The MinnMax Show

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard unpack the biggest news from EA Play 2021 like the Dead Space remake reveal and the new Portal mode for Battlefield 2042. We also talk about the excellent new indie game Death's Door and Leo regales us with his Survivor-esque adventures in Roblox. Then we answer questions...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode of the podcast, we're joined by Zelda expert Rebecca Stone ( @forestminish ) to help unpack the new HD version of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. We talk about the game's development, divisive launch, and how Nintendo's improvements to the Switch version may change its reputation. Then we're joined by Janet Garcia and Leo Vader to...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava try to wrap their minds about the big announcement of the Nintendo Switch OLED and how it is definitely not the long-rumored Switch Pro. Then we share our full impressions of Mario Golf: Super Rush and Ubisoft's confirmation of Assassin's Creed Infinity, their attem...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez talk about Scarlet Nexus and Mario Golf: Super Rush before going back in time and celebrating the best games on the GameBoy Advance. We each run down our three favorite games on the system and talk about Metroid Fusion, Minish Cap, Advance Wars, Golden Sun, and a whole lot more. Th...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez finally review Insomniac's Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on the PlayStation 5. After that, JeffM unpacks Nintendo's Game Builder Garage and Suriel Vazquez shares his glowing thoughts on Guilty Gear Strive. Then we're joined by former Game Informer reviews editor Joe Juba to t...

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava celebrate the best and weirdest things from E3 2021 with the first ever MinnMax E3 Awards! We talk more about Metroid Dread, Elden Ring, Geoff Keighley's excitement, and a whole lot more. Then we're joined by Sarah Podzorski to answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! Y...

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez unpack and discuss the highlights from the big Nintendo Direct during E3 2021. We talk about the announcement of a new 2D Metroid called Metroid Dread, WarioWare on the Nintendo Switch, and of course the new trailer for the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. To jump to a particular discussion, check out the times...

In this bonus episode for E3 2021, MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez talk about the biggest highlights from Xbox, Bethesda, Square-Enix, and Ubisoft during their big press conferences. We talk about everything we know about Starfield, Arkane's new co-op game Redfall, Halo Infinite, and a whole lot more. You can watch the video version right here since it was...

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava unpack the biggest news and highlights from Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest. We talk about the big reveal of gameplay for From Software's Elden Ring, Hideo Kojima's perplexing trailer for Death Stranding: Director's Cut, and more. Before that, we also share quick impressions of Insomniac's Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on...

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava run down the schedule for E3 2021 and share their biggest predictions about the Breath of the Wild sequel, Halo Infinite, Elden Ring, and more. Leo Vader then joins us to talk about Far Cry 6's gameplay. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a pri...

Welcome to a bonus episode of The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and special guest Jeff Grubb (@JeffGrubb) talk Sony's big gameplay reveal for Horizon Forbidden West on the PlayStation 5, Dying Light 2 from Techland, and the general onslaught of pre-E3 news. Check out the benefits of supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Help support...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this special early episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez talk about Knockout City from Velan Studios and EA and Fanbyte's reporting on Team Ninja's Souls-like Final Fantasy Origin game. Then Leo Vader and Jeff Marchiava swing by to share their review thoughts on Biomutant's gameplay. We also talk about Miitopia on Switch and rumor...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we're joined by Fanbyte's Elise Favis to review Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. Kyle Hilliard and Suriel Vazquez explain why we all should be talking more about Castlevania on Netflix. 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...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava share their spoiler-free thoughts on Resident Evil Village before we debate the most successful, long-running game franchise of all time. We also talk about the new DLC for Assassin's Creed Valhalla called Wrath of the Druid, diving into Subnautica: Below Zero, and Nintendo's Game Builder Garag...

Episode Notes MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Suriel Vazquez, and Kyle Hilliard kick off this big episode of the podcast by announcing the next Deepest Dive and sharing their full thoughts on Capcom's Resident Evil Village. Then we're joined by the brand new teammate Sarah Podzorski who is officially MinnMax's Streaming Compatriot thanks to your support on Patreon! With MinnMax Plays, we'll be...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, we talk about Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on the PlayStation 5 before sharing our full thoughts on Housemarque's Returnal along with Steve Bowling from Good Vibes Gaming! Our copies of Returnal were provided by PlayStation. We also talk about the big remaster of the original Nier. Then Leo Vader joins us as we answer questions su...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Suriel Vazquez, and Jacob Geller to talk about finally getting to play Resident Evil Village, weigh in on It Takes Two, and rave about the new game Before Your Eyes. Then Leo Vader joins us to answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we're joined by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier to talk about his recent story revealing that Naughty Dog is now working on a remake of The Last of Us and that Days Gone 2 isn't happening at Sony Bend. Then Janet Garcia and Kyle Hilliard join the show to talk about the most interesting reveals from Nintendo's Indie World Showcase a...

This week on The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez talk about the online-only plans for E3 2021 and what that means for the future of the beloved convention before diving into a thorough review discussion of Outriders from People Can Fly. Then Kyle Hilliard joins the show and we talk about Oddworld: Soulstorm and why Apple Arcade's Fantasian (from the cre...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, we're proud to welcome Janet Garcia (@Gameonysus) as our newest cohort! We talk about why 2021 is looking so promising for indie games, weigh in on Narita Boy and Genesis Noir, and then unpack our early thoughts on Monster Hunter Rise with Suriel Vazquez. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the ia...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! In honor of recent reports that the PlayStation 3 store is shutting down soon, we reminisce and each share our three favorite PS3 exclusives. We also talk about the impact of the PSP and Vita. Then we talk about the reviews for Monster Hunter Rise from Capcom on the Nintendo Switch and It Takes Two from Josef Fares and Hazelight. Then we answer quest...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode we're joined by our former co-worker Matt Bertz (@mattbertz) to debate and rank Bethesda's best games. To coincide with Microsoft's acquisition and the release of so many classic Bethesda games released on to Game Pass, we randomized a bracket and debated the quality of Skyrim, Fallout 3, Doom Eternal, Dishonored, and more! The...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode of the podcast, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez break down new details trickling out from 343 about Halo Infinite and talk about the reveal trailer for the new beat 'em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. After that, Leo Vader joins the show and we debate the new roguelite idle game cal...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Sarah Podzorski (@sarahpodz), Kelsey Lewin from the Video Game History Foundation (@kelslewin), and Nikole Zivalich (@nikolez) to celebrate all things Pokémon. We unpack the news that Game Freak is making a Breath of the Wild-inspired game called Pokémon Legends: Arceus, share our fav...

Episode Notes MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by Janet Garcia and Imran Khan to go over the day's news on a bonus episode of the podcast! We talk about all of the announcements from Sony's State of Play, including the new game Sifu and a new trailer for Arkane's Deathloop. We also break down the avalanche of Final Fantasy VII news, including the PlayStation 5 upgrade, Yuffie-f...