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. 2024-03-11 17:37:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and former cohort Suriel Vazquez! We kick things off by talking about the big reveal of Merchants of Rosewall, the game Suriel is writing over at Big Blue Sky Games. Then we unpack highlights from the Xbox Partner Pre...
2024-03-07 00:52:57 +0000 UTC View Post
For New Show Plus this week the community voted for MinnMax's Haley MacLean and Leo Vader to revive their dormant podcast they used to record with Blake Hester and AJ Moser. The four of them met while interns at Game Informer in the...
2024-03-06 19:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and special guest 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 iam8...
2024-03-05 19:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The Deepest Dive! In the second episode of our five-part game club series on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by his childhood friends Grant and Ronnie as well as Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfu...
2024-03-05 18:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to Bonus Pod! On this week's episode, Haley MacLean is joined by special guest Eric Silver (who was a guest on The MinnMax Show a while back) to walk through the the future of Baldur's Gate, D&D, and Hasbro's ownership. Eric also runs a podc...
2024-03-05 00:25:20 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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. 2024-03-04 18:50:58 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews the video production company Area 5 consisting of Ryan O’Donnell, Matt Chandronait, Jason Bertrand, and Cesar Quintero. They talk about the team's origins at the video game site 1UP creating The 1UP...
2024-03-04 17:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to submit your thoughts on Chapters 1-4 of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for The Deepest Dive! Don't panic if you haven't finished Chapter 4, just submit a comment based on however much you've played at this point. For your re...
2024-03-03 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody! Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader are heading to San Francisco in March to attend the Game Developers Conference and we're hosting a casual meetup at Tempest Bar on Sunday, March 17th at 7pm Pac...
2024-03-01 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava to talk about Pacific Drive and Penny's Big Breakaway and somehow rave even more about Balatro. Oh, we also squeeze in some Age of Empires talk before Sarah Podzorski joins the show to talk about Ba...
2024-02-29 04:06:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and Blake Hester (who was recently laid off from Game Informer). It's your turn t...
2024-02-27 18:47:56 +0000 UTC View Post
We're here, everybody! Thanks to your direct support on Patreon, MinnMax is kicking off the best, most thorough discussion about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on the internet with The Deepest Dive! MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by his ...
2024-02-27 17:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to Bonus Pod! On this week's episode, Haley MacLean is joined by Janet Garcia to talk about...
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2024-02-27 05:43:19 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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. 2024-02-26 19:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi about the development of Square-Enix's massive new RPG. We take you behind-the-scenes on the game's reception to the reviews, where th...
2024-02-26 17:15:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Deepest Dive on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has begun and there's still time to join... for free! In the first discussion, we're talking about Cloud's past based on the demo on PlayStation 5. Your progress will carry over into the ...
2024-02-25 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, and Kyle Hilliard break down all of their favorite moments in SEGA's Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth in this big spoilercast discussion. They talk about where the story takes Ichiban Kasuga and t...
2024-02-23 21:15:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Compete in game trivia on Friday, February 23rd at 7pm Central to win game codes and more! Michael Huber from Easy Allies returns for his second time hosting and is joined by special guest cohost Tim Gettys...
2024-02-22 16:08:39 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! This is a big one, as Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to finally talk about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. This is a 100% spoiler-free review of Square-Enix's new RPG. Then we unpack everything wild about the reveal trailer for Elden Ring's expansion Shadow o...
2024-02-22 14:20:24 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller. 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 iam8b...
2024-02-20 18:26:26 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for the reunion, everybody. Help us create the best, most thorough discussion about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth by joining The Deepest Dive! We're breaking the new PS5 RPG from Square-Enix up into 5 sections and collecting comments from the MinnMax community via Patreon in this game club discussion. MinnMax's Ben Hans...
2024-02-20 17:26:19 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to Bonus Pod, our weekly Patreon-exclusive podcast. On this week's episode, Haley MacLean is joined by Leo Vader to talk about the following...
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. 2024-02-19 18:46:28 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson and his old childhood friends Grant and Ronnie prepare for The Deepest Dive on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth from Square-Enix by taking a stroll down memory lane and talking about how they fell in love with the orig...
2024-02-16 22:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia recap and debate Microsoft's Official Xbox podcast that addressed the rumors that Xbox was going third-party and abandoning exclusives forever and they talk about what it means for the future of the platform. Then we ...
2024-02-15 22:21:53 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kelsey Lewin, Charles Harte, and Elise F...
2024-02-13 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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. 2024-02-12 20:50:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to a special episode of Bonus Pod! Unfortunately, Haley MacLean wasn't able to host this week due to her schedule so Ben Hanson jumps in to get geeky with Jacob Geller. On this episode of Bonus Pod we talk about...
- MinnMax's YouTube and Podcast Analytics
- Managing MinnMax content and schedules
- I...
2024-02-12 19:56:43 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's big episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava listen back to their incredibly accurate predictions from 2023 before lobbing bold, new predictions for the game industry in 2024. We carve out time to ensure we correctly guess the name for the follow-u...
2024-02-08 02:09:52 +0000 UTC View Post
