Thanks to your support on Patreon here, MinnMax has grown into a real gaming outlet and Nintendo invited Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia to the Switch 2 hands-on event in Los Angeles, California. Since it's all because of you, we thought it only fair to share the experience with you all in this travelogue-esque video showing off the event and our ti...
2025-04-15 16:04:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to your support on Patreon here, MinnMax has grown into a real gaming outlet and Nintendo invited Ben Hanson and Janet Garcia to the Switch 2 hands-on event in Los Angeles, California. Since it's all because of you, we thought it only fair to share the experience with you all in this travelogue-esque video showing off the event and our ti...
2025-04-15 16:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, and Leo Vader to finally stop tiptoeing around spoilers and get right into the meat of what makes Blue Prince so special.
The first part of the conversation is lightly spoilery, discussing some early game puzzles and onboarding with tips for frustrated ...
2025-04-14 22:47:04 +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 ...
2025-04-14 18:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post
What’s New this Week!
Bonus content time! Join MinnMax’s for its weekly Bonus Pod at 3PM CT!
This week we have Sarah, Leo and Haley! Diving even deeper into indie hit Blue Prince which we have all been playing and enjoying. To help with spoilers, here is how the episode will be structed:
first half...
2025-04-14 17:26:14 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader get together in the MinnMax Studio for a fun episode unpacking our spoiler-free thoughts on Blue Prince, South of Midnight, Inzoi, Schedule 1, and a whole lot more!
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Backstage Pass patrons voted for this show for a third time! So now MinnMax's Haley MacLean, Kelsey Lewin and Janet Garcia turn the tables on Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller and Leo Vader by writing them the most insightful Deepest Dive ever on Plok that is also full of the understated, witty humor the three are known for. You can watch 2025-04-09 16:15:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, this week at MinnMax we have a fun opportunity for folks in the Minneapolis area posted in the Discord channel and Ben and his childhood best friend Ronnie posted their marathon playthrough of the excellent Split Fiction - https://youtu.be/sua9iZVEfag
2025-04-08 14:45:01 +0000 UTC
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This week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is taking calls from community members at the MinnMax Council tier to discuss...
the reveal of Haley's dog Sable's DNA
how Pew Pew Bang got its name
the Discord's upcoming Indie Game Club (and how to be a part of it)
a classic Bob Buel trivia ga...
2025-04-07 22:23:56 +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 o...
2025-04-07 18:10:43 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader unpack all of their thoughts and emotions on the big Nintendo Direct all about the Nintendo Switch 2. Then we answer your wonderful questions submitted here on Patreon!
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On this community-voted continuation of last week's episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader, but if it's problematic mostly Ben Hanson, convene to write an exciting segment for a new Pew Pew Bang episode before being joined by every...
2025-04-02 19:58:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, big day coming up tomorrow. We'll be reacting live to the Nintendo Direct fully revealing the Switch 2 at 8am Central on YouTube, here's a link - https://youtube.com/livez6TvhoV_w?feature=share
Have we mentioned the new episode of Pew Pew...
2025-04-01 16:27:58 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson and Bonus Pod first-timer Jeff Marchiafava to talk through some of the more controversial elements of the exciting Game Informer revival. They talk about...
our complicated feelings on the big GI comeback
the logistics of producing a magazine
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.
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the miraculous revival of Game Informer magazine and Kyle's return as its executive editor, the PlayStation-published new first-person party shooter called Midnight Murder Club, more thoughts on Assassin's Creed Shadows, and former Blizzard developers getting together t...
2025-03-27 03:01:31 +0000 UTC View PostOn this week's New Show Plus, Backstage Pass patrons voted for Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Haley Maclean to write the most perfectly viral podcast segment imaginable for Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Korgus to perform live.
We thought it worked well enough for the audio feed, but you can 2025-03-26 18:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and GAME INFORMER editor-in-chief Matt Miller. 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 ...
2025-03-25 20:04:32 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Sarah Podzorski and Janet Garcia to relive their wild week traveling together for Game Developers Conference! They talk about...
fave GDC summits
the spirited tale of how Haley lost her phone in an Uber (and what happened thereafter)
the MinnMax m...
2025-03-24 22:53:46 +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. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in this quick video.
So check o...
2025-03-24 17:33:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Directly because of your support on Patreon here, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Janet Garcia were able to attend the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco last week. Since it's all thanks to your support, we created this travelogue to share the full experience with you! It's like a free pass to the event, hopef...
2025-03-24 16:06:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Directly because of your support on Patreon here, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Janet Garcia were able to attend the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco last week. Since it's all thanks to your support, we created this travelogue to share the full experience with you! It's like a free pass to the event, hopef...
2025-03-24 16:06:15 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, and special guest Charles Harte share their full thoughts on Ubisoft's incredibly important release of Assassin's Creed Shadows before we unpack Rebellion's new IP Atomfall and more. Then Sarah Podzorski and Haley MacLean join to share highlights from GDC 2025, including Sarah's panel about mark...
2025-03-21 20:04:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Since Ben, Haley, Sarah, and Janet are at GDC (Game Developer's Conference) in San Francisco this week, The MinnMax Show podcast will be up on Friday for everybody. We apologize for the delayed recording.
This week for community questions on the podcast,...
2025-03-18 21:49:09 +0000 UTC View PostMinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller are joined by former cohort Suriel Vazquez to talk about the new trailer for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Wanderstop, and the game Suriel just shipped as the narrative lead: Merchants of Rosewall! Then we're joined by Kelsey Lewin and Charles Harte to talk about some of ...
2025-03-12 20:43:16 +0000 UTC View PostThis week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and returning champion Suriel Vazquez. 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 ...
2025-03-11 18:46:11 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Bonus Pod, host Haley MacLean is joined by Ben Hanson to talk about their upcoming trip to GDC 2025 as they map out the content coming and the panels they want to attend to learn more from game developers.
Here’s a link to the video version of this episode! - 2025-03-10 20:06:15 +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. If you missed the reveal, you can learn more about the format in this quick video.
So check o...
2025-03-10 18:08:30 +0000 UTC View Post
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and our friend and former Game Informer co-worker Jeff Cork unpack Richard Linklater's masterpiece from 2014 called Boyhood. The film follows the journey of a boy over 12 years in his life, filming a lit...
2025-03-10 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, we're a long ways off from our big Give To The Max charity stream happening in the fall but I wanted to plant some seeds early. Every year folks from...
2025-03-07 17:45:56 +0000 UTC View Post