Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader unpack the reveal trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and the announcement of the Crisis Core remaster before shifting into overlooked games of the summer. We talk about great looking indie games announced recent...
2022-06-22 22:29:08 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, and Janet Garcia. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, 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...
2022-06-21 18:30:59 +0000 UTC
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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.
2022-06-20 19:47:34 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, we're joined by former Game Informer superstar Kimberley Wallace to talk about…
- Why Kim is leaving Game Informer
- Her favorite cover story trips/features
- Kingdom Hearts scoops
- The future of JRPGs
- Ms Marvel on Disney ...
2022-06-20 18:40:45 +0000 UTC
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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 rota...
2022-06-20 13:54:29 +0000 UTC
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Get ready to compete in an intense round of Trivia Tower this Sunday, June 19th at 2pm Central with Trivia Tower: The Grand Round! Delayed Input's Kyle Bosman is cohosting this time, and we're giving $1,000 to the last person standing in video...
2022-06-17 16:00:35 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Sarah Podzorski break down the highlights from Xbox and Bethesda's big summer showcase, talk about Capcom's announcements, and review the new PlayStation Plus Premium service. Sarah then talks about her big trip out to L...
2022-06-16 00:51:44 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Sarah Podzorski, and Ana Diaz. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, 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...
2022-06-14 22:37:46 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews the new creative director of Giant Bomb Dan Ryckert about leaving his job producing podcasts at the WWE and returning to the beloved game site with an exciting new team. They talk about the evolution of Dan's streams on Twitch, their time at Game Informer together, and why a corporation as big ...
2022-06-14 15:15:00 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Bryan Vore and Ross Pfund for a big spoiler-filled discussion about Jurassic World: Dominion from director Colin Trevorrow. We talk about the return of Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, and Ian Malcom as well as what this entry means for the future of the Jurassic Park franchise.
You can...
2022-06-13 21:31:52 +0000 UTC
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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.
2022-06-13 19:36:30 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson returns and is joined by Bandai Namco's Dan Tack and CrossFade's Jason Dafnis to talk about…
- Waterworld
- Dan Tack's new job/Kim Wallace leaving Game Informer
- Jeff Gerstmann leaving Giant Bomb
- State of Play and Sum...
2022-06-13 18:21:51 +0000 UTC
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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 rota...
2022-06-13 15:21:26 +0000 UTC
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Join Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, and Bryan Vore as they discuss all the exciting and weird moments from Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest. They unpack the biggest reveals, like The Last of Us Part 1 Remake from Naughty Dog, new gameplay for Street Fighter 6 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Spider-Man...
2022-06-10 09:19:50 +0000 UTC
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This week's episode of The MinnMax Show will be later than usual, since we're recording it live after the Summer Game Fest showcase from Geoff Keighley on Thursday afternoon. Also, Kyle Hilliard will be the guest host since Ben Hanson is out of town!
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Kyle Hill...
2022-06-07 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Jurassic Park... and its commentary track! Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Bryan Vore share their full thoughts on the original 1993 film that is available on HBO Max. This movie is Ben Hanson's favorite of all time, so hopefully he doesn't annoy you with too much gushing over every detail. We talk about the magic of La...
2022-06-03 16:15:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this very special episode, Kyle Hilliard is hosting the show and is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader to talk about the biggest reveals from Sony's State of Play stream and a whole lot more. Ben Hanson is out on his honeymoon for two weeks. As part of the State...
2022-06-03 03:31:43 +0000 UTC
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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.
2022-05-30 20:59:36 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Dr. David Hone, Senior Lecturer in Zoology at Queen Mary, University of London and author of The Future of Dinosaurs, about the accuracy of the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films. They also talk ab...
2022-05-30 16:15:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! We're recording this week's episode of the podcast early this week, technically on Monday evening. It will still be releasing at the normal times for $5 supporters and to the public on Thursday.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Ana Diaz, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podz...
2022-05-29 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Bryan Vore and developer of Hyperdot Charles McGregor to unpack their full thoughts on the former President of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé's new business memoir. We discuss his stories abou...
2022-05-27 16:16:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Kelsey Lewin, and Joe Juba unpack their favorite memories from going to E3 to get us in the right mood for the season of big game reveals. Sarah then talks about "vampire Valheim", also known as V Rising, and her time with Little Witch...
2022-05-25 20:06:14 +0000 UTC
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We're sharing some of our favorite E3 stories on this episode of the podcast, but we need your questions to help fuel the conversation! Submit a specific question about E3 for us to talk about, like "what was the best food at the convention center" or "who was the most surreal celebrity encounter". You'll still be in the runn...
2022-05-24 20:24:49 +0000 UTC
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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.
2022-05-23 18:43:19 +0000 UTC
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On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Jeff Marchiafava joins Ben Hanson to talk about…
- George Carlin's HBO documentary
- Our summer schedule
- New Show Plus' victories and defeats
- Death Stranding 2
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1
If you wa...
2022-05-23 18:11:13 +0000 UTC
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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 rota...
2022-05-23 15:34:45 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to the show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Joe Juba to talk about the impressive Citizen Sleeper and then unpack our gameplay impressions of the new Saints Row from Volition. Then Kyle Hilliard joins us to answer community questions about Starfield's delay, "E3" leaks, Sile...
2022-05-18 22:52:16 +0000 UTC
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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Joe Juba. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, 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...
2022-05-17 18:15:00 +0000 UTC
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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.
2022-05-16 19:53:47 +0000 UTC
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Hello, everybody! We hope to see you competing in Trivia Tower tonight (Monday, May 16th) at 8pm Central!
Ben Hanson is joined by Kahlief Adams from Spawn on Me for our monthly video game trivi...
2022-05-16 19:12:54 +0000 UTC
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