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The MinnMax Show - Split Fiction Review, Kingdom Come II, Tony Hawk 3+4
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava share their full thoughts on Hazelight's co-op follow-up to It Takes Two called Split Fiction, which has two authors platforming through the sci-fi and fantasy world from their books. Then we fin...
Bonus Pod - Flash Games That Raised Us
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Jacob Geller to reflect on the Flash games of their childhood! Here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…what constitutes a Flash gamethe wild west of early Flash gamestheir all-time favoritesis Roblox just zoomer Flash games?Here’s ...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava. 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 o...
Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!
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 inthis quick video.So check out your options below, and vote to ...
The MinnMax Show - Monster Hunter Wilds, Yakuza Pirate, WB's Studio Slaughter
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski talk about the huge release of Capcom's Monster Hunter Wild, follow-up on the fun to be had in Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and finally rave about The Roottrees Are Dead. Then we answer your wo...
127 Questions For Split Fiction's Josef Fares
MinnMax's Ben Hanson asks as many questions as possible to Hazelight's Josef Fares about their new co-op/split-screen game Split Fiction. Fares also answers questions about It Takes Two, A Way Out, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and (of course) Geoff Keighley and The Oscars. Split Fiction rel...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kesley Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Sarah Podzorski. 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 bel...
Bonus Pod - 25 Years Of The Sims
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Sarah Podzorski and Jacob's partner Annie to celebrate a quarter century of The Sims! Here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…background history of the gamethe E3 1999 lesbian kissside Sims gamesfav childhood Sims storiesBella Go...
Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!
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 inthis quick video.So check out your options below, and vote to ...
Kelsey Goes Retro Shopping With Game Developers (Extended Version)
Hey everybody! Ben Hanson here debuting something new and fun from MinnMax. As you probably know, MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin co-owns several Pink Gorilla Games stores in Seattleand has a wild knowledge of game history and game prices. We thought it would be fun to invite game developers with a ton o...
Kelsey Goes Retro Shopping With Game Developers
Hey everybody! Ben Hanson here debuting something new and fun from MinnMax. As you probably know, MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin co-owns several Pink Gorilla Games stores in Seattleand has a wild knowledge of game history and game prices. We thought it would be fun to invite game developers with a ton o...
San Francisco! Come To MinnMax's GDC Community Meetup On Monday, March 17th
Do you live near San Francisco? Will you be attending GDC 2025? Then we'd love to say hello to you in person on Monday, March 17th at 7pm PT at the Tempest Bar!What - MinnMax Community MeetupWhere - Tempest Bar 2940 431 Natoma St, San Francisco(9 minutes from Moscone Center)When - Monday, March ...
The MinnMax Show - Predicting Everything That'll Happen In 2025
MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to look back at our predictions from last year and make bold, new predictions about games in 2025. From GTA 6 to the Nintendo Switch 2, we predict it all. Game Over. Then Leo Vader joins the show to talk Keep Dri...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
Hey, before we jump into the rundown for this week's episode of The MinnMax Show - I wanted to give you all a huge thanks for the kind words about Kelsey, Janet, Haley, and Sarah's new podcast Pew Pew Bang (watch and share the video version here). Because of you all subscribing on your favor...
Bonus Pod - What Makes A Great Choice In Games
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by best friends Leo Vader and Cobysoft Joe to unpack the complex design problems that choices in games present, with community submissions and Joe's experience as a solo developer hoping to create meaningful choices without blowing the scope o...
Subscribe To Our New Podcast: Pew Pew Bang
Subscribe to Pew Pew Bang on your favorite podcast app- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pew-pew-bang/id1796213059Hey folks! Kelsey Lewin here taking over the Patreon for a moment to introduce something we’ve been working on…a new bi-weekly show from MinnMax called Pew Pew Bang!Myself, alon...
The MinnMax Show - Avowed Review, State Of Play Highlights, Saros Revealed
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Haley MacLean rave about Obsidian's new RPG Avowed and Leo checks back in on the overlooked RPG Eternal Strands with JeffM. Then Janet Garcia joins the fun as we break down the best reveals and trailers from PlayStation...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, 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 favorite a...
The Deepest Dive - Onimusha: Warlords Part 2
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, and Michael Huber from Easy Allies finish their discussion about Capcom's samurai classic from 2001 Onimusha: Warlords. In the second part of this game club, they talk about everything in the game from when Samanosuke is captur...
Bonus Pod - An Active Conversation About Idle Games
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Leo Vader to discuss a genre that often doesn't get discussed: number-go-up, brain-go-off idle games. Does the genre not get discussed for good reason? You decide!Here’s a link to the video version of this episode, including the gameplay ...
Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!
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 inthis quick video.So check out your options below, and vote to ...
MinnMax Interview - How Meta Killed Ready At Dawn
MinnMax's Ben Hanson talks to the co-founder of Ready At Dawn Andrea Pessino about how the beloved studio behind Daxter and God of War on PSP, The Order: 1886, and Lone Echo was purchased by Meta and how it ultimately led to the end of the studio after 21 years. We also talk about canceled proje...
Submit Your Final Thoughts On Onimusha For The Deepest Dive
It's time to finish off our two-part game club on Capcom's 2001 classic Onimusha: Warlords. We're collecting your thoughts on the second half of the game in this shared Google Doc,please make sure your ONE comment is under 600 characters long. The more specific your comment is, the highe...
The MinnMax Show - Our Most Anticipated Games Of 2025
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Haley MacLean run down their most-anticipated games of 2025 and share everybody else's picks as well from the full MinnMax crew. We talk about GTA6, whether Hollow Knight: Silksong is actually releasing this year, and predict the success ...
175 Rapid-Fire Questions About Obsidian's Avowed
You all requested it, so here's an audio-version of our new Rapid-Fire Interview! We do strongly recommend watching and sharing the video version though - https://youtu.be/dAtStowg2RkMinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Avowed game director Carrie Patel about Obsidian's new RPG that takes pla...
Bonus Pod - Ranking Every Studio Ghibli Film
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Jacob Geller and Kyle Hilliard to take some of the most beautiful, sincere art ever made and give it a letter grade like it's some math homework!Here’s a link to the video version of this episode, including the onscreen tier list as they ...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, 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 o...
The Deepest Dive - Onimusha: Warlords
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Easy Allies' Michael Huber for the first half of a game club discussion covering Capcom's 2001 classic Onimusha: Warlords for the PlayStation 2. We talk about the tank controls, boss fights, horrific water ...
Cohort Hootenanny - Celebrities And Scrapped Rapid-Fire Questions
Thanks to Ted Ryser in the MinnMax community for jumping up to the highest tier, a Cohort Hootenanny has been unlocked! We gathered together Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, and Leo Vader for an emergency, off-the-cuff bonus podcas...
Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus!
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 inthis quick video.This week we're trying a little something...
