The MinnMax Show

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Released every Thursday, The MinnMax Show features former Game Informer employees and beyond talking about the week's most exciting games or game industry news before reading feedback from the Patreon community found at patreon.com/minnmax.

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Dec 28, 2023 • 3h 26min

2023’s Underappreciated Games & Valve's New Half-Life Documentary With Danny O'Dwyer

On this episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard to set the scene for MinnMax's game of the year debate. We share games we think more people should play before we record The Two Tens and recommend games that deserve more love this year. Leave a comment and let us know the games you think we should play before our debates. Then we're joined by NoClip's Danny O'Dwyer to talk about working directly with Valve to create the new documentary on the 25th anniversary of Half-Life and we answer a ton of great community questions submitted on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/C9K0meTjSwg You can watch Danny O'Dwyer's Half-Life documentary here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZ3HzvFEto Check out NoClip's documentaries here - https://www.youtube.com/@NoclipDocs Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.hellofresh.com/minnmaxfree - Promo code: MINNMAXFREE https://www.uncommongoods.com/minnmax - 15% off https://www.tryfirstleaf.com/minnmax - 6 wine bottles for $44.95 https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: GOBBLETILYOUWOBBLE RSVP for Day of the Devs in LA on December 8th here - https://bit.ly/dotd2023gameawardseditiontickets To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:05 - Prepping for Game of the Year debate 00:04:46 - Like A Dragon: Gaiden 00:06:38 - Kelsey preparing for The Two Tens 00:08:30 - RPGs and Star Ocean: The Second Story R 00:11:07 - Sea of Stars and Super Mario RPG 00:13:15 - Tchia 00:15:35 - A Space For The Unbound 00:17:47 - Octopath Traveler 2 00:20:16 - Hi-Fi Rush 00:25:01 - Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew 00:26:39 - Humanity 00:29:33 - The Talos Principle 2 00:31:17 - The Making Of Karateka 00:32:36 - Theatrhythm Final Bar Line 00:33:01 - PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo 00:34:04 - Pikmin 4 00:34:53 - Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon 00:36:02 - Rapid-fire recommendations 00:39:31 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 00:46:23 - Community questions 00:56:59 - Assassin's Creed Nexus VR 01:00:20 - Danny O'Dwyer on working with Valve on the new Half-Life documentary 01:35:04 - More community questions 02:01:32 - Get A Load Of This Danny's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8 Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DWxWVigsKI Kyle's GALOT - https://www.tiktok.com/@littlesiha/video/7293627480978607391?_r=1&_t=8hWnimrHDZu Jacob's GALOT - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/21/wallace-and-gromit-aardman-animations-reassures-fans-over-clay-shortage Community GALOT - https://fxtwitter.com/CrowdControl/status/1726698316195680634 Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - Jessica-Star Ghost of Tsushima - ProcyonNumber6 Chess - RabidLime Peglin - Malcolm Holliday Clemens Zobel - Strangehold Superman 64 - Zachary Pligge Luck Be A Landlord - TrampolineTales PT - Patrick Polk Sp!ng - PrettyGoodPrinting.com Baldur’s Gate 2 - Jawarhello This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Nov 16, 2023 • 2h 43min

Predicting Game Of The Year, Super Mario RPG, Like A Dragon Gaiden Review

Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Leo Vader, and Janet Garcia to discuss Game of the Year nominees. They also review Like a Dragon Gaiden and Super Mario RPG. Additionally, they answer community questions, talk about video game review scores, and share interesting tidbits about Jack Black's mom and a portable turntable called the 'Hamburger'.

Nov 9, 2023 • 2h 34min

Is 2023 Gaming's Greatest Year?

On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin and Jeff Marchiafava to talk about the fantastic remake of Star Ocean: The Second Story R, the surprising new Robocop game, and to share more thoughts on WarioWare: Move It before Jason Guisao joins the show to talk about being let go from Bungie and how he's hoping to apply his writing skills to another game studio in the future. Then we talk about 2023 overall and how the incredible year in gaming compares to the greatest video game years of all time. Oh, and Ben finally got to play PianoVision in VR so he talks about that. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/hStc5Egte9U Follow Jason Guisao on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/Jason_Guisao Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.rocketmoney.com/minnmax https://www.hellofresh.com/minnmax - Promo Code: MINNMAXFREE https://www.uncommongoods.com/minnmax - 15% Off https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: GOBBLETILYOUWOBBLE RSVP for Day of the Devs in LA on December 8th here - https://bit.ly/dotd2023gameawardseditiontickets To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:58 - Win Detective Pikachu Returns 00:04:29 - Star Ocean: The Second Story R 00:31:52 - Robocop: Rogue City 00:41:06 - WarioWare: Move It 00:46:23 - Jason Guisao on life after Bungie 00:54:25 - 2023's brutal game industry layoffs 01:00:53 - Debating if 2023 is the best year ever for games 01:13:22 - Pianovision 01:20:27 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:30:20 - Community questions 02:19:34 - Get A Load Of This Jay’s GALOT - https://www.johnwilliams.org/reference/biography Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.reallyradweekend.com/ Hanson's GALOT - https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/whats-name-months-year JeffM's GALOT - https://youtu.be/HJ0GdGkZ5PM?si=q7_pz4K2GUoX4Jff Community GALOT - https://youtu.be/pDB_wYdn5f4?si=r0ho1pAbuKex4VZ0 Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - Jessica-Star Ghost of Tsushima - ProcyonNumber6 Chess - RabidLime Peglin - Malcolm Holliday Clemens Zobel - Strangehold Superman 64 - Zachary Pligge Luck Be A Landlord - TrampolineTales PT - Patrick Polk Sp!ng - PrettyGoodPrinting.com Baldur’s Gate 2 - Jawarhello This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Nov 2, 2023 • 2h 20min

Revisiting Metal Gear Solid 3, WarioWare: Move It, Jusant Review

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, a sick Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader to talk about Dontnod's excellent new climbing game Jusant, why WarioWare: Move It on the Nintendo Switch is a good successor to Smooth Moves for the Wii, Leo's new love for the FPS The Finals, Jacob's thoughts on Alan Wake 2, and then we dive into Konami's wacky world with Metal Gear Solid 3's remake and Silent Hill: Ascension's surreal launch. After that, we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version - https://youtu.be/eH70vOjgzt8 Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: GOBBLETILYOUWOBBLE To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:07:17 - Jusant 00:23:15 - WarioWare: Move It 00:32:45 - The Finals 00:48:48 - Alan Wake 2 01:01:03 - Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 1 01:05:52 - Metal Gear Solid 3 and its remake 01:18:45 - Silent Hill: Ascension 01:30:27 - Meta Quest 3 01:35:46 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:38:10 - Community questions 02:08:48 - Get A Load Of This Leo’s GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/thefinals/comments/17jyina/we_really_wanted_the_vault/ Kyle's GALOT - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03385-9 Hanson's GALOT - youtube.com Jacob's GALOT - Scavengers Reign - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWQH8cMpWTU Community GALOT - https://fxtwitter.com/destinytrack/status/1719783329174544698?s=20 Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs - RabidLime Final Fantasy Tactics - Vincent Baker Ghost of Tsushima - ProcyonNumber6 Mortal Kombat 1 - Malcolm Holliday Total War: Warhammer 3 - Maniac Luck Be A Landlord - TrampolineTales Beautiful Katamari - Clemens Zobel Brain Dead 13 - Jawarhello Neo: The World Ends With You - Joshua Ayers Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo - Patrick Polk This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Oct 26, 2023 • 2h 40min

Alan Wake 2, Mario Wonder Review, Cities: Skylines II

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We have a big episode for you this week as Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Kelsey Lewin share their early thoughts on Alan Wake II and then unpack and debate Super Mario Bros. Wonder on the Nintendo Switch. Then Leo Vader and Sarah Podzorski join the show to talk more about Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (spoiler-free) and Cities: Skylines II. Leo also talks about what it's like to revisit every Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game and then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Join us for The Deepest Dive on Alan Wake II, submit comments on Patreon or unlock the podcast version! We're collecting your thoughts on the game up until you switch back to Saga on Sunday, October 29th. So that's the first stopping point for the discussion. Help support MinnMax's supporters! Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/flbvLK6ZpIg https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: OOPSALLGHOULS TryFirstleaf.com/MINNMAX - 6 wine bottles for $44.95 To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:35 - Alan Wake 2 00:22:50 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder 01:06:01 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 01:15:06 - Cities Skylines II 01:26:12 - Jackbox Party Pack 10 01:36:38 - Give To The Max Charity Stream on November 4th, 2023 01:38:11 - Revisiting every Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 01:47:17 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:52:03 - Community questions 02:28:22 - Get A Load Of This Leo’s GALOT - https://www.vg247.com/from-busted-teeth-to-broken-tvs-the-oral-history-of-tony-hawks-underground JeffM's GALOT - https://youtu.be/_R04YstuXdQ?si=Z48MMyOb8D-S3sm5 Hanson's GALOT - https://uimiddle.wordpress.com/what-is-the-midwest/ Janet's GALOT - https://www.tiktok.com/@detroitvillian/video/7293095661157797162?_r=1&_t=8goKV89djMB Sarah and Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.serebii.net/music/projectvoltage/ Community GALOT - https://edward-la-barbera.itch.io/frasier-fantasy Jenna Stoeber's new podcast - https://x.com/thejenna/status/1716500339833094156?s=20 Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs - RabidLime Final Fantasy Tactics - Vincent Baker Ghost of Tsushima - ProcyonNumber6 Mortal Kombat 1 - Malcolm Holliday Total War: Warhammer 3 - Maniac Luck Be A Landlord - TrampolineTales Beautiful Katamari - Clemens Zobel Brain Dead 13 - Jawarhello Neo: The World Ends With You - Joshua Ayers Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo - Patrick Polk This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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The MinnMax Show

Episodes

Mentioned books

The Game Of The Year Debate 2023 (Part 1)

The MinnMax Awards 2023

The Final Game Reviews Of 2023