The MinnMax Show

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard announce the next Deepest Dive, discuss the hidden gem Olija, and then marvel at how much Persona 5 Strikers feels like a sequel to the original JRPG from Atlus. Then things get nostalgic as we talk about some of Capcom's greatest arcade games and the new version of Ghos...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by guest Dan Ryckert to talk about the much-anticipated Nintendo Direct. We break down the biggest announcements, from the reveal of Splatoon 3 to the great bait and switch with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel update/reveal of Skyward Sword HD. Then we talk about...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez weigh the results from their 2020 game industry predictions before creating new ones for 2021! We try to predict whether Breath of the Wild's sequel will release this year, what God of War: Ragnarok will be like, and what hardware Nintendo is planning. Then Kyle H...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by their ol' pal Javy Gwaltney and special guest/voice actor extraordinaire Sarah Elmaleh (Gone Home, Anthem, Gears 5) to talk about the upcoming remaster of BioWare's Mass Effect trilogy. Then we talk about how well Resident Evil 7 holds up and the game's absolutely absurd DLC before unpacking the Pl...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Suriel Vazquez, Leo Vader, and the wonderful Ana Diaz. We talk about the ongoing adventures in Hitman 3, Suriel's review of The Medium, Cyber Shadow, and Ana's big announcement that she'll be focusing on her new, full-time job for the near future and stepping away from MinnMax. We then walk t...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by Resident Evil superfan Alex Aniel (@CVXFreak) to break down the Resident Evil Showcase stream, the reveal of Resident Evil Village's gameplay, the announcement of the competitive game Resident Evil RE: Verse, and more. Then we talk about IO Interactive's Hitman 3 a...

Episode Notes On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Leo Vader, and special guest Janet Garcia run down our 5 most anticipated games of 2021 and also share picks from the community! We talk about God of War "Ragnarok" on the PlayStation 5, New Pokemon Snap, and debate whether Breath of the Wild's sequel and Elden Ring will release this year. Then we answer question...

Episode Notes MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Ana Diaz, and Jeff Marchiafava share the MinnMax community's hive-mind official ranking of the best games from 2020 before we each share our personal Top 10s. We hope you enjoy Game of the Year lists, because this episode is filled to the brim! Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! Y...

Episode Notes Welcome to the grand finale of our Game of the Year debate for 2020. In this episode, we finish building a list of the greatest games from 2020 called The Two Tens. Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Suriel Vazquez, Kyle Hilliard, and Ana Diaz debate the correct ranking for games like Ghost of Tsushima, Half-Life: Alyx, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Hades...

Welcome to the Game of the Year debate from MinnMax! We're building a list of the greatest games from 2020, which we call The Two Tens. Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Suriel Vazquez, Kyle Hilliard, and eventually Ana Diaz talk about their favorite games this year and start to build the list. If you can't wait to hear the rest of the discussion, you can watch next week's discussion early...

Episode Notes On this huge episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, Ana Diaz, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader unpack the year's highlights by debating the nominees and winners for our categories. We talk about the biggest games of the year like Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Half-Life: Alyx, and more. Each...

Episode Notes On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by music extraordinaire Emily Reese (from Level with Emily) to share our top 3 music tracks from video games in 2020. We talk about Hades, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and more along with great submissions from the community. Then Ana Diaz and Jeff Marchiafava join us to a...

Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We have a huge, fun episode for you this week as we're joined by friend of the show Jacob Geller to talk about Ubisoft's Immortals Fenyx Rising and how it compares to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Then we're joined by Ana Diaz and Leo Vader as we share (along with the community) our picks for the most underappreciated games of 2020. We als...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Ana Diaz, and Suriel Vazquez talk about Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity on the Nintendo Switch before unpacking Nintendo's releases in 2020 and their record-breaking hardware and software sales. Then Suriel explains why the new raid in Destiny 2: Beyond Light has changed his opinion about Bungie's latest rele...

On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, and Leo Vader to review the PlayStation 5 (MinnMax's PS5 provided by Sony) along with comments from the community. We talk about Astro's Playroom, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and more! Then we're joined by friend of the show Jacob Geller to review Demon's Souls and The Pathless on PlayStation 5 before Jeff Marchiafava claps in...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, you can also watch the video version on MinnMax's YouTube channel. On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Ana Diaz, and Jeff Marchiafava discuss playing Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Valhalla and why it has them hooked more than other entires in the series. Then we read comments from the community and review Microsoft's Xbox Series X and share early impressions...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Leo Vader, Ana Diaz, and Jeff Marchiafava review Ubisoft's Watch Dogs: Legion and where the new open-world experience succeeds. We also talk about the destruction-focused game Teardown before Suriel Vazquez joins the podcast for a huge review discussion of Yakuza: Like A Dragon. Then the developer of HyperDot Charles McGregor joins the show...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Ana Diaz, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about incoming launch of the next generation by sharing updates and impressions of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. We also talk about CD Projekt RED's bold move to delay Cyberpunk 2077, Suriel shares his thoughts on Doom Eternal's DLC, and then we run down the Top 10 horro...

Thanks to your support, MinnMax has been around for one full year! On this special episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about the origins of MinnMax, JeffM shares some big personal news, and we also talk about Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit on the Nintendo Switch. Then Leo Vader joins us to talk about the new horror game Amnesia: Rebirth and to review Jackbo...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Suriel Vazquez are joined by GameSpot's video producer Jake Dekker (@jacobdekk) to walk through the launch of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 and our most-anticipated games like Insomniac's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, and more. Then we learn about the backstory a...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's show, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez talk about Ubisoft's Watch Dogs: Legion, check our hype levels for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, rave about Crash Bandicoot 4, unpack the unbelievable work from Sakurai in putting Minecraft in Smash, and a whole lot more. Then we're joined by the great Sarah Podzorski to answer qu...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Ana Diaz are joined by former Game Informer intern and freelancer Jill Grodt (@Finruin) to talk about Genshin Impact, Among Us, and then break down the ten games that need to exist in the game industry like Silent Hills, a Mass Effect remaster, and another 2D Metroid. Hot off the heels of Hades' success, we then r...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez are joined by YouTube essay extraordinaire Jacob Geller to talk about his upcoming charity stream and the wild news that Bethesda has been fully purchased by Microsoft. We also wade through the pre-order and exclusivity confusion surrounding the PlayStation and Xbox Series X. Then we're joine...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and Leo Vader break down the exciting and confusing news about the launch of the PlayStation 5 as it happens. We talk about the new Harry Potter game, Spider-Man: Miles Morales also being available on the PlayStation 4, the tease of the next God of War from Sony Santa Monica, and a whole lot mor...

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by the host of MinnMax's music podcast recently renamed CrossFade (subscribe on your favorite podcast app) Matt Helgeson to talk about falling in love with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Remake 1+2. Then we're joined by Ana Diaz to talk about the big reveal of the Xbox Series S console and the price and release...