On the last Sunday of every month, we let everybody at the $20 MinnMax Council tier call in and podcast with us about whatever they want. This month we're joined by MinnMax's newest cohort Janet Garcia to take calls about baseball, The Force Awakens, Final Fantasy VI, Jak II, Pokémon cards, Janet's KFC birth, and some Nolan ...
2021-04-26 18:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We'd love to hear your voice! You can call in and podcast with Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia this Sunday, April 25th at 6pm Central. We'll be taking all calls from the MinnMax Council channel in the Discord. Jump on the line with any question under the sun or just talk about a game you've been enjoying recently, it's your show!...
2021-04-23 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Bryan Vore (@Bryan_Vore) and Ross Pfund (@areyoubadenough) for this spoilercast about the season finale for Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. We talk about the journey of Sam Wilson, Sharon...
2021-04-23 18:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Suriel Vazquez, and Jacob Geller to talk about finally getting to play Resident Evil Village, weigh in on It Takes Two, and rave about the new game Before Your Eyes. Then Leo Vader joins us to answer some wonderful questions from t...
2021-04-21 21:52:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Jacob Geller. 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 the wi...
2021-04-20 19:31:35 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews reporter Jason Schreier about his new book on the unsustainable aspects of the game industry called Press Reset. Jason also talks about when reporting should break the news on game reveals, his transition from Kotaku to Bloomberg as a writer, the challenges of having a large platform on Twitter...
2021-04-20 16:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostOn this Friday's episode of our music podcast CrossFade, the guest is Ben Hanson and we'll be talking about Girl Talk's Feed the Animals and Prince Paul's A Prince Among Thieves. Subscribe to the podcast in its own stand-alone feed and listen to the albums to get ready!
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2021-04-19 20:48:45 +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. 2021-04-19 19:06:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody! This week Kyle Hilliard joins Ben Hanson to talk about Marvel's new trailer, the rules of Trivia Tower, and more.
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 ...
2021-04-19 18:06:08 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews the creator of Final Fantasy Hironobu Sakaguchi from Mistwalker about his new RPG on Apple Arcade called Fantasian and how it was inspired by Final Fantasy VI. They also discuss Sakaguchi's history in Hawaii, directing Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, and why this is likely his final game.
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2021-04-19 16:15:01 +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 ...
2021-04-19 16:10:54 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, here's an odd one. MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews John Dickerson from 60 Minutes, CBS News, former host of Face the Nation, and the Slate Political Gabfest about his latest book "The Hardest Job in the World" and what it takes to "min/max" the American presidency. Dickerson also talks about his history with video ga...
2021-04-16 16:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everybody, we're very excited to reveal our new merch design for The Deepest Dive! We hired the incredibly talented MinnMax community member Hugo Pereira to create a collage highlighting all of our choices for The Deepest Dives so far, the ...
2021-04-15 16:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we're joined by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier to talk about his recent story revealing that Naughty Dog is now working on a remake of The Last of Us and that Days Gone 2 isn't happening at Sony Bend. Then Janet Garcia and Kyle Hilliard join the show to talk about the most...
2021-04-14 22:22:34 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez. 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 f...
2021-04-13 19:54:51 +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. 2021-04-12 19:02:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Get ready for tonight's episode of Trivia Tower, with special guest co-host Kelsey Lewin from the Video Game History Foundation! The competition starts at 7pm Central tonight (Monday, April 12th), so ju...
2021-04-12 18:33:02 +0000 UTC View PostEvery 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...
2021-04-12 18:00:52 +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 ...
2021-04-12 13:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez talk about the online-only plans for E3 2021 and what that means for the future of the beloved convention before diving into a thorough review discussion of Outriders from People Can Fly. Then Kyle Hilliard joins the show and we talk...
2021-04-07 21:53:58 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez. 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 ...
2021-04-06 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews key figures throughout the history of PopCap Games to tell the complete story of the studio behind massive successes like Bejeweled, Peggle, Plants vs Zombies, and more. From PopCap's cancelled games, to EA spending buying the studio for hundreds of millions of dollars, this is the most thoroug...
2021-04-05 19:28:44 +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. 2021-04-05 18:32:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everybody! This week, we talk about welcoming Janet Garcia as a cohort, Kyle Hilliard calls in to talk about the first trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy, and more!
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...
2021-04-05 18:08:29 +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 ...
2021-04-05 14:17:08 +0000 UTC View PostOn this Friday's episode of our music podcast CrossFade, the guest is Matt Sweeney (guitarist/producer known from Skunk, Chavez, Zwan, and the Red Dead Redemption 2 Housebuilding EP). We'll be talking about John, the Wolf King of L.A. by John Phillips (of The Mamas & The Papas) and Marquee Mo...
2021-04-05 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Cork to talk about losing weight, getting along with our parents, and reading the Star Tribune newspaper every day. Then we take calls from the MinnMax community to talk about their goals for the month.
You can watch the video version of BetterQuest here - 2021-04-02 17:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, we're proud to welcome Janet Garcia (@Gameonysus) as our newest cohort! We talk about why 2021 is looking so promising for indie games, weigh in on Na...
2021-03-31 22:27:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, there's big news on the way with this week's podcast... This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and MinnMax's new cohort Janet Garcia! 2021-03-30 19:39:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody! Thank you all for supporting another great month here at MinnMax. On the final Sunday of every month, we let all supporters at the MinnMax Council tier on Patreon call in and talk to us about whatever they want. On this episode we're joined by Matt Helgeson and Jason Dafnis from MinnMax's music podcast CrossF...
2021-03-29 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
