MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Ghost of Yōtei's co-creative director Nate Fox about the upcoming PlayStation 5 open-world adventure. We talk about Atsu, whether there any connections to Jin from Ghost of Tsushima, and share new details on the game...
2025-09-08 20:47:12 +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 in this quick video.
This month we'r...
2025-09-08 18:38:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Snakes! It's time to submit your thoughts on everything in Metal Gear Solid Delta up through The Sorrow boss fight for The Deepest Dive. Please don't spoil anything beyond that point, we want to respect the first-timers here.
We're colle...
2025-09-05 17:52:54 +0000 UTC View PostWe'll DM you a Steam code for Spilled! if you upgrade your tier on Patreon before Monday, September 8th. We'll post on Discord, Bluesky, and Instagram if we run out of codes.
Hey everybody! Due to Thursday's release of Hollow Knight: Silksong, MinnMax is ALSO delaying things. We're recording the podcast on Thursday evening at 7:30pm Central, with a public post likely on Friday morning at 11:15am Central on YouTube and your regular podcast feed. We'll also be reacting live to the State of Play featuring 007 First Ligh...
2025-09-02 22:28:44 +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…
PAX West as a game store
Stopping game thieves
Haley's brother's clothing company
Bubsy 4D stole the show?!?!?
Here’s a link to the video version...
2025-09-02 22:21:41 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hilliard, and Game Informer's Charles Harte begin their three-part game club discussion of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (and thereby Metal Gear Solid 3) with this episode covering everything in the ga...
2025-09-02 16:15:02 +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 in this quick video.
This month we'r...
2025-09-01 17:59:12 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by the founder and studio director of Camouflaj Ryan Payton to unpack Konami's series revival with Metal Gear Solid Delta. Payton talks about his experience working inside of Kojima Productions on Metal Gear Solid 3...
2025-08-28 00:57:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The latest New Show Plus just went live, where we took a day to visit Minnesota's iconic Valleyfair theme park and rank every legitimate ride! We mic'd ourselves up for our lunch break and kept it just for Backstage Pass patrons. I think that's all the context you need and prob...
2025-08-27 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! We hit our sub goal on Twitch (thank you), so we created a bonus episode of New Show Plus. Instead of reviving a rejected idea, we made a natural follow-up to one of our most popular series with the debut of House Hunter Wilds! If you want to see Sarah, Leo, and Ben get away from Zillow and into the real world to explore a Minneap...
2025-08-26 19:02:23 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hilliard, and Game Informer's Charles Harte are creating a three-part game club celebrating Metal Gear Solid Delta fo...
2025-08-26 17:35:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Janet Garcia and Ana Diaz to break down their recent trip to Cologne, Germany for Gamescom, "the world's largest gaming event!" Topics include...
naked people at Gamescom!?!? (clickbait)
travelling to Germany
attending Opening Night Live in-person...
2025-08-26 14:06:59 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hilliard, and Jacob Geller unpack the best moments and biggest reveals from Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live before unpacking the unusual tone and situation behind Masahiro Sakurai's Nintendo Direct on Kirby Air Riders. Then we celebrate some great new games like Sword of the Sea, Öoo, and W...
2025-08-21 01:21:01 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, Kyle Hilliard and Leo Vader are finally unleashed to discuss the characters, twists, and pizza-inspired gameplay of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding 2!
Thanks for supporting MinnMax and unlocking the audio vers...
2025-08-20 16:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! We hope you enjoyed the big Minneapolis travelogue from our huge community meetup - https://youtu.be/auWBre1kPLQ
And just a reminder that the Charge Shot won the New Show Plus poll, so we'll be back next week with a big episode. In the meantime, we'll have ...
2025-08-19 17:08:19 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader to recap one incredible week that could have been a lot better: MinnMax's Minneapolis travelogue, featuring eight cohorts and our biggest meetup ever!
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 in this quick video.
So check out yo...
2025-08-18 17:17:53 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia fly into Minneapolis to spend time with Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard before disaster strikes and Haley MacLean isn't let into the country and Ben and L...
2025-08-15 16:15:02 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia fly into Minneapolis to spend time with Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard before disaster strikes and Haley MacLean isn't let into the country and Ben and L...
2025-08-15 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by Michael Huber from Easy Allies to walk through our full thoughts on Mafia: The Old Country from 2K and Hangar 13, Battlefield 6's successful open beta, JeffM's new obsession with Merge Maestro, and more! Then we answer wonderful questions submitted on Patreon by the communit...
2025-08-13 22:08:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, a huge thanks to everybody who came out to the MinnMax summer community meetup in Minneapolis. The huge travelogue showing off the trip is being edited right now, it looks like the version for Backstage Pass tier supporters will be around...
2025-08-12 16:50:15 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Jacob Geller for a classic MinnMax Councilor call-in show! Topics include...
what's a good pallet cleanser after Death Stranding 2?
renting games from the local library
having the will to finish games
quick thoughts on the new Naked...
2025-08-11 23:19:15 +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 in this quick video.
So check out yo...
2025-08-11 18:38:19 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, and Jacob Geller assemble for the first time together in the MinnMax Studio! We talk about the emotional simplicity of the new game called And Roger, the 2D action thrills of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, and...
2025-08-06 21:16:59 +0000 UTC View PostHello everybody! It's a busy week here at MinnMax, here are some reminders of what we've got going on!
The MinnMax Summer Community Meetup is happening this Saturday from 12-5pm at Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis, you can 2025-08-05 21:01:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Our month of Kyle Bosman being part of MinnMax as a guest cohort is over, BUT we have one more surprise for you. Jacob Geller and Kyle Bosman attended Monster Jam in Raleigh, North Carolina and made a short vlog showing it off. Bosman then shares his ea...
2025-08-05 16:15:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Our month of Kyle Bosman being part of MinnMax as a guest cohort is over, BUT we have one more surprise for you. Jacob Geller and Kyle Bosman attended Monster Jam in Raleigh, North Carolina and made a short vlog showing it off. Bosman then shares his easy-to-follow guide on how they can improve the event.
Watch and share the video version ...
2025-08-05 16:15:01 +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 in this quick video.
This week is th...
2025-08-04 18:32:28 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and guest cohort Kyle Bosman unpack the biggest Nintendo Switch 2 reveals from the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Ben talks about playing Battlefield 6's multiplayer, and Leo talks about Wildgate from Dreamhaven! Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bi...
2025-07-31 23:20:17 +0000 UTC View Post