would choose their favorite.Abba Dabba Doo! - We...
Party Chat - Behind The Scenes Of Podcast Ads And Planning For Extra Life
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia talk about…- Why the community is loving Overwatch 2- Planning Trivia Tower: All-Stars- Extra Life 2022- The future of ads on The MinnMax ShowIf you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching, or ask any question under the sun, jump up to the MinnMax Council tier! We’d love to hear from you. Party Chat is recorded each week in the Discord, there’s a Stage called MinnMax Party Chat. You’ll see...
Join MinnMax’s Party Chat At 12pm Central!
Every Monday at 12pm Central, we record our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Party Chat and we need your input! You can literally join the group discussion by clicking on the Stage in MinnMax’s Discord channel called MinnMax Party Chat. Raise your hand (there’s a button for that) whenever you want to talk and we’ll rotate everybody around. Using your phone as the mic is totally fine, there’s no video camera component for you. Otherwise, you can ask a question in the live chat (it helps if you tag MinnMax so it’s highlighted for us) or...
Help Increase The Charity Prize Pool For Trivia Tower: All-Stars!
It's been one year, so we're bringing back the greatest crossover event in games media history with the second annual installment of Trivia Tower: All-Stars on Monday, October 17th at 8pm Central! The community won't be competing in this episode, instead it will be the greatest minds from around the game industry battling it out to win money for a charity of their choice. MinnMax will once again be contributing $1,000 for the winner's charitable cause, but here's the twist... this time you can also donate to the charity priz...
The MinnMax Show - Mario Movie Trailer, CD Projekt's Future, Dead Space Remake
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack the big reveal trailer for Nintendo and Illumination's Super Mario Bros movie and to try to wrap their minds around Chris Pratt's voice for Mario. Then they talk about CD Projekt RED's big announcement of upcoming games in The Witcher and Cyberpunk universes, the Dead Space remake trailer, Potion Permit, and a whole lot more. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the i...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
FYI: Due to the release of the Mario movie trailer on Thursday, we're delaying the podcast recording. There won't be a new episode on Wednesday, we'll be doing a live recording on Thursday at 3:15pm Central.This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader. 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 s...
Celebrate MinnMax's Third Anniversary At Utepils Brewing In Minneapolis On Friday, October 21st!
We launched MinnMax in October of 2019, which means later this month we're somehow celebrating our third anniversary! We cannot thank you all enough for your direct support, you've created a sustainable outlet for games media in a turbulent world. As always, keep the feedback coming.We're celebrating our third anniversary by inviting you to join us in person at Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday, October 21st at 7pm. The brewery has a great outdoor space, so wear very warm clothes! FYI: The brewery has some non-alco...
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! https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow2 Overwatch 2 Furious - On its launch day, let's jump in and play Overwatch 2 together as a group. In a private match with just the Mi...
Party Chat - Giant Bomb, Kinda Funny, And The State Of Games Media
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Jeff Marchiafava and Ben Hanson talk about…- The lack of hype for Overwatch 2- Giant Bomb and GameSpot being sold to Fandom- Kinda Funny's Patreon overhaul- Google Stadia shutting downIf you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching, or ask any question under the sun, jump up to the MinnMax Council tier! We’d love to hear from you. Party Chat is recorded each week in the Discord, there’s a Stage called MinnMax Party ...
Join MinnMax’s Party Chat At 12pm Central!
Every Monday at 12pm Central, we record our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Party Chat and we need your input! You can literally join the group discussion by clicking on the Stage in MinnMax’s Discord channel called MinnMax Party Chat. Raise your hand (there’s a button for that) whenever you want to talk and we’ll rotate everybody around. Using your phone as the mic is totally fine, there’s no video camera component for you. Otherwise, you can ask a question in the live chat (it helps if you tag MinnMax so it’s highlighted for us) or...
Max Spoilers - Immortality
MinnMax's Leo Vader and Jacob Geller discuss the new game Immortality from Sam Barlow and Half Mermaid, which is one of the best-reviewed games of 2022. In this spoilercast, they talk about the plots of the films within this FMV game, the larger secret meaning, and how you reach the credits. Warning: this conversation discusses some very mature and serious topics addressed in the game.You can watch and share the video version of this discussion here - https://youtu.be/PKAnjNN_SHEBecome a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier o...
The MinnMax Show - Why We're So Excited For God Of War: Ragnarok
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by the founder of Indie Informer Jill Grodt to unpack our predictions for God of War: Ragnarok. Heads up, they do include spoilers for God of War 2018. After that, we talk about Cyberpunks 2077's resurgence with the new anime on Netflix, Tunic on the Nintendo Switch, and Shovel Knight Dig! Then we answer wonderful questions from the community.You can check out Jill's new site Indie Informer here - https://the-indie-in-for...
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, and special guest Jill Grodt. 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 a great prize for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...- Predicting God of War: Ragnarok's story and gam...
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! https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowLil Let's Play - Super Mario Bros. 5 - Let's boot up Mario Maker 2 and play "Super Mario Bros. 5", a 40-level game made ov...
Party Chat - Andor Review, E3's Return, The Last of Us HBO Trailer
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia talk about…- Splatoon 3- E3 2023- Survivor- Deathloop- The Last of Us HBO Trailer- Star Wars' Andor- Dunkey's Publishing InitiativeIf you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching, or ask any question under the sun, jump up to the MinnMax Council tier! We’d love to hear from you. Party Chat is recorded each week in the Discord, there’s a Stage called MinnMax Party Chat. You’ll see it...
Join MinnMax’s Party Chat At 12pm Central!
Every Monday at 12pm Central, we record our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Party Chat and we need your input! You can literally join the group discussion by clicking on the Stage in MinnMax’s Discord channel called MinnMax Party Chat. Raise your hand (there’s a button for that) whenever you want to talk and we’ll rotate everybody around. Using your phone as the mic is totally fine, there’s no video camera component for you. Otherwise, you can ask a question in the live chat (it helps if you tag MinnMax so it’s highlighted for us) or...
Compete In Trivia Tower On Monday, September 26th At 8pm Central!
Get ready to compete in a new episode of Trivia Tower, everybody! The stream begins on Monday, September 26th at 6pm Pacific/8pm Central and our cohost on this episode is Digital Eclipse's Chris Kohler.Let us know in the comments below if you have any questions about how it all works. If you make it to the third floor of the tower, you can win a code for Midnight Fight Express, Pac-Man World Re-PAC, Cursed to Golf, Rollerdrome, Kitsune Zero, Haikyu The Robot, and more! The last person standing wins an Astro A40 headset!We hope to see you at...
Introducing Kelsey Lewin's New Show: Collector Corner!
Thanks to your direct support on Patreon, we're able to keep growing and adding new shows to our line-up. Welcome to the first episode of Collector Corner! MinnMax Contributor Kelsey Lewin (co-director of the Video Game History Foundation) is hosting this show all about the rarest game collections from around the industry and from the MinnMax community. It will be a limited-series show, lasting for six episodes and they'll be airing every other Thursday on MinnMax's Twitch channel and later posted on YouTube. Every episode from here...
MinnMax Interview - Creating Mario + Rabbids: Sparks Of Hope
Last week Ben Hanson was flown out to San Francisco (on Ubisoft's dime, by the way) to play three hours of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on the Nintendo Switch. He talks about his experience and why he was impressed by the tactics game on the new episode of The MinnMax Show podcast. In the middle of his play-session, Ubisoft set up an interview with the game's associate producer Quentin Correggi. In this Patreon-exclusive interview, Hanson talks to Correggi about the game's development and evolution of its combat. Heads up, the sp...
The MinnMax Show - GTA 6 Leak, PSVR2, Mario + Rabbids Preview
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We apologize for this episode being late in this feed due to an embargo lifting for Mario + Rabids: Sparks of Hope. On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and special guest Imran Khan to talk about the Rockstar's nightmare scenario of GTA 6 gameplay videos leaking and a whole lot more. Ben Hanson talks about his trip to San Francisco (which, full transparency, Ubisoft paid for) to play Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on the Nintendo Switch and Imran talks about visiting Tokyo ...
Tabletop Game Night - The Best Two-Player Games
With our new suite of shows on Tuesday evening, we re-introduced tabletop gaming into MinnMax's rotation. The monthly show Tabletop Game Night (the third Tuesday of every month) can be anything from us playing a game with the community in Tabletop Simulator to a podcast about our thoughts on tabletop games... and this is a podcast about our thoughts on tabletop games! MinnMax's Jeff Marchiafava and Ben Hanson talk about their favorite two-player tabletop games and take calls and questions from Patreon supporters. As with everything, let...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and special guest Imran Khan. 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 a great prize for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...- GTA 6 Leak- Wo Long Fallen Dynasty- Bayonetta 3- To...
The Deepest Dive - Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis Part 2
In the final discussion for our game club on Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Bryan Vore, and Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund talk about everything in LucasArts' classic adventure game from when you land on Crete to the end of the game. Yes we complain a bit about the puzzles and multiple mazes, but there's a lot of great moments here if you like punching nazis and watching Indiana Jones become a god. Our deepest thanks to everybody who played the game along with us for The Deepest Dive...
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! https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowThe Great GOTY Hunt - Return to Monkey Island - Let's start a new adventure in Ron Gilbert's return to the series!Picnic - It'...
Party Chat - Crisis Core Preview, Busiest Times In Life, Marvel vs. Capcom 2
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia talk about…- Square-Enix preview event, including Crisis Core- Brie Larson- Rain Code- Splatfest- Biking- Marvel vs Capcom 2 arcade cabinet- Janet stream on Xbox's Twitch channel!If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve been playing, watching, or ask any question under the sun, jump up to the MinnMax Council tier! We’d love to hear from you. Party Chat is recorded each week in the Discord, there’s a Stag...
