Hello and welcome to a very special bonus podcast from MinnMax! Thanks to your support, Ben Hanson and Leo Vader were able to travel to the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, California for the week. They attended dozens a...
2022-03-26 06:36:56 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! This week's episode is quite different, since we're recording from the show floor at GDC 2022 with Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Fanbyte's Imran Khan! We talk about what it's like to be at a gaming convention again, debate how to cover the new Harry Potter game, and a whole lot more. Full discla...
2022-03-24 00:54:27 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson and Leo Vader podcasting from GDC 2022! We'd love to have your questions about the show itself. 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 ...
2022-03-22 15:48:12 +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. 2022-03-21 19:14:14 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Kyle Hilliard is joined by YouTube essayist Jacob Geller and Double Fine's Harper Jay to dig into all of the biggest spoilers and secret of From Software's Elden Ring. They talk about their favorite moments from the game, f...
2022-03-18 22:12:35 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the fantastic new Zelda-inspired indie game Tunic, our first couple of hours with Ghostwire: Tokyo on the PlayStation 5, Starfield's new video, and then we try to wrap our minds around Square-Enix's rele...
2022-03-16 22:06:50 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, 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 gre...
2022-03-15 18:25:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome everybody! We hope you're ready for a new round of Trivia Tower on Monday, March 14th at 7pm Central.
Ben Hanson is joined by Blessing Adeoye Jr. from Kinda Funny for our monthly video ga...
2022-03-14 20:04:34 +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. 2022-03-14 19:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about…
- The Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer
- Pixar's Turning Red
- Even more about Elden Ring
- Our favorite current shows
If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and...
2022-03-14 18:13:24 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Dan Callan about his incredible and wide-ranging career in the game industry. Callan has professionally role-played as Morpheus in The Matrix Online, launched Resistance 2, worked on multiple Halo game...
2022-03-14 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2022-03-14 13:36:15 +0000 UTC View PostIn this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson talks to the founder of Camouflaj Ryan Payton and director of production Matt Walker about their unique perspective on Japanese game development, the challenges of running a mid-size independent studio like Camouflaj, releasing République: Anniversary Edition and Iron Man VR, and more. P...
2022-03-11 17:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back with a new episode of The MinnMax Show podcast! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Sarah Podzorski, and Jeff Marchiafava break down the biggest news and weirdest reveal trailers from Sony's State of Play. Then they talk about Kirby and the Forgotten Land on the Nintendo Switch and the delightful new, short...
2022-03-10 04:10:20 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski. 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 g...
2022-03-08 19:01:01 +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. 2022-03-07 19:42:16 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia and Kyle Hilliard and we talk about…
- Shrek and Shrek's games
- The Batman (no spoilers)
- The best movies filmed in our towns
- Forspoken's delay
If you want to join the Party Chat every...
2022-03-07 19:15:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2022-03-07 14:58:25 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined in the studio by his old friends Grant and Ronnie to unpack their thoughts on From Software's Elden Ring so far. In this discussion they don't spoil anything after Stormveil Castle. They talk about the ...
2022-03-04 19:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund and Bryan Vore to unpack all of the spoiler-filled details of Matt Reeves' The Batman. We talk about The Riddler, Catwoman, the ending, surprises along the way, and damn near everything else.
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2022-03-04 17:17:10 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show and thanks for your support! We have a different kind of episode this week, as Ben Hanson is joined in the MinnMax studio by former Game Informer editors Jeff Cork, Joe Juba, and Ben Reeves! Ben Reeves just announced that he's leaving Game Informer after 15 years to become a narrative designer...
2022-03-02 20:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis email is coming to you one day early because we're recording the episode on Tuesday at 5:30pm Central this week due to our special guests...
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Cork, Joe Juba, and special guest/former Game Informer editor Ben Reeves! It's your turn to make ...
2022-02-28 22:13:32 +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. 2022-02-28 21:21:17 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- Pokémon Scarlet/Violet's reveal
- Elden Ring (spoiler-free)
- The Batman reviews
- Ben Reeves leaving Game Informer
If you want to join the Party Chat every single week and talk to us about what you’ve bee...
2022-02-28 20:21:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2022-02-28 15:31:42 +0000 UTC View PostAJ Moser? More like “A+ Hoser”! The writer, /r/indieheads guy, Game Query co-founder, GI alum, and Unreal Engine social media manager makes his CrossFade debut in our next episode, so throw some questions and songs his way.
Leave a co...
2022-02-28 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Kyle Hilliard and Janet Garcia are joined by Steve Bowling from Good Vibes Gaming to spoil and discuss the full story of Horizon Forbidden West from Guerrilla Games. They talk about Aloy's journey, what the ending means for...
2022-02-25 17:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's podcast, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Jacob Geller and Suriel Vazquez to unpack From Software's new masterpiece Elden Ring. Suriel also talks about Capcom's exciting fighting game announcements. Then Leo Vader joins the show to help answer community questions subm...
2022-02-23 23:10:50 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and special guest Jacob Geller. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, BetterQues...
2022-02-22 20:50:27 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by GameSpot's Tamoor Hussain for a special episode of our community quiz show called Trivia Tower all about From Software's games! If you're the first to answer the question...
2022-02-21 20:01:44 +0000 UTC View Post
