The MinnMax Show

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show, a good place to forget bad things. On this episode we cover Call of Duty's new stand-alone battle royale game called Warzone, the incredible achievement of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and the stunning news that E3 2020 has been canceled. In the second half of the show, we're joined by the former host of The Game Informer Show Matt Helgeson to talk about his new music podcast on the MinnMax network called MinnTrax! Please subscribe to it here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minntrax/id1501267072

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4:10 - Announcing MinnTrax, our new new music podcast

4:35 - Announcing The Celebration of Final Fantasy VII

5:50 - Announcing The Deepest Dive for Animal Crossing: New Horizons

7:25 - Call of Duty: Warzone

24:20 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps

34:15 - Ghost of Tsushima

36:50 - Half-Life/Black Mesa

40:50 - Castlevania Season 3

46:50 - Murder by Numbers

49:30 - Matt Helgeson on the new MinnTrax podcast

55:30 - The cancelation of E3 2020

1:20:28 - The Last of Us on HBO

1:28:00 - Horizon Zero Dawn on PC

1:30:15 - 2K is creating NFL games again

1:32:35 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:34:55 - Community questions

2:26:08 - Get A Load Of This

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/kobunheat/status/1230167721813237760?s=21

Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/sid_meier/status/1237755568045129728?s=20

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Iam8bit

Seth Walker

BeatenDownBrian

The Smak

Jawarhello

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Rob Hudak (aka Rook)

David Lacolucci

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Jeff Marchiafava, and guest Javy Gwaltney share everything they learned about Baldur's Gate 3 and what it's like revisiting BioWare's original games to prepare for the exciting RPG from Larian Studios. Then we all share tips on how to get through your backlog of games while talking about Half-Life 2 and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Kyle Hilliard then joins the show while we rave about the incredible new demo for the Final Fantasy VII Remake and new gameplay for Half-Life: Alyx. 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

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5:00 - GDC's cancellation

7:50 - PAX East highlights

13:45 - Baldur's Gate 3

26:00 - Tackling your backlog tips

35:00 - Kentucky Route Zero

47:20 - Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

55:50 - Bloodroots

59:15 - Final Fantasy VII Remake

1:09:35 - Half-Life: Alyx

1:22:46 - Granblue Fantasy: Versus

1:32:20 - Valorant

1:35:20 - Stadia's new studio

1:37:10 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:41:30 - Community questions

2:47:50 - Get A Load Of This

Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/boy_aloud/status/1234166868102959106?s=19

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxXGuVL21o

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/imranzomg/status/1234026694647746560?s=20

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

Iam8bit

Seth Walker

BeatenDownBrian

The Smak

Jawarhello

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Rob Hudak (aka Rook)

David Lacolucci

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

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

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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafva, and Suriel Vazquez talk about the specs for Microsoft's Xbox Series X, Mega Man Zero and ZX, Wayforward's Vitamin Connection, and Star Wars news before taking a turn for Hollywood and comparing the Sonic the Hedgehog movie against the Dragon Quest V adaptation on Netflix. Then we open up the Minnbox and choose our favorite community question of the week and send them a great prize from iam8bit! To submit questions or topics for The MinnMax Show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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7:30 - New Xbox Series X Details

22:10 - Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

38:00 - Vitamin Connection

42:00 - Platinum's Project GG

45:50 - Harmonix's Fuser

46:50 - Kotaku's Star Wars article/High Republic

52:55 - Sonic the Hedgehog review

1:04:20 - Dragon Quest: Your Story review

1:10:20 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:14:45 - Community questions

2:47:05 - Get A Load Of This

2:57:35 - Dragon Quest: Your Story spoilers

Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/cobysoftco/status/1232681106186608640?s=19

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/scottrogowsky/status/1228806939355885575?s=21

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv0WoKXzcpo

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

Superhero Sinema Scoop

iam8bit

Seth Walker

BeatenDownBrian

Jawarhello

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Byron Black

Christian King

The_Smak

David Lacolucci

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this episode, we try to alleviate the loss of PlayStation at PAX East by talking about the gameplay and sharing our best predictions for Naughty Dog's swan song for the PlayStation 4 The Last of Us Part 2. Jeff Marchiafava talks about some exciting indie games on Game Pass, we try to wrap our minds around Escape from Tarkov and Wolcen, and Suriel Vazquez pines for Blizzard's StarCraft: Ghost. For the back half of the show, we open the Minnbox and answer questions submitted on Patreon.com/MinnMax!

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5:00 - Suriel's trip to Japan

11:55 - The Last of Us Part 2 predictions

31:00 - Sea Salt

34:40 - Bleeding Edge/Ninja Theory

40:45 - Escape from Tarkov

48:50 - StarCraft: Ghost

51:55 - Wolcen: Lords of Shadow

55:25 - Wizard of Legend

59:40 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:07:25 - Community Minnbox

2:12:30 - GALOT

JeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeGVeBWECu8

Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/scienceshitpost

Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/1228563391804928000

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/bradbirda113/status/1228851110690975745

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

Superhero Sinema Scoop

Iam8bit

Seth Walker

BeatenDownBrian

Jawarhello

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Byron Black

Christian King

The_Smak

David Lacolucci

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

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

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On this episode, Ben Hanson and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Ashley Glassel AKA Midnite and Devin Robinson AKA TTinyy to talk about the Minnesota Rokkr Call of Duty eSports team, Red Dead Redemption 2, and what it takes to play Call of Duty professionally. Then we're joined by Jeff Marchiafava and Jack Gardner to talk about Bioware's overhaul of Anthem, Geoff Keighley skipping E3 2020, and the final release of Media Molecule's Dreams. Then we open up the "MinnBox" and answer dozens of great questions from the community. We hope you enjoy the show!

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:30 - Minnesota Rokkr's Midnite and TTinyy on Call of Duty

55:45 - Anthem's reboot

1:05:50 - E3 2020's struggles

1:14:30 - Kunai

1:18:25 - Dreams' big release

1:35:00 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:43:20 - Community questions

3:01:20 - Get A Load Of This

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/the_darklorde/status/1225632961921372161

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/682247286/how-to-dial-911-from-space

Cheers Intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJ2SRgN9Zs

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

Superhero Sinema Scoop

Iam8bit

Seth Walkee

BeatenDownBrian

Jawarhello

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Byron Black

Christian King

The_Smak

David Lacolucci

On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, we welcome Ana Diaz (@analikespikachu) to help us rank our five favorite Super Nintendo games of all time. We all have a lovely time talking about Earthbound, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and a whole lot more. Before we go retro, we cover the wild news of Dan Houser leaving Rockstar and what Kyle thinks of Zombie Army 4. In the back half of the show, we celebrate our new supporter iam8bit and are proud to announce the return of Question of the Week! If you'd like to submit a question or topic and potentially win an amazing item from iam8bit, please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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4:30 - Final Fantasy VII Remake

6:20 - Rodeo Stampede

8:15 - Dan Houser Leaving Rockstar

11:00 - Zombie Army 4: Dead War

14:50 - Reggie Fils-Aimé podcast report

21:20 - Our top 5 SNES games

23:20 - Harvest Moon

29:10 - Secret of Mana

33:30 - Earthbound

44:00 - EVO: Search for Eden

46:30 - Super Mario Kart

51:20 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

57:10 - Metal Warriors

59:45 - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

1:03:30 - Super Mario World

1:08:10 - Donkey Kong Country

1:12:15 - Super Metroid

1:18:50 - Yoshi's Island

1:26:50 - Mega Man X

1:33:39 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:41:00 - Community questions

1:43:00 - WarCraft III Reforged

3:03:45 - Get A Load Of This

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/JosephGlass/status/1208754712079732738?s=20

JeffM's GALOT - http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-hates-wisconsin-loves-canada-and-cant-follow-instructions/567432261

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

Superhero Sinema Scoop

Iam8bit

Seth Walker

BeatenDownBrian

Jawarhello

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Byron Black

Christian King

The_Smak

David Lacolucci

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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MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez wind back the clock to 2013 to talk about the big reveal of the PlayStation 4 at the legendary February event and what it might teach us about Sony's direction for the PlayStation 5 reveal. We also talk about Journey to the Savage Planet from Typhoon Studios and why Suriel loves Kentucky Route Zero. Then we dive into some wonderful questions from the community on Patreon. If you support MinnMax at any tier you get access to the private Discord and can leave questions or comments for us to read on the show! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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2:50 - The PlayStation 4's reveal versus the PlayStation 5

52:05 - Journey to the Savage Planet

58:30 - Kentucky Route Zero

1:13:15 - Disintegration Technical Beta

1:19:19 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

1:24:35 - Community questions

2:22:25 - Get A Load Of This

Suriel's GALOT -https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/etz64g/allihearisgeneralgrievoussayingfuckyou/

JeffM's GALOT - https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bkVkZnogM/?utmsource=igwebcopylink

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/1217615217296674816

Hanson's GALOT - https://twitter.com/GameStop/status/1221947966195490816?s=20

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

Michael Moran

Superhero Sinema Scoop

HyperDot

Jawarhello

BeatenDownBrian

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Nick DeFeo

Adam Walker

The_Smak

Greg “FlaminQueso” Griffith

James Smith

Marc Charette

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! For the first section of the podcast, we talk about CyberConnect 2's Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch, and Darwin Project before jumping into wonderful community questions alongside developer Rex Crowle from Knights and Bikes, LittleBigPlanet, and Tearaway acclaim!

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1:50 - The Deepest Dive on Chrono Trigger

5:15 - Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

38:30 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore

46:45 - Darwin Project

53:10 - The Witcher 3 on Switch

57:55 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

59:55 - Rex Crowle on Knights and Bikes

1:11:20 - Community questions with Rex Crowle

1:34:30 - Community questions without Rex Crowle

2:20:55 - Get A Load Of This

Suriel's GALOT - https://twitter.com/bfod/status/1219859832796274688?s=19

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

Michael Moran

Superhero Sinema Scoop

HyperDot

Jawarhello

BeatenDownBrian

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Nick DeFeo

Adam Walker

The_Smak

Greg “FlaminQueso” Griffith

James Smith

Marc Charette

On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez break down their most anticipated games of 2020. We cover everything from Cyberpunk 2077 to the remake of Final Fantasy VII. As Kyle puts it, these are the five games that we would grab first if they were all stacked in front of us. Then we answer some wonderful questions from Patreon supporters, thanks for leaving us so many great questions and comments every week!

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:40 - The Deepest Dive on Chrono Trigger

2:55 - Checking in on Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

5:16 - Yakuza: Like A Dragon

10:00 - Dying Light 2

13:30 - Little Nightmares 2

15:50 - Cyberpunk 2077

23:25 - Final Fantasy VII Remake

37:15 - Biomutant

39:40 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

42:40 - Guilty Gear Strive

49:00 - Watch Dogs Legion

53:30 - Gods & Monsters

58:39 - Call of Duty's Battle Royale

1:01:45 - No More Heroes 3

1:06:00 - Ghost of Tsushima

1:12:00 - Resident Evil 3

1:14:30 - Half-Life Alyx

1:16:10 - More exciting games in 2020

1:39:05 - Thanking our community's biggest Patreon supporters

1:42:40 - Community questions

2:44:50 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoqu5SEFqRI

Suriel's GALOT - https://screencraft.org/2020/01/07/screenwriting-wisdom-from-j-j-abrams/ and the Polygon article on the Kinect - https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/14/21064608/microsoft-kinect-history-rise-and-fall

Kyle's GALOT - https://twitter.com/DiGiorno/status/1216885009254055939

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.wired.com/2007/09/mecca-in-orbit/

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

Michael Moran

Superhero Sinema Scoop

HyperDot

Jawarhello

BeatenDownBrian

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Nick DeFeo

Adam Walker

The_Smak

Greg “FlaminQueso” Griffith

James Smith

Marc Charette

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

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, we kick off the new year by announcing the next installment of The Deepest Dive community game club that is fueled by your comments and will be airing on January 22nd. Then we run down a gigantic list of games that we played and enjoyed over the holiday break before making some very bold predictions for the game industry in 2020. From the launch of the PlayStation 5 to the Xbox Series X, we cover it all. We also read a ton of community feedback and questions, thanks for leaving such great stuff at patreon.com/minnmax

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2:45 - Announcing the next Deepest Dive community game club

9:30 - Awesome Games Done Quick

11:45 - Resident Evil 6

15:00 - No Man's Sky

19:10 - Return to Jurassic Park

24:20 - Deltarune

26:25 - Untitled Goose Game

29:20 - Heave Ho

30:15 - Outer Wilds

34:30 - Forza Horizon 4's Eliminator

37:30 - A Short Hike

39:00 - My Friend Pedro

40:00 - Ape Out

42:10 - Wargroove

43:07 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

48:50 - Moonlighter

54:45 - Wattam

57:30 - Afterparty

58:00 - Knights and Bikes

59:00 - Breath of the Wild

1:00:15 - 2020 game industry predictions

1:59:15 - Thanking MinnMax's supporters

2:02:45 - Community questions

2:44:15 - Get A Load Of This

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

Michael Moran

Superhero Sinema Scoop

HyperDot

Jawarhello

BeatenDownBrian

Mark Seliga

Jesse Vitelli

Zachary Pligge

Mirko Arico-Torreno

Nick DeFeo

Adam Walker

The_Smak

Greg “FlaminQueso” Griffith

James Smith

Marc Charette