The MinnMax Show

On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, listen to and appreciate Jacob Geller's review of the great remake of Resident Evil 4! We also talk about playing the dinosaur-filled beta for Exoprimal, Jacob Geller's weird fascination with Wanted Dead, and Leo highlights Cosmo's Quickstop, a co-op game that's woefully under everybody's radar. Then we're joined by MinnMax's new...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava to reminisce about our favorite demos and demo discs of all time. Let us know your favorites in the comments. Then we unpack some great games with generous demos like Team Ninja's Sekiro-inspired Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Humanity from Enhance Games, and Octopath Trave...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack everything we learned about Final Fantasy XVI this week, have a mini-Deepest Dive on The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap for the GameBoy Advance, and then JeffM passionately explains why most of us were dead wrong about Horizon Forbidden West. Then we answer questions submitted on...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Sarah Podzorski, and Kyle Hilliard to unpack all of the news from Sony's State of Play, talk about playing Resident Evil Village and Gran Turismo 7 in VR, and lavish unexpected praise on Theatrhythm Final Bar Line. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit questio...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to rave about the Metroid Prime Remaster, share their full thoughts on the PSVR2 headset (provided by PlayStation) and its flagship title Horizon Call of the Mountain, then we talk about the new Monster Hunter-like game Wild Hearts and Double Fine's...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! This week Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and special guest Jill Grodt from The Indie Informer to recap the highlights from the big Nintendo Direct. We talk about the new trailer and vehicle reveal for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Metroid Prime Remastered, Pikmin 4, GameBoy Advances games on the Nintendo Switch, and more! Then Leo...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about how much they're enjoying EA's big remake of Dead Space and the amazing release of Hi-Fi Rush from Tango Gameworks. We also talk about Season: A Letter To The Future and the announcement this week of The Crew Motorfest. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by t...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack Xbox's new game showcase called Developer Direct with new looks at Redfall, Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends, and the big reveal and surprise release of Hi-Fi Rush from the creators of The Evil Within. Then we dive into the big meaty release of the week f...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, we've reassembled the crew of Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava to be embarrassed by our predictions for 2022 before confidently predicting everything in the gaming world from 2023. We also talk a bit about Fire Emblem Engage, One Piece Odyssey, and Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on the episode as well. Then we answer que...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Jeff Marchiava, and Jacob Geller to unpack our excitement (and fears) about the games releasing in 2023. 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...

It's time for the first episode of The MinnMax Show for 2023! We're back! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to talk about our winter break and share the highlights of all the games we played. We also share the big results for the MinnMax community's hive-mind take on the top 10 games of 2022! Forget The Two Tens, this is an objective list based...

This is it, everybody. The final debate for Game of the Year for 2022 and the ranking of The Two Tens. MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Jeff Marchiafava to celebrate and rank the greatest games released in 2022. Where will Horizon Forbidden West rank? Should Wordle claim a spot on the list? Will anything deth...

Welcome back to another exciting episode of The MinnMax Show. On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, Jefff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller to start debating the list for the best games of 2022. We celebrate the greatest games with a list of Two Tens, some might say the Top 20 games of the year. We build up all of the contenders...

Welcome to the biggest episode of The MinnMax Show EVER! This week is dedicated to handing out the annual MinnMax Awards for specific categories in gaming this year and Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kelsey Lewin. We run down our picks for Best Thing, Dumbest Thing, Biggest News, The Game We All Agree Is Probably...

We're sorry we're a bit late, but we there's so much to talk about with The Game Awards that we had to delay things a bit! On this episode, MinnMax's Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and the queen of The Game Awards herself Janet Garcia to unpack the biggest highlights and reveals from the evening. We also talk about Need for Speed Unbound, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion,...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller and Emily Reese to break down our favorite pieces of game music from 2022. We hit the big stuff like God of War Ragnarok and Elden Ring, but also dive into the weeds on some great soundtracks from smaller games this year as well. We also share some of the community's picks submitted over on Patreon. You...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On today's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kelsey Lewin, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski to share our thoughts on Pokémon Scarlet And Violet and its technical limitations on the Nintendo Switch. Then Leo Vader and Jacob Geller join the show and we talk about the opening hours to Marvel's Midnight Suns from Firaxis and Sarah tells us all a...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader to set the stage for our 2022 Game of the Year debate by suggesting games other folks should check out. Then we talk about the incredible historical work done with the Atari 50 collection, Obsidian's bold take with Pentiment, and why Kyle...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We have a fun episode for you this week, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Ana Diaz, and (formerly of Game Informer, The Washington Post, and Fanbyte) Elise Favis. We share our thoughts on Sonic Frontiers, break down the highlights from Nintendo's Indie World showcase, Elise raves about A Plague Tale: Requiem, we pit the farming in Coral Island against Squa...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller as they dive into their full (and extremely spoiler-free) review of God of War Ragnarok from Santa Monica Studios. Then we talk about Bayonetta 3, Resident Evil Village's DLC, and the price and release date reveal for PSVR2. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon b...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to talk about the first five hours of God of War: Ragnarok without spoiling any story details. Then Jacob Geller unloads his thoughts on Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and he and Kyle try to share their odd appreciation of Scorn. Jeff Marchiafava joins the...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack all of the big reveals for the Silent Hill franchise like a remake of Silent Hill 2 from Bloober Team and new games called Silent Hill F, Silent Hill: Ascension, and Silent Hill: Townfall. Then we all gush over Ubisoft's new tactics game Mario + Rabbids: Kin...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Jacob Geller, and Janet Garcia to try and predict the review scores and reception for 2022's biggest upcoming games like God of War: Ragnarok, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Then we talk about playing Street Fighter 6 and the new Monster Hunter-like game from EA called...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava to unpack the big reveal trailer for Nintendo and Illumination's Super Mario Bros movie and to try to wrap their minds around Chris Pratt's voice for Mario. Then they talk about CD Projekt RED's big announcement of upcoming games in The Witcher and Cyberpunk universes, the Dead...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by the founder of Indie Informer Jill Grodt to unpack our predictions for God of War: Ragnarok. Heads up, they do include spoilers for God of War 2018. After that, we talk about Cyberpunks 2077's resurgence with the new anime on Netflix, Tunic on the Nintendo Switch, and Shovel Knight D...