https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - Unlock a benefit and directly support independent games media MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader rally for a huge episode covering all of the latest games. They talk about the new interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse called Tetris Forever, Kyle and Janet weigh in on Mario & Luigi: Brothership, we debate why LEGO Horizon Adventures (code provided by Sony) isn't a great game but we can't sto...
Nov 14, 2024•2 hr 47 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and video editor Charles Harte are joined by returning fan favorite Haley De Boom to unpack the big release of Bioware's Dragon Age: The Veilguard. We also touch on the Castlevania DLC for Vampire Survivors before Kelsey Lewin and Sarah Podzorski join the show to share their full thoughts on the Monster Hunter Wilds Beta... and Shadow the Hedgehog. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You c...
Nov 07, 2024•2 hr 8 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Haley MacLean get into the Halloween spirit and kick off a fun conversation about Alan Wake II's The Lake House DLC and the fun to be had with Call of Duty Black Ops 6. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the crew to rave even more about Metaphor: ReFantazio, Infinity Nikki, and more before we get to wonderful questions submitted by the community! Directly support MinnMax and unlock a benefit here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the ...
Oct 31, 2024•2 hr 26 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava celebrate MinnMax's fifth anniversary by gathering together for a podcast in the NEW studio space! If you're at the Backstage Pass tier, you can watch a full tour of the new space. We thank the community for supporting us on Patreon and allowing this whole outlet to exist in the first place. Oh, and we talk about games like Batman: Arkham Shadow on Meta Quest 3, Max Spielberg's Lynked: Banner of the Spark, Fear the Spotlight, a...
Oct 24, 2024•2 hr 40 min
https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - We'll DM you a Steam code for Arco if you support us at any tier, we run out of codes when we hit 5,035 supporters on Patreon. MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader for a fun conversation celebrating the surprising, open-world FPS Echo Point Nova before we unpack our thoughts on Neva and the most beautiful games ever made. Janet weighs in after the first two chapters of Square-Enix's Life is Strange: Double Ex...
Oct 17, 2024•2 hr 14 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, and Haley MacLean rave about the new JRPG from the creators of Persona called Metaphor: ReFantazio and dig in on everything fascinating and surreal about Nintendo's new alarm clock called the Alarmo. Then Jeff Marchiafava and Leo Vader join the show to weigh in on Silent Hill 2 and their continuing adventures in UFO 50. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You ca...
Oct 10, 2024•2 hr 18 min
https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - Join the $5 tier and we'll DM you a Steam code for 1000xResist, you have until the end of Friday, October 4th. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia are joined by special guest Suriel Vazquez to break down their thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on the Nintendo Switch. Then we talk about the overlooked indie RPG Arco and Janet regales us with her adventures playing the upcoming SEGA release of Like A Dragon: Pirate Y...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 51 min
Donate Here - https://bit.ly/minnmaxasheville Breaking in for an emergency update here: MinnMax's "Big Community Meetup" in Asheville, North Carolina was scheduled for this Saturday, October 5th, but nature had other plans. Due to the devasting impact of Hurricane Helene on the area, we're forced to cancel the meetup. Please contact your airline/housing to get a refund and help spread the word to any friends who were going to attend. We're using this unfortunate situation as an opportunity to ra...
Sep 30, 2024•3 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Haley MacLean unpack all of their favorite reveals and trailers from Sony's State of Play, especially Sucker Punch's fantastic reveal of the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima called Ghost of Yotei. We debate whether the world could use a PlayStation 5 remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn before we rave about our time playing UFO 50 from the creator of Spelunky. Then video game IP lawyer unloads her full thoughts on Nintendo and The Pokémon ...
Sep 26, 2024•2 hr 13 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Easy Allies' Michael Huber talk about Capcom's Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster and a bit about Black Myth: Wukong before Kelsey Lewin joins us to celebrate Visions of Mana. Then we all talk about The Plucky Squire, Peglin, and Tactical Breach Wizards before Charles Harte joins the show to unpack his eventful journey to the Grand Canyon to play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Then we answer some wonderful questions ...
Sep 19, 2024•2 hr 44 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the lackluster reveal of the PlayStation 5 Pro before turning to happier things like our continued love of Astro Bot. Then we have a ton of good games to talk about, with Leo raving about Wild Bastards, everybody being impressed by the co-op fun of Space Marine 2, Jacob's love of I Am Your Beast, and more. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the ...
Sep 12, 2024•2 hr 6 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava share their spoiler-free review for the excellent platformer Astro Bot on the PlayStation 5 (code provided by PlayStation) before nose-diving into a discussion about the failure of PlayStation's first-person hero shooter Concord and how it was abruptly pulled from stores after less than two weeks. Then we talk about Flock, Tomba, and the reveal of dungeons and the Still World for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of...
Sep 05, 2024•2 hr 4 min
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...
Aug 29, 2024•2 hr 40 min
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...
Aug 22, 2024•2 hr 9 min
There will never be a bigger episode of The MinnMax Show. On this special episode, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Janet Garcia unpack some love for the new farming sim game Fields of Mistria that Sarah has been working on as a marketing/social media manager. It's good, we swear! Then Leo Vader talks about jumping into the alpha for Splitgate 2 and we all shed some love for Cat Quest 3. After that, Leo talks about his wild trip to San Fr...
Aug 15, 2024•4 hr 5 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader are joined by Game Informer's lead video producer Alex Van Aken, associate editor Marcus Stewart, and associate editorCharles Harte to unpack all of their thoughts, feelings, and insight into the end of Game Informer. GameStop shut down the beloved magazine after 33 years last Friday, this episode is about celebrating the final years of the magazine and sharing as much insight as we can without risking anybody's severance package. This episode a...
Aug 08, 2024•3 hr 3 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Leo Vader talk to Jeff Marchiafava and Jacob Geller about their time playing four hours of Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws and how it compared to their expectations. Then we gush about da goo and talk about the long-awaited World of Goo 2 as well as SteamWorld Heist II. Then we're joined by GameSpot's Lucy James and returning MinnMax community member Haley De Boom to talk about Comic Con and BioWare's Dragon Age: The Veilguard before things get extremely British and we talk ...
Aug 02, 2024•2 hr 49 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about our picks for Game of the Year as it currently stands and try to predict if anything can top games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Balatro, and more. Then we dive into the speed-running world of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. After that. Haley MacLean and a very relaxed Leo Vader join the show to talk about three great, new indie games called Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Ad...
Jul 25, 2024•2 hr 13 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Haley MacLean kick things off by unpacking their thoughts on Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess and PlayStation's beta for Concord. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the crew to talk about the new expansion to her beloved Final Fantasy XIV and how Dawntrail stacks up to climactic content like Endwalker. 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...
Jul 18, 2024•2 hr 1 min
Welcome to the 250th episode of the show! On this special episode, Ben Hanson is once again joined by Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader! We talk about Anger Foot from developer Free Lives and publisher Devolver Digital before we follow our hearts and talk about a handful of old games we've been playing and loving like Yakuza 0 and Guitar Hero 2. 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 th...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 56 min
On this week's special early episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader as we duel our way through 2024's game release calendar and claim the six games we're most interested in playing. We also talk about attending Summer Games Done Quick in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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 qu...
Jul 03, 2024•2 hr 32 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the absurdity of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble before taking a turn for the sick and twisted by talking about Luigi's haunted mansions, outer space's killer klowns, and Sweeny Todd simulators. Then we're joined by From Software Twitch streamer Ellie Joy Panic to dissect Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree before we dive into wonderful questions submitted on Patreon! If you support MinnMax on Patreon before the end of...
Jun 27, 2024•2 hr 31 min
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 discussio...
Jun 19, 2024•2 hr 13 min
On this week's big episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Charles Harte are joined by returning champion from Easy Allies Michael Huber unpack their full thoughts on Summer Game Fest 2024. We debate what was the game of the show and all share our picks for the biggest and best games, including hands-on preview discussions about Star Wars Outlaws, LEGO Horizon Adventures, Astro Bot, and a whole lot more. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bi...
Jun 13, 2024•2 hr 52 min
On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jacob Geller as we unpack the highlights from Sony's State of Play like the fun Astro Bot announcement and the uneven Concord gameplay reveal. Then we unpack the current state of Sony and the PlayStation 5 in 2024, mapping out all of their 1st party studios and how long we can expect to wait until the next big games are released. After that, Jacob Geller talks about playing Metal Gear Solid 3: Sn...
Jun 05, 2024•2 hr 10 min
On this big episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Michael Huber from Easy Allies, and Jeff Marchiafava returning from paternity leave! We share our biggest predictions for Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest showcase and beyond before talking about Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on the Nintendo Switch, weigh in on Ubisoft's XDefiant and Warner Bros.' Multiversus, JeffM talks about his paternity break games with Dragons' Dogma 2 and Dicefolk, and Ben re...
May 30, 2024•2 hr 31 min
On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin and Michael Huber to unpack our full review thoughts on Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 from Ninja Theory and what it means for Xbox. Then Kelsey and Jacob rave about 1000xResist and Huber gushes about the Resident Evil throwback Crow Country. 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 u...
May 23, 2024•2 hr 17 min
On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to unpack the deluge of great games releasing in early May. We start out by talking about Ubisoft's reveal trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows before diving into the surreal Nun-based adventure Indika, the amazing puzzles of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the dark farming world of Echoes of the Plum Grove, and the keyboard-based dungeon-crawler Cryptmaster. Then we're ...
May 16, 2024•2 hr 33 min
On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard are joined in the studio by MinnMax video editor and Game Informer associate editor Charles Harte to talk about an eventful week in the game industry. We touch on the official confirmation that the Switch 2 will be revealed before the end of Nintendo's calendar year before diving into the big news of the week: Microsoft making the brutal choice to shut down four of its game studios, including Arkane Austin (Dishonored, Prey, Redfall) ...
May 09, 2024•2 hr 19 min
MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Kelsey Lewin, and Sarah Podzorski to talk about the early-access city-builder taking the world by storm called Manor Lords. Kelsey regales us with her thoughts on the new RPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the spiritual successor to Suikoden. Then we review a real hidden gem from 2024 called Minishoot' Adventures that combines Zelda with a twin-stick shooter like Geometry Wars. Then we're joined by Lana Bachynski (associate art director at Rio...
May 02, 2024•2 hr 15 min
