The MinnMax Show

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!To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below. :40 - The Deepest Dive on Chrono Trigger2:55 - Checking in on Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot5:16 - Yakuza: Like A Dragon10:00 - Dying Light 213:30 - Little Nightmares 215:50 - Cyberpunk 207723:25 - Final Fantasy VII Remake37:15 - Biomutant39:40 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons42:40 - Guilty Gear Strive49:00 - Watch Dogs Legion53:30 - Gods & Monsters58:39 - Call of Duty's Battle Royale1:01:45 - No More Heroes 31:06:00 - Ghost of Tsushima1:12:00 - Resident Evil 31:14:30 - Half-Life Alyx1:16:10 - More exciting games in 20201:39:05 - Thanking our community's biggest Patreon supporters1:42:40 - Community questions2:44:50 - Get A Load Of ThisJeffM'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-fallKyle'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 MoranSuperhero Sinema ScoopHyperDotJawarhelloBeatenDownBrianMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoNick DeFeoAdam WalkerThe_SmakGreg “FlaminQueso” GriffithJames SmithMarc Charette 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

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/minnmaxTo jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.2:45 - Announcing the next Deepest Dive community game club9:30 - Awesome Games Done Quick11:45 - Resident Evil 615:00 - No Man's Sky19:10 - Return to Jurassic Park24:20 - Deltarune26:25 - Untitled Goose Game29:20 - Heave Ho30:15 - Outer Wilds34:30 - Forza Horizon 4's Eliminator37:30 - A Short Hike39:00 - My Friend Pedro40:00 - Ape Out42:10 - Wargroove43:07 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order48:50 - Moonlighter54:45 - Wattam57:30 - Afterparty58:00 - Knights and Bikes59:00 - Breath of the Wild1:00:15 - 2020 game industry predictions1:59:15 - Thanking MinnMax's supporters2:02:45 - Community questions2:44:15 - Get A Load Of ThisThanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier!Michael MoranSuperhero Sinema ScoopHyperDotJawarhelloBeatenDownBrianMark SeligaJesse VitelliZachary PliggeMirko Arico-TorrenoNick DeFeoAdam WalkerThe_SmakGreg “FlaminQueso” GriffithJames SmithMarc Charette

Merry Christmas, MinnMax supporters! You've been so generous with your support this year, we wanted to say thanks by releasing an episode over the holidays. On this very special episode, we're reunited with both Elise Favis and Javy Gwaltney as we call up wonderful community members in the exclusive Discord to learn which games we overlooked this year. If you enjoy this episode, please consider sharing it with a friend! We'll be taking next week off, but there will be some content released on MinnMax's YouTube channel.To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.:20 - Elise Favis on The Washington Post and friendship12:30 - Spoiler-free Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker impressions15:20 - Fortnite17:30 - The Outer Wilds24:45 - Luigi's Mansion 329:50 - Trails of Cold Steel 333:10 - Slay the Spire38:00 - Teamfight Tactics40:45 - Untitled Goose Game44:15 - Observation48:00 - The Division 252:25 - Monster Hunter World: Iceborne58:30 - The Surge 21:00:55 - Streets of Rogue1:05:10 - Thanking the community's biggest supporters1:07:10 - Community questions1:07:35 - Disco Elysium1:12:05 - More community questions1:54:25 - Get A Load Of This

Welcome to the biggest show of the year! On this episode, we build up and then whittle down a list of the greatest games from 2019 to create the official ranking for MinnMax. We hope you enjoy the discussion! If you don't like our list, you'll have a chance to fix it on this Saturday in the official MinnMax Discord for Patreon supporters. We'll be calling in community members to share their thoughts on the greatest games released this year.To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.5:25 - Creating the list of contenders18:00 - Whittling down the list1:53:15 - Ranking the Two Tens2:49:00 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters2:53:55 - Community questions3:28:45 - Get A Load Of ThisPlease support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

We're proud to introduce The MinnMax Awards! On this week's episode, we're happy to air our big debate in its entirety as we lock down the winner and runner-up for a cavalcade of categories. Please let us know what we got wrong... maybe you'll have a chance to fix it in the future. Next week on the show we'll be tackling our full Game of the Year discussions in a similar format. We hope you enjoy this big episode!You can still donate for us to buy toys and games for kids stuck in the hospital over the holidays right here - https://www.gofundme.com/f/sweet-toys-for-sick-kids-from-minnmaxTo jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.9:15 - The Biggest News45:12 - The “Oh, that came out this year?" Award1:03:26 - The Game We All Agree is Probably Good But We Didn’t Play1:15:28 - Dumbest Thing1:32:40 - Favorite Thing1:50:30 - Best Podcast Game2:02:00 - The Honorary "Good Job, Capcom" Award2:12:47 - The Greatest Work Of Art Of All Time For 20192:17:10 - The Most Aggressively Mediocre Game2:22:55 - Best Character2:32:00 - Best Moment3:03:40 - Thanks To Our Biggest Patreon Supporters3:07:40 - Community Questions3:31:35 - Get A Load Of This

On this week's episode, we rip off the band-aid and break down our game of the year choices for each year throughout the last decade. This is a fun and sometimes painful stroll down memory lane, we also admit where we were completely wrong in retrospect.Just a reminder, we have our first MinnMax community meetup on Monday, December 9th at 8pm at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis. You don't have to be a Patreon supporter to swing by. If you're not in Minneapolis, we're raising money to buy toys for kids stuck in the hospital over the holidays right here - https://www.gofundme.com/f/sweet-toys-for-sick-kids-from-minnmax To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.4:30 - Our 2010 Game of the Year14:35 - Our 2011 Game of the Year24:55 - Our 2012 Game of the Year36:00 - Our 2013 Game of the Year47:10 - Our 2014 Game of the Year57:10 - Our 2015 Game of the Year1:11:05 - Our 2016 Game of the Year1:22:50 - Our 2017 Game of the Year1:31:45 - Our 2018 Game of the Year1:42:50 - Our 2019 Game of the Year... plans1:46:40 - MinnMax's Game of the Decade1:50:15 - Thanks to our biggest supporters1:53:30 - Community questions3:11:19 - Get A Load Of This

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! We have a very special episode this week as we're joined by music expert/podcaster Emily Reese to talk about her journey to Valve to play Half-Life: Alyx and record podcasts with the audio team. We also couldn't ask for a better guest to join us in raking our favorite video game tracks from 2019, you can check out the timestamps below if you miss the name of the song. We also talk a bit about MinnMax's first community meetup that will be on December 9th at 8pm at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then we're joined by Jeff Marchiafava to answer a mountain of wonderful questions from the Patreon community.Learn more about Emily Reese's podcast/Patreon here - https://www.patreon.com/Level Or you can watch our video profile on her from Game Informer here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jzUQcwFFQY To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.4:20 - Visiting Valve 11:20 - Half-Life: Alyx 25:30 - The MinnMax meetup on 12/9/19 at Bauhaus Brew Labs 28:50 - Our favorite game music tracks from 2019 29:20 - Control - Poets of the Gods' Take Control 31:15 - Kingdom Hearts III - Mount Olympus (Field) 35:00 - Borderlands 3 - Main Menu 38:00 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Main Theme 42:29 - Vane - Metamorphosis 45:15 - Heaven's Vault - Under the Eye of Kibenya 47:28 - Pokémon Sword and Shield - Gym Leader Battle Music 50:30 - Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes - Mansion 52:50 - Cadence of Hyrule - Windmill 57:12 - 11-11: Memories Retold - Harry's Voyage 59:00 - The Outer Worlds - Main Menu Theme 1:05:00 - Death Stranding - Low Roar's Don't Be So Serious 1:10:00 - Sayonara Wild Hearts - Mine 1:12:45 - Ace Combat 7 - Charge Assault 1:19:57 - Thanks to our biggest supporters 1:24:19 - Questions/comments from Patreon 2:35:30 - Get A Load Of This

On this week's show, we unload our full thoughts on Star Ward Jedi: Fallen Order from Respawn and how the game compares to Dark Souls. We also do the appropriate amount of venting and celebrating the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield before talking about Microsoft's X019 and the continually absurd value of Xbox Game Pass. After that, we turn the show over to MinnMax's Patreon supporters as we answer some of your best questions from the week. Thanks again for all of your support on Patreon, it's amazing to see MinnMax continue to grow. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.4:25 - Shenmue 3 8:45 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 39:20 - Pokémon Sword and Shield 1:00:40 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's leaked battle royale mode 1:05:45 - Minecraft Earth 1:07:50 - Obsidian's Grounded 1:09:10 - Age of Empires IV 1:11:50 - The future of Xbox Game Pass 1:21:35 - Thanks to our biggest supporters 1:23:05 - Questions/comments from Patreon 2:58:00 - Get A Load Of ThisBuy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxgames Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxgames Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxgames Please support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, we're joined by Javy Gwaltney to talk BioWare and the future of the Mass Effect series. After that, we talk about Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding (PlayStation provided several of our copies) and Disco Elysium on PC. Then we dive into some wonderful community questions! If you want to contribute to the community questions, please consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxTo jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.9:45 - The future of Mass Effect 25:30 - Death Stranding 53:26 - Pistol Whip 56:11 - Disco Elysium 1:02:45 - Thanks to MinnMax's biggest Patreon supporters 1:04:04 - Community questions 2:30:24 - Get A Load Of This

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, we pick Suriel's brain for his (spoiler-free) thoughts on Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding and Kyle talks about the ghastly horrors of Luigi's Mansion 3 on the Nintendo Switch. Then we unpack the internet's reaction toward BlizzCon 2019, trying to weigh excitement over Dibalo IV and Overwatch 2 with Blizzard's moves to crack down on free speech from players. We also lighten the mood again by talking about Sakurai's sweet showcase for Terry Bogard in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Our deepest thanks again to everybody that supported us on Patreon and made this entire thing possible! https://www.patreon.com/minnmaxTo jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.1:20 - The Outer Worlds community game club reminder 3:09 - Extra Life 2019 back at Game Informer 7:53 - Death Stranding 26:25 - Luigi's Mansion 3 36:10 - The reaction to Blizzcon 2019 45:00 - Diablo IV 49:50 - Overwatch 2 55:45 - Lonely Mountains: Downhill 58:55 - Terry Bogard in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 1:09:20 - Thank you to our biggest supporters on Patreon! 1:14:18 - Community questions 2:24:25 - Kyle start listening here 2:55:30 - Get A Load Of This

Welcome to The MinnMax Show! On the first real episode of the podcast, we talk about playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Afterparty from Night School Studios. After that, we talk about Kotaku's frustrating saga surrounding corporate ads via G/O Media and run down every game release that we missed since Kyle, JeffM, and Suriel lost their jobs at Game Informer. Then we make the show better by reading the community's wonderful questions before revealing our new closing segment. Our deepest thanks again to everybody that supported us on Patreon and made this entire thing possible!To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.12:00 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30:35 - Afterparty 39:35 - Kotaku's challenges 53:00 - Control 55:30 - Astral Chain 57:00 - Gears 5 59:50 - Grindstone 1:00:50 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 1:04:19 - Untitled Goose Game 1:06:30 - Mario Kart Tour 1:07:15 - Destiny 2: Shadowkeep 1:10:05 - Little Town Hero 1:13:15 - Ring Fit Adventure 1:16:40 - Borderlands 3 1:19:34 - The community makes the show better 2:38:45 - Alternate names for MinnMax 2:50:20 - Get A Load Of This

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