Watch the charity stream on YouTube here starting at 2pm Central - https://youtube.com/live/mHghpFQdnP8?feature=...
2025-10-10 21:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava assemble to share their early impressions of Battlefield 6's campaign. They also try to untangle the mystery of Dreams of Another from Q-Games, weigh in on "Balatro meets a slot machine" with CloverPit, and pick sides on LEGO Par...
2025-10-09 15:28:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Due to an embargo this week, there won't be an early episode of The MinnMax Show this week. We'll post all versions of the podcast on Thursday. In the meantime, why not catch up on Sarah and Haley's Silent Hill F playthrough on YouTube? 2025-10-07 17:52:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Leo Vader and Game Informer's Charles Harte to get in the thematic weeds of Consume Me, a (unfortunately) very relatable indie life sim and Two Tens contender. They also talk about Charles' incredible proposal and post-proposal Disney trip!<...
2025-10-07 02:26:19 +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 in2025-10-06 18:18:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In this MinnMax Interview, Ben Hanson interviews Raccoon Logic's head of studio Reid Schneider and creative director Alex Hutchinson about lessons from shipping Revenge of the Savage Planet. We also ...
2025-10-06 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader are joined by Game Informer's Charles Harte to unpack the excellent Hades 2 from Supergiant Games. Then Kelsey Lewin and Sarah Podzorski join the show to talk about Consume Me, Silent Hill F, Blippo +, Road To Empress, Towa and the Guardians of t...
2025-10-01 23:27:30 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Thanks for subscribing to Pew Pew Bang and sharing the new episode all about Pokemon - https://youtu.be/_BL5SpOgNAg
And don't miss Sarah and Haley playing the first four hours of Silent Hill F, they'll be pickin...
2025-09-30 19:48:24 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ana Diaz (whose mic starts to sound good four minutes in) to discuss all sorts of Bonus Pod worthy topics, including...
Animula Nook and game...
2025-09-29 23:55:08 +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 in2025-09-29 17:57:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The ad-free video version is available here!
After a Patreon-exclusive Pokémon themed Loaded Gun, MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin, Haley Maclean, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski fearlessly evaluate the Pokémon franchise from a ...
2025-09-29 15:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader unpack the PlayStation 5's new epic from Sucker Punch Ghost of Yōtei (codes provided by PlayStation) launching on October 2nd. Then we descend into madness by talking about the physicis-driven Baby Steps from the...
2025-09-25 13:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Kelsey Lewin write the upcoming Zelda movie in record time before Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard...
2025-09-24 16:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! Because of the Ghost of Yōtei discussion on the podcast this week, there won't be an early version of the show available on Wednesday. We'll share the raw, unedited version and the ad-free version for supporters on Thursday when the embargo lifts. We'll also be streaming our react...
2025-09-23 19:01:42 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hiliard, and Game Informer's Charles Harte are joined by Giant Bomb's Dan Ryckert for the grand finale of their three-part game club covering Metal Gear Soli...
2025-09-23 16:15:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined in-studio by her co-gamer Michael to unpack their experience as a couple with his rageful yet loving complete playthrough of Hollow Knight: Silksong. They also discuss...
Is there a better entry to the Metroidvania genre? (yes) 2025-09-23 00:24:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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 in2025-09-22 18:45:27 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for another Cohort Hootenanny! A generous supporter on Patreon here jumped up to the highest tier to trigger an emergency big group bonus podcast from the MinnMax crew. We assembled Ben Han...
2025-09-22 18:41:57 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Janet Garcia and contributor Ana Diaz visit Gamescom in Cologne, Germany for the first time to explore the biggest gaming convention in the world. They see the huge lines for Hollow Knight:...
2025-09-22 16:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Janet Garcia and contributor Ana Diaz visit Gamescom in Cologne, Germany for the first time to explore the biggest gaming convention in the world. They see the huge lines for Hollow Knight:...
2025-09-22 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This is it, folks. We're at the end of Metal Gear Solid Delta and are collecting your final thoughts on the game 2025-09-19 21:17:42 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader along with special guest Brendon Bigley from Into The Aether and Wavelengths share early...
2025-09-17 22:02:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello everybody! We hope you've enjoyed the deluge of content so far this week from MinnMax, 8 hours of podcasts! An ad-free version of Pew Pew Bang is now available in the bonus podcast feed for $5 supporters and it includes a ...
2025-09-16 19:12:05 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Haley MacLean, and Game Informer's Charles Harte continue their game club discussion for Metal Gear Solid Delta and talk about everything in the game from the sta...
2025-09-16 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Kelsey Lewin and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
Virtual Boy history
Gunpei Yokoi
Kelsey's Wonder Swan obsession
Nintendo's new Pokemon patents
He...
2025-09-16 03:24:40 +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 in2025-09-15 17:22:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Update: Thanks to popular demand, these ad-free episodes will now have video versions as well! Video - Pew Pew Bang - The Cooking Episode (Ad-Free)
Now that Pew Pew Bang has sponsors, we w...
2025-09-15 15:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava run through their current personal Game of the Year pick (and some runner-ups) before shifting over to the horizon and speculating about which upcoming 2025 game could claim the top spot? Then we talk about The Rogue Prince o...
2025-09-10 22:25:20 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! We have a potentially funky podcast schedule coming up. We're planning on recording on Wednesday at 1pm Central, BUT there are strong rumors that a Nintendo Direct is dropping Thursday or Friday so we'll likely delay the recording until after we do a reaction stream for that myster...
2025-09-09 19:36:22 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Sarah Podzorski and Jacob's lovely fiancé Annie for a huge spread of topics, including...
the latest Field of Mistria update
Sarah and Haley's continuing Grimshire obsession
Rise of the Golden Ido...
2025-09-09 00:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post