The MinnMax Show

On this episode of The MinnMax show podcast, we welcome Game Informer and Giant Bomb alumn Dan Ryckert back to the world of video game podcasts as we choose our favorite game for each year of the last decade. 2000-2009 is an incredible stretch in the game industry, with technology going from Perfect Dark to Uncharted 2. We also debate the #1 greatest game of the decade, talking about the merits of Super Mario Galaxy and a couple of Metal Gear Solid games. Then we open up the Minnbox 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 a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

6:45 - Saints Row III

15:45 - General 2000-2009 thoughts

20:20 - 2000's best games

27:11 - 2001's best games

33:40 - 2002's best games

41:45 - 2003's best games

49:50 - 2004's best games

1:01:56 - 2005's best games

1:08:44 - 2006's best games

1:20:44 - 2007's best games

1:25:35 - 2008's best games

1:37:20 - 2009's best games

1:51:50 - The best game of the decade

2:03:20 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

2:07:35 - Community questions

2:44:10 - Get A Load Of This

Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/MortalKombat/status/1262418749954461700

Kyle's GALOT - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-york-videogame-critics-circle-podcast/id1445039345?i=1000474999272

Dan's GALOT - https://twitter.com/_rddaniel/status/1255335432235163648?s=20

Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1262797110941904896?s=19

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Captainstubs1

Iam8bit

Jawarhello

Rob Hudak

Zachary Pligge

BeatenDownBrian

TheSmak

Mark Seliga

Andrew Vala

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Jesse Vitelli

Yarrow

Michael Jaques

Adam Walker

Ludwig Roque

Andrew Sanford

Matthew Paxton

James Smith

David Lacolucci

In this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and Blake Hester (@metallicaisrad) talk about the remake of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2, gameplay for Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch, and Epic showing off Unreal Engine 5 on a PlayStation 5. Then we open up the Minnbox and award the iam8bit question of the week!

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

3:30 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2 Remake

30:00 - Ghost of Tsushima gameplay

42:47 - Paper Mario: The Origami King

50:15 - Unreal Engine 5/PS5 gameplay reveal

1:03:15 - The Crew (tabletop game)

1:08:10 - Destiny 2 and Mortal Kombat 11

1:11:00 - SNK Gals

1:16:35 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:25:00 - Community questions

2:20:00 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM's GALOT - https://twitter.com/baraGodzilla/status/1258682943716782080?s=20

Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1260778864323596288

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTFBls4f6A

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/petersagal/status/1258905008210403328?s=21

Blake's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/user/himynamesryan

Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/jermops/status/1259273349139533830?s=20

Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch

Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow

Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow

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Please support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier!

Captainstubs1

Iam8bit

Jawarhello

Rob Hudak

Zachary Pligge

BeatenDownBrian

TheSmak

Mark Seliga

Andrew Vala

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Jesse Vitelli

Yarrow

Michael Jacques

Adam Walker

Ludwig Roque

Andrew Sanford

Matthew Paxton

James Smith

David Lacolucci

On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and Jill Grodt (@Finruin) share their reaction to Microsoft's gameplay reveals for the Xbox Series X and talk about the upcoming summer of game reveals. Then we answer questions from the community and award the winner of iam8bit's question of the week!

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

6:20 - Microsoft's Xbox Series X Gameplay reveal discussion

25:00 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla

36:00 - E3 Replacements Roadmap

47:00 - Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath

51:45 - Cate Blanchett in the Borderlands movie

52:40 - PGA Tour 2K21

53:30 - Treachery in Beatdown City

56:00 - Ghostrunner

57:30 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:03:00 - Community questions

2:01:11 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM's GALOT - https://mobile.twitter.com/cheesynuggets/status/1257887192300556298

Suriel's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yanKfSc1_Sc

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.cnnphilippines.com/entertainment/2020/5/3/Hafthor-Bjornsson-Game-of-Thrones-sets-new-record-deadlifting-1-104-pounds.html

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/officialDannyT/status/1255586768327344128

Jill's GALOT - https://twitter.com/uppercutcrit/status/1258117730399485952

Community GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgNpm8cTE8&feature=youtu.be

Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch

Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow

Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow

Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow

Please support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Captainstubs1

Iam8bit

Jawarhello

Rob Hudak

Zachary Pligge

BeatenDownBrian

TheSmak

Mark Seliga

Andrew Vala

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Jesse Vitelli

Yarrow

Michael Jacques

Adam Walker

Ludwig Roque

Andrew Sanford

Matthew Paxton

James Smith

David Lacolucci

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we're joined by former Game Informer intern Marcus Stewart as we unpack the unusual reveal for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, rank Naughty Dog's games (without spoiling anything about The Last of Us Part 2), and review Streets of Rage 4. After thanking our biggest supporters, we answer some great questions from you the community!

Here's Marcus Stewart's YouTube channel Marcus Makes Media - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZPY_HVAIr-nUuxD5WUWFUQ

Thanks to Aidan Walker for creating MinnMax's new intro video... that you can't see until tomorrow's YouTube reveal. https://dribbble.com/enscii

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

2:12 - Marcus Stewart and how to start a YouTube channel

14:00 - Ubisoft's reveal of Assassin's Creed Valhalla

20:11 - The Last of Us Part 2 leaks (zero spoilers!)

23:55 - Ranking Naughty Dog's games

51:20 - Gears Tactics

58:40 - Streets of Rage 4/our favorite brawlers

1:15:40 - Moving Out

1:21:05 - Fortnite's Travis Scott concert

1:29:45 - WWE's changing gameplan

1:42:35 - Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot DLC

1:44:25 - Onitama, Santorini, Mr. Jack in New York

1:56:25 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

2:00:25 - Community questions

2:40:40 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM's GALOT - https://www.google.com/

Marcus' GALOT - https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1255613442423009280

Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/NESbot_feed/status/1254464532451405831?s=20

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/noobde/status/1250046598404616193?s=21

Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/tonybonesarelli/status/1254915408273997825?s=19

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

iam8bit

Easy Going Gaming

Jawarhello

Seth Walker

The Smak

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Zachary Pligge

Ludwig Roque

James Smith

Steve Bamdad

David Lacolucci

Rob Hudak (aka Rook)

Yarrow

Michael Jacques

Cameron Wardlaw

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, we're joined by former Game Informer PC editor Adam Biessener to talk about XCOM: Chimera Squad, developer Sam Barlow joins us to talk about Telling Lies, Silent Hill, and telling stories through webcams, and then for community questions we're joined by Jason Schreier, Kirk Hamilton, and Maddy Myers from the Triple Click podcast! You can submit questions and win a prize from iam8bit by supporting us on Patreon at any tier!

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

3:54 - XCOM: Chimera Squad with Adam Biessener

19:00 - Super Mario Maker 2 update

24:15 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons update

27:26 - Guilty Gear Strive

37:20 - Sushi Go Party/Point Salad/Fairy Tale

46:00 - Sam Barlow on Telling Lies, Silent Hill, and his upcoming horror game

1:28:20 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:32:00 - Triple Click podcast's Jason Schreier, Kirk Hamilton, and Maddy Myers

1:50:30 - Community questions

2:43:00 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM's GALOT - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/19/photos-nasas-curiosity-team-is-controlling-mars-rover-from-home.html

Suriel's GALOT - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52369435

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F__uGshlbOo

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/FunkButcher/status/1251039907268755456

Kirk's GALOT - https://twitter.com/mneelzy/status/1245044972069326851

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

iam8bit

Easy Going Gaming

Jawarhello

Seth Walker

The Smak

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Zachary Pligge

Ludwig Roque

James Smith

Steve Bamdad

David Lacolucci

Rob Hudak (aka Rook)

Yarrow

Michael Jacques

Cameron Wardlaw

On this episode, we talk about the rumors surrounding a remake of Resident Evil 4, share impressions of playing Riot's Valorant, and are then joined by Ana Diaz to talk about Persona 5 Royal. Then we open up the Minnbox 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 a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

2:13 - Final Fantasy VII Remake

8:04 - Resident Evil 8 rumors

10:29 - Resident Evil 4 remake rumors

20:18 - Valorant

33:11 - XCOM: Chimera Squad

42:10 - Dominion, Space Base, and The Quest for El Dorado

48:10 - Tabletop Simulator

55:45 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

57:00 - Persona 5 Royal

1:05:00 - More PlayStation games coming to PC?

1:10:10 - Club Penguin

1:12:30 - Roblox

1:17:00 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered

1:21:50 - How Rockstar develops the next GTA

1:26:40 - Bright Memory

1:30:00 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:33:15 - Community questions

2:30:50 - Get A Load Of This

Suriel's GALOT - https://imgur.com/gallery/ku9zlNu

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/TheStrangeRebel/status/1249894432976957440

Ana's GALOT - https://twitter.com/DrLavaYT/status/1249735917545246720

Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/Nitomatta/status/1250108112763097088

Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/1250399132948316161

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

iam8bit

Easy Going Gaming

Jawarhello

Seth Walker

The Smak

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Zachary Pligge

Ludwig Roque

James Smith

Steve Bamdad

David Lacolucci

Rob Hudak (aka Rook)

Yarrow

Michael Jacques

Cameron Wardlaw

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we share out gut reaction to Sony's reveal of the PlayStation 5 controller called the DualSense and share spoiler-free impressions of Final Fantasy VII Remake. Then we're joined by Griffin Newman (Blank Check podcast, The Tick) and Graham Goring (LEGO City Undercover, LEGO The Force Awakens) to talk about the cultural impact of the LEGO games and the process of writing film parodies within video games. Then we open up the Minnbox 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 a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

0:00 - MinnMax's new theme song composed by Chris Tilton (SimCity, Fringe, Assassin's Creed Unity)

1:25 - The Deepest Dive on Final Fantasy VII Remake

4:00 - PlayStation 5's DualSense controller

21:00 - Phil Spencer on IGN's Unlocked podcast

25:45 - Google Stadia

28:15 - Final Fantasy VII Remake

37:15 - Half-Life: Alyx

39:10 - Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

42:00 - Lost Cities

43:50 - Raptor

46:20 - Griffin Newman and Graham Goring on the impact of LEGO Games

1:40:00 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:43:45 - Community questions

2:43:30 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM's GALOT - https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/star-wars-just-resolved-return-132300545.html

Suriel's GALOT - https://kotaku.com/super-mario-64s-glitchy-smoke-has-been-fixed-after-24-y-1842714470

Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/mattjonesisdead/status/674488496560713728

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/1246828461622091777

Community GALOT - https://mobile.twitter.com/agentbizzle/status/1247629393117106177

Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch

Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow

Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow

Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow

Please support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

iam8bit

Easy Going Gaming

Jawarhello

Seth Walker

The Smak

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Zachary Pligge

Ludwig Roque

James Smith

Steve Bamdad

David Lacolucci

Rob Hudak (aka Rook)

Yarrow

Michael Jacques

Cameron Wardlaw

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez are joined by Resident Evil superfan Alex Aniel (@cvxfreak) to review Capcom's new remake of Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil Resistance. Then we're joined by David Sims (@davidlsims) from the Blank Check podcast to talk about the rumors swirling about Mario's 35th anniversary/potential Nintendo Switch re-releases and rank the 3D Mario games from Super Mario 64 to Super Mario Odyssey. After that we open up the Minnbox and answer great questions from the community and award somebody with the iam8bit question of the week!

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

2:35 - Resident Evil 3's development history

9:00 - Resident Evil 3 remake review discussion

40:45 - Resident Evil Resistance

48:35 - Ranking the 3D Mario games

1:11:40 - Good Job!

1:14:30 - Filament

1:15:30 - Epic Games as a publisher

1:22:20 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:25:10 - Community questions

2:13:00 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfA-TJC3A&feature=emb_title

Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/DonkeyKongApe/status/1244452946017910796

Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/marc_laidlaw/status/1221901984048926720?s=20

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/nomanssky/status/1229019204906553344?lang=en

Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/1245380396495196160?s=20

Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch

Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow

Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow

Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow

Please support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Iam8bit

Seth Walker

BeatenDownBrian

The Smak

Jawarhello

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Rob Hudak (aka Rook)

David Lacolucci

Yarrow

Michael Jacques

Cameron Wardlaw

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! It's one of the biggest weeks of the year for game releases and we're excited to break it all down with you. On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez are joined by former Game Informer managing editor Matt Bertz. We talk about playing Id's new masterpiece Doom Eternal, how Valve pulled off a miracle by releasing Half-Life: Alyx in VR, and we touch on Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Definitely check out The Deepest Dive on Animal Crossing for a much more thorough discussion of the game. Then we award the iam8bit question of the week to our favorite comment left on Patreon.com/MinnMax!

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

4:40 - Doom Eternal

19:50 - Paper Beast

20:40 - Half-Life: Alyx

44:00 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

50:00 - Call of Duty: Warzone

53:25 - Control's Foundation DLC

59:25 - Wasteland 3

1:02:40 - The Division 2: Warlords of New York

1:03:40 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:06:05 - Community questions

2:04:33 - GALOT

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/reggie/status/1233483672864600068?s=21

JeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbspIYr-Sc&feature=youtu.be

Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/bugoffs/status/1242234442174750722

Hanson's GALOT - http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/03/rumourgodofwarpcportspeculationfuelledbymissinglabel

Community GALOT - https://twitter.com/SinghLions/status/1240686550939136003?s=19

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Iam8bit

Seth Walker

BeatenDownBrian

The Smak

Jawarhello

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Rob Hudak (aka Rook)

David Lacolucci

The world is surreal, but we're still here to talk about games and have a good time. On this week's show, Imran Khan joins the cohorts to talk about the new details on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Then we talk about ways to get better while working from home and a whole lot more. Thanks for sticking with us, we're not going to stop creating fun content for you.

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

8:20 - PlayStation 5 specs

26:25 - New Xbox Series X details

30:30 - Doom Eternal

34:00 - Tips for getting better during the quarantine

53:00 - The corona virus' effect on the game industry

58:15 - GameStop is endangering employees and customers

1:06:00 - Video game release date match-ups

1:27:55 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:29:53 - Community questions

2:09:50 - Nioh 2

2:23:45 - Get A Load Of This

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/chrizmillr/status/1237938838367952897?s=21

Suriel's GALOT - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-16-assassins-creed-unity-was-one-of-the-best-selling-games-in-the-world-last-month

Imran's GALOT - https://www.ign.com/articles/animal-crossing-devs-are-loving-the-doom-crossovers-with-isabelle-doomguy

Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/TJMonticello/status/1239630889501503491?s=20

Community GALOTs - https://twitter.com/MimiMoonCosplay/status/1238455388682493958?s=19

https://twitter.com/decafjedi/status/1237890163268714498?s=19

Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier! Get your name on the list right here - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Iam8bit

Seth Walker

BeatenDownBrian

The Smak

Jawarhello

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Rob Hudak (aka Rook)

David Lacolucci