https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - We'll DM you a Steam code for Lynked: Banner of the Spark (Hades meets Animal Crossing, 92% positive reviews, directed by Steven Spielberg's son Max) if you support MinnMax on Patreon at any tier before the end of 11/29/24 MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jacob Geller share their picks for the…

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, Dra…

https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - Unlock a benefit and directly support independent games media 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. They talk about the new interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse called Tetris Forever, Kyle a…

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 Hunter W…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Haley MacLean get into the Halloween spirit and kick off a fun conversation about Alan Wake II's The Lake House DLC and the fun to be had with Call of Duty Black Ops 6. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the crew to rave even more about Metaphor: ReFantazio, Infinity Nikki, and more before we get to won…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava celebrate MinnMax's fifth anniversary by gathering together for a podcast in the NEW studio space! If you're at the Backstage Pass tier, you can watch a full tour of the new space. We thank the community for supporting us on Patreon and allowing this whole outlet to exist in the f…

https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - We'll DM you a Steam code for Arco if you support us at any tier, we run out of codes when we hit 5,035 supporters on Patreon. MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader for a fun conversation celebrating the surprising, open-world FPS Echo Point Nova before we unpack…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, and Haley MacLean rave about the new JRPG from the creators of Persona called Metaphor: ReFantazio and dig in on everything fascinating and surreal about Nintendo's new alarm clock called the Alarmo. Then Jeff Marchiafava and Leo Vader join the show to weigh in on Silent Hill 2 and th…

https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - Join the $5 tier and we'll DM you a Steam code for 1000xResist, you have until the end of Friday, October 4th. MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia are joined by special guest Suriel Vazquez to break down their thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on the Nintendo Switch. …

Donate Here - https://bit.ly/minnmaxasheville Breaking in for an emergency update here: MinnMax's "Big Community Meetup" in Asheville, North Carolina was scheduled for this Saturday, October 5th, but nature had other plans. Due to the devasting impact of Hurricane Helene on the area, we're forced to cancel the meetup. Please contact your airline/ho…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Haley MacLean unpack all of their favorite reveals and trailers from Sony's State of Play, especially Sucker Punch's fantastic reveal of the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima called Ghost of Yotei. We debate whether the world could use a PlayStation 5 remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn befor…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Easy Allies' Michael Huber talk about Capcom's Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster and a bit about Black Myth: Wukong before Kelsey Lewin joins us to celebrate Visions of Mana. Then we all talk about The Plucky Squire, Peglin, and Tactical Breach Wizards before Charles Har…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the lackluster reveal of the PlayStation 5 Pro before turning to happier things like our continued love of Astro Bot. Then we have a ton of good games to talk about, with Leo raving about Wild Bastards, everybody being impressed by the co-op fun of Space Mari…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava share their spoiler-free review for the excellent platformer Astro Bot on the PlayStation 5 (code provided by PlayStation) before nose-diving into a discussion about the failure of PlayStation's first-person hero shooter Concord and how it was abruptly pulled fro…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and special guest Marcus Stewart to talk about the biggest reveals from the recent Nintendo Direct, Star Wars Outlaws, Valve's new game Deadlock, what PlayStation's Concord gets right, and then Marcus Stewart shares his hands-on preview impressions from playing Batman: Arkha…

On this episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Kate Sánchez from ButWhyTho to unpack the biggest headlines and reveals from Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live. They talk about the new Amazon animated show featuring Mega Man and Kratos, Gearbox's bold trailer for Borderlands 4, and more befo…

There will never be a bigger episode of The MinnMax Show. On this special episode, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Janet Garcia unpack some love for the new farming sim game Fields of Mistria that Sarah has been working on as a marketing/social media manager. It's good, we swear! Then Leo V…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader are joined by Game Informer's lead video producer Alex Van Aken, associate editor Marcus Stewart, and associate editorCharles Harte to unpack all of their thoughts, feelings, and insight into the end of Game Informer. GameStop shut down the beloved magazine after 33 years last Friday, this episode …

MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Leo Vader talk to Jeff Marchiafava and Jacob Geller about their time playing four hours of Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws and how it compared to their expectations. Then we gush about da goo and talk about the long-awaited World of Goo 2 as well as SteamWorld Heist II. Then we're joined by GameSpot's Lucy James and returning M…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about our picks for Game of the Year as it currently stands and try to predict if anything can top games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Balatro, and more. Then we dive into the speed-running world of Nintendo World Championships: NES Editio…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Haley MacLean kick things off by unpacking their thoughts on Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess and PlayStation's beta for Concord. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the crew to talk about the new expansion to her beloved Final Fantasy XIV and how Dawntrail stacks up to climactic content like E…

Welcome to the 250th episode of the show! On this special episode, Ben Hanson is once again joined by Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader! We talk about Anger Foot from developer Free Lives and publisher Devolver Digital before we follow our hearts and talk about a handful of old games we've been playing and loving like Yakuza 0 and Guitar H…

On this week's special early episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Haley MacLean, and Leo Vader as we duel our way through 2024's game release calendar and claim the six games we're most interested in playing. We also talk about attending Summer Games Done Quick in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by th…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Haley MacLean, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the absurdity of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble before taking a turn for the sick and twisted by talking about Luigi's haunted mansions, outer space's killer klowns, and Sweeny Todd simulators. Then we're joined by From Software Twitch streamer Ellie Joy Panic to diss…

On this week's special, early episode, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard unpack all of the highlights from the surprising Nintendo Direct showing the last big games hitting the Nintendo Switch console. We talk about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4 gameplay, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and the odd surpr…

On this week's big episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Charles Harte are joined by returning champion from Easy Allies Michael Huber unpack their full thoughts on Summer Game Fest 2024. We debate what was the game of the show and all share our picks for the biggest and best games, including hands-on preview discussions about Star Wars …

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jacob Geller as we unpack the highlights from Sony's State of Play like the fun Astro Bot announcement and the uneven Concord gameplay reveal. Then we unpack the current state of Sony and the PlayStation 5 in 2024, mapping out all of their 1st party…

On this big episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, Michael Huber from Easy Allies, and Jeff Marchiafava returning from paternity leave! We share our biggest predictions for Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest showcase and beyond before talking about Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on the Nintendo Switch, we…

On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin and Michael Huber to unpack our full review thoughts on Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 from Ninja Theory and what it means for Xbox. Then Kelsey and Jacob rave about 1000xResist and Huber gushes about the Resident Evil throwback Crow Country. Then we answer questio…

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to unpack the deluge of great games releasing in early May. We start out by talking about Ubisoft's reveal trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows before diving into the surreal Nun-based adventure Indika, the amazing puzz…

On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard are joined in the studio by MinnMax video editor and Game Informer associate editor Charles Harte to talk about an eventful week in the game industry. We touch on the official confirmation that the Switch 2 will be revealed before the end of Nintendo's calendar year before diving into th…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Kelsey Lewin, and Sarah Podzorski to talk about the early-access city-builder taking the world by storm called Manor Lords. Kelsey regales us with her thoughts on the new RPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the spiritual successor to Suikoden. Then we review a real hidden gem from 2024 called Mini…

On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Michael Huber to share their full thoughts on Stellar Blade for the PlayStation 5 (based on a code provided by PlayStation). Then Leo Vader join us to talk about the adaptation of Akira Toriyama's manga called Sand Land from Bandai Namco and Janet Garcia jumps on to ta…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, and Jacob Geller unpack their favorite overall software of all time - sharing favorite likes AIM, LimeWire, ICQ, Eyewitness, and more. We also talk about returning to Elden Ring to prepare for the upcoming DLC, the Nintendo Indie World announcements, the delightful challenges of The Sims 1, and …

On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Michael Huber, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to talk about Star Wars Outlaws from Ubisoft, the surprisingly great game reveals at the Triple-i Initiative Showcase like The Rogue Prince Of Persia, and returning to games we bounced off of previously like Respawn's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor a…

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader share their darkest gaming confessions... things get interesting. Then we talk about the demo for Stellar Blade on the PlayStation 5, Pepper Grinder from Devolver Digital, and the overlooked gem Bramble: The Mountain King. Then we answer…

On this week's packed episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Haley MacLean to unpack exciting games on the horizon that you should keep on your radar. Then we talk all about the new Overwatch-like Marvel Rivals, Stardew Valley's big 1.6 update, Dragon's Dogma 2, Princess Peach: Showtime, Wildmender, and…

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and new temporary cohort Michael Huber from Easy Allies share their full thoughts on Capcom's excellent open-world RPG Dragon's Dogma 2, Princess Peach: Showtime on the Nintendo Switch, Rise of the Ronin on PS5, and a whole lot more. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community an…

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard to talk about Unicorn Overlord from Vanillaware, get JeffM's take on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, dust off our Playdates for Mars After Midnight, go back in time and celebrate another interactive documentary with Llamasoft: The Jeff M…

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and former cohort Suriel Vazquez! We kick things off by talking about the big reveal of Merchants of Rosewall, the game Suriel is writing over at Big Blue Sky Games. Then we unpack highlights from the Xbox Partner Preview, revisit Final Fan…

On this week's episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Haley MacLean, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava to talk about Pacific Drive, Penny's Big Breakaway, and somehow rave even more about Balatro. Oh, we also squeeze in some Age of Empires talk before Sarah Podzorski joins the show to talk about Bandle Tale and League of Legends. Then Blake Heste…

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! This is a big one, as Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to finally talk about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. This is a 100% spoiler-free review of Square-Enix's new RPG. Then we unpack everything wild about the reveal trailer for Elden Ring's expansion Shadow of the Erdtree and all o…

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia recap and debate Microsoft's Official Xbox podcast that addressed the rumors that Xbox was going third-party and abandoning exclusives forever and they talk about what it means for the future of the platform. Then we gush over Sony's Helldi…

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's big episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava listen back to their incredibly accurate predictions from 2023 before lobbing bold, new predictions for the game industry in 2024. We carve out time to ensure we correctly guess the name for the follow-up to the Nintendo Switc…

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia unpack the highlights from Sony's big State of Play where they showed new trailers for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Rise of the Ronin, Silent Hill 2, Metro in VR, and a ton more. Then we're joined by the founder of Double Fine Tim…

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and special guest Michael Huber from Easy Allies (who is hosting Monday's episode of Trivia Tower) to talk about Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered on PlayStation 5 (codes provided by Sony), and …

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Haley MacLean unpack the best moments and highlights from Microsoft's Developer Direct for January of 2024. They talk about the new gameplay shown for Obsidian's Avowed, the release date for Hellblade II, and the extended first real look at Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Then they share…

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On the first episode for 2024, Ben Hanson (currently remote from Puerto Rico) is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader to talk about the surprising games we all played over holiday the break. We dive into the timelessness of Chrono Trigger, Leo gushes more about The Finals, and Sarah…

This is it. It's time for the grand finale for MinnMax's Game of the Year debate, which we call The Two Tens. Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Sarah Podzorski to finalize the correct order for the 20 best games of 2023. Will Baldur's Gate 3 defeat Alan W…

Welcome to the start of The Two Tens: MinnMax's big Game of the Year debate! Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, Haley MacLean, and Sarah Podzorski to lock down the greatest games of 2023. We start out by building the full list and then start cutting it down to The Two Tens, …