Hey everybody! We just rallied lovely folks from the MinnMax community in the Discord to make an impact in their neighborhood by volunteering along with me (Ben Hanson), Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski at 2025-05-20 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody! We just rallied lovely folks from the MinnMax community in the Discord to make an impact in their neighborhood by volunteering along with me (Ben Hanson), Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski at 2025-05-20 16:15:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Kelsey Lewin and here’s a rundown of everything they talk about…
Kelsey's new Pink Gorilla location in Las Vegas!
the logistics of opening a game store
tariff effects
what console sells the most physical game copies
MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Giant Bomb's co-owner and chief content officer Dan Ryckert in the first week of the legendary gaming site's new-found independence. They talk about how Fandom sold the site to Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Grubb, how the ...
2025-05-19 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Bonjour, everybody! The adventure continues with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and we need your thoughts on the middle section of the RPG for The Deepest Dive. The next discussion covers everything in the game up until you deal with the two axons<...
2025-05-16 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, and special guest Charles Harte talk about Remedy's new co-op first-person shooter set in the Control universe called FBC: Firebreak. Then we get whisked away by the wonder of the soccer-centric game about Ecuador called Despelote and unpack Id's new entry in the iconic ...
2025-05-15 01:32:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody, we've got a fun travelogue for you here. MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jacob Geller traveled to São Paulo, Brazil to attend Gamescom LATAM, a huge convention with 130,000 visitors. This is their first time in Brazil, South America, and the ...
2025-05-13 16:15:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody, we've got a fun travelogue for you here. MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jacob Geller traveled to São Paulo, Brazil to attend Gamescom LATAM, a huge convention with 130,000 visitors. This was our first time in Brazil, South America, and the e...
2025-05-13 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn case you missed it, last Friday we randomized thousands of clips from MinnMax's history and reacted to them for the MinnMax-A-Thon! It was a lovely way to relive some of our history, so thanks for making it all possible. https://youtube.com/live/BJZZxE7l-Fw
Thi...
2025-05-13 16:07:32 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson and Jacob Geller to unpack their big Brazil trip and more! They talk about...
Gamescom Latam
the Brazil MinnMax meetup
their day trip to the Iguazu Falls
Brazilian game development vibes
Marvel Thunderbolts
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 have questions about the format, you can learn more in this quick video.
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2025-05-12 17:25:53 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by the huge crew of Kelsey Lewin, Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, Jeff Marchiafava and returning champion Ana Diaz to talk about Grand Theft Auto VI's new trailer, Polygon, Giant Bomb, and the state of games media, indie publishing agreements, and good new games like Deep Rock Galactic Survivor and Revenge ...
2025-05-08 01:54:55 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Haley MacLean, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, AND former MinnMax cohort Ana Diaz! It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, Better...
2025-05-06 17:38:58 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Community Manager Haley MacLean is joined by local loon Ben Hanson to talk through where MinnMax is at in the first half of 2025 and where we dream to go, getting deep in the weeds with a ton of community questions. They talk about...
Dog farts
MinnMax App daydreaming
Politics in game spaces ...
2025-05-05 23:11:11 +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 have questions about the format, you can learn more in this quick video.
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2025-05-05 18:40:24 +0000 UTC View PostDelayed Input's Kyle Bosman rolls in as guest host this week to turn MinnMax's Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean and Leo Vader against each other with a violent debate on the top five Switch 1 games of all time. Then, Leo fundamentally disagrees with extraction shooter Arc Raiders and obviously adores goofball immersive sim Skin Deep. W...
2025-05-01 01:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostHost Haley MacLean is joined by Sarah Podzorski and Jeff Marchiafava to swear like sailors about their miserable hours spent trying to pre-order a console they don't even really want! All this PLUS they talk about The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster and meet Sarah's new friend Labubu.
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, Haley MacLean, and guest host Kyle Bosman! 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 gre...
2025-04-29 18:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, and Haley MacLean launch their three-part game club discussion covering the fantastic new RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from developer Sandfall Interactive called The Deepest Dive! In this discussion, we cove...
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 have questions about the format, you can learn more in this quick video.
So check out ...
2025-04-28 18:33:26 +0000 UTC View Post
We hope you're ready to join us on this (completely safe) expedition, we're recruiting you to help create the best, most thorough discussion about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on the internet with The Deepest Dive!
We're collecting your thoughts in the Go...
2025-04-26 13:13:24 +0000 UTC View Post
It's that magical time of year again, let's get your creative juices (ew) flowing. We're challenging/asking you all to create a short documentary as part of MinnMax's 3rd annual Doc Lightning film festival! No expertise is required, it's designed to be a learn...
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Jeff Marchiafava rave about the new RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (join The Deepest Dive!) and unpack their nostalgic memories with the surprising release of the remaster for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. We also talk about the new puzzle platformer Bionic Bay, the experimental tabletop/...
2025-04-24 01:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to your New Show Plus votes and support on Patreon, I took 17 hours out of my week to go have lunch with Charles Harte! Skyline Chili has come up several times during his appearances on the show, judged harshly for its strange definition of "chili." I did whatever it took to give it a fair shake.
This extended version includes judgi...
2025-04-23 16:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller. 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 pri...
2025-04-22 14:43:47 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a new kind of E3 on this week's Bonus Pod! Host Haley MacLean is joined by Jacob Geller to talk about their favorite hidden secrets from throughout gaming history, all while nailing down the five categories of video game easter egg:
References
Solving a mystery
Attention to detail
E...
2025-04-21 22:05:49 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard unpack the highlights and hot takes from the new Nintendo Direct covering Mario Kart World before we share our biggest surprises from playing the Nintendo Switch 2 at a recent event in LA. Then we leave Nintendo world behind and Leo Vader gushes about Rematch from the developers of...
2025-04-17 19:23:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Olá, everybody. At the end of this month, Ben Hanson and Jacob Geller are flying to São Paulo to attend Gamescom LATAM! It'll be a huge convention in a huge city and we're feeling very fortunate that MinnMax was included. Thanks to all of you for supporting...
We're back and excited to tackle another big game with The Deepest Dive! MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, and Haley MacLean are launching a three-part game club discussion on the new RPG from Sandfall Interactive called Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. We're feeling good about this one. The game is releasing on PC, PS5, and...
2025-04-16 16:07:20 +0000 UTC View PostWe've got a funky week here at MinnMax, we'll be recording The MinnMax Show on Thursday after our live reaction to the Nintendo Direct covering Mario Kart World on the Switch 2. So there won't be an episode going up early for supporters on Wednesday. You can watch that live Nintendo Direct reaction at 8am Central this Thursday o...
2025-04-15 19:23:19 +0000 UTC View Post