Thanks to your support on Patreon, we're happy to announce that we've brought on Sarah Podzorski as a new MinnMax cohort! We hope you've been enjoying her regular Tuesday streams on MinnMax's Twitch channel. She'll be joining us for more streams, The Mi...
2021-09-30 17:43:53 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia are joined by Sarah Podzorski for a big announcement before we dive into games. We break down the Nintendo Direct and try to wrap our minds around Illumination's Mario movie with Chris Pratt, talk about the Director's Cut of ...
2021-09-29 20:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody! We're coming up on the end of the month here at MinnMax, so here's a reminder that you can put any image on every MinnMax video throughout the month of October by joining the Wall of Heroes tier. Put a cute picture of your pet, highlight an inside joke with friends, promote your small business, plug your Twit...
2021-09-29 14:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, topic, 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...
2021-09-28 19:01:24 +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. 2021-09-27 19:24:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody! At the end of every month, we let everybody at the $20 tier call in and podcast with us about anything they want. We're wide open for any and all questions. On this month's call-in episode, we talk about Hanson's recent engagement, the Mario movie's voice cast, Survivor, AEW, and a whole lot more.
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2021-09-27 18:39:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody! While normally they're on the last Sunday of the month, we're doing the big September community call-in episode of MinnMax Council at 12pm Central today! Jump in the Discord and let us know that you want to call in via the MinnMax Council channel. It'll just be Ben Hanson on this month's episode, but we can tal...
2021-09-27 14:16:46 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Janet Garcia are joined by Jacob Geller to talk about the throwback thrills of Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Age of Empires IV, and our evolving thoughts on Deathloop. Then we answer some wonderful questions submitted by the MinnMax com...
2021-09-22 22:44:07 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and special guest Jacob Geller. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, topic, or a...
2021-09-21 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back with another commentary track! This time, we're tackling 1999's beloved sci-fi game-changer The Matrix. Ben Hanson is joined by MinnMax's entertainment compatriot/social media extraordinaire Bryan Vore and 2021-09-21 16:02:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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. 2021-09-20 18:41:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Every Monday at noon Central, we stream our exclusive Q&A for $20 supporters (the MinnMax Council) on Patreon and they can ask us anything under the sun. Then we share the audio version of that stream with you all!
If you want to join the MinnMax Council and even call-in to the show on the last Sunday of every month...
2021-09-20 18:02:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Every Monday at Noon Central, we stream an exclusive Q&A for supporters in the MinnMax Council. We’re happy to answer any and all questions about the future of MinnMax, our past, or the news of the day in the chat. If you can’t make it into the chat during the stream, feel free to leave your question here and we’ll ...
2021-09-20 15:49:46 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin talk about Arkane Lyon's Deathloop, the joys of WarioWare: Get It Together, and the triumph of Tales of Arise. Then Jeff Marchiafava joins the podcast to answer great questions from the community!
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2021-09-15 21:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! We're going to be taking a little break after this Friday's episode of CrossFade, so consider this episode the season finale. Don’t worry – we’ll be back with more episodes and guests early next year. But for now, we want YOU to help us give Season 1 a proper sendoff by sharing your favorite song for anot...
2021-09-15 14:00:39 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and special guest Kelsey Lewin from the Video Game History Foundation. It's your turn to make the...
2021-09-14 18:39:17 +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. 2021-09-13 19:09:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Every Monday at noon Central, we stream our exclusive Q&A for $20 supporters (the MinnMax Council) on Patreon and they can ask us anything under the sun. Then we share the audio version of that stream with you all!
If you want to join the MinnMax Council and even call-in to the show on the last Sunday of every month...
2021-09-13 18:06:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Every Monday at Noon Central, we stream an exclusive Q&A for supporters in the MinnMax Council. We’re happy to answer any and all questions about the future of MinnMax, our past, or the news of the day in the chat. If you can’t make it into the chat during the stream, feel free to leave your question here and we’ll ...
2021-09-13 15:08:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody! This month's Trivia Tower competition is at 8pm Central on Monday, September 13th, we'd love to see you compete. Our special guest co-host this time around is comedian and DLC podcast co-host Christian Spicer! You're welcome t...
2021-09-10 17:38:03 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and special guest Joe Juba break down the biggest news from Sony's PlayStation Showcase like the unbelievable reveal that Insomniac is developing a Wolverine game with Marvel in addition to Spiderman 2. We also break down the God of War: Ragnarok gameplay trailer, talk about ...
2021-09-10 00:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody! We're shaking things up for one month only, we're letting you team up with a friend to compete for prizes in Trivia Tower! The next competition is happening on Monday, September 13th at 8pm with special guest cohost Christ...
2021-09-08 22:49:38 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Ross "The Star Wars Guy" Pfund and MinnMax's new social media lead Bryan Vore for a big spoilercast on Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. In this spoiler-filled discussion, we talk about the post-credits scenes, Simu Liu's performance, the greatest action scenes, and what it ...
2021-09-08 21:03:11 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jeff Cork talk about their personal goals from the month of August and take calls from the MinnMax community in the Discord about performing stand-up comedy and more. We then receive mystery goals from each other before creating the first ever community-wide goal: Prepare a new meal and share a pictur...
2021-09-08 18:17:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe're recording The MinnMax Show podcast live this week on Thursday after the big PlayStation Showcase, which we will also be streaming our reactions to. Big day!
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and2021-09-07 20:27:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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. 2021-09-06 21:55:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by our old co-worker Javy Gwaltney to talk about playing Far Cry 6, EA's news about the Dead Space remake, rave about Wildermyth, and more! We're also joined by Leo Vader as we answer great questions fro...
2021-09-01 20:57:37 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on CrossFade, Tom Salta (Deathloop, PUBG, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, and tons more) is discussing Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy” and ex-Genesis vocalist Peter Gabriel’s “So”! We’re recording this episode early, so leave a question and song for our gu...
2021-09-01 14:08:13 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and special guest Javy Gwaltney. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, topic, 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...
2021-08-31 20:05:33 +0000 UTC View PostWe couldn't possibly let a new Suda51 game release without hearing from his #1 fan Suriel Vazquez! In this bonus podcast discussion, Kyle Hilliard and Suriel Vazquez talk about No More Heroes 3 on the Nintendo Switch and how it compares to Suda's previous work. The discussion doesn't contain any spoilers. As always, thanks fo...
2021-08-31 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
