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MinnMax Interview - Shuhei Yoshida Opens Up On Nintendo, Stress, Leaving PlayStation
MinnMax's Ben Hanson finally speaks with game industry legend Shuhei Yoshida about his 31-year career at PlayStation, where he worked his way up to president of Sony Interactive Worldwide Studios from 2008-2019 before becoming the head of PlayStation indies. He left Sony at the end of 2024 and h...
The MinnMax Show - Assassin's Creed Shadows, 2025's First Reviews, Goodbye Alanah
On this big episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson and guest cohort Alanah Pearce rotate through a full crew of Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Janet Garcia to talk about some of the great new games released so far in 2025 like Dynasty Warriors Origins, Lonely Mountain...
Vote For Alanah's Final MinnMax Stream At Janet's Studio!
Hey everybody! We've been delighted to have Alanah Pearce join us this month as the first ever guest cohort here at MinnMax. As her final piece of content, she's heading over to Janet Garcia's place in LA to stream a game. What game, you ask? Hey, you tell us! You have until Thursday at ...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
Hey everybody, we appreciate your patience with the delay on The Deepest Dive of Onimusha: Warlords. Several of us got sick so we pushed the first episode back to now recording on Twitch on Monday, February 3rd and it'll be up on YouTube and in the bonus podcast feed on Tuesday the 4th. This wee...
Bonus Pod - The Wii U Retrospective
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Charles Harte to relive the highs and lows of the Wii U's life, going through favorite games, weirdest features, and most confusing commercials.Here’s a link to the video version of this episode!Thanks so much for supporting and unlocking...
Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus - Greatest Hits!
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 decided you've had it too go...
MinnMax Interview - Mouthwashing & 1000xResist: Developer One-On-One
MinnMax's Ben Hanson hosts a discussion between Mouthwashing's narrative designer/art lead Johanna Kasurinen and executive producer Kai Moore and 1000xResist's creative director Remy Siu and narrative designer Pinki Li. As two of the strongest narrative games from 2024, the developers ta...
Submit Your Thoughts On Onimusha: Warlords For The Deepest Dive
Hello brave warriors, it's time to submit your thoughts on the first half of Capcom's Onimusha: Warlords for The Deepest Dive! As always, please be specific with your comment. The more specific you are, the higher the chances are that we'll read your comment. The stopping point for our f...
The MinnMax Show - Ninja Gaiden 4, Xbox's Reveals, Citizen Sleeper 2
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Sarah Podzorski, and special guest cohort for the month Alanah Pearce break down the highlights from Microsoft's big Xbox Developer Direct with the big reveal of Ninja Gaiden 4 and a ton of information on Doom: The Dark Ages from id, Clair Obscur: Expediti...
The Greatest Games Of All Time (Ultimate List, 100% Perfect)
For New Show Plus this week, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and guest cohort Alanah Pearce take submissions from the MinnMax community and accurately place them on an ever-expanding list of the greatest games of all time. Normally we're much more thorough and have concrete...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
FYI: Due to the Xbox Developer Direct happening on Thursday at 12pm Central (we'll be streaming our reactions on YouTube), we're holding the podcast back for the second week in a row and will be doing it live on YouTube on Thursday at 1pm Central. It'll be up in the podcast feeds as soon...
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 ...
Compete In Trivia Tower On Tuesday, January 21st At 8pm Central!
Would you like to compete in game trivia to win game codes and more? Then please jump in MinnMax's Discord on Tuesday, January 21st at 8pm! If you're even a $2 supporter on Patreon you get access to the Discord. Host Michael Huber will be joined by special guest cohost Victor Lucas from Elec...
The MinnMax Show - Switch 2 Reveal, Ubisoft In Peril, Welcome Alanah Pearce
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Haley MacLean are joined by the new Guest Cohort (surprise!) for a month Alanah Pearce! Her journey through IGN, Funhaus, Sony Santa Monica, and the narrative on her new game Layers Deep has made her incredibly insightful on the game industr...
Join The Deepest Dive On Onimusha: Warlords!
Hot off the announcement that Capcom is reviving the series, for the next Deepest Dive we're going back to 2001 and playing the first Onimusha game! The samurai-focused action/adventure game takes a lot of inspiration from the Resident Evil Series, so dive in and let's unpack this thing toge...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
We're recording a live episode of the podcast this week on YouTube this Thursday at 3:15pm Central. We don't have any inside information, but with so many rumors that the next Nintendo console is being revealed this Thursday we want to be able to cover that on this episode. So fingers crosse...
Bonus Pod - Ben's Business Blast, 2024 Analytics, Survey Results
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…The overall state of MinnMax as a companyAnalytics for the best and worst-performing content in 2024MinnMax Content Survey ResultsBen's weekly emailsJohn Wilkes BoothTootsie ...
Choose What We Stream On New Show Plus - Show-off Edition!
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. You can learn more about the format inthis quick video. This week we're challenging the incumbent Old Awards Shows by givi...
The MinnMax Show - Objectively, The Best Games Of 2024
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader get together to talk about what they played over the holiday break, give Indiana Jones and the Great Circle the follow-up conversation it deserves, and run down the MinnMax community's hive-mind picks for the greatest games of ...
Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast
Happy 2025, everybody! Thanks so much for supporting MinnMax, we're excited to tackle a ton this year. We hope you enjoyed the new episode of Bonus Pod with Haley, Sarah, and Kelsey talking about what they played over the holiday break. Funky note for this upcoming episode of The MinnMax Show: w...
Bonus Pod - Holiday Break Gaming
This week on the first Bonus Pod of the new year, host Haley MacLean is joined by Sarah Podzorski (and eventually Kelsey Lewin) to get caught up on which games got us through our winter break and why they were Infinity Nikki. They also talk getting into Pokémon cards in 2025, Sarah's forgotten ...
Choose What We Stream On The First New Show Plus Of The Year!
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. You can learn more about the format inthis quick video.So check out your options below, and vote to choose the next episode we...
How Are We Doing? Improve MinnMax With This Quick Content Survey
Happy New Year, everybody! As we head into 2025, we'd love for you to fill out this quick survey about MinnMax's contentand help us chart our course ahead. Click here and fill out as much as you want - https://forms.gle/uQN53mVJwrHTpwP87Looking back on your feedback last year, here are some...
The MinnMax Show - Game Of The Year 2024 (The Final Debate)
Here we go, everybody. This is the final debate from MinnMax about Game of the Year for 2024. On this episode, Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski debate the correct order for the top 20 games of 2024......
The MinnMax Show - Game Of The Year Debate 2024 (Building The List)
MinnMax's full crew of Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski kick off our Game of the Year debate that we call The Two Tens... in honor of the two Ns in MinnMax and Minnesota. We build up a list of our...
Everybody's Top 10 Games Of 2024 (And Your Turn To Vote For GOTY!)
Hey everybody! As we're rolling out MinnMax's collective Game of the Year debates in the main podcast feed (reminder that you can unlock all of them now at the $10 tier), we wanted to share everybody's Top 10 games of 2024. The nine of us try our best to represent the year, but we can ba...
Unedited GOTY 2024 Debates And All Other Extended Videos
Hello everybody and thanks for supporting MinnMax at the Backstage Pass tier. Your support has been huge for us this year, a special thanks to new folks who just jumped up to this tier. As always, feel free to drop back down whenever you want to. Find something sustainable, that's how we stay su...
The MinnMax Show - The MinnMax Awards 2024
MinnMax's full crew of Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Sarah Podzorski celebrate gaming in 2024 by nominating and debating winners in prestigious categories. The categories of course are: Best Thing, Dumbest Thi...
Max Spoilers - Metaphor: ReFantazio's Ending
MinnMax's Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, and Kelsey Lewin share their full, spoiler-filled thoughts on all of Metaphor: Refantazio from Atlus and the creators of Persona 5. They talk about the game's ending, final dungeons, and favorite characters along the way.Watch and share the video versio...
The MinnMax Show - Indiana Jones, Infinity Nikki, 2024's Final Reviews
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava unpack Indiana Jones and the Great Circle from Machine Games before Kelsey Lewin and Sarah Podzorski freshen up the place by raving about Infinity Nikki. Then we get to some great questions from the community!Help support Mi...
