The MinnMax Show

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Released every Thursday, The MinnMax Show features former Game Informer employees and beyond talking about the week's most exciting games or game industry news before reading feedback from the Patreon community found at patreon.com/minnmax.

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The MinnMax Show episodes:

01.13.2022
Our 15 Most Anticipated Games Of 2022
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski each share their 5 most anticipated games of 2022. We talk about God of War: Ragnarok, Kirby on the Switch, try to...
01.06.2022
Our Personal Top 10s, PSVR2, Suriel Vazquez!
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, and Leo Vader are joined by former cohort Suriel Vazquez to share our top 10 games of 2021, talk about PlayStation VR2, and then run down...
12.30.2021
The Game Of The Year Debate 2021 (The Final List)
Welcome to the final episode of The MinnMax Show for 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski battle it out to rank and lock down the greatest games of...
12.23.2021
The Game Of The Year Debate 2021 (Part 1)
It's time to build the list of our favorite games of 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski create a list of Game of the Year contenders before they...
12.16.2021
The MinnMax Awards 2021
Welcome to The MinnMax Awards for 2021! On this episode, we're celebrating the best from gaming this year by nominating and debating the winners for a handful of special categories like best moment, best character, biggest news, and more. We...
12.10.2021
The Game Awards, Halo Infinite, Endwalker
In this live episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Sarah Podzorski are joined by Bryan Vore to break down the biggest reveals from The Game Awards. We highlight the biggest games shown off during Geoff...
12.02.2021
The Best Game Music Of 2021
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and special guest Jacob Geller are joined by the master of music (and host of Level with Emily) Emily Reese to break down our favorite game...
11.25.2021
2021's Most Underappreciated Games, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Harmonix's Fate
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode. Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Kyle Hilliard share their picks for some overlooked great games from 2021 and also talk about the news that Harmonix is now owned...
11.18.2021
Our 2021 Backlog, Game Of The Year Nominees, Halo Infinite
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! We have a big episode for you and we hope you enjoy it. First off, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Janet Garcia talk about their gaming backlog for 2021 and try...
11.11.2021
Elden Ring Hands-On, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Animal Crossing
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! On this week's episode, Kyle Hilliard talks about his time playing FromSoftware's Elden Ring and Sarah Podzorski and Janet Garcia unpack the big Animal Crossing update. We also review Jurassic World Evolution 2...
11.04.2021
Gaming's Next 100 Years, Forza Horizon 5 Vs. Riders Republic
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia try their best to predict the next 100 years of gaming without talking about the metaverse. Then we review the...
10.28.2021
Guardians Of The Galaxy, Resident Evil 4 VR, Age of Empires IV Review
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We have a big episode for you, with Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava being joined by YouTube essayist Jacob Geller to talk about playing Resident Evil 4 in VR, Sony's State of...
10.21.2021
Our GOTY So Far, Gotham Knights, Animal Crossing's Big Update
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's show, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava recap all of the big DC news from over the weekend and talk about the Court of Owls in Gotham...
10.14.2021
Metroid Dread Review, Riders Republic, Maddy Myers & Mike Drucker
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast, everybody! On today's episode, we're joined by YouTube essayist Jacob Geller, Polygon's Maddy Myers, and comedian/former Nintendo writer Mike Drucker to unpack everything great about Metroid Dread on the Nintendo Switch. If you're...
10.07.2021
Halo Infinite, Far Cry 6 Review, Sora In Smash
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! This week's episode is a beast, with every MinnMax cohort jumping into the fray. We have Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Ben Hanson out of the gate to share their...
09.30.2021
Nintendo Direct Reveals, Our New Cohort, Fall's Best Indie Games
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Janet Garcia are joined by Sarah Podzorski for a big announcement before we dive into games. We break down the Nintendo Direct and try to...
09.23.2021
Kena: Bridge Of Spirits, Deathloop's PvP, Age Of Empires IV
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, everybody! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, and Janet Garcia are joined by Jacob Geller to talk about the throwback thrills of Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Age of Empires IV, and our...
09.16.2021
Deathloop Review, WarioWare, Tales of Arise
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and co-director of the Video Game History Foundation Kelsey Lewin talk about Arkane Lyon's Deathloop, the joys of WarioWare: Get It Together on the Nintendo Switch, and the triumph of Tales of Arise....
09.10.2021
God Of War: Ragnarok, Insomniac's Wolverine, Spiderman 2
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and special guest Joe Juba break down the biggest news from Sony's PlayStation Showcase like the unbelievable reveal that Insomniac is developing a Wolverine game with Marvel in addition to Spiderman 2. We...
09.02.2021
Dead Space Remake News, Far Cry 6, Our 100th Episode!
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by our old co-worker Javy Gwaltney to talk about playing Far Cry 6, EA's news about the Dead Space remake,...
08.26.2021
Gamescom’s Biggest Reveals, Psychonauts 2, Marvel’s Midnight Suns
MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard break down the biggest news from Gamescom 2021 and Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live. We talk about Halo Infinite's release date, why DokeV blew us away, Firaxis tackling Marvel, the...
08.19.2021
Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Back 4 Blood, Road 96
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Suriel Vazquez, and Kyle Hilliard to break down the new gameplay revealed for Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl. We also talk...
08.12.2021
The Great Metroid Retrospective
Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava run down the full history of Metroid and share details from the series' origins and development. We talk about Metroid Dread...
08.05.2021
2021's Biggest Upcoming Games
Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava run down the game release calendar for 2021 and debate who is most excited for the biggest releases. Who...
07.29.2021
How To Fix Our Favorite Franchises
Episode Notes Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! We have a special episode for you this week, with Suriel Vazquez, Leo Vader, and Ben Hanson recording an in-studio episode with special guest Dan Ryckert! For a little thought experiment, we...
07.22.2021
Dead Space Remake, Battlefield 2042, Death's Door
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...
07.15.2021
Revisiting The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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...
07.08.2021
Nintendo Switch OLED, Assassin's Creed Infinity, Chicory Interview
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...
07.01.2021
Our Favorite Game Boy Advance Games
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...
06.24.2021
The Summer's Best Games
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...
06.17.2021
MinnMax's E3 Awards 2021
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...
06.15.2021
Metroid Dread, Breath of the Wild's Sequel, Nintendo Direct Recap
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...
06.13.2021
Starfield, Halo Infinite, E3 Highlights
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...
06.11.2021
Elden Ring, Hideo Kojima, Summer Game Fest Highlights
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...
06.03.2021
E3 Predictions, Far Cry 6, God Of War's Delay
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...
05.27.2021
Horizon Forbidden West, Dying Light 2, Dragon Quest XII
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...
05.26.2021
Biomutant, Final Fantasy Origin, Knockout City
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....
05.20.2021
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Castlevania, IGN Editorial Independence
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...
05.13.2021
Gaming’s Greatest Legacy Franchises, Fire Escape Cast Cross-Over
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...
05.06.2021
Resident Evil Village Review, New Pokémon Snap, Giant Bomb's Reboot
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...
04.29.2021
Returnal Review, Ratchet & Clank, Nier Replicant
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...
04.22.2021
Resident Evil Village, It Takes Two Review, Before Your Eyes
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...
04.15.2021
The Last Of Us Remake, Days Gone 2, Nintendo Reveals
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...
04.08.2021
The Return Of E3, Outriders Review, Apple Arcade's Best Games
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...
04.01.2021
2021’s Biggest Winners, Monster Hunter Rise, Balan Wonderworld
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...
03.25.2021
Our 12 Favorite PS3 Exclusives, Monster Hunter Rise, It Takes Two
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...
03.18.2021
The Greatest Bethesda Game Of All Time
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...
03.11.2021
Halo Infinite Details, Shredder's Revenge, Loop Hero
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...
03.04.2021
Pokémon's 25th Anniversary, Maquette, Valheim
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....
02.26.2021
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, First Soldier, State of Play Reactions
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,...

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The MinnMax Show episodes:

Our 15 Most Anticipated Games Of 2022

Our Personal Top 10s, PSVR2, Suriel Vazquez!

The Game Of The Year Debate 2021 (The Final List)

The Game Of The Year Debate 2021 (Part 1)

The MinnMax Awards 2021

The Game Awards, Halo Infinite, Endwalker

The Best Game Music Of 2021

2021's Most Underappreciated Games, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Harmonix's Fate

Our 2021 Backlog, Game Of The Year Nominees, Halo Infinite

Elden Ring Hands-On, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Animal Crossing

Gaming's Next 100 Years, Forza Horizon 5 Vs. Riders Republic

Guardians Of The Galaxy, Resident Evil 4 VR, Age of Empires IV Review

Our GOTY So Far, Gotham Knights, Animal Crossing's Big Update

Metroid Dread Review, Riders Republic, Maddy Myers & Mike Drucker

Halo Infinite, Far Cry 6 Review, Sora In Smash

Nintendo Direct Reveals, Our New Cohort, Fall's Best Indie Games

Kena: Bridge Of Spirits, Deathloop's PvP, Age Of Empires IV

Deathloop Review, WarioWare, Tales of Arise

God Of War: Ragnarok, Insomniac's Wolverine, Spiderman 2

Dead Space Remake News, Far Cry 6, Our 100th Episode!

Gamescom’s Biggest Reveals, Psychonauts 2, Marvel’s Midnight Suns

Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Back 4 Blood, Road 96

The Great Metroid Retrospective

2021's Biggest Upcoming Games

How To Fix Our Favorite Franchises

Dead Space Remake, Battlefield 2042, Death's Door

Revisiting The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Nintendo Switch OLED, Assassin's Creed Infinity, Chicory Interview

Our Favorite Game Boy Advance Games

The Summer's Best Games

MinnMax's E3 Awards 2021

Metroid Dread, Breath of the Wild's Sequel, Nintendo Direct Recap

Starfield, Halo Infinite, E3 Highlights

Elden Ring, Hideo Kojima, Summer Game Fest Highlights

E3 Predictions, Far Cry 6, God Of War's Delay

Horizon Forbidden West, Dying Light 2, Dragon Quest XII

Biomutant, Final Fantasy Origin, Knockout City

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Castlevania, IGN Editorial Independence

Gaming’s Greatest Legacy Franchises, Fire Escape Cast Cross-Over

Resident Evil Village Review, New Pokémon Snap, Giant Bomb's Reboot

Returnal Review, Ratchet & Clank, Nier Replicant

Resident Evil Village, It Takes Two Review, Before Your Eyes

The Last Of Us Remake, Days Gone 2, Nintendo Reveals

The Return Of E3, Outriders Review, Apple Arcade's Best Games

2021’s Biggest Winners, Monster Hunter Rise, Balan Wonderworld

Our 12 Favorite PS3 Exclusives, Monster Hunter Rise, It Takes Two

The Greatest Bethesda Game Of All Time

Halo Infinite Details, Shredder's Revenge, Loop Hero

Pokémon's 25th Anniversary, Maquette, Valheim

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, First Soldier, State of Play Reactions