The MinnMax Show

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Sarah Podzorski, and Janet Garcia talk about the big release date reveal for God of War Ragnarok from Sony's Santa Monica studio before unpacking our three favorite games from 2022 so far. Yes, we talk about Elden Ring but we also cover games like Nobody Saves the World and Citizen Sleeper. We also talk abo...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack the biggest reveals from the Nintendo Direct Mini. While technically just a "partner showcase" focusing on third-party releases, there were several exciting announcements such as a collection of Mega Man Battle Network games, new gameplay from Mario + Rabbids: Sparks...

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader unpack the reveal trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and the announcement of the Crisis Core remaster before shifting into overlooked games of the summer. We talk about great looking indie games announced recently like Skate Story, The Plucky Squire, and more. Leo Vader also talks about his growin...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Sarah Podzorski break down the highlights from Xbox and Bethesda's big summer showcase, talk about Capcom's announcements, and review the new PlayStation Plus Premium service. Sarah then talks about her big trip out to LA to play games like Street Fighter 6 and Sonic Frontiers at Summer Game...

Join Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Kelsey Lewin, and Bryan Vore as they discuss all the exciting and weird moments from Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest. They unpack the biggest reveals, like The Last of Us Part 1 Remake from Naughty Dog, new gameplay for Street Fighter 6 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Spider-Man and Venom are in Midnight Sons from Firaxis! Help support MinnMax's supp...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this very special episode, Kyle Hilliard is hosting the show and is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader to talk about the biggest reveals from Sony's State of Play stream and a whole lot more. Ben Hanson is out on his honeymoon for two weeks. As part of the State of Play recap, they talk about Final Fantasy XVI, Callisto Protocol, Hor...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Kelsey Lewin, and Joe Juba unpack their favorite memories from going to E3 to get us in the right mood for the season of big game reveals. Sarah then talks about "vampire Valheim", also known as V Rising, and her time with Little Witch in the Woods. Then Leo Vader joins us to rave about Sniper Elite 5 and t...

Welcome back to the show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Joe Juba to talk about the impressive Citizen Sleeper and then unpack our new gameplay impressions of the Saints Row reboot from Volition. Then Kyle Hilliard joins us to answer community questions about Starfield's delay, "E3" leaks, Silent Hill rumors, the evolving nature of Kratos, and a whole lot mor...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard unpack the state of the game industry and PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo's "console war". We also run down the indie game highlights from Nintendo's Indie World event and share our full thoughts on the new gameplay video showing off Gotham Knights. Then Sarah Podzorski joins us to answ...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader talk about the most legendary games on their backlog and what it was like to finally get around to playing it. We talk about Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Gravity Rush 2, and the original Deus Ex. We also talk about some new games like Nintendo Switch...

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski to answer as many questions from the community as we can. We talk about whether it's okay to not like Elden Ring, how Nintendo should handle Miyamoto's eventual retirement, the best controllers ever, Disney Dreamlight Valley's announcement, and a whole l...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to review the new handheld from Panic called Playdate and Valve's Steam Deck. Then we go down the handheld rabbit hole and take a ton of community questions about the PSP, GameBoy coming to the Nintendo Switch rumors, and a whole lot more. Then we answer questions submitted on P...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Jacob Geller, and Sarah Podzorski talk about the typical list of "The Greatest Games Of All Time" from outlets and offer suggestions for games that should be in the discussion and contention much more than they currently are. We also take suggestions from the community about what could and should be considered...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On today's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and MinnMax's official new Contributor Jacob Geller talk about Returnal's DLC, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, and the wild ending to Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Then we unpack some recent indie games that need more attention in this era of Elden Ring, with Jacob Geller racing about a game called N...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava unpack PlayStation's reveal of the revamped PlayStation Plus and their time with Gearbox's Tiny Tina's Wonderlands. Then Sarah Podzorski joins us to talk about Kirby and the Forgotten Land on Nintendo Switch, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, and Ghostwire: Tokyo. Then...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! This week's episode is quite different, since we're recording from the show floor at GDC 2022 with Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Fanbyte's Imran Khan! We talk about what it's like to be at a gaming convention again, debate how to cover the new Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy, unpack our time with the immersive sim Weird West, and talk about playing the new 4v1 game...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard talk about the fantastic new Zelda-inspired indie game Tunic, our first couple of hours with Ghostwire: Tokyo on the PlayStation 5, what we've learned about Starfield, and then we try to wrap our minds around Square-Enix's strategy with releases like Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy...

On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Sarah Podzorski, and Jeff Marchiafava break down the biggest news and weirdest reveal trailers from Sony's State of Play. We talk about Capcom's dino crisis game that isn't Dino Crisis, Square-Enix's new game reveals, and more. Then we talk about Kirby and the Forgotten Land on the Nintendo Switch and the delightful new, short...

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined in the MinnMax studio by former Game Informer editors Jeff Cork, Joe Juba, and Ben Reeves! Ben Reeves just announced that he's leaving Game Informer after 15 years to become a narrative designer at Firaxis. In this episode we share way too many old stories from Game Informer and also talk about what compels us to play games in the fi...

On this week's podcast, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by our old friend Suriel Vazquez and YouTube essayist Jacob Geller to unpack From Software's new masterpiece Elden Ring. Our review discussion does is spoiler-free and the gameplay footage is from the technical test. Suriel also talks about Capcom's exciting announcements of Street Fighter 6 and Capcom Fighting Collection. Then Leo Va...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about the big, exciting, new game from Guerrilla Games called Horizon Forbidden West on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Our copies of the game were provided by PlayStation. Then Kyle Hilliard talks about playing the campaign for Crossfire X from Remedy and Supra...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard talk about GhostWire: Tokyo from Tango Gameworks before diving into a big review discussion of Sifu for the PlayStation 5. Then Jacob Geller and Sarah Podzorski join the show to break down the biggest news from the Nintendo Direct, like the Chrono Cross remaster, Kirby's surreal...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard review their time with Techland's open-world zombie game Dying Light 2 Stay Human. We also talk about the huge news that Sony purchased Bungie and run down the only big independent developers left in the game industry. Then we're joined by O'Dell Harmon Jr and Nikole Z...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard announce we're tackling Pokémon Legends: Arceus for The Deepest Dive and then jump into our predictions for 2022. Will Sony try to compete with Game Pass? Will Elden Ring meet everybody's wild expectations? Will The Rock portray Kratos in a film version of God of War??! T...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! We have a big episode for you this week, as Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia unpack the news that Microsoft has acquired Activision Blizzard and rave about the new action RPG Nobody Saves the World. Then we're joined by the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin to talk about RPGs on the GameBoy Advance l...