Released every Thursday, The MinnMax Show features former Game Informer employees and beyond talking about the week's most exciting games or game industry news before reading feedback from the Patreon community found at patreon.com/minnmax.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Review, Fire Emblem, Who Won September (With Blank Check's JJ)
Thursday, September 24, 2026 • Duration 02:32:57
We'll DM you a Steam code for Jackbox Party Pack 9 if you support MinnMax at even the $2 tier on Patreon, or if you're a current supporter upgrading to the Backstage Pass tier. Offer ends on Monday, September 28th. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia share their evolving thoughts on Remedy's Control Resonant before a review discussion on Silent Hill: Townfall. Then we're joined by JJ Bersch, the researcher from the cohort-favorite podcast Blank Check to join Kelsey Lewin and Jeff Marchiafava in unpacking Nintendo's Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave on the Nintendo Switch 2. Then we take a freaky turn to JeffM-town USA as we wind back the clock to the early years of the Rogue genre through the lens of Dragon Quest and the Baby Steps of golf games. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava share their early thoughts on Remedy's Control Resonant before venturing into the year 2030 and talking about PlayStation dropping Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear follow-up Physint and Blizzard announcing a new take on StarCraft as an open-world shooter. Then we descend back into the Marvel mines as Jeff and Janet weigh in on Insomniac's Wolverine and the reaction to the reviews online. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
We’ll DM you a Steam code for Double Fine’s Keeper AND Kiln (the newly independent studio!) if you're a new MinnMax supporter at the $5 tier by the end of Monday, September 14th. Support independent media, celebrate Double Fine! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Haley MacLean, and Jacob Geller share highlights from the Nintendo Directs this week including the reveal of Metroid Ravenous and gameplay for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Then we unleash our thoughts on Marvel's Wolverine from Insomniac on the PlayStation 5 in a spoiler-free review discussion. Codes were provided by PlayStation, as they prefer we point out. Then Ben talks about playing Final Fantasy VII Revelation at PAX West and Haley sings the praises of Soverign Tower. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and returning champion Charles Harte celebrate Capcom for nailing basically everything with Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Then we talk about the new mandatory co-op Switch 2 exclusive Orbitals, playing Mega Man: Dual Override at Gamescom, The Blood of Dawnwalker from Witcher 3's director, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, and (of course) a preview of Final Fantasy Resonance. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - We'll DM you a Steam code for the excellent Lumines Arise if you're a new Patreon supporter at the $5 or above tier. Offer ends 8/31/26
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Jeff Marchiafava gather together in the MinnMax Studio in Minneapolis to react to the big gameplay reveal for GTA 6 from Rockstar Games. Then Jacob unpacks his feelings on From Software's The Duskbloods on Nintendo Switch 2 and we debate Horizon Hunters Gathering more before we jump into the XCOM-like Star Wars: Zero Company. After that, we run through some of the highlights from Geoff Keighely's Opening Night Live such as Final Fantasy VII Revelation and The Witcher 3's new expansion. So many games to talk about! Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard unpack the lay of the land for our 2026 GOTY before the onslaught of games releasing in September. Then we discuss the Bloomberg story about Guerrilla Games rebooting the multiplayer Horizon Hunters Gathering based on poor feedback and Jacob shares some praise for the new Elden Ring-like Mortal Shell 2. Then things get deadly serious as we bring freelancer extraordinaire Hayes Madsen in to dissect everything revealed about D23 about Kingdom Hearts IV. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
Marvel Tokon Review, Fields Of Mistria 1.0, New N64 Games
Thursday, August 13, 2026 • Duration 02:28:22
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by production assistant Nick Stefanacci and former cohort Suriel Vazquez for the ultimate fighting game discussion on PlayStation's Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. We also unpack the wave of N64 throwback titles with Agent 64: Spies Never Die and Wild Blue Skies' take on Starfox. Then we're joined by Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Jeff Marchiafava to celebrate the launch of Fields of Mistria 1.0 and dive deeper into sims with Moonlight Peaks and Pokopia's underwater DLC. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow - Win two tickets to PAX West by following MinnMax on Instagram and leave a comment on the PAX post, we'll randomly pick a winner on Friday, August 14th
Trivia Tower Live - Friday - September 4th - 3:30pm-4:40pm - Creator Stage (Expo Floor)
Big Walk, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Halo's Future
Thursday, August 6, 2026 • Duration 02:23:23
https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - We'll DM you a Switch 2 or Steam code for Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector if you're a new supporter at the $5 tier or if you upgrade to the Backstage Pass tier. Offer ends 8/10/26.
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller kick off the big show by raving about their puzzle-solving adventures in the new open-world exploration game Big Walk. Then we unpack the biggest surprises in the Nintendo Direct for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave on the Switch 2, boot up our old PC-brains with Desktop Explorer, weigh the pros and cons of Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation, and more. Then Kyle Hilliard joins the show and we talk about Halo: Campaign Evolved, canceled Halo projects, and whether there's any path forward for Xbox's iconic series. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller kick off a huge episode by talking about Splatoon Raiders on the Nintendo Switch 2. Then Jeff Marchiafava joins us to rave about the twin-stick roguelike Pathogenic and Janet explains why she was so impressed by playing a preview build of Silent Hill Townfall. The fun doesn't stop there, as Haley MacLean and Kyle Hilliard join for a huge final discussion about the Steam Machine and to rave about the new deduction game from the creators of The Roottrees Are Dead called The Incident at Galley House. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:14 - Splatoon Raiders
00:33:11 - Pathogenic
00:45:27 - Silent Hill Townfall
2026's Most Underappreciated Games (So Far) With Lucy James
Thursday, July 23, 2026 • Duration 02:14:27
We'll DM you a Steam code for Forestrike, upgrade your tier or support MinnMax at the $2 tier or above (new supporters) before Tuesday, July 28th. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Janet Garcia are joined once again by Lucy James! The cohost of the Summer Game Fest Showcase and formerly of Gamespot, Lucy just launched a newsletter all about helping you find new, indie games called LookingFor.Game. On this episode we each share our picks for 2026 games that deserve more love, you can submit your picks on the next episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Bonus Pod. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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