The world is surreal, but we're still here to talk about games and have a good time. On this week's show, Imran Khan joins the cohorts to talk about the new details on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Then we talk about ways to get better while working from home and a whole lot more. Thanks for sticking with us, we're not going to stop creating fun content for you. To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 8:20 - PlayStation 5 specs 26:25 - New Xbox Series X detai...
Mar 19, 2020•3 hr 34 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, a good place to forget bad things. On this episode we cover Call of Duty's new stand-alone battle royale game called Warzone, the incredible achievement of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and the stunning news that E3 2020 has been canceled. In the second half of the show, we're joined by the former host of The Game Informer Show Matt Helgeson to talk about his new music podcast on the MinnMax network called MinnTrax! Please subscribe to it here! https://podcasts...
Mar 12, 2020•3 hr 38 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Jeff Marchiafava, and guest Javy Gwaltney share everything they learned about Baldur's Gate 3 and what it's like revisiting BioWare's original games to prepare for the exciting RPG from Larian Studios. Then we all share tips on how to get through your backlog of games while talking about Half-Life 2 and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Kyle Hilliard then joins the show while we rave about the incredible new demo for the Final Fantasy VII Remake and new gameplay for H...
Mar 05, 2020•3 hr 57 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafva, and Suriel Vazquez talk about the specs for Microsoft's Xbox Series X, Mega Man Zero and ZX, Wayforward's Vitamin Connection, and Star Wars news before taking a turn for Hollywood and comparing the Sonic the Hedgehog movie against the Dragon Quest V adaptation on Netflix. Then we open up the Minnbox and choose our favorite community question of the week and send them a great prize from iam8bit! ...
Feb 27, 2020•3 hr 3 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this episode, we try to alleviate the loss of PlayStation at PAX East by talking about the gameplay and sharing our best predictions for Naughty Dog's swan song for the PlayStation 4 The Last of Us Part 2. Jeff Marchiafava talks about some exciting indie games on Game Pass, we try to wrap our minds around Escape from Tarkov and Wolcen, and Suriel Vazquez pines for Blizzard's StarCraft: Ghost. For the back half of the show, we open the Minnbox and answ...
Feb 20, 2020•2 hr 19 min
On this episode, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Ashley Glassel AKA Midnite and Devin Robinson AKA TTinyy to talk about the Minnesota Rokkr Call of Duty eSports team, Red Dead Redemption 2, and what it takes to play Call of Duty professionally. Then we're joined by Jeff Marchiafava and Jack Gardner to talk about Bioware's overhaul of Anthem, Geoff Keighley skipping E3 2020, and the final release of Media Molecule's Dreams. Then we open up the "MinnBox" and answer dozens of great quest...
Feb 13, 2020•3 hr 13 min
On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, we welcome Ana Diaz (@analikespikachu) to help us rank our five favorite Super Nintendo games of all time. We all have a lovely time talking about Earthbound, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and a whole lot more. Before we go retro, we cover the wild news of Dan Houser leaving Rockstar and what Kyle thinks of Zombie Army 4. In the back half of the show, we celebrate our new supporter iam8bit and are proud to announce the return...
Feb 06, 2020•3 hr 16 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez wind back the clock to 2013 to talk about the big reveal of the PlayStation 4 at the legendary February event and what it might teach us about Sony's direction for the PlayStation 5 reveal. We also talk about Journey to the Savage Planet from Typhoon Studios and why Suriel loves Kentucky Route Zero. Then we dive into some wonderful questions from the community on Patreon. If you support MinnMax at any tier you get access t...
Jan 30, 2020•3 hr 33 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! For the first section of the podcast, we talk about CyberConnect 2's Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch, and Darwin Project before jumping into wonderful community questions alongside developer Rex Crowle from Knights and Bikes, LittleBigPlanet, and Tearaway acclaim! To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below. 1:50 - The Deepest Dive on Chrono Trigger 5:15 - Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot 38:30 - Tokyo Mirage Se...
Jan 23, 2020•3 hr 37 min
On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez break down their most anticipated games of 2020. We cover everything from Cyberpunk 2077 to the remake of Final Fantasy VII. As Kyle puts it, these are the five games that we would grab first if they were all stacked in front of us. Then we answer some wonderful questions from Patreon supporters, thanks for leaving us so many great questions and comments every week! To jump to a particular point in the discus...
Jan 16, 2020•3 hr 57 min
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, we kick off the new year by announcing the next installment of The Deepest Dive community game club that is fueled by your comments and will be airing on January 22nd. Then we run down a gigantic list of games that we played and enjoyed over the holiday break before making some very bold predictions for the game industry in 2020. From the launch of the PlayStation 5 to the Xbox Series X, we cover it all. We also read a ton of community feedback ...
Jan 09, 2020•3 hr 52 min•Ep. 10
Merry Christmas, MinnMax supporters! You've been so generous with your support this year, we wanted to say thanks by releasing an episode over the holidays. On this very special episode, we're reunited with both Elise Favis and Javy Gwaltney as we call up wonderful community members in the exclusive Discord to learn which games we overlooked this year. If you enjoy this episode, please consider sharing it with a friend! We'll be taking next week off, but there will be some content released on Mi...
Dec 26, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 9
Welcome to the biggest show of the year! On this episode, we build up and then whittle down a list of the greatest games from 2019 to create the official ranking for MinnMax. We hope you enjoy the discussion! If you don't like our list, you'll have a chance to fix it on this Saturday in the official MinnMax Discord for Patreon supporters. We'll be calling in community members to share their thoughts on the greatest games released this year. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check ...
Dec 19, 2019•4 hr 40 min•Ep. 8
We're proud to introduce The MinnMax Awards! On this week's episode, we're happy to air our big debate in its entirety as we lock down the winner and runner-up for a cavalcade of categories. Please let us know what we got wrong... maybe you'll have a chance to fix it in the future. Next week on the show we'll be tackling our full Game of the Year discussions in a similar format. We hope you enjoy this big episode! You can still donate for us to buy toys and games for kids stuck in the hospital o...
Dec 12, 2019•4 hr 41 min•Ep. 7
On this week's episode, we rip off the band-aid and break down our game of the year choices for each year throughout the last decade. This is a fun and sometimes painful stroll down memory lane, we also admit where we were completely wrong in retrospect. Just a reminder, we have our first MinnMax community meetup on Monday, December 9th at 8pm at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis. You don't have to be a Patreon supporter to swing by. If you're not in Minneapolis, we're raising money to buy toys f...
Dec 05, 2019•3 hr 19 min•Ep. 6
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We have a very special episode this week as we're joined by music expert/podcaster Emily Reese to talk about her journey to Valve to play Half-Life: Alyx and record podcasts with the audio team. We also couldn't ask for a better guest to join us in raking our favorite video game tracks from 2019, you can check out the timestamps below if you miss the name of the song. We also talk a bit about MinnMax's first community meetup that will be on December 9th at 8pm a...
Nov 28, 2019•3 hr 44 min•Ep. 5
On this week's show, we unload our full thoughts on Star Ward Jedi: Fallen Order from Respawn and how the game compares to Dark Souls. We also do the appropriate amount of venting and celebrating the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield before talking about Microsoft's X019 and the continually absurd value of Xbox Game Pass. After that, we turn the show over to MinnMax's Patreon supporters as we answer some of your best questions from the week. Thanks again for all of your support on Patreon, it'...
Nov 21, 2019•3 hr 9 min•Ep. 4
On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, we're joined by Javy Gwaltney to talk BioWare and the future of the Mass Effect series. After that, we talk about Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding (PlayStation provided several of our copies) and Disco Elysium on PC. Then we dive into some wonderful community questions! If you want to contribute to the community questions, please consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out ...
Nov 14, 2019•3 hr 43 min•Ep. 3
On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, we pick Suriel's brain for his (spoiler-free) thoughts on Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding and Kyle talks about the ghastly horrors of Luigi's Mansion 3 on the Nintendo Switch. Then we unpack the internet's reaction toward BlizzCon 2019, trying to weigh excitement over Dibalo IV and Overwatch 2 with Blizzard's moves to crack down on free speech from players. We also lighten the mood again by talking about Sakurai's sweet showcase for Terry Bogard in Supe...
Nov 07, 2019•3 hr 5 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to The MinnMax Show! On the first real episode of the podcast, we talk about playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Afterparty from Night School Studios. After that, we talk about Kotaku's frustrating saga surrounding corporate ads via G/O Media and run down every game release that we missed since Kyle, JeffM, and Suriel lost their jobs at Game Informer. Then we make the show better by reading the community's wonderful questions before revealing our new closing segment. Our deepest tha...
Oct 31, 2019•3 hr 2 min•Ep. 1
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