Hey everybody! This is the last week in 2024 where we'll have community questions on the podcast. Here's the rundown for our schedule coming up and when the episodes are airing to the public...
12/19 - The MinnMax Awards
Best Thing
Dumbest Thing
Biggest News
The Game We All Agree I...
2024-12-10 18:31:44 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Charles Harte to go through the community's submissions for the best game music of 2024! It's a spiritual sequel to last week's MinnMax show where the cohorts gave their less enlightened picks. Leave it...
2024-12-09 23:33:07 +0000 UTC View Post
What’s New this Week!
For Bonus Pod this week recording at a slightly earlier time of 3PM CT we have Haley and Charles combing throuugh the MinnMax Communiity's best game music picks of 2024!
If you have a song you would like to submit, feel free to include it here!
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 in this quick video.
So check out your options below, and...
2024-12-09 18:55:04 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and video editor Charles Harte unpack their favorite game music from 2024 before Kelsey Lewin joins to talk about Monster Hunter Wilds and more. Then we answer wonderful questions submitted by the community!
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To prep you for the Monster Hunter discussion on the podcast this week, don't miss Charles Harte's travelogue from visiting Osaka, Japan and Capcom's headquarters! There's a 2.25-hour version as well for folks at the Backstage Pass tier, check the Discord channel. https://youtu.be/...
2024-12-03 17:07:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Fixed: Here's the audio version of the episode and a final link to the video version as well, apologies for the error.
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Leo Vader to share picks from the community about more hidden gems from gaming in 2024. It's a visual episode, with the two watching trailers for the games mentioned ...
2024-12-03 04:18:40 +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. You can learn more about the format in this quick video.
This week we're leaning into prepari...
2024-12-02 18:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jacob Geller share their picks for the most underrated games of 2024 before we talk about Grunn, Crypt Custodian, and Metro Awakening in VR. Then for community questions we're joined by Jonah Abrahamson, who is a generous donor from our big charity stream where you all raised over $65,000 to...
2024-11-27 23:40:56 +0000 UTC View Post
We're thankful for all of your support here on Patreon, so here's a special extended version of our annual Thanksgiving joke-a-thon just for you. For the 8th year in a row now, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava are joined by their old c...
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and Give To The Max donor Jonah Abraham! 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 and ia...
2024-11-26 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is in the MinnMax Studio along with Ben Hanson and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
Haley's trip to Minneapolis
Give To The Max highlights
What we can do better for Give To The Max 2025
Here’s a link to the video versio...
2024-11-25 23:00:08 +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. Although this week we're delaying the next vote on us playing Overwatch because Haley MacLean is in Minneapolis. We'll pick up Overwatch as an option next week.
So che...
2024-11-25 21:08:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It's that magical time of year, everybody. For the eighth year in a row, it's time to give thanks by writing a ton of dumb jokes!
Jeff Cork, Leo Vader, Ben Hanson, and Jeff Marchiafava will be sharing 20 reasons they're thankful for gaming in 202...
2024-11-21 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Sarah Podzorski, and Jeff Marchiafava prepare for the big Game of the Year debates by sharing their final picks for games that other people should check out and will be relevant during The Two Tens. The full list of games we mention during this segment is below. We also talk about The Rise of the Golden Idol, ...
2024-11-21 03:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Janet Garcia and Haley MacLean are joined by Remap's Patrick Klepek and Kinda Funny's Blessing Adeoye Jr. to unpack each of the chapters in Square-Enix and Deck Nine's Life is Strange: Double Exposure. The return of Max Caulfield get outs of ...
2024-11-21 00:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, 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 below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit will ship out the great p...
2024-11-19 18:44:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Last month we debuted our new series MinnMax Spotlight by taking you inside Panic and the Playdate in Portland, Oregon. This month, the MinnMax Spotligh...
2024-11-19 17:15:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
30 Rock, The Simpsons, Futurama
The Game Awards Nominations
MinnMax's approach and debates about sponsored content
Here’s a link to the video version of this epis...
2024-11-18 23:32:57 +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. You can learn more about the format in this quick video.
So check out your options below, and...
2024-11-18 19:21:23 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader rally for a huge episode covering all of the latest games.
See MinnMax's charity auction items and stream details here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/...
2024-11-13 23:55:20 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia. 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 and iam8bit wi...
2024-11-12 19:11:24 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's big charity stream is happening on Saturday, November 23rd on our YouTube channel, it's all part of Minnesota's nonprofit push called Give To The Max. We're giving away game codes to donors AND we have a ton of amazing auction items for you t...
2024-11-12 17:47:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Bonus Pod, Haley MacLean and Charles Harte have a loaded chat of all the hot topics we can't fit in the MinnMax Show because we're prioritizing Leo talking about some game you've never heard of and will never play. Today, Haley and Charles get into:
Arcane Season 2 (episodes 1-3)
Overwatch Classic announ...
2024-11-12 01:18:24 +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. You can learn more about the format in this quick video.
So check out your options below, and...
2024-11-11 20:45:17 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and video editor Charles Harte are joined by returning fan favorite Haley De Boom to unpack the big release of Bioware's Dragon Age: The Veilguard. We also touch on the Castlevania DLC for Vampire Survivors before Kelsey Lewin and Sarah Podzorski join the show to share their full thoughts on the Monster Hunte...
2024-11-07 00:42:32 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Kelsey Lewin, and Charles Harte. 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 and iam8bit will ship out the great priz...
2024-11-05 20:20:25 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Bonus Pod, Haley and Sarah go back to a simpler time, revisiting their old online girlpop haunts. Join them as they:
dress Baby Krissy
cook with Goofy
manage a pet spa
get Barbie makeovers
It was recorded with the podcast in mind but 2024-11-05 00:14:07 +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. You can learn more about the format in this quick video.
So check out your options below, and...
2024-11-04 19:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody! MinnMax is hosting a community meetup in Minneapolis at Utepils Brewing on Friday, November 22nd at 7pm and we'd love to have local folks swing by. You don't ne...
2024-10-31 20:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post