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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast (Patreon)

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2025-11-03 19:53:38
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Hey everybody, we're recording The MinnMax Show on the rare Tuesday evening this week (8pm Cenral) so here's an extra early request for your questions!

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Leo Vader, and Jeff Marchiafava. 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...

Arc Raiders

The Simpsons x Fortnite

Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection

Evil Egg

No I'm Not A Human

Stray Children

Everybody at the Backstage Pass tier can watch us record the show live on Tuesday at 8pm 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

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You can also find the Bear & Breakfast vinyl for sale in iam8bit’s online store, and you can use the promo code TURDUCKEN 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! What video gamey power would you want in real life? - Save states (make a save and can return to it), - Mods (install mods that upgrade your life but have a 20% chance of not working and breaking everything), - Achievements (you hear the ping and get a physical trophy when you accomplish tasks and can help you live your best life by working toward the platinum trophy), - Adjusting Settings (change any settings in your life including difficulty sliders, aim assist, and volume).

Freddy Fro

What’s something you bought and now could never live without?

Mick Lynch

hey guys! as someone who currently works as a game composer and is working on a degree in it, i’d love to hear from some folks with as much experience and as much of a critical eye for games as you have what a couple of your favorite game soundtracks are and why?? love the show, keep it up :)

Channing Potatum

A few years ago, I dressed up as Santa for Halloween. Nobody laughed and my wife still brings it up as one of the least funny things ever. So I just want to say thank you to Leo for confirming that it IS funny to dress up as Santa for Halloween.

Pete Johnsen

Enough with the video game questions! What's the last book you read and what's the BEST book you've read?

Paul Keener III

What's something you like doing even though you're bad at it?

Neal McMahon

If you’re playing through a series, do you prefer to go straight into the sequels or space them out over time? Personally, I tend to binge them back to back, but that often leads to burnout. On the other hand, playing the first game usually puts me in the perfect mood for the sequel—so if I wait too long, I risk losing interest altogether. How do you all handle it?

JTDenton

What's the most wrong you've ever been about a video game prediction? (I thought the Wii was going to flop.)

Neal McMahon

Hey MinnMax, My question this week is: what’s the smartest quality-of-life feature you’ve seen in a game recently—something you hadn’t encountered before? For me, it was in Like a Dragon, where you can sort your save files by both number and date. Such a small thing, but so clever!

Jason Wojnar

What’s a movie, TV show, or video game you were not allowed to watch when you were younger? Did it live up to your hype when you finally did watch or play it? I wasn’t allowed to play San Andreas for a solid 2 years or so after it came out. However I didn’t beat it when I actually did play it and only in 2021 did I actually go through the whole thing and really appreciate what it did.

Treethan

What is your nightmare Fortnite collab blunt rotation?

Neal McMahon

Has there ever been a game so good that, even though every part of you wants to replay it, your first playthrough felt so perfect you couldn’t bring yourself to do it again? For me, that game is Red Dead Redemption 2.

Thom Blackburn

What series would you trust yourself to write the story for an unannounced sequel? Follow up, do you think the Internet would hate you for it? Thanks, Thom Blackburn

Adam Cohen

Would you want to actually live in a world where super heroes exist?

Toby Martin

With the new Halo Combat Evolved remake/remaster announced last week being revealed to have a sprint button unlike the original which didn’t have one how do you all feel about remakes/remasters adding things that go against the original design?

SuperThisWay

Hey cohorts! What’s the one dish or appetizer that would turn you off from a restaurant, even if everything else was good? For me if the crab rangoon is mid or terrible, I would not go back or order from that restaurant at all

Christian Hall

Hey y’all! In the spirit of the phrase “you are what you eat,” what is your favorite Thanksgiving food and why would you like to become that food?

Daniel May

Hi MinnMax. We are getting into late fall nowadays, which for anyone with a tree knows, means leaf blowing. My question to you, if there is one, which seasonal type of chore do you like doing best?

Liz Phillips

I recently finished Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and really loved it. My question is for Ben, why didn’t you fight harder for this on the two tens?

Arturo Perez

Hi Minnmax! What is your favourite food that you make at home? Mine is a spiced lentil soup that me and my fiancèe make! thanks for all the content and laughs!

Tess

Hi MinnMax! There's an option extremely prevalent in games that I've never heard anyone really talk about, so ... Do you turn on Auto-Advance Text? I used to never consider it, but I injured my hands a bit back. Now its nice to have built in rests as the text scrolls sometimes.

Nate Voris

With proximity chat being such a popular feature in recent multiplayer games like Arc Raiders, Peak, and Repo, are there any multiplayer games where proximity chat would hurt the experience or should it be a multiplayer staple going forward?

young_edwin

Hey MinnMax! When I was a little kid, I remember inviting friends over to play Jumping Flash! on the PS1. Somehow I tricked my friend into thinking that this single player game was a multiplayer game where I controlled the main character, Robbit, while they controlled *every single bad guy* onscreen. This illusion lasted for maybe a half-hour before my friend threw the controller and accused me of lying to them-- at which point I doubled-down and accused them of just being bad at game. Did any of you ever tell an elaborate video game lie as a kid? Claim to have reached a secret level that didn't actually exist, or maybe that you actually saw Bigfoot in GTA San Andreas?

Brandon Scott

Do you have an elemental effect (e.g. fire, water, etc.) that you tend to gravitate toward? I tend to use ice or electric effects when available. The outer worlds 2 has some fun electric effects that spread between enemies and disable automechs.

Travis in Fargo

My wife (insert Borat impression here) is the nicest person in the world and just ordered me a Steam Deck OLED. I’ve never been into PC gaming, because I’m completely allergic to playing most video games with a mouse and keyboard, so the Steam Deck is an exciting prospect! Any tips for a new Steam Deck owner who wants to get the most out of his new gadget? I’m interested in emulation, running games from sites like GOG, and streaming from my PS5. Grazie!

Mike Lynch

What felt weirder: Sonic on a Nintendo console, or Master Chief on a Playstation?

McGreevy

What is the best take out food for a Sunday? It can be breakfast lunch or dinner

Swansonge

What video game fauna (or flora for the vegetarians/vegans out there) would make the best Thanksgiving entree?

RickyWinterborn

Was Halo hitting PS5 Xbox's dreamcast moment? Putting aside all the strategy with gamepass and stuff, are we officially past Xbox as a slime green gamer brand and into the era of just a publisher?

Limp Bizquick

We’re finally entering my favorite time of year, the college basketball season/film awards season! What’s your favorite non-weather related season?

gybones

You walk into a bakery while on the phone with your friend and they ask if there is a line. You look and see one person whose order is being taken. Do you say there is a line or no? Do you count in that line? How many does it take to be considered a line? And if you say no line, what’s the difference between one and zero people being in front of you? Please discuss and solve this argument I’m having with friends once and for all.

Cath

If you had to give ben a last advise about his second paternity, what would it be

Jordan Seefeldt

GTA: San Andreas is my favorite game, and when I replayed it a few years ago, I finished the game knowing that I'd probably never play it again. I had a bittersweet feeling after the final cutscene, so I drove around Los Santos for an extra half hour before finally shutting the game down. Have you ever known, in the moment, that you were playing one of your favorite games for the final time?

Vilis

Hey MinnMax, given the upcoming holiday season, have you considered a MinnMax gift segment where you highlight MinnMax Merch for your friends or loved ones? For example, a Cream of the Steam coffee mug, or a cool T-shirt with FF7 character art for the Deepest Dive. I may be bringing this up because I randomly decided to look at the actual MinnMax website and realized I had no idea what merch was actually available before looking at it.

Badmonsterman

With the announcement of the nanotyrannus, what’s your favorite dinosaur?

Boondock-Bandit

Hey team. First Stray, now Stray Children. What’s the best title/gameplay to finish the Stray Trilogy?

Sam Worms

Would you rather always have to sing instead of speak or always have to dance instead of walk?

Travis in Fargo

Do you like knowing roughly how long a video game is before you start playing it? Why or why not?

ayr

Step right up and play Wintory or Wack! The only game where you say whether or not grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory is credited on your favorite pieces of media! And no peeking online~ (answers below, these are true/false questions) 1. John Wick Hex 2. Journey 3. Rift of the Necrodancer 4. Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded 5. The Banner Saga 6. Hades II 7. Dust: An Elysian Tale 8. Assassin's Creed: Black Flag [✓✓×✓✓✓××] Bonus question: which soundtrack earned him his Grammy nomination in 2013? Thanks y'all and a belated congrats both to PewPewBang for the award and to Give to the Max which for being an amazing success! Cheers -dawn

Bob Buel

You're offered a super power - you can have each of your 10 tingertips magically be able to produce 10 sauces or condiments of your choosing. But everytime you sneeze, there's a 10% chance one of your sauces leak a lit- tle. Do you take the super power? If so, what 10 sauces would you choose.

MrButtons

Hey MinnMax! In the past episodic games have released on varying and inconsistent schedules that generally range from a couple of months to as long as a year (see TellTale’s Game of Thrones). Do you think Dispatch releasing episodes on a weekly schedule like a real season of television has had an impact on its success? Should more episodic games follow suit?

Juniper Cain

Hi all! While cleaning the house last week I discovered a ukulele. I've never played, I have no interest in playing, I have absolutely zero clue how I apparently have this seemingly pretty high quality instrument just laying around. When was the last time you discovered something you own, and thought "when did I possibly get this?"

HydraTower

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

Ethan Morrison

With Springfield becoming once again digitized, what locations in film and tv do you want superimposed onto fortnite? Jurassic Park? Amitty Island from Jaws? Twin peaks? Gillmore girls? 30 rock? The world of strange crossovers is at your command

Kelsey Sims

Would you put a game on your GOTY list if you didn't play it yourself? Historically when it comes to horror games, my partner plays through them and I watch with a walkthrough guide on the side if he needs it. This year, I really want to try and play Silent Hill F myself, but I scare easily and I'm not sure if I have it in me. I might end up just watching my partner play when he gets around to it. Would it be "wrong" to add it to my Games of the Year list, even with the asterisk of it being a game I experienced with my partner but did not play through myself?

Travis in Fargo

What are the good non-horror autumnal movies?

MrBump

If modern day consoles could hang out 'Wreck it Ralph' style after hours, which characters would hangout? Which would hate each other? And which would kiss each other on the dang mouth a bunch?

Sky Fellowship

Got a few younger gamers in my life that I know didn't grow up with the 8/16bit classics we did, who's first game console was an XBOX ONE S and when playing games with them, they've asked multiple times "How did you know?" as I just run towards an obvious secret while they saw a regular old room. Which made me wonder... What video game knowledge/languge do you most take for granted? Being able to spot obvious invisible/hidden walls? Knowing that you ALWAYS check behind every waterfall? Seeing a crack and instantly planting a bomb? Knowing what item you need even if you technically have no way of knowing the game even has a "double jump"?

Brent Carroll

Hey cohorts! I recently showed my son the original Star Wars movies for the first time and it was so much fun to see those movies with a fresh perspective. what movie would you be most excited to introduce to a first time viewer and why?

K-Ham

Hi MinnMax! How often do you re-map your buttons on your controller when starting a game? I started gaming in the N64 era and -- to this day -- I just lay down and accept the default control scheme of 100% of my games. Is this a product of growing up gaming in an era where controller remapping was not a thing? How do you train this muscle?

Fancygraham

I was at a music educators conference last weekend. I thought our keynote speaker was fantastic. One of the points he brought up in his presentation was instead of thinking of “having” to do something, we “get” to do it. Within reason of course. It wasn’t a speech about toxic positivity. Is there anything that you “have” to do in your professional life where you can adjust your thinking in a way that it’s something to you “get” to do?

Ghoul's Fold

In regards to Jacob's question about the Halo remaster. I am excited for it because it will include online 4 player campaign. You are limited to 2 players in the Master Chief Collection. I convinced some friends to play through the campaigns and was disappointed to find out we couldn't start from the beginning. Now we'll have that chance to go back.

pork bun powered

Happy Fall, MinnMax! One common point of contention during the lead-up to the Two Tens is, "how on earth can you compare a game like Consume Me to a game like Clair Obscur?" This is interesting to me, because it's not really a problem with other mediums. Movies and TV shows are much closer in length to each other, and when they're not, awards often distinguish between them (e.g. short films or limited series awards). Would game award discussions benefit from having separate awards for shorter games vs. longer games? What should that cut-off (or cut-offs) be?

Catpurrnicus

If you had to replace your hands with objects, what would you choose?

Jonathan Fenn

Hey Cohorts, What's the best-feeling locomotion in games? Spider-man 2018 might be the obvious answer, but I'd like to nominate Gravity Rush, as well The Pathless and Sword of the Sea from Giant Squid. P.S. please don't forget sword of the sea in the two 10s

Jump On Everything

Hey minnmaxians, have you ever had a strange trend/fad specific to your friend group? At high school I had a shared Google drive folder that me and my friends filled with ridiculous Photoshop edits of a guy called common man. Think there were at least 50 of them by the end. I imagine he'd be terrified if the actual guy saw them.

Sean

Please let Kelsey talk about this amazing world series we just had!

Felix davin

Hello good people. Question for Kelsey : what is currently the most commonly sold item at her store ? And what would she imagine would be the most commonly sold item there in 20 years ? Cheers !

beebat

Hi Minnmax! What is your ratio of Games Started to Credits Rolled?

Kendra

If you could speak with and understand one species of animal what would it be and why?

Victor Pham

What's the difference between wordplay and a pun?

L Stockler

Hey! If you were to jump into a Live Service Game that you don't already play, which one would it be?

Tokyo Game Life

Rank all the #20 games from The Two Tens. 2019 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 2020 - Paper Mario: The Origami King 2021 - Bravely Default 2 2022 - Rumbleverse 2023 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder 2024 - Starstruck: The Hands of Time

SlyCut

Hello all, How about that World Series!? Not sure the Dodgers deserved to win that last game. Luck was on their side for sure. Kelsey, do you think if anyone else at MinnMax had watched that series that they would have enjoyed themselves?

Michael Nickley

Hey MinnMaxers, If you could assign one BetterQuest goal to the entire cohort (and everybody would magically be totally here for it and wouldn’t resent you), what would it be?

Chris Fantry

Hi MinnMax. What is a game mechanic you haven't seen used in a while that you would like to see again? For me I think it is the tap to run faster and hold to charge for a more powerful move, like a stiffarm or tackle, in NFL 2K5. It felt exhilarating when you were on a footrace to either get a touchdown or prevent one by seeing who could tap a button faster, or if you knew someone was coming up on you that you could toss them on the ground with a charged shove.

WeGoGiant

Here's a fun little game. Give your top 5 in any category, but don't tell us what the category is. The first cohort to correctly guess the category wins.

VinnyAhhh

I was surprised to learn soon after starting Dispatch that all the cutscenes are pre-rendered and it got me thinking — if they are able to keep the conversational flow without the flexibility of real-time rendering do you think there is a market for a “filmed”/fully FMV version of a Telltale-style game?

Toke F.

How often do you pick money up from the ground? I used to do it all the time as a kid and once even found the Danish equivalent to 100$. 💰

Chris Fantry

Hey MinnMaximos. With Remedy's CEO walking away from the company, should we be worried about the future of their games?

Leif Dion

Has anybody listened to the Gamemakers Notebook interview with John and Brenda Romero? Its really good and personal. Side question whats everyones favorite interview?

mantaguy

Hey Cohorts. I'd like to submit a new entry onto the list of "stuff you're allowed to egg someone's house over if they hand it out on Halloween": Christmas candy! If your grocery stores are anything like mine, the Halloween stuff is all but gone and replaced with the Christmas stuff by Halloween eve. Anyone who hands it out clearly waited until the dead last minute to prepare, picked up the first candy they saw in the store, and couldn't care less about what they handed out if they tried. Thoughts?

Brian Lyness

Hey all, What is the last game that's been on your mind constantly when your not playing it? A game that's been on your mind during work, a game that you want to leave an appointment early so you can get back to it. A game so compelling that you feel yourself getting irritated being anywhere but at home playing that very game! That game for me is Arc Raiders, it's got it's hooks in me hard. Over to you Cohorts. Thanks Brian

Supergeon

I remember clearly playing UMK3 on a demo disc and being floored by being knocked through the ceilings of the stage, but it was probably hard to be excited back in the day for a new 2D fighter when Tekken and Battle Arena Toshinden were breathing the same air. Are there any fads or out of vogue game designs from 2000-2010s that you can think of that suffered due to the new shiny thing, that maybe had a resurgence like 2D?

Chris Fantry

Hey cohorts! Rematch and Rocket League are the only recent arcade style sports games that broke out into the mainstream in a major way. When do we see a non soccer game do this and what sport will it be?

Joe Kafchinski

In honor of an epic World Series, I want to know what each member of MinnMax's walk-up song would be. For any that don't know, the stadium PA plays about a 10-second clip of a song to hype up the crowd while a new batter makes their way from the on-deck circle to the batter's box. Each player chooses their own song and they take it *very* seriously.

SenttheProphet

YouTube added an “AI ask feature” which I decided to play around with - my findings from the last MinnMax episode “Who is having the best time? Based on their lively contributions and the playful banter, Leo Vader (0:59-1:17, 9:54-9:57), dressed as Santa Claus, and Jeff Marchiafava (16:34-24:05), enthusiastically describing his game Cauldron, seem to be having the best time on the podcast. Janet Garcia also appears to be in good spirits when discussing her award win (5:34-7:12). Who is having the worst time? Based on the video, no one explicitly states or appears to be having a "worst time" on the podcast. The overall tone of the discussion is generally positive and enthusiastic, even during playful disagreements about game preferences. Who is least joyful? Based on the conversation, Jeff Marchiafava (16:48-16:55) expresses a somewhat pessimistic attitude about his game picks making the "Two Tens" list, stating, "I don't have high beliefs that any of my games are going to make the list." This could be interpreted as a lack of joy or a more resigned outlook compared to the other participants' generally enthusiastic discussions.” ——- If you could ask questions on all the conversations in your life, what would you ask?

Travis in Fargo

Best video game merchant? It’s gotta be RE4 guy for me. I wish he voiced my inner monologue.

AnAttackCorgi

What’s new and what’s news MinnMaxers. If MinnMax was an acronym, what would it stand for? M - I - N - N - M - A - X -

Carlos Del Gato

Inspired from the Spike 2003 video game awards.. What do you think is the best performance by a human?

Jordan Brown

I know this was last week's show, but if two people from MinnMax could check out POPUCOM, that'd be sweet. It might be my favorite co-op game of the year and I think more people need to play it.

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2026-09-14 16:00 What movie theater experience completely blew you away?
2025-11-04 02:01

mapleviolet

Ben hasn’t logged a movie on LB since the initial “Ben Makes a Letterboxd” ep. Has anybody else seen a movie recently that they enjoyed?

Graham Jones

What is the best handheld console to play while it is plugged in?

Phelix Diaz

Was Mario a flat-earther before Super Mario 64?

Luca Alberti

Hello MM crew! What is the game released this year that you feel has been played by the least people and what did you think of it? For me it has to be Adventure of Samsara

Nathan Ryer

Hey MinnMax! I’ve been playing the Dragon Quest I & II remake and they are solid games but what is the best Dragon Quest? It’s IX right? We all agree it’s IX?

ThomperPippin

Hi MinnMax! Lost a bet to my grade 9 students, and now I have to watch and give a presentation on Adam Sandler's "grown-ups." I resent the result but respect the game. If you *won* a bet and got to choose a movie or game the cohort had to watch, what would it be?

PJ

Hello Minnmax! I've recently been getting heavily into Arc Raiders, a genre that every time I heard anything about it I immediately wrote it off. I'm not into PvP much, and the thought of losing everything I worked for because someone got the jump on me felt miserable, but the questing and fun stories I've been walking away with after gaming with friends has been incredible. So my question to you is, are there any genre's, games, or even just real world experiences that you completely wrote off and when you decided to finally dive in, you realized was actually a blast? Thanks all! (P.s. I'm so interested to hear where Leo lands with this one being a huge fan of Embarks other game)

resnet

Hi MinnMax! If you could bring back one modern-day multiplayer game to the past when you were still a teenager with a lot of free time to play regular online games with friends, what game would you choose?

OhMyBlob

Have you ever had an extremely, ridiculously lucky moment in your life?

Grizzled Gaming

Hey gang! If each of you had to make a game about their top pet peeve, what’s the title of the game and the genre?

barpo_

Hi, MinnMax, Isn’t it sorta weird how the “SELECT” button just got sneakily replaced by "Back," "-," and clicking the big ole touchpad? Sometimes I miss that li’l guy. Can you guys think of any other buttons lost to time? Keep up the amazing work! This is my favorite podcast!

Kevin Kennedy

Good morning, Cohorts! Is “My Console” by Eiffel 65 the greatest pop song that references video games of all time?? It still cracks me up to this day.

Jacky Lor

Sup Minnmax, If you could create a nonviolent fatality in Mortal Kombat, what would it be? Doesn't have to be character specific, but I'd have Johnny Cage force his opponents to watch his movies with him.

Maxwell Byers

Hey Minnmax! Is there a game that taught you a lesson you still apply in real life?

Oliver Deeds

It appears Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection is a good but not great collection because of some missing QoL features. I recently bought Killer Instinct OG and Gold on XBONE. Why are companies STILL stepping on rakes when re-releasing retro titles? KI original and gold are admittedly much worse (even by MS standards) with broken difficulty options etc. etc. but Mortal Kombat has bare bones training & clumsy menus. Wtf is going on? These companies want us to pay there full price but then leave QoL features on the table.