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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast (And Congratulate Pew Pew Bang On Winning Game Podcast Of The Year!) (Patreon)

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2025-10-28 18:53:09
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2026-06

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Happy Halloween, folks! Pew Pew Bang just won the Astra Award for game podcast of the year! You can celebrate by checking out the latest episode all about horror games, subscribing to the stand-alone podcast feed, and sharing the show with a friend!

Here's the video version of Pew Pew Bang - https://youtu.be/p1JPKEa2Dek

Jacob Geller and I brought Trivia Tower back from the dead, I had a blast putting this episode together - https://youtube.com/live/Y4jfDIzZAkc

And you can watch Haley and Sarah finish Silent Hill F in the grand finale of their full playthrough - https://youtu.be/swPRTA9X5PA

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Sarah Podzorski, Janet Garcia, Jeff Marchiafava, and Jacob Geller. It's your turn to make the show better by leaving a question, news story, BetterQuest goal, or anything else for us to read on the show as a comment below! We’ll choose our favorite and iam8bit will ship out the great prize below for the winner! We'll stop pulling questions around 8am Central on Wednesday.

On this week’s episode we’ll be talking about...

Game of the Year Debate: The Prologue (Sharing our picks for games we really need more people to play defore our debates)

Town To City

Battlefield 6

Whisper of the House

The Outer Worlds 2

Everybody at the Backstage Pass tier can watch us record the show live on Wednesday at 1pm Central, with an exclusive pre and post show. The unedited archive will be available to view after the fact. You could do us a favor by subscribing to the audio version of the podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast app, telling a friend, leaving a review, and subscribing to our YouTube channel!

https://apple.co/3lRbzbE

https://www.youtube.com/minnmax

You can also find Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic for sale in iam8bit’s online store, and you can use the promo code HOLLAWEEN for 10% off everything under $100. Psst… please don’t post that promo code anywhere else on the internet. It’s a MinnMax-exclusive thing. https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/all

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CaffeineDad

Hey gang! It’s time for everyone’s favorite game: WHAT ARE THEY PLAYING? I’m going to give you some song lyrics and you tell me what game the artist is playing! 1. When Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy sings “I’m two quarters and a heart down” in the song “Dance Dance” what arcade game could he be playing? 2. In Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” she sings “Open up a beer/ And you say, ‘Get over here/ And play a video game.’” What game is this person playing? 3. In “So High School”, Taylor Swift sings “Truth, dare, spin bottles/ You know how to ball, I know Aristotle/ Brand new, full-throttle/ Touch me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto.” Which GTA are Travis Kelce’s bros playing? 4. We know Sabrina Carpenter loves the Switch because in the song “Espresso” she sang “Move it up, down, left, right, oh/ Switch it up like Nintendo.” What is Sabrina Carpenter playing on her Switch these days? I got the idea for this on a car ride listening to “Dance Dance” and “Video Games” back to back so I had to send it in! I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t also hoping to hear Ben have to say some of these wild lyrics on the pod!

Adam Castellanos

In honor of the World Series what would everyone’s walk up song be? Also what video game song do you think would make the best walk up song? Thank you.

Eric Bushell

Congrats Pew Pew Bang! Much deserved!

Neal McMahon

In the review landscape, are 1’s just as lucrative and mythical as 10’s? I’ve never seen a game score a 1 until IGN gave The Day Before (early access) that very number. Do you think they have to go to their editors and discuss why it’s a 1 which like you would if it’s a 10?

Rachael Coleman

Congratulations Pew Pew Bang girlies (and producer Leo)! So deserved! What was the speech like? Did you write one ahead of time or just wing it? Any chance we will get to see it?

young_edwin

Just to keeps things appropriately spooky: would you rather own a cursed doll or a cursed Ouija board? Spend a night in the attic of a haunted house or its basement? And would you be more frightened to wake up to a ghost at the foot of your bed or Bigfoot peering through your window?

Neal McMahon

Do you ever think about how JRPG characters are named. Their names are just a random hodgepodge of words. For instance in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 we have characters like Lanz, Valdi, Sena, Sulk, and so on. I bet if you put any 4 letters together you can form JRPG character name.

Travis in Fargo

If you found out that all noodles were actually worms - but they still looked and tasted exactly the same, would you still eat them? Why or why not?

Badmonsterman

What’s the best sequel out of this lot? Mass effect 2, assassins creed 2, saints row 2, gears of war 2, bioshock 2, dragon age 2, the Witcher 2, the darkness 2, and marvel ultimate alliance 2!

Aegis of the Grail

Congrats to Pew Pew Bang on the award! It seems like every episode of Pew Pew Bang, someone says the episode is too long or has gone on for so long. So my question is: what is the ideal length of a Pew Pew Bang episode? What about The Minnmax Show? Or even any podcast in general?

Stevelution

Hello MinnMax! It’s Halloween week, so let’s settle the age old debate once and for all. Should Halloween costumes be goofy or cool/sexy. I’m voting goofy, Halloween is about having fun and being able to be a bit silly!

Jacob Mazanowski

With all this talk about Xbox and PlayStation and console wars, what side are you taking on the following? Coke vs Pepsi Creamy vs Crunchy PB Five Guys vs In N Out NY vs Chicago pizza Coffee vs Tea Marvel vs Dc Dog vs Cat Skiing vs Snowboarding

HydraTower

Do you ever find yourself pausing podcasts to weigh in on the discussion, or am I a freak?

Travis in Fargo

Could someone make a video game called “A Fortnight at Eddie’s” without getting sued?

Jeremy Banks

Hi MinnMaxers, this year my wife and I have decided on being CatDog (yes from the old Nickelodeon show) for our Halloween party What is the silliest costume you have ever put together for Halloween? because this has taken the cake for us by a landslide

AnAttackCorgi

By the Rings, how about that Halo CE Remake? While it’s basically 343’s Skyrim at this point, I think this is a good move by the studio: learn the ropes of UE5 on one of the most well-documented games of all time, update your workflows, and make some money while you’re at it. Not that Microsoft laying off people at any given moment or chasing the AI singularity will help anything. Would love to hear y’all’s thoughts.

Marty Cawley

No question. I just wanted you all to know I finally gave the Finals a try and Leo was right. It’s amazing.

SlyCut

Hello all, I've been sick all week and it got me wondering... What is your comfort food when you are sick? For me, it's grilled cheese and tomato soup, or ham biscuits with cranberry ginger ale.

Mike Lynch

Aside from that incredible Astra Award(Congrats Pew Pew Bang!), what is the most well-designed award?

Nick O'Malley

BetterQuest goal! I set a timeline for myself at age 22 to be living and working abroad before I turn 30. I'm now 29 and will be moving from the US to Europe in January to start a new job! On the topic, where would the MinnMax crew members move if they could live abroad anywhere (assuming visas weren't an issue)? *also hell yeah Pew Pew Bang !!

Kassandra Boss

Do you have any gaming habits left over from generations past? For me, no matter how much time passes, and no matter how reliable autosaving becomes, I still manually save when i’m done playing. The horror of losing hours of progress still haunts me.

WeGoGiant

You have to pick one actor to fight in a boxing match. You and your opponent will each get 1 year to train as much as you want for the fight. If you win, you get $1 million. Who are you fighting?

RickyWinterborn

What's the best franchise you'll never play because there's too much of it? Mine is Yakuza.

Gooseberry

Hola hungry gamers. How do you deal meeting people you have a parasocial relationship with? Im sick and tired of Ben keeping Hailey from loving the community when I am sure we are all guilty of this. Time to face the music, Ben Hanson 😈😊

That's Mildly Raven

Without doing any research ahead of time, do you think you could invent a new skateboarding trick? You don't have to actually do it, just conceive of it.

Jesse Eberenz

On Giant Bomb’s Bombathon marathon stream, Dan and Jan concocted a VR headset nightmare. In the headset, the two movies ‘Noobz’ and ‘Love on a Leash’ played at the same time, 360 degrees around the unwilling participant, with audio playing from both movies. What two movies would you pick to punish the person wearing the headset?

Muffyn Crumbs

Hey all, shout out your favorite moment in a horror game! Remember that time a horror game was your goty? Good times!

Tess

Hey MinnMax! Do you think any non-Sport Year games be nominated for Best Sports/Racing Game at the game awards? We had so many good non-traditional picks this year like Despalote and Umamusume, do they have a shot?

Sleeksaber

Amazing news on Pew Pew Bang winning Game Podcast of the Year- congrats! If you could pick any award to present in your lifetime, which one would you choose and why? (And would you have any creative intro to the stage?)

Thom Blackburn

Congrats pewpewbang! PP points for all! At what point do you get sick of reading in video games? Where's your literary threshold?

Travis in Fargo

If you had no milk-like substance available, what liquid would best get the job done for assembling a bowl of cereal?

Travis in Fargo

Did you know there’s a character in the Bible named The Witch of Endor? She summons the spirit of the dead prophet, Samuel. Wild, huh?! Is Ben still committed to reading the whole Bible this year?

Patrick G

Hey all, It would be cool to have a game of the year category on the best game you played that's not from this year. Sometimes it's hard to keep up with time and money at stake so waiting a year for a deal is the only way. I think this should be a new game to you though otherwise for me it would be Mega Man X every year. My 2025 not from this year game of the year is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

ThomperPippin

Hello MinnMax, Is there a period/region that you feel you know more about than everyone else, history-wise? (Ie: Wikipedia rabbit holes you tend to tumble down with a higher frequency, or something you studied in university?)

McGreevy

Hi cohorts. Rank (blind rank?) these iconic horror locations based on how likely you would spend a night there. 1. The overlook hotel (the shining) 2. The ishumura (dead space) 3. Spencer mansion (resident evil) 4. A cabin in the woods with no power or internet (from everything/Ben's childhood. 5. Hell (from religion/doom)

Swansonge

Happy Halloween and Happy Congratulations to Pew Pew Bang! My question is, what has been your most low-effort but most-rewarding Halloween costume?

Sky Fellowship

PewPewBang has legit been one of my firm fave podcasts since it was made, so much freaking congrats.

RynaGoGo

Congratulations PewPewBang!! You’re better than the MinnMax show and everyone knows it! Here’s how you make MinnMax as good as PPB. You make it 5 hours minimum, stop bleeping the cursing, and start talking sex more. Ben hasn’t mentioned Mewtwo’s hog once on the podcast and it shows.

BEEFCAKE

Let's play "WTF is that!?" To play, each contestant must bring an item on and whoever has the most people not know what it is, is the winner! Sounds stupid? It probably is!

Sincerly, Eric

Good day MinnMax group of YouTube Personalities I listen to weekly and am a big fan of but in no way consider friends. Nope, nope. Not friends at all. Anyway. Congrats on all the big life events. But, what is the best Halloween song ever? (I have been really enjoying Driveways song "October Forever" personally.)

Dudson27

Hey minn maxers, long time first time and all that jazz. I was wondering what regional Halloween tradition you guys did as kids/ teens that was probably exclusive to your state. Well done pew pew bang, well deserved 😊

Sam Worms

Who’s your favorite band/artist, and what’s both your favorite song and the song you think best represents their talent? For example - Bob Dylan. Favorite song - Not Dark Yet. Best Song - Like A Rolling Stone

McGreevy

Hi cohorts. Can you guess these costumes from their unlicensed names? These are all real that I found online. 1. Woodland Warrior. (Link from Zelda) 2. Fearless luisa and courageous maria. (Clue these are genderswapped brothers. Mario and luigi) 3. Electric mouse. (Pikachu) 4. Dino friend (yoshi) 5. Adventuress. (Lara Croft)

Boondock-Bandit

Hello! If your house (or current domicile) could whisper, what is something it would say that wouldn’t scare you? Like you’d respond akin to “Hm, thats fair. Good point house (or current domicile)!”

SenttheProphet

If you had to apply a "patch" or a "hot-fix" to real-life, what would it be?

Alex Christiansen

Congratulations to Pew Pew Bang! Sure must be empty over there on the MinnMax Podcast with nary a single Astra Award.

Ajay Nath

Right now there is an amazing cross over going on between Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy XIV. The robots from FF XIV have landed on the planet where the story of Monster Hunter Wilds is taking place and the battle is on between the hunters and the alien machines! Is this the greater crossover game event of all time? Or is it something like the Marvel Vs Capcom games?

KayBree

Hello! What scary moment from any movie or show you saw as a child is burned into your memory forever? I, like many others, am burdened with Return the Slab from Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Adventure

Your recent multi part discussions on Consume Me! have really highlighted to me the power of extended and multi perspective conversations on a piece of art. Its been fantastic to hear how thoughts on the game have evolved based on time or personal reflection. For obvious reasons most games aren't given this kind of attention. But are there any games you wish you had the chance to readdress on the podcast/content after more time reflecting on them? P.S. the consume me conversation is the exact representation of why its a no brainer to support you all. Good faith conversations about messy topics are really hard to pull off and you are all so kind and smart that you completely pull it off.

ABrownSpot

We all know that when a game is good it has "the juice" but when a game gets bad it's getting "milked" so the question of course, is when does "the juice" turn into "milk"? Any examples come to mind?

Catpurrnicus

Can you have Tri on the podcat again so Jacob can explain to him that the problem with Spider-man 2 was that it was to much fun?

Catpurrnicus

This question is for JeffM. Does gravity on the Death Star work like Super Mario Galaxy, where you can run around the whole thing and return to where you started or is it floors like a building?

Troy Ellison

Congratulations Pew Pew Bang on your well deserved Astra Award!! 🎉🎉🎉

CTE Potato

Every year for Halloween, my family has a tradition of reading the book “A Night In the Lonesome October,” by Roger Zelazny. Do you have any fun Halloween or Autumn traditions (perhaps a Fall loop) that you look forward to this spooky, cozy time of year?

Poofydoo

What’s a brain go burr game? In honor of Pokémon ZA, I’ve gone back to re-listen the deepest dive on Pokémon Arceus. For one of the compliments, Sarah said: “Brain go burr”. So, what’s a brain go burr game and what are some other brain go burr games?

L Stockler

Hey! Have you played any foreign games that you would like to shout out before the Game of the Year debates? Where are they from?

Nate Voris

Considering JeffM is the king of ROGlikes (sorry, roguelikes) how many roguelikes are in his top 10 games of all time and what are they? Will JeffM's top 10 ever be exclusively roguelikes?

Fancygraham

I just listened to An Old Timey Podcast’s series on Dear Abby and Ann Landers. I didn’t know much about them going in and I definitely didn’t know they were twins who publicly feuded. Siblings have been brought up a few times on MinnMax and Pew Pew Bang. Do you think sibling rivalry is healthy? P.S. Congratulations Pew Pew Bang!

Miskain

What is your scariest moment in a non-horror videogame?

LlorchDurden

Pew Pew Crew! Congrats on the award! Season 1 was GOOD but now it's award-winning good. Please consider the blue-ray edition, it's getting kinda trendy again. Question for Hanson, How many awards have received the main show so far?

Jonathan Fenn

Hey Minnmax, Would you rather all water be warm, or all water be cold?

CrabPalace

The Kirby Air Riders Direct 2 showed off how incredibly polished every single detail of the product will be, but I'm not sure I care about the actual game. What game would you be thrilled to see get this level of polish? What game could be fixed with this much attention to detail?

Duderado

Howdy crew, Who's your favorite video game character that you share a first name with?

Tokyo Game Life

What game, either released, unreleased, or purely theoretical, do you think could have the longest deepest dive at MinnMax?

Sky Fellowship

Currently having a rough month, none of this is even close to what the states goes through with hurricanes, but some nasty storms have damaged our house and currently I write this on a Laptop that seems hotter than the sun and crashes randomly making gaming very difficult on it, whilst sitting on a bed that seems to hate my spine. The Laptop, an eReader and a Switch 2 is all the tech I managed to bring with me and to say I needed some comfort gaming recently is an understatement, so I booted up Zelda ALTTP on the Switch 2 annnnnd was bored. Which brings me to my question, not that anyone has time these dys to replay games as there's ALWAYS something new to play, when replaying games, has anyone hit an era of gaming that you struggle to return too? All the games I used to replay yearly, I have very quickly found I just can't anymore, instead I've noticed I'm much more likely to replay much longer games like Borderlands 1/2/3, Elden Ring or have several runs on one of a dozen rogues, as opposed to Super Mario World, Castlevania SOTN, Zelda ALTTP etc...

Kendra

FREAKING CONGRATS JANET, HALEY, KELSEY, AND SARAH! Any other choice for best would have been the wrong one. Here's my question: when will we get to hear Leo absolutely shred on the accordion?

Christopher Reardon

Hello cohorts! In honor of Pew Pew Bang's New Pew Pew Bling, what's the funnest moment from an awards show you've attended? Also I need to know if Chris Plante showed his face at the Astra Awards.

Supergeon

Do you find yourself making new friends at your age?

Felix davin

Hello Weirdos. The tale of Ben's family cabin on last episode was amazing. Is there any cohort in this here crew who feels like they could brave one night by themselves ? And would Sarah play through Alan Wake 2 with Haley on parsec while staying at the cabin? Have a nice week you weirdos.

Dave

Hey y’all, I was out to dinner last week and my friends were shockingly impressed that I could handle the highest spice level. What was the last thing you did that surprisingly impressed someone?

Chris Fantry

Hi MinnMaximos! While in the spooky season, do you have any phobias or things that you honestly dread? I used to have a reoccurring nightmare of people breaking into the house I feel up in.

Chris Fantry

Hi cohorts. Since there many of you that have had their weddings recently, if you could Voltron your weddings to make the ultimate MinnMax wedding what would you pick from each of your weddings?

Bolt31415

Hello, cohortians! I grew up in the town with the world's largest permanent snowman (North st.paul, mn). Was the town you grew up in weirdly proud of anything that you thought was silly at the time but leaves you nostalgic now that you're older?

Victor Pham

What is the perfect fall temperature?

It's Hugo's Nook

Hey MinnMax Cohorts, howdy? Your fellow merch/banner/DnD artist, me AKA "@itsHugosNook" is going to be in the area for the Twin Cities Con at the Minneapolis Convention Center Nov 7 - Nov 9! This has been my first year selling my videogame artwork at events like this and it has been awesome seeing the live energy of people reacting to my work. My question for the crew is: beyond being invited guests/press do you enjoy attending cons? And if so, what are some of your faves?

Christian Jimenez

Hello, From the Hootnanny convo, is tickling torture?

Rick

Hello! As two tens approaches, what game from the first half of the year that you thought would be a shoe in for top 10 is now slipping towards bottom of that 15-20+ range?

pork bun powered

Hi MinnMax! Time for a BetterQuest gut check! How well are you guys doing on your New Year resolution? I'm not much better at game development myself.

Luis

I’d love to hear about the most memorable achievement you had in school, no matter how big or small. Maybe it was scoring a game winning goal, acing a really hard test or something else that made you feel proud. What was that moment for you?

Travis in Fargo

In 2025, “The Year of the Ninja,” we have received: Assassin’s Creed Shadows, TMNT: Tactical Takedown, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, and Ninja Gaiden 4. Your job! - if you choose to accept it - is to rank these ninja games, and after you have done so, decide if there is a ninja video game from any previous year in all of human history that would take the top spot above any of these. Can you do it?!? I’m shuriken (sure-you-can, haha).

KiwiTheGoo

Better Quest update and a question here: Since trying to get back into reading at the end of the summer, I've read 5 books, most recently Shogun by James Clavell which I loved, particularly the political negotiations. Any recommendations for book number 6? I mostly stick to novels, but otherwise I'm open to anything. Thanks!

Trapezoid

There’s a lot of games that take words and alter one/some letter(s) to make a new word for the title, such as Crypt of the Necrodancer and Enter the Gungeon. Without thinking too hard about it, can the crew think up some new titles in this style? Best I can come up with is “Skelecopter”

Galexzzz

When you guys think about your favorite games of all time, what determines that list and how long is it? Is it a Top 10? Top 20? Is it an exclusive set number club or an ever growing list of games? This is something I’ve put way too much thought into, and for me I like to think of it as the games that have defined my life, and it’s currently around 40 which incrementally grows every year.

Isa

Happy belated 6th to MinnMax and the cohorts. Since you've all known each other a while now, do you all still call each other by how you were first introduced? Have any internal nicknames developed over time?

Vilis

If you're looking for a hidden gem entry into the game of the year debates, I might recommend Dead Format which just had a demo drop and the game is supposed to drop in Q4 of this year. That being said, what games are still yet to come out that you think will make a serious impact on the The 2 10's?

Jason Wojnar

Excuse me if this has been talked about and I missed it, but does Sarah having worked in Japan on localization mean she is fluent in Japanese? As someone who learned a different, very difficult language that few foreigners speak (Ukrainian), I am fascinated to know what the process of learning it was like and what has the hardest part about learning the language?

Colin Luton

11 Bit got absolutely reemed in the discourse over The Alters having ai written text as a monitor texture in the background (left there by accident, allegedly). It dominated the conversation online about that game during it's launch week. Yet here is Arc Raiders fully utilizing ai voices in game and I don't see nearly the same public out cry. What's the difference? Have we already accepted ai in our games? Is it the different audiences for those games? Is Alters held to a higher standard for some reason? Is it because Arc Raiders was already considered "the good game" when it was being compared to Bungie's Marathon and criticizing it now complicates that narrative?

Phil McKrackup

If someone was born blind, what do they see in their dreams? Do they see human beings? They don’t even know what they look like. I’ve always wondered.

SouthSide_Abbot

Salutations MinnMax, How do you guys feel about fan theories? I always thought they were cool and fun but never took them seriously until I found one for Far Cry 3. Basically the entirety of the game is just a story made up by Jason to explain why he got a tribal tattoo. After learning about this theory, it has become my personal headcannon for the game. Are there any fan theories you’ve come across for any media that you enjoy?

Linn

It's the year of Minnmax weddings! Congratulations to Leo, Jacob and Janet! 🙌🏻 Did you have any gaming themes, or details incorporated into your weddings? If so, what where they? (When I got married 3 years ago, we walked down the aisle to Gusty Gardens from Mario Galaxy)

Toke F.

What Tony Hawk Trick™ would fix you?

Thorn23

Hey all, long-time, first time (?) What if we thought about giving the Q of the week prize, to someone who’s never won before (if multiple-past-winner has their Q chosen again), especially if they’ve been trying their best and some have never had their Q chosen? It would be a nice way to show some extra kindness and make everyone feel valued and they still have a chance to win, especially since it seems like MM is all about being welcoming and inclusive to all in the community, not just the most familiar best-Q-askers, each week. Just a thought = ) (and congrats on the 6 year anno! 👏👏 need more positive vibes like MM in the world fr) 🏅

Nathan Ryer

What video games would make for the best real life haunted houses?

resnet

Hi MinnMax! What's the scariest button on a gamepad?