This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, AND the creative director for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, XCOM 2, and Marvel's Midnight Suns Jake Solomon...
2024-05-14 17:44:55 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Janet Garcia and Jacob Geller and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
Janet's engagement story
Jacob's book launch success
a brief history of the Nancy Drew game franchise
Every week New Show Plus lets supporters at the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon vote to choose a new show for us to create, or to continue an older show from a previous week. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in2024-05-13 17:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, this is Ben Hanson from MinnMax letting you know about an offer that expires this Sunday. If you jump up to the $5 tier on Patreon and unlock the robust bonus podcast feed, we'll DM you on...
2024-05-10 21:23:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Because of your support on Patreon, we hit our goal and flew Charles Harte in from Ohio to be our DM in this one-shot Dungeons & Dragons adventure. There aren't plans for this to be a recurring thin...
2024-05-10 21:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! 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 Swi...
2024-05-09 13:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Charles Harte in the studio. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll c...
2024-05-07 19:32:00 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, and Michael Huber from Easy Allies unpack their full thoughts on Dragon's Dogma 2 from Capcom in this big spoilercast discussion. They talk about the game's surpri...
2024-05-07 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostOn this episode of Bonus Pod, Haley MacLean is joined by MinnMax video editor and associate editor for Game Informer Charles Harte about...
Hades 2
Tips and tricks from a seasoned D&D Dungeon Master
Not Enough Mana review
American cit...
2024-05-06 23:30:05 +0000 UTC View PostEvery week New Show Plus lets supporters at the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon vote to choose a new show for us to create, or to continue an older show from a previous week. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in2024-05-06 21:24:04 +0000 UTC View Post
In April we revamped our Patreon tiers and added a new option for the highest tier, where any member of the community can jump up and trigger a "Cohort Hootenanny" where as many of us as possible will g...
2024-05-06 18:43:07 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson talks to Media Molecule's co-founder Mark Healey about his recent departure from the beloved PlayStation studio, the origins of LittleBigPlanet, his biggest regrets on Dreams, how h...
2024-05-06 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski are joined by video editor Charles Harte as they map out and plan their upcoming Dungeons & Dragons session. We're streaming a D&D one-shot e...
2024-05-03 23:39:54 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Kelsey Lewin, and Sarah Podzorski to unpack the great games they've been playing recently like Manor Lords, Eiyuden Chronicle, and Minishoot Adventures. Then we're joined by Lana Bachynski (associate ...
2024-05-02 02:47:33 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Easy Allies' Michael Huber unpack their full thoughts on Amazon's Fallout TV series. They talk about the final episode of Fallout, what the show adds to th...
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Kelsey Lewin, Haley MacLean, and special guest associate art director Lana Bachynski from Riot Games. It's yo...
2024-04-30 19:36:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's get creative, everybody! Last year we introduced a short documentary film festival here at MinnMax called Doc Lightning (2024-04-30 17:27:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to Bonus Pod! On today's episode, Haley MacLean is joined by Michael Huber from Easy Allies to learn about allllll of the things they have in common. They talk about...
Defending the Watch Dogs series
Why Huber and Haley love Remedy
Rocksta...
2024-04-29 22:22:56 +0000 UTC View PostEvery week New Show Plus lets supporters at the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon vote to choose a new show for us to create, or to continue an older show from a previous week. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in2024-04-29 19:20:04 +0000 UTC View Post
For the last time, it's your chance to vote on which game we create bonus content about with The Game Championship. These games have been picked by Patreon supporters at the Game Champion tier. As always, vote ...
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Michael Huber to share their full thoughts on Stellar Blade for the PlayStation 5 (based on a code provided by PlayStation). Then Leo Vader join us to talk about the adaptation of Ak...
2024-04-24 23:53:46 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Michael Huber, Janet Garcia, and Leo Vader. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favor...
2024-04-23 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Bonus Pod! On this episode, Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson to talk about...
- Changing up MinnMax's Patreon tiers
- Our new Dungeons & Dragons Patreon goal
- The PlayStation Portal
- Hades 2 Technical Test
- Dragon's Dogma 2
- Planning weddings
Yo...
2024-04-23 01:53:00 +0000 UTC View PostEvery week New Show Plus lets supporters at the Backstage Pass tier on Patreon vote to choose a new show for us to create, or to continue an older show from a previous week. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in2024-04-22 18:51:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, Ben Hanson here with a big Patreon update. As always, we cannot thank you all enough for supporting independent games media and a HUGE thank you to everybody who jumped in to support MinnMax because of The Deepest Dive on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. We hope you stic...
2024-04-22 17:32:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson brings together the director and writer for Hi-Fi Rush John Johanas and the localization director for Final Fantasy XVI Michael-Christopher Koji Fox to talk about creating...
Hey everybody! We want you to compete in game trivia on Monday, April 22nd at 7pm Central to win codes for games like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom, and Death Of A Wish. MinnMax's Ben Hanson will be hosting this episode and will be joined by 2024-04-18 16:10:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! Apologies for the late upload (for this early version) but, as you can hear at the end of the episode, Ben Hanson's internet goes out. Anyways. In this episode, Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Jacob Geller unpack their favorite overall software of...
2024-04-18 12:44:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, and Haley MacLean. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our...
2024-04-16 17:50:26 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to Bonus Pod, the companion show to The MinnMax Show! = Host Haley MacLean is joined by Kyle Hilliard for the first time ever! On this week's episode of Bonus Pod, we talk about...
Building Haley's new PC
Delicious in Dungeon anime
The...
2024-04-15 23:06:03 +0000 UTC View Post