The MinnMax Show

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we share out gut reaction to Sony's reveal of the PlayStation 5 controller called the DualSense and share spoiler-free impressions of Final Fantasy VII Remake. Then we're joined by Griffin Newman (Blank Check podcast, The Tick) and Graham Goring (LEGO City Undercover, LEGO The Force Awakens) to talk about the cultural impact of the LEGO games and the process of writing film parodies within video games. Then we open up the Minnbox 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/minnmaxTo jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 0:00 - MinnMax's new theme song composed by Chris Tilton (SimCity, Fringe, Assassin's Creed Unity)1:25 - The Deepest Dive on Final Fantasy VII Remake4:00 - PlayStation 5's DualSense controller21:00 - Phil Spencer on IGN's Unlocked podcast25:45 - Google Stadia28:15 - Final Fantasy VII Remake37:15 - Half-Life: Alyx39:10 - Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire42:00 - Lost Cities43:50 - Raptor46:20 - Griffin Newman and Graham Goring on the impact of LEGO Games1:40:00 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:43:45 - Community questions2:43:30 - Get A Load Of ThisJeffM's GALOT - https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/star-wars-just-resolved-return-132300545.html Suriel's GALOT - https://kotaku.com/super-mario-64s-glitchy-smoke-has-been-fixed-after-24-y-1842714470 Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/mattjonesisdead/status/674488496560713728Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/1246828461622091777 Community GALOT - https://mobile.twitter.com/agentbizzle/status/1247629393117106177 Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merchFollow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshowGo behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshowFollow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowPlease support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxThanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxiam8bitEasy Going GamingJawarhelloSeth WalkerThe SmakMark SeligaJesse VitelliMirko Arico-TorrenoZachary PliggeLudwig RoqueJames SmithSteve BamdadDavid LacolucciRob Hudak (aka Rook)YarrowMichael JacquesCameron Wardlaw

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez are joined by Resident Evil superfan Alex Aniel (@cvxfreak) to review Capcom's new remake of Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil Resistance. Then we're joined by David Sims (@davidlsims) from the Blank Check podcast to talk about the rumors swirling about Mario's 35th anniversary/potential Nintendo Switch re-releases and rank the 3D Mario games from Super Mario 64 to Super Mario Odyssey. After that we open up the Minnbox and answer great questions from the community and award somebody with the iam8bit question of the week!To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 2:35 - Resident Evil 3's development history9:00 - Resident Evil 3 remake review discussion40:45 - Resident Evil Resistance48:35 - Ranking the 3D Mario games1:11:40 - Good Job!1:14:30 - Filament1:15:30 - Epic Games as a publisher1:22:20 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:25:10 - Community questions2:13:00 - Get A Load Of ThisJeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfA-TJC3A&feature=emb_title Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/DonkeyKongApe/status/1244452946017910796 Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/marc_laidlaw/status/1221901984048926720?s=20Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/nomanssky/status/1229019204906553344?lang=en Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/1245380396495196160?s=20 Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merchFollow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshowGo behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshowFollow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowPlease support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxThanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxIam8bitSeth WalkerBeatenDownBrianThe SmakJawarhelloMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoRob Hudak (aka Rook)David LacolucciYarrowMichael JacquesCameron Wardlaw

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! It's one of the biggest weeks of the year for game releases and we're excited to break it all down with you. On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez are joined by former Game Informer managing editor Matt Bertz. We talk about playing Id's new masterpiece Doom Eternal, how Valve pulled off a miracle by releasing Half-Life: Alyx in VR, and we touch on Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Definitely check out The Deepest Dive on Animal Crossing for a much more thorough discussion of the game. Then we award the iam8bit question of the week to our favorite comment left on Patreon.com/MinnMax!To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 4:40 - Doom Eternal19:50 - Paper Beast20:40 - Half-Life: Alyx44:00 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons50:00 - Call of Duty: Warzone53:25 - Control's Foundation DLC59:25 - Wasteland 31:02:40 - The Division 2: Warlords of New York1:03:40 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:06:05 - Community questions2:04:33 - GALOTKyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/reggie/status/1233483672864600068?s=21 JeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbspIYr-Sc&feature=youtu.be Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/bugoffs/status/1242234442174750722 Hanson's GALOT - http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/03/rumourgodofwarpcportspeculationfuelledbymissinglabel Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/SinghLions/status/1240686550939136003?s=19 Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxIam8bitSeth WalkerBeatenDownBrianThe SmakJawarhelloMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoRob Hudak (aka Rook)David Lacolucci

The world is surreal, but we're still here to talk about games and have a good time. On this week's show, Imran Khan joins the cohorts to talk about the new details on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Then we talk about ways to get better while working from home and a whole lot more. Thanks for sticking with us, we're not going to stop creating fun content for you.To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 8:20 - PlayStation 5 specs26:25 - New Xbox Series X details30:30 - Doom Eternal34:00 - Tips for getting better during the quarantine53:00 - The corona virus' effect on the game industry58:15 - GameStop is endangering employees and customers1:06:00 - Video game release date match-ups1:27:55 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:29:53 - Community questions2:09:50 - Nioh 22:23:45 - Get A Load Of ThisKyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/chrizmillr/status/1237938838367952897?s=21Suriel's GALOT - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-16-assassins-creed-unity-was-one-of-the-best-selling-games-in-the-world-last-month Imran's GALOT - https://www.ign.com/articles/animal-crossing-devs-are-loving-the-doom-crossovers-with-isabelle-doomguy Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/TJMonticello/status/1239630889501503491?s=20Community GALOTs - https://twitter.com/MimiMoonCosplay/status/1238455388682493958?s=19 https://twitter.com/decafjedi/status/1237890163268714498?s=19 Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxIam8bitSeth WalkerBeatenDownBrianThe SmakJawarhelloMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoRob Hudak (aka Rook)David Lacolucci

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, a good place to forget bad things. On this episode we cover Call of Duty's new stand-alone battle royale game called Warzone, the incredible achievement of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and the stunning news that E3 2020 has been canceled. In the second half of the show, we're joined by the former host of The Game Informer Show Matt Helgeson to talk about his new music podcast on the MinnMax network called MinnTrax! Please subscribe to it here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minntrax/id1501267072To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...4:10 - Announcing MinnTrax, our new new music podcast4:35 - Announcing The Celebration of Final Fantasy VII5:50 - Announcing The Deepest Dive for Animal Crossing: New Horizons7:25 - Call of Duty: Warzone24:20 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps34:15 - Ghost of Tsushima36:50 - Half-Life/Black Mesa40:50 - Castlevania Season 346:50 - Murder by Numbers49:30 - Matt Helgeson on the new MinnTrax podcast55:30 - The cancelation of E3 20201:20:28 - The Last of Us on HBO1:28:00 - Horizon Zero Dawn on PC1:30:15 - 2K is creating NFL games again1:32:35 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:34:55 - Community questions2:26:08 - Get A Load Of ThisKyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/kobunheat/status/1230167721813237760?s=21 Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/sid_meier/status/1237755568045129728?s=20 Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merchFollow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshowGo behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshowFollow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowPlease support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxThanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxIam8bitSeth WalkerBeatenDownBrianThe SmakJawarhelloMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoRob Hudak (aka Rook)David Lacolucci

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Jeff Marchiafava, and guest Javy Gwaltney share everything they learned about Baldur's Gate 3 and what it's like revisiting BioWare's original games to prepare for the exciting RPG from Larian Studios. Then we all share tips on how to get through your backlog of games while talking about Half-Life 2 and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Kyle Hilliard then joins the show while we rave about the incredible new demo for the Final Fantasy VII Remake and new gameplay for Half-Life: Alyx. Then we open up the Minnbox 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/minnmaxTo jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...5:00 - GDC's cancellation7:50 - PAX East highlights13:45 - Baldur's Gate 326:00 - Tackling your backlog tips35:00 - Kentucky Route Zero47:20 - Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot55:50 - Bloodroots59:15 - Final Fantasy VII Remake1:09:35 - Half-Life: Alyx1:22:46 - Granblue Fantasy: Versus1:32:20 - Valorant1:35:20 - Stadia's new studio1:37:10 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:41:30 - Community questions2:47:50 - Get A Load Of ThisSuriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/boy_aloud/status/1234166868102959106?s=19 Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxXGuVL21o Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/imranzomg/status/1234026694647746560?s=20 Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier!Iam8bitSeth WalkerBeatenDownBrianThe SmakJawarhelloMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoRob Hudak (aka Rook)David LacolucciBuy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merchFollow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshowGo behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshowFollow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowPlease support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafva, and Suriel Vazquez talk about the specs for Microsoft's Xbox Series X, Mega Man Zero and ZX, Wayforward's Vitamin Connection, and Star Wars news before taking a turn for Hollywood and comparing the Sonic the Hedgehog movie against the Dragon Quest V adaptation on Netflix. Then we open up the Minnbox and choose our favorite community question of the week and send them a great prize from iam8bit! To submit questions or topics for The MinnMax Show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxTo jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...7:30 - New Xbox Series X Details22:10 - Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection38:00 - Vitamin Connection42:00 - Platinum's Project GG45:50 - Harmonix's Fuser46:50 - Kotaku's Star Wars article/High Republic52:55 - Sonic the Hedgehog review1:04:20 - Dragon Quest: Your Story review1:10:20 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:14:45 - Community questions2:47:05 - Get A Load Of This2:57:35 - Dragon Quest: Your Story spoilersSuriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/cobysoftco/status/1232681106186608640?s=19 Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/scottrogowsky/status/1228806939355885575?s=21Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv0WoKXzcpoThanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier!Superhero Sinema Scoopiam8bitSeth WalkerBeatenDownBrianJawarhelloMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoByron BlackChristian KingThe_SmakDavid Lacolucci

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this episode, we try to alleviate the loss of PlayStation at PAX East by talking about the gameplay and sharing our best predictions for Naughty Dog's swan song for the PlayStation 4 The Last of Us Part 2. Jeff Marchiafava talks about some exciting indie games on Game Pass, we try to wrap our minds around Escape from Tarkov and Wolcen, and Suriel Vazquez pines for Blizzard's StarCraft: Ghost. For the back half of the show, we open the Minnbox and answer questions submitted on Patreon.com/MinnMax!To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...5:00 - Suriel's trip to Japan11:55 - The Last of Us Part 2 predictions31:00 - Sea Salt34:40 - Bleeding Edge/Ninja Theory40:45 - Escape from Tarkov48:50 - StarCraft: Ghost51:55 - Wolcen: Lords of Shadow55:25 - Wizard of Legend59:40 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:07:25 - Community Minnbox2:12:30 - GALOTJeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeGVeBWECu8Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/scienceshitpostHanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/1228563391804928000 Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/bradbirda113/status/1228851110690975745 Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier!Superhero Sinema ScoopIam8bitSeth WalkerBeatenDownBrianJawarhelloMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoByron BlackChristian KingThe_SmakDavid LacolucciBuy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merchFollow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshowGo behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshowFollow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowPlease support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

On this episode, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Ashley Glassel AKA Midnite and Devin Robinson AKA TTinyy to talk about the Minnesota Rokkr Call of Duty eSports team, Red Dead Redemption 2, and what it takes to play Call of Duty professionally. Then we're joined by Jeff Marchiafava and Jack Gardner to talk about Bioware's overhaul of Anthem, Geoff Keighley skipping E3 2020, and the final release of Media Molecule's Dreams. Then we open up the "MinnBox" and answer dozens of great questions from the community. We hope you enjoy the show!To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...:30 - Minnesota Rokkr's Midnite and TTinyy on Call of Duty55:45 - Anthem's reboot1:05:50 - E3 2020's struggles1:14:30 - Kunai1:18:25 - Dreams' big release1:35:00 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:43:20 - Community questions3:01:20 - Get A Load Of ThisKyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/the_darklorde/status/1225632961921372161 Hanson's GALOT - https://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/682247286/how-to-dial-911-from-space Cheers Intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJ2SRgN9Zs Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier!Superhero Sinema ScoopIam8bitSeth WalkeeBeatenDownBrianJawarhelloMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoByron BlackChristian KingThe_SmakDavid Lacolucci

On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, we welcome Ana Diaz (@analikespikachu) to help us rank our five favorite Super Nintendo games of all time. We all have a lovely time talking about Earthbound, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and a whole lot more. Before we go retro, we cover the wild news of Dan Houser leaving Rockstar and what Kyle thinks of Zombie Army 4. In the back half of the show, we celebrate our new supporter iam8bit and are proud to announce the return of Question of the Week! If you'd like to submit a question or topic and potentially win an amazing item from iam8bit, please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxTo jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 4:30 - Final Fantasy VII Remake6:20 - Rodeo Stampede8:15 - Dan Houser Leaving Rockstar11:00 - Zombie Army 4: Dead War14:50 - Reggie Fils-Aimé podcast report21:20 - Our top 5 SNES games23:20 - Harvest Moon29:10 - Secret of Mana33:30 - Earthbound44:00 - EVO: Search for Eden46:30 - Super Mario Kart51:20 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past57:10 - Metal Warriors59:45 - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest1:03:30 - Super Mario World1:08:10 - Donkey Kong Country1:12:15 - Super Metroid1:18:50 - Yoshi's Island1:26:50 - Mega Man X1:33:39 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters1:41:00 - Community questions1:43:00 - WarCraft III Reforged3:03:45 - Get A Load Of ThisKyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/JosephGlass/status/1208754712079732738?s=20 JeffM's GALOT - http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-hates-wisconsin-loves-canada-and-cant-follow-instructions/567432261 Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Superhero Sinema ScoopIam8bitSeth WalkerBeatenDownBrianJawarhelloMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoByron BlackChristian KingThe_SmakDavid LacolucciBuy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merchFollow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshowGo behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshowFollow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshowPlease support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax