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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast (Patreon)

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This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, 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...

  • Ace Combat 8

  • What we want from Naughty Dog's future

  • Fright Train

  • Mold Rise

  • End of Abyss

Everybody at the Backstage Pass tier can watch us record the show live on Wednesday at 12pm 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!

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You can also find the physical versin of Toem on PS5 for sale in iam8bit’s online store, and you can use the promo code SUNSET 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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Axel Jrpg

Now that it’s almost here… Ben are we finally getting your lord of the rings character bit for this year’s two tens?

Neal McMahon

Hey MinnMax! I’ve got a weirdly specific technical question for you guys. You know how in video games, if you get really close to an NPC and the camera clips through their head, you’ll sometimes see inside the character model—and without fail, you just see these two perfectly round eyeballs floating around in there? Is that basically a cardinal rule of character modeling? Like, does every video game character have to have two perfectly spherical eyes hidden inside their head, regardless of what their actual eyes look like? I swear, no matter the game, whenever the camera clips through someone’s head, it’s always just 👁️ 👁️ staring back at you. Why?!

Ryan Thomas Reynolds

Serious question - what is the ideal final form of a potato when its meal time?

Cashewual

Dear MinnMaxers: Please list all the cohorts by the amount they get called by their surname from most to least (and why you think this is). It seems like Ben is the most, Janet the least and Jacob is somewhere in the middle? Love you and all that you do!

Seabass

Hi MinnMax, what's the most embarrassed you've felt playing a video game in front of a non-gamer? I recently played Arctic Eggs and had my wife walk in and I felt weird and uncomfortable amounts of shame.

resident eva

how do you know when you're done with something? what does it take for a game or other hobby to really lose you?

Abigail Warner

Hi guys I was wondering if any of you would be willing to check out the new Kyle Thompson game Well Dweller. He makes some great little metroidvanias. I’ve previously played Islets and Crypt Custodian. Being a cat lover Crypt Custodian even made me cry at the end. I was counting down the days until this new release but unfortunately find myself without the funds to purchase the game and I would love to live vicariously through one of you guys checking it out. Thanks for your consideration!

Chuck Zich

Has game knowledge or something you learned from a game ever helped you in a real life situation? I once won a trivia night because I knew the order of the different metal ages from just having just finished Valheim.

Stevelution

Hey MinnMax crew! Following on from some discussions in the MM discord I was wondering, what popular modern game mechanics would you happily consign to the history books? I would love to see the end of weapon durability . Frequently adds very little to nothing to the experience for me.

Kanchilla

A few of the games avoiding the GTA release window have turned out to be disappointing. Would games like Wolverine or Control Resonant benefited from some more development time or do you think the problems are too fundamental? Both of these games have had hot fixes and patches shortly after release

Owen Badgley

What are some of your favorite gameplay systems that don't involve violence? Out of curiosity, I was looking through IGN's top 100 games of all time and in 87/100 the core gameplay loop involved killing people or creatures and it made me kind of sad. Now I'm curious about games that still have satisfying deep systems but without the whole using those systems to cause harm part.

Sam Worms

Apple cinnamon or pumpkin spice?

Sam Worms

When was the last time you felt old? We had an intern start who said she was born after 9/11.

It's Boundo

You're recognized and called out in public by someone you've never met. Rank these options by how thrown off you would be: 1. First name 2. Last name 3. First + last name 4. Screen name/online nickname 5. Job title

Martin Hollis

In honour of Ace Combat, what game has made you feel the most like you are actually doing the role portrayed? Did Ave Attorney make you feel like a Lawyer? Did Mario make you feel like a plumber?

Aging_Poorly

What are the greatest and worst console controller buttons of all time?

Juniper Cain

Hi everyone! Control: Resonant got a hotfix that tweaked the combat on day one, which has apparently went a long way to fixing some of the problems that reviews had with its early game. A patch on day one means that every normal consumer playing the game is going to be playing that version, so how do you think that outlets should handle their reviews and impressions potentially being immediately out of date if a patch is big enough?

Nathan Ryer

Hey MinnMax! Are trains the best form of transportation? And why can’t the US have nice trains like Japan?

Geebeesee

Hey MinnMax, With success of Ace Combat 8, what lessons could Nintendo incorporate into the next Star Fox game? Cheers, GBC from Nova Scotia

Jump On Everything

How much of a game can be bad for you to still love it overall? A lot of beloved games have frustrating or bad stretches but still excel elsewhere.

Jacob Mazanowski

Are there any actual Must Play games? I ask this because everyone has different taste so the greatest game ever for most might just egh to some. So with that, are there any games that everyone who enjoys games MUST play?

CANAS1AN

Howdy MinnMaxxers, What can't you do with a bucket? A pal of mine has been participating in a fake cult around the concept of play and the item the cult revolves around is a bucket

Richard Hayes

If a list of ten tens ever begins to get constructed, can we do a fantasy video game league where everyone picks ten games, and we’re awarded points based on the performance of our games in the final ten tens list?

Travis in Fargo

If the Minneapolis Museum of Human Endeavor contacted MinnMax about collaborating to curate an exhibit all about MinnMax, what would you create? What prominent pieces of MinnMax history would you feature, and what oddly lifelike dioramas would you construct?

Landon Carter

In the new Robert Pattinson movie Primetime, there’s a scene where he orders from a vending machine and his snack gets stuck in the machine. It made me think: I hardly ever see a movie scene where someone orders from a vending machine and it comes out normally; almost always, the item gets stuck in the machine, and the visual serves as some kind of metaphor for the character being down on their luck, or some kind of karmic retribution. Is there any other kind of everyday object in movies that almost always serves as a similar kind of visual metaphor?

Michael Archer

What is the level or area in a game that you have memorized the most? How confident are you that you could clear that area faster than anyone else?

Alpaca chino

Hi MinnMax, If you could pick a song to base an entire indie game on, which song would it be, and which genre? Cheers!

Neil Brown

Heya MinnMax! How important do you think the cultural zeitgeist around games impacts your enjoyment in them? I only recently just started playing Animal Crossing New Horizons and Helldivers 2, and after just a week I already fell off both hard. I think if I played them when they were hot and fresh I would have enjoyed them a lot more, but now it just feels like I missed out on a lot of the initial reasons why people loved those games when they first released.

Dominic Cichocki

Dear Minnmax, The Legend of Zelda is pretty clearly a fantasy series. Metroid is sci-fi. What genre is the Mario series? Fantasy? Sci-fi? Magical realism? Thanks, -Dominic from Chicago

Onlinesquid

What is the longest gap you've ever had from starting a game to finishing? Booted up the ol gog account for witcher 3 and found an 8 year old save of furi (sniper fight) and rolled credits two nights later P.S. furi is still a banger

SnipinPixiHunter

Hey MinnMax! Question regarding the NaughtyDog future conversation: I am really excited for Intergalactic and look forward to seeing what Naughty dog's take on a sprawling sci-fi adventure. There are murmerings of the team taking inspiration from games like Elden ring regards to player freedom. Q: If the Elden ring inspiration is true, what positive aspects from Elden Ring excites you most about how that might be implemented in Intergalactic? (Be as creative as you'd like!)

David Gilman

Hello, I saw that next year there’s going to be a concert tour that focuses specifically on the career of Yoko Shimomura and it’ll have the interesting opportunity to cover music from a wide variety of games (Kingdom Hearts, FFXV, Mario RPG, Xenoblade, etc.) instead of just focusing on one franchise. If the crew was given the opportunity to create a concert playlist of video game music without a franchise restriction, what would it look like? Thanks, David

Wajora

When do you think will the last retail PS4 game release?

Elias Armendariz

Hello MaxMinners, I refuse to play The Last of Us out of stubbornness. I don't know what it is, I think I've just heard enough reviews, seen the show, and watched others play. I don't think I'm really missing out. Does anyone in the cohort have a similar feeling towards any games?

anathema anathema

Hellooooo MinnMax! As someone curious about dabbling in games writing, I am curious: what does the note-taking process look like for each of you while you play games?

Riley Hopkins

However long Sarah and Jacob talk about Ace Combat 8, give them more time. This is a question to just ask more about it - frankly, bonus show where they play the coop multiplayer together

Brandon H

Do you ever feel guilty for replaying a game? I have a huge backlog of new games from the past couple years that I feel like I “should” play, but I just want to replay FF7 Rebirth before Revelation comes out.

Orange Wedge

The announcement of the starcraft FPS had me reminiscing about Command and Conquer Renegade, the CNC boomer shooter that I remember being kinda fun! What are the most successful examples of a gaming franchise totally switching genres?

sandeezy

what’s your favorite community question you’ve ever answered ?

Michael Lunt

Hey Minnmax, If you had to change one thing from your favourite game, what would it be?

Jc Ice

What are some games you love that you’ll probably never play again in your life? One of mine is Dragon Quest 7. Played it on PS1, 3DS, and just finished the remake on PS5. Can’t see myself putting another 80-100 hours in this game even though it’s my favorite DQ game. Thanks

Elias Armendariz

Hello MinnMaxers! I don't have much experience with Naughty Dog games. I feel like I understand The Last of Us without playing it and I never really clicked with Uncharted. However, a Sci-Fi game with supposed RPG elements? That's right up my alley. Will Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet be more or less like Naughty Dogs previous games?

Graham Jones

What game studio would you most like to see make hardware? What would it be?

nerd

A favorite artist of mine announced their retirement, his last show is in London. Should I go into debt to go see it?

Chris Pelley

That feeling of accidentally pulling the stem off of a pumpkin is horrifying. No question, that's it.

mantaguy

Congrats to Kyle and the GameInformer crew for nabbing a GTA VI cover story! It'll be nice to actually have something physical related to that game. Anyway, whenever stuff like Wolverine's farther gas trails come up in the discourse(TM), I always think to myself, "Why didn't they just let you press a button to make the trail appear for ten seconds?" Devil May Cry 5 figured out this sort of thing 7-and-a-half years ago; why are developers still struggling so much to implement guidance methods on a player-agency-friendly way?

That's Mildly Raven

I learned recently that several games (including Xenogears and Parasite Eve) were pitched as being Final Fantasy VII. So that got me thinking, if Final Fantasy VII wasn't a Final Fantasy game, what do you think it's title would be?

Sky Fellowship

2 part question. When's the last time, you really expected to love a game and upon playing it, it just did not click with you? And when that happens, do you power through? Give up? Give it some time and try again later? I ask this, as I went from hating Star Wars KOTOR to adoring it,. it just did not click with me but then for whatever reason, giving it a 2nd shot I fell so hard for it, I skipped sleep to play it (Teenager joys).

Travis in Fargo

For $500,000 today, would you have one tooth pulled every year? Details: the money is tax-free, so it’s all yours. For your teeth: it’s on your birthday. You choose the dentist, appointment time, and which tooth is pulled that year.

Travis in Fargo

Here’s a spooky one: Would you rather have tastebuds in your anus or be addicted to eating spiders?

Travis in Fargo

Do you think people will ever be impressed with folks who play a lot of video games the way they’re impressed with people who read a lot of books?

Fancygraham

Hi MinnMax! Do you think you could slide down a ladder like the average video game character can?

Julie

Hey all, For those of you with siblings, what is the game you remember causing the most fights growing up? Were there any games that were banned/taken away by your parents because of that? My brother and I had many screaming matches about who got to be Michael Jordan in NBA Jam...

SlyCut

Hello all, Which item would you have the easiest time installing in/on your house yourself? How would it turn out? Toilet Entry Door Flooring (any type) Window

SlickJames

Hello Minnmax, if you could be a star athlete in any sport which one would you choose?

Parker Aden

Howdy to all! GameInformer’s next cover is GTA 6. This shouldn’t be surprising, but with how big GTA has been in terms of weird pulls for promotion (the Netflix thing, Spotify, etc) it feels like a big win for GI? Am I off in this thinking or is this a great pull for our beloved magazine?

Shane G

Crash Team Racing and then Jak X: Combat Racing. Is it a shame we never got an Uncharted Racing game from Naughty Dog?

Thom Blackburn

What is the most common job that isn't yet in a video game?

Cody A

Hi Minnmax! growing up there were a lot of brand licensed games that I LOVED. and I'm not talking your big budget Marvel games, I'm talking Cool Spot (7Up), Tapper (Budweiser), or Chex Quest (Chex cereal). With the power of community question magic, you get to snap your fingers and release a food licensed video game in 2026, what brand & genre do you choose?

Arturo Perez

Hi Minnmax! What gets to use the "excuse" of being popcorn gaming? Why is it that that makes Wolverine a "good game" but it makes your Dynasty Warriors/musou's just "mediocre"? ( for the record, I love musous exactly for that). Have a great day!

JP Martins

hey everyone! I know Jacob is a born-again-Ace-Combat-follower, but is there some other game series that also took you a long time to become a fan of, even if you knew about it forever? any that changed your life or the way you enjoy games or other media? (mine is resident evil, btw, only started playing them last year and i'm loving the experience) thank you!

YalkYalk

What were some of your guys' favourite movie licensed games back then, and what movie in today's day and age would you like to see get a video game adaptation?

errribbb

I’ve gotten into logging all my games on various Letterboxd type gaming apps and through this I found out that the oldest game I’ve ever beaten is Postal 2 from 2003. What is the oldest game you have seen credits on?

Bryan Coyne

What's your favourite game that gets right to the fun? We just had a newborn so we have two under two and I am definitely listening to games talk more than playing. What are some games that if I had a brief moment would be incredibly satisfying?

Benji

Hey MinnMaxers, Who is the most famous music artist / band that you can't name a single song by?

thejjuan1

Hey Minnmax. What are the 9 games that shape you? This was a recent social media thread.

Infinite

Hello friends, Has there ever been a discussion among the cohorts about doing audio only lets plays? There’s so much that you all do that I simply don’t have time to watch on YouTube, the vast majority of MinnMax I consume is audio only. Podcasts like “No One Can Know About This” (a podcast where they play every final fantasy game) has been a favorite of mine for a decade, and I’ve only ever consumed it audio only. I would love to be able to load up my podcast feed with even more MinnMax with some audio only stuff. Thanks and love everything you all do!

giuliano

Hey Minn Max, If you had to pitch one of your favorite games of the last few years in two words, what two words would you use? Two tenns?? More like two words!!! (oops I sound like Ben now)

Adam

The boys of MinnMax! How much would the Two Tens have changed if every game stayed exactly the same - nothing changed in the games whatsoever - but the giant AAA studios made the little indie darlings. And vice versa. The small indie teams made the big budget games.

DatStick

You wake up one morning and everything you see is in grayscale. If you could only pick one color to see in the ocean of gray, what would it be and why?

Jeff D

Nvidia GPUs have gone up 40% in the last two months in Canada and it seems like there is no end in sight with cost increases. When you chat with developers do you ever hear them chat about having to reduce graphics quality as peoples hardware may be stalled out with 2023 era technology for years to come?

Lucas S

Hi MinnMax, I’m going on my first ever solo trip as you are reading this. This is only my second time traveling internationally. My question is what is your biggest traveling anxiety? Do you do anything to calm it or just power through?

Nick O'Malley

Do y'all think playing video games most of your life has made you more spatially aware and able to map out / navigate new spaces easier?

Jacob Mazanowski

What game has the Best finding stuff? Could be collectibles, vistas, notes, etc? Take into account how you come across them? Do any give you the feeling of finding $5 on the ground

Graham Walker

What is your First gaming memory?

quilatoo

Hi MinnMax! The MLB playoffs have just started, NFL is back, and NBA is right around the corner. No US city/metropolitan area has won more than two of the big four major US sports championships in one year (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL). Would you accept a deal where your city sweeps them all in one year with the knowledge that none of those teams will ever win again in your lifetime? You are the only person cursed with this knowledge. Thanks!

Swansonge

Hi MinnMax, I’ve been playing a lot of Control Resonant and the sound design is—pardon my French—coocoo bananas. Especially whenever The Board talks to you. What are some games with your favorite sound design? What are some of your favorite sound effects?

Steve Bellegarde

Hey MinnMax. What’s a good name for the opposite of a “Podcast Game”? A game that requires full attention to engage with?

Shoes

Besides the double-jump, what video game mechanic have we all just agreed to accept even though it makes absolutely no sense?

mapleviolet

is there a fundamental difference between “open zone” and “open world”? people describe ff7 rebirth and the witcher 3 as open world but they definitely have separate zones, sometimes i feel like “open zone” just means open world but good

Thomasen

Missed joke opportunity to say “It Physint happening”. Titanium court is my game of the year so far. I don’t think it is talked about enough. But when I try pitching it I don’t know what to say for fear of spoiling what makes it special. What is the best way to pitch a game that you can’t explain without spoiling some of the magic? Is it possible to do it justice? P.S. Ben mentioned he is concerned about the younger generation of listeners for gaming podcasts. I’m in my younger 20s and am feeling very optimistic about them. Younger people around my age often just play a couple of games such as Fortnite and cod. This makes people my age who have interest in hearing discussion about anything else seek that out outside of personal relationships.

Big Mitch

Please give your best ELI5 version of Kingdom Hearts lore?

Grey Lotus

Can you give an example of a time that a friend, colleague or podcast convinced you to pick up a game that you otherwise wouldn't have and (important part here, ended up loving) or talked you out of a game that you were previously in the bag for? I really appreciate your thoughtful discussions. I rarely buy games at full price anymore but coming into this month, I made up my mind to allow myself one AAA title at launch. Up until they come up on the show, I was convinced it would be Control Resonant. But after your talks, I opted for Onimusha instead and have zero regrets even though I suck at parrying. Oh, and I still plan on getting Resonant and catching up on the Deepest Dive when I do. It'll just have to be after Belmon'ts Curse.

ryan

Regarding naughty dog, you think developers like spending seven years making one game? I know I dont like waiting seven years to see what cool games they can make.

RynaGoGo

Explaining to my wife that Quite needs to wear a bikini because she breathes through her skin and covering her skin would suffocate her didn’t go great. She didn’t seem very concerned with Quite’s condition.

Daniel

Hey Cohorts, With autumn finally being here, I wanted to know what are some gaming memories that you associate with the seasons and certain times of the year? Ocarina of Time is ultimately tied to Fall for me because I got it for Chanukah in 1998. I’d play the game with my window open and now associate fall smells and the leaves changing color with it. On the other hand, winter is associated with Majora’s Mask as I played it on winter break in middle school while listening to the Offspring’s “Americana”. Can’t hear “Pretty Fly for a White Guy” without thinking of Link saving Termina. Cheers and thanks for all the great content this year!

Juicy

Hey MinnMax! Recently had a thought, if you had to choose a singular game that defines MinnMax, what would that be? Or second thought, what game do you think has the highest amount of MinnMax enjoyers? Thank you!

Michael Griffin

Hello MinnMax! What's the biggest game series that has the least amount of entries spanning over 20 years? Perfect Dark comes to mind for me.

KayBree

Hello! How long ago does a business have to be established to have the "Est. XXXX" and it feel impactful?

Bon Jon Bovi

What is the greatest game that involves foot input?

Tyler Tresch

Hey MinnMax! I'm a brand new subscriber (can't wait to play Galley House!) and this is my first time submitting a question as well! I spend so much time listening to the MinnMax show, that I've run out of episodes and decided to go back and listen to old episodes from when you got your start. The thing that amazed me the most was just how consistent you all have been with the original vision for the show. It's really inspiring, to the point that I somehow feel..... proud? of you all, despite having absolutely no part in your success. My question is, have any of you ever had a similar sensation? Where you are deeply proud of something/someone that you have no actual right to feel that way towards.

matteo

Hi men of MinnMax, Since it’s only the boys on the show today, what’s the worst name you can come up with for a Pew Pew Bang rival podcast? What’s your tagline?

Fernando Ramirez

If you could trade lives with anyone in the games industry for one week, who would you pick and why?

LlorchDurden

Greatest is the C button on the Switch 2 controller we all use on a daily, am I right? :D

LlorchDurden

Hellow Crew! In a parallel universe in which Ben approves a political rant JeffM show, what would you name it? my takes ## in brand - Rant//Marchiafava - Bonus Rant ## behind copyright - Jeff Ravenous The Show - Last Week Tonight with JeffM

Phelix Diaz

Ben: Are you behind this Age of Empires meets dinosaurs game, Dino Lords?

Phelix Diaz

MenMaxx: Another one of these.

resnet

Hi MinnMax! Please have Sarah and a guest on to talk about Deadlock if possible. A new update just came and people were losing sleep, going wild on streams and conducting weird rituals to "summon" it. Immediately after the update arrived, Deadlock's concurrent players broke all previous records. This is gonna be THE GAME to watch. I know most of the crews don't do PvP or Moba stuff but I'd love to give Sarah a platform to talk about this amazing game and ideally someone else who also likes this stuff to support her.

Penny Sokol

(if you end up choosing my question if you could read my name as penny and not “poggydude” id really appreciate it Hey Minnmax Recently Ive decided to use the month of October to get into the horror game genre (something that has been a bit of a difficulty for me in the past) and it has really reinvigorated my enjoyment of the hobby. What other themes could be applied to other months to bring that same level of excitement into my gaming life?

Chandler

What's your opinion on people submitting multiple questions? Validate my disgust

Jack Seage

What’s up with piggy banks? Why are they a thing, and why are people always smashing ‘em?

Duderado

What's a game mechanic you're surprised isn't more popular? I always thought the campaign-like structure of multiplayer in Wolfenstein Enemy Territory was ahead of its time and I've only seen something similar in Battlefield 1.

CptCobblePot

Hello Minnmax, I was listening to the GOW Ragnarok Deepest Dive and Ben tried to end the entire discussion about the sex mini-game missing from the new series. This got me thinking………………do you prefer mashing buttons or a series of QTEs? Take this in any context

Jalopy Slow

I've been having an incredible time playing The Witcher 3 - Remastered on PS5 Pro where it looks like gold and runs like butter (sorry PC players). This Freemaster really puts to shame all the other games with upcharged updates (sorry Nintendo fans). Can we please make the term "Freemaster" a thing to encourage more of this behavior? Thanks, bye.

Russell Hodges

Frank Turner? I live in London so I was wondering who this was after I heard it on the podcast this morning.

nerd

Yes actually. Still finalizing some stuff before I confirm i will be going.