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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Star Wars Outlaws, Castlevania Lives, Valve's New Game Deadlock
Thursday, August 29, 2024 • Duration 02:39:38
MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and special guest Marcus Stewart to talk about the biggest reveals from the recent Nintendo Direct, Star Wars Outlaws, Valve's new game Deadlock, what PlayStation's Concord gets right, and then Marcus Stewart shares his hands-on preview impressions from playing Batman: Arkham Shadows, Reanimal, and Phantom Blade Zero at Gamescom. 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
Gamescom's Biggest Reveals, Borderlands 4, Indiana Jones Preview
Thursday, August 22, 2024 • Duration 02:09:19
On this episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Kate Sánchez from ButWhyTho to unpack the biggest headlines and reveals from Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live. They talk about the new Amazon animated show featuring Mega Man and Kratos, Gearbox's bold trailer for Borderlands 4, and more before diving into an extended, behind-closed-doors preview of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Jacob also talks about his obsession with Earth Defense Force 6 and the first hours in the breakout hit Black Myth: Wukong. 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! Support MinnMax on Patreon before Monday, August 26th and we'll DM you two Xbox codes AND you get to vote for The Deepest Dive. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:51 - Vote for The Deepest Dive
00:10:38 - Gamescom's biggest reveals
00:10:49 - Secret Level
Elden Ring DLC, New Zelda Revealed, Metroid Prime 4
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 • Duration 02:13:11
On this week's special, early episode, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard unpack all of the highlights from the surprising Nintendo Direct showing the last big games hitting the Nintendo Switch console. We talk about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4 gameplay, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and the odd surprises of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Perfect Dark! Then Kyle talks about his time playing Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree in a spoiler-free discussion, we're also taking The Deepest Dive on this DLC masterpiece from From Software so stay tuned for that. Then we round up some cool upcoming games we played during Steam Next Fest and Jacob explains why you shouldn't miss out on Still Wakes The Deep from The Chinese Room. 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 leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
Get the brand new game ASKA on Steam by supporting MinnMax on Patreon at the $5 tier before the end of Friday, June 21st. We'll DM you on Patreon with a Steam code for the viking survival game ASKA from Thunderful. We're out of codes when we hit 4,690 paid Patreon supporters, so check that first on the Patreon page. Thanks for supporting independent games media! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:44 - Nintendo Direct
Mario Movie Reaction, CD Projekt's Future, Dead Space Remake
Thursday, October 6, 2022 • Duration 02:03:19
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack the big reveal trailer for Nintendo and Illumination's Super Mario Bros movie and to try to wrap their minds around Chris Pratt's voice for Mario. Then they talk about CD Projekt RED's big announcement of upcoming games in The Witcher and Cyberpunk universes, the Dead Space remake trailer, Potion Permit, and a whole lot more. 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 leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
Help make Trivia Tower: All-Stars on Monday, October 17th at 8pm Central more intense by donating to increase the prize pool for the winner's charity! https://www.gofundme.com/f/triviatower
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:17 - Super Mario Bros. trailer reaction
00:18:27 - CD Projekt RED's future games
00:25:26 - Dead Space remake
00:29:41 - Potion Permit
00:33:11 - Overwatch 2's rocky launch
00:37:16 - Rumbleverse
Why We're So Excited For God Of War Ragnarok
Thursday, September 29, 2022 • Duration
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by the founder of Indie Informer Jill Grodt to unpack our predictions for God of War: Ragnarok. Heads up, they do include spoilers for God of War 2018. After that, we talk about Cyberpunks 2077's resurgence with the new anime on Netflix, Tunic on the Nintendo Switch, and Shovel Knight Dig! 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 leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
GTA 6 Leak, PSVR2 Hands-On, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks Of Hope Preview
Thursday, September 22, 2022 • Duration
On this episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and special guest Imran Khan to talk about the Rockstar's nightmare scenario of GTA 6 gameplay videos leaking and a whole lot more. Ben Hanson talks about his trip to San Francisco (which, full transparency, Ubisoft paid for) to play Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on the Nintendo Switch and Imran talks about visiting Tokyo to play PlayStation VR 2. Then we're joined by the OTHER co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Frank Cfaldi to talk about the miraculous Return to Monkey Island from Ron Gilbert. 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 leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:33 - GTA 6's huge leak
00:16:55 - Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
00:21:49 - Trombone Champ
00:25:30 - Bayonetta 3
Nintendo Direct, Sony's State Of Play, Dozens Of New Game Reveals!
Thursday, September 15, 2022 • Duration 02:14:32
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! We have a heck of an episode for you this week, with Ben Hanson joined by Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to unpack the best moments and trailers from the avalanche of news and press conferences in the game industry. We talk about the big Nintendo Direct where they revealed Fire Emblem Engage and Pikmin 4, and we really dive in to talking about the re-release of Goldeneye 007 and the big announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom. Then we unpack Sony's State of Play, featuring the reveal of Tekken 8 and an amazing new trailer for God of War Ragnarok from Sony Santa Monica. We cover the Ubisoft Foward and Marvel and Disney games announced recently as well before being joined by Kelsey Lewin to review Splatoon 3 and answer wonderful questions submitted by you all on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:48 - Nintendo Direct highlights
00:12:33 - Goldeneye 007's return!
00:17:31 - Pikmin 4
00:20:33 - Various Daylife
00:22:30 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
00:31:25 - New N64 games coming to Switch Online
00:34:16 - Sony's State of Play Highlights
00:34:26 - Tekken 8
00:35:53 - Pacific Drive
00:36:50 - Like A Dragon: Ishin!
PAX’s Best Games, Cyberpunk’s Future, Immortality Review
Thursday, September 8, 2022 • Duration 02:08:00
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and returning guest O'Dell Harmon Jr. to talk about the best games from PAX West including Lies of P and Gunbrella. Then we talk about the new trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet before unpacking the reveal of Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty and debate whether the upcoming DLC can restore the name of Cyberpunk. Then Leo Vader joins us to talk about his love of Assassin's Creed Rogue and talk about the upcoming entries in the series like Assassin's Creed Mirage. Finally, Jacob Geller unloads his (spoiler-free) thoughts on Sam Barlow's Immortality. 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 leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:17 - PAX Highlights
00:12:58 - Gunbrella
00:16:15 - Splatoon 3
49 Remakes We Need More Than The Last Of Us
Thursday, September 1, 2022 • Duration 02:32:13
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Janet Garcia to talk about playing The Last of Us Part 1 (codes provided by PlayStation) and then share our picks for the games we'd most like to see remade. After that, we have a bunch of games to talk about like the excellent Tinykin, Cursed to Golf, and the shockingly divisive Pac-Man World Re-PAC. Then we're joined by Digital Eclipse's Chris Kohler to share the full backstory of working with Konami on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection and its absurd archive of historical content. Of course we answer your wonderful questions right after that, you can submit questions and win a prize from iam8bit by supporting MinnMax on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:40 - The Last of Us Part 1 Remake
00:21:26 - Our dream remakes
00:37:43 - Pac-Man World Re-Pac
00:46:36 - Tinykin
00:53:57 - Cursed To Golf
00:56:42 - Ooblets
01:00:36 - Introducing Digital Eclipse's Chris Kohler
01:04:49 - Making Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
01:29:58 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
Gamescom’s Biggest Reveals And Saints Row’s Failures
Thursday, August 25, 2022 • Duration 02:21:42
On this special episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Janet Garcia joins Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader in the MinnMax Studio thanks to your support on Patreon! We talk about the biggest reveals and news from Gamescom and Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live event featuring games like Lies of P and Dead Island 2 before unpacking the underwhelming reboot of Saints Row. Then we answer wonderful questions submitted on Patreon and award the iam8bit prize of the week! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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