Join Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, and Bryan Vore as they discuss all the exciting and weird moments from Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest. They unpack the biggest reveals, like The Last of Us Part 1 Remake from Naughty Dog, new gameplay for Street Fighter 6 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Spider-Man and Venom are in Midnight Sons from Firaxis! Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com Sorry, we won't have timestamps this week! They'll be back next week...
Jun 10, 2022•2 hr 14 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this very special episode, Kyle Hilliard is hosting the show and is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader to talk about the biggest reveals from Sony's State of Play stream and a whole lot more. Ben Hanson is out on his honeymoon for two weeks. As part of the State of Play recap, they talk about Final Fantasy XVI, Callisto Protocol, Horizon Call of the Mountain, Marvels' Spider-Man coming to PC, the remake of Resident Evil 4, Street F...
Jun 03, 2022•2 hr 2 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Kelsey Lewin, and Joe Juba unpack their favorite memories from going to E3 to get us in the right mood for the season of big game reveals. Sarah then talks about "vampire Valheim", also known as V Rising, and her time with Little Witch in the Woods. Then Leo Vader joins us to rave about Sniper Elite 5 and talk about Multiversus and Roller Champions. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the com...
May 26, 2022•2 hr 16 min
Welcome back to the show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Joe Juba to talk about the impressive Citizen Sleeper and then unpack our new gameplay impressions of the Saints Row reboot from Volition. Then Kyle Hilliard joins us to answer community questions about Starfield's delay, "E3" leaks, Silent Hill rumors, the evolving nature of Kratos, and a whole lot more. You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a quest...
May 19, 2022•2 hr 29 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard unpack the state of the game industry and PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo's "console war". We also run down the indie game highlights from Nintendo's Indie World event and share our full thoughts on the new gameplay video showing off Gotham Knights. Then Sarah Podzorski joins us to answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You c...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 10 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader talk about the most legendary games on their backlog and what it was like to finally get around to playing it. We talk about Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Gravity Rush 2, and the original Deus Ex. We also talk about some new games like Nintendo Switch Sports, Rogue Legacy 2, and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe! Then we answer questions submitted on...
May 05, 2022•2 hr 5 min
On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski to answer as many questions from the community as we can. We talk about whether it's okay to not like Elden Ring, how Nintendo should handle Miyamoto's eventual retirement, the best controllers ever, Disney Dreamlight Valley's announcement, and a whole lot more. All of the questions came from Patreon supporters, so head over there and jump in at the $2...
Apr 28, 2022•2 hr 13 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to review the new handheld from Panic called Playdate and Valve's Steam Deck. Then we go down the handheld rabbit hole and take a ton of community questions about the PSP, GameBoy coming to the Nintendo Switch rumors, 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 mak...
Apr 21, 2022•2 hr 21 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Sarah Podzorski talk about the typical list of "The Greatest Games Of All Time" from outlets and offer suggestions for games that should be in the discussion and contention much more than they currently are. We also take suggestions from the community about what could and should be considered the GOAT. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit ques...
Apr 14, 2022•2 hr 58 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On today's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and MinnMax's official new Contributor Jacob Geller talk about Returnal's DLC, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, and the wild ending to Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Then we unpack some recent indie games that need more attention in this era of Elden Ring, with Jacob Geller racing about a game called Norco. After that, Contributor Kelsey Lewin joins the show to help answer wonderful questions submitt...
Apr 07, 2022•2 hr 16 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava unpack PlayStation's reveal of the revamped PlayStation Plus and their time with Gearbox's Tiny Tina's Wonderlands. Then Sarah Podzorski joins us to talk about Kirby and the Forgotten Land on Nintendo Switch, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, and Ghostwire: Tokyo. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the wee...
Mar 31, 2022•2 hr 10 min
Welcome 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 Hogwarts Legacy, unpack our time with the immersive sim Weird West, and talk about playing the new 4v1 game Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. Then we answer questions from the community submitted over on Patr...
Mar 24, 2022
Welcome 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, what we've learned about Starfield, and then we try to wrap our minds around Square-Enix's strategy with releases like Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit questio...
Mar 17, 2022•2 hr 20 min
On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Sarah Podzorski, and Jeff Marchiafava break down the biggest news and weirdest reveal trailers from Sony's State of Play. We talk about Capcom's dino crisis game that isn't Dino Crisis, Square-Enix's new game reveals, and more. Then we talk about Kirby and the Forgotten Land on the Nintendo Switch and the delightful new, short game from Valve called Aperture Desk Job. After that, the real fun begins with a big (spoiler free)...
Mar 10, 2022
On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, 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 at Firaxis. In this episode we share way too many old stories from Game Informer and also talk about what compels us to play games in the first place. Why can't we stop playing Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West? We also share our review...
Mar 03, 2022
On this week's podcast, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by our old friend Suriel Vazquez and YouTube essayist Jacob Geller to unpack From Software's new masterpiece Elden Ring. Our review discussion does is spoiler-free and the gameplay footage is from the technical test. Suriel also talks about Capcom's exciting announcements of Street Fighter 6 and Capcom Fighting Collection. Then Leo Vader joins the show to help answer community questions submitted on Patreon! Help support the show an...
Feb 24, 2022•2 hr 18 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about the big, exciting, new game from Guerrilla Games called Horizon Forbidden West on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Our copies of the game were provided by PlayStation. Then Kyle Hilliard talks about playing the campaign for Crossfire X from Remedy and Supraland Six Inches Under. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the show to answer great questions submitted by th...
Feb 17, 2022•2 hr 47 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard talk about GhostWire: Tokyo from Tango Gameworks before diving into a big review discussion of Sifu for the PlayStation 5. Then Jacob Geller and Sarah Podzorski join the show to break down the biggest news from the Nintendo Direct, like the Chrono Cross remaster, Kirby's surreal new swallowing abilities, Nintendo Switch Sports, a new Mario Strikers, and more. Then we answer que...
Feb 10, 2022•2 hr 7 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard review their time with Techland's open-world zombie game Dying Light 2 Stay Human. We also talk about the huge news that Sony purchased Bungie and run down the only big independent developers left in the game industry. Then we're joined by O'Dell Harmon Jr and Nikole Zivalich to talk about Game Freak's bold changes with Pokémon Legends: Arceus and answer wonderful qu...
Feb 03, 2022•2 hr 59 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard announce we're tackling Pokémon Legends: Arceus for The Deepest Dive and then jump into our predictions for 2022. Will Sony try to compete with Game Pass? Will Elden Ring meet everybody's wild expectations? Will The Rock portray Kratos in a film version of God of War??! Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the ...
Jan 27, 2022•2 hr 9 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! We have a big episode for you this week, as Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia unpack the news that Microsoft has acquired Activision Blizzard and rave about the new action RPG Nobody Saves the World. Then we're joined by the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin to talk about RPGs on the GameBoy Advance like Mother 3 and Tomato Adventure. Then Sarah Podzorski jumps on to help us answer community questio...
Jan 20, 2022•2 hr 1 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski each share their 5 most anticipated games of 2022. We talk about God of War: Ragnarok, Kirby on the Switch, try to predict the reception to Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and set the scene for our hype with From Software's Elden Ring. Then Leo Vader joins us as we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help m...
Jan 13, 2022•2 hr 21 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader are joined by former cohort Suriel Vazquez to share our top 10 games of 2021, talk about PlayStation VR2, and then run down the community's objective list of the best games of 2021. Then we're joined by Janet Garcia to 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...
Jan 06, 2022
Welcome to the final episode of The MinnMax Show for 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski battle it out to rank and lock down the greatest games of the year for our list of The Two Tens. We talk about Returnal, Deathloop, Rider's Republic, Life is Strange: True Colors, and a whole lot more. On the next episode, we'll let the community in the Discord vote to determine their collective Top 10 for the year. If you've en...
Dec 30, 2021
It's time to build the list of our favorite games of 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski create a list of Game of the Year contenders before they start whittling it down to The Two Tens. We debate Psychonauts 2, Death's Door, The Forgotten City, Bravely Default 2, and a whole lot more on this episode. We'll be back next week with a new episode to rank and finalize the list. Unlock early access to the final discussio...
Dec 23, 2021•3 hr 42 min
Welcome to The MinnMax Awards for 2021! On this episode, we're celebrating the best from gaming this year by nominating and debating the winners for a handful of special categories like best moment, best character, biggest news, and more. We have a full crew on this episode, with Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski. We hope you enjoy the discussion, for the next two episodes we'll be debating the best games of the year by creating a list of t...
Dec 16, 2021
In this live episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski are joined by Bryan Vore to break down the biggest reveals from The Game Awards. We highlight the biggest games shown off during Geoff Keighley's event, like a Wonder Woman game from Monolith, a new Elden Ring trailer, Sonic Frontiers, The Matrix Awakens tech demo, and a whole lot more. Then we talk about Halo Infinite's campaign and Sarah's time with Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker before answering wonderf...
Dec 10, 2021•2 hr 13 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and special guest Jacob Geller are joined by the master of music (and host of Level with Emily) Emily Reese to break down our favorite game music tracks from 2021. I'm sure we all missed some great games and music, so feel free to leave any biggies in the comments for other folks to find. Then we talk about Solar Ash and Exo One before answering questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8b...
Dec 02, 2021•2 hr 9 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode. Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard share their picks for some overlooked great games from 2021 and also talk about the news that Harmonix is now owned by Epic Games. Then we're joined by previous guests Nikole Zivalich (previously on the Weekend Confirmed podcast) and O'Dell Harmon Jr (former Game Informer intern) to talk about Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl and Riot Games' big multimedia expansion with Lea...
Nov 25, 2021
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! We have a big episode for you and we hope you enjoy it. First off, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Janet Garcia talk about their gaming backlog for 2021 and try to lock down which games they're finishing off before our Game of the Year debates. We also talk about the reveal of the nominees for Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards and why folks feel Returnal was robbed. Then we're joined by BetterQuest co-host Jeff Cork to dissect everythi...
Nov 18, 2021•2 hr 15 min
