FYI: We're recoding a live episode of The MinnMax Show on YouTube at 4pm Central after the big Summer Game Fest stream on Thursday, so it won't be available early in the bonus podcast feed or for Backstage Pass supporters.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Han...
2023-06-06 16:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader continue their gigantic game club discussion on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the Nintendo Switch. In thi...
2023-06-06 00:12:31 +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 in2023-06-05 22:53:18 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- The Summer Game Fest schedule
- Our Doc Lightning community film festival
- The MinnMax community meetup
- Worrying about Metal Gear Solid 3I
If you want to join the Party Chat every s...
2023-06-05 18:08:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Every Monday at 12pm Central, we record our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Party Chat and we need your input! You can literally join the group discussion by clicking on the Stage in MinnMax’s Discord channel called MinnMax Party Chat. Raise your hand (there’s a button for that) whenever you...
2023-06-05 13:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week's episode of The Deepest Dive on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, we're covering the southern half of the map and the two remaining temples! If you're not quite caught up, don't wo...
2023-06-04 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
At the start of May we challenged everybody in the MinnMax community to create a documentary under three minutes long in an event called Doc Lightning. You didn't need to be an expert, filming with your phone was encouraged. One month and 31 submissions later, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Jacob Gel...
2023-06-02 21:57:28 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Janet Garcia walks Ben Hanson through her experience at a recent event where she got to play over an hour of the The Expanse: A Telltale Series, an episodic narrative game releasing on July 27t...
2023-06-01 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson and Leo Vader are joined by fighting game experts Suriel Vazquez and (Game Infomer and Giant Bomb alumn) Jason Oestreicher to unpack everything great about Street Fighter 6! Then Leo explains why he loves the new FPS called Friends vs....
2023-05-31 17:40:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminder for everybody: MinnMax's community meetup in Minneapolis is happening this Friday, June 2nd at 8pm Central at Wisdom Gaming Studios, located in the Mall of Amer...
2023-05-30 21:59:14 +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 in2023-05-29 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews the senior reporter for Vice's Waypoint Patrick Klepek about the end of the outlet, what that means for him personally, and what it means for the future of games press in ...
2023-05-29 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Jacob Geller to unpack all of the highlights for the big PlayStation Showcase!
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
We'll be recording this week's episode of The MinnMax Show podcast after the big PlayStation Showcase stream at 3pm Central, we'll be streaming our reactions to that on YouTube. This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Sarah Podzorski. ...
2023-05-23 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to The Deepest Dive on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! In this discussion, we cover the northeast quadrant of the map, Fire Temple, and our evolving thoughts on the gameplay syste...
2023-05-23 00:02:32 +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 in2023-05-22 21:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, we talk about…
- PlayStation Showcase predictions
- Documentary filming update
- How to produce a podcast
- Xbox's summer event predictions
- Editing tips for Doc Lightning
If you want to join the Part...
2023-05-22 17:45:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Every Monday at 12pm Central, we record our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Party Chat and we need your input! You can literally join the group discussion by clicking on the Stage in MinnMax’s Discord channel called MinnMax Party Chat. Raise your hand (there’s a button for that) whenever you...
2023-05-22 13:47:38 +0000 UTC View Post
We hope you're still enjoying your time with The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom, we're ready to collect even more of your thoughts on the game! This time we're focusing on exploring the NE corner ...
2023-05-21 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this special episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by community manager Haley MacLean, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to share our thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! Hear more of our thoughts on The Deepest Dive f...
2023-05-18 02:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and special guest from Enhance Games (Tetris Effect, Humanity) and the 8-4 Play podcast Mark MacDonald. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, B...
2023-05-16 19:32:35 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava unpack their full thoughts after their first weekend with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Nintendo Switch. They cover the ...
2023-05-16 00:12:50 +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 in2023-05-15 22:35:58 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of our bonus podcast Party Chat, community manager Haley MacLean and Ben Hanson talk about…
- The best moms in gaming
- Film aspect ratios
- The Deepest Dive on Zelda planning
- GQ's Top 100 games of all time article that Hanson contributed to 2023-05-15 00:41:51 +0000 UTC View Post
We're here, everybody. It's time for The Deepest Dive on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. We're collecting your thoughts on the game, roughly focusing on the opening hours and exploring the nor...
2023-05-14 15:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Since so many folks jumped up to a higher tier this month, we want to give you all an opportunity to call in and podcast with us directly on Party Chat so we're recording at a special time: Sunda...
2023-05-12 21:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Compete in game trivia on Tuesday, May 16th at 8pm Central by supporting MinnMax on Patreon, Twitch and Fire Escape's Mary Kish is our special cohost this time around. We'l...
2023-05-12 16:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostWe have a big episode of The MinnMax Show podcast for you this week. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader are joined by video essayist (and former Polygon senior video producer) Jenna Stoeber to REVIEW The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on the Nintendo Switch. Then Hanson sha...
2023-05-11 13:06:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Join MinnMax's multi-part community game club discussion on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! This is a funky one, since we won't have standard story-based stopping points for each episode. For the first discussion we're going to focus on the "phenomena" objective in the North West area ...
2023-05-10 15:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and special guest Jenna Stoeber!. 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 ...
2023-05-09 18:30:31 +0000 UTC View Post