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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast (Patreon)

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2026-10-27 19:00:30
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Hey everybody! In case you missed it, we celebrated MinnMax's 7th anniversary last week by releasing two New Show Plus episodes...

Ben and Janet play Gears of War: E-Day - https://youtu.be/fa5zQhbWwyo

Sarah and Ben explore high fashion from Paris - https://youtu.be/z2_CbDWuHNs

Also, Haley and Sarah finished Resident Evil 5 and watched Chris punch a darn boulder - https://youtu.be/GAMvz_apSxE

This week for community questions on the podcast, we'll have Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Janet Garcia, and guest cohort Haley De Boom. 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...

  • Mass Effect Universe's Trailer

  • Steam Frame

  • Phantom Blade Zero

  • Virtue and a Sledgehammer

  • Nintendo Switch Sports Resort

  • The Message From Deep Space

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 the Simpler Times vinyl for sale in iam8bit’s online store, and you can use the promo code COSTUMEQUEST 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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Sam Worms

When you’re watching a movie or TV show and a song you recognize starts playing, does it make the experience more immersive, or does it pull you out of the moment?

thejjuan1

Happy Halloween Minnmax! Why Ocarina of Time remake and not Grand Theft Auto 6 for the next deepest dive? You know the biggest game on the planet? If it’s the length that scares you. The Minnmax crew will never beat the allegations of hating long games. Justice for Fire Emblem and Kelsey!

matteo

The Message From Deep Space!!!

Jump On Everything

What would each of the cohorts be as traditional Halloween monsters

Thom Blackburn

What's your favorite food with a mundane name? Mine is School Bread

Stevelution

Hey cohorts. We were discussing in the discord what was the best chase or escape sequence in a game and it was notable how difficult it was to think of a few. Can you think of any stand outs?

IdentityCrisis

What's the first number that comes to mind when you imagine the price of a sandwich?

kajmo

Hey gang, you're all animal lovers right? So what real animal looks the fakest?? And what animal do you want to see in a game?

Kyle Silva

Even though Haley De Boom is not a permanent co-hort, and won’t be part of the Two Tens, lets we pretend for a moment that she is. What are the games Haley wants people to play to help her case for games of the year and what (if any) games have you considered from other co-horts’ suggestions for you try to check out before year-end?

mapleviolet

i play table tennis recreationally and got annoyed at switch sports resort table tennis because it seems way too slow. is there any sport you play in real life where you get annoyed at the representation of it in video games?

George Persaud

I've noticed a lot of qualifying whenever people recommend Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave to others saying that "It's really long so watch out for that." Why are people so afraid of long video games? If they don't like it they can quit early on, and if they do like it they have dozens of hours to enjoy. Is it really just people worrying about growing bored of it? Even if you only play 40 out of the 200 hours you can still say you got your money's worth

AJ

Hello MinnMax! With Gta right around the corner have you decided how you’ll be roleplaying the relationship between Jason and Lucia? Are you going to play the obviously intended relationship route, or throw a curveball into it? I have decided I’m going to play Jason as a neurodivergent closeted gay man with his girl-crime-boss bestie

Shoes

What’s the biggest slam-dunk sequel that never got made? Studio closures, publisher drama, legal tangles, whatever the reason. What is the one that still stings.

doctorubin

Is there a phrase from a fake language in a video game that you’ve heard so many times that you still think about? Mine would be the Twi’Leks in Knights of the Old Republic who constantly say “Mucha shaka paka.”

Tom Brien

What was your biggest hobby outside of all the games and computery screen stuff? Did you make anything that you proudly still have?

Malcolm Holliday

If you had to pick a costume for another cohort what would it be?

Linktrev

Hey MinnMax Crew, Would you rather have the gaming industry only focus on New IP's going forward or only release entries in existing franchises?

beebat

With a new highly anticipated version of WoW around the corner, I realized that I haven’t heard from the cohorts about their experience with the game. Have any of you dabbled in the 20+ years the game has been around and if so, did it ever stick?

Guy Night Gaming

What percentage of games that you have started this year have you finished? And any tips for getting through your backlog? I gave myself a challenge of finishing 2 games in order to buy a new one which has led me to finishing a record 17 games myself this year. In moments of weakness I've ignored my rule because of sales. I've finished 66% of games I've started this year

thejjuan1

I agree with this statement. I’m 80 hours into Fire Emblem and having a blast. There are so many times a cohost hears how long to beat a game, don’t even want to try it. It’s not a good way to absorb a medium. 3 hours for a movie is long. But, if I got scared from that length. I would have not seen two of the best movies this year.

Seth

What's the most important part of a s'more? Do you splurge on fancy chocolates? Artisinal grahams? Just good old-fashioned Hershey's, Jet-Puffed, and Honey Maid?

Elizabeth Fort

What gives you hope with ever going on in the world

landsealion

What do you think about people buying billboards for Mass Effect? People can do what they want with their money, but I don't think multi-billion (trillion?) dollar companies need help from fans to prop up a franchise.

Chris Gillar

What would be your MMA walkout song? This question was inspired by the fact that I hear Nelly’s “Here comes the boom” in my head every time you say Haley De Boom.

The Silmarillion audio book read by RFK Jr.

Hey MinnMax, The time has unfortunately come where ICE has started operations in my city. My wife is an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher for Preschool through 3rd grade. She has families who've immigrated from China, Afghanistan, and Mexico just to name a few. The parents of these families are hard workers and parts of our community; they are restaurant owners, they run small businesses, they drive school busses, the list goes on. And now these families, both legal citizens and illegal, are scared to leave their homes or send their kids to school. It makes me sick. I know you don't swear on the podcast but I hope the editor can spare one beep for this. Fuck ICE. What is some advice you guys can share from your experience? I do what I can but as I'm sure you all know it doesn't feel like enough. Thanks for all the entertainment you guys provide.

K-Ham

Haley De Boom! Might you have a Mocap misconception you'd want to clear up for folks?

Random Oil Man

What game title would be most improved by adding "and a sledgehammer" at the end of it?

Thomas Hoster

As we are right before Halloween, I must ask. If it was not socially frowned upon to trick or treat past an arbitrary adolescent age and completely acceptable would you go and trick or treat and why? Would you enjoy the door to door or want to stay behind to hand out candy? We are taking our 19 month old daughter for a small first taste of trick or treating this weekend and has me thinking as I probably havnt been trick or treating in over 15 years at least.

Axel Jrpg

Hello! Wanted to give an update regarding my costume question from last week. After careful consideration of the panels input I decided to go to the Halloween party as Monokuma from the Danganronpa series. I figured if someone didn’t recognize me I would just be a guy in a black and white bear onesie but if someone did they might get a kick out of seeing Monokuma out in the wild. P.S. I don’t think a single person recognized me as Monokuma lol

Thomas Hoster

I think it’s just more and more common as the age our our podcast hosts are increasing the general cohort of game journalists and devs. Many are now mid over 30 if not older and time is scarce. More have children etc. and think this just ends up radiating in the conversation as something back of mind.

DarkFishDays

Hi MinnMax crew! What’s something you’ve seen in real life that would be a glitch if it were in a video game? For example, sometimes I see a single leaf on a bush wave franticly like it’s in a windstorm but the rest of the leaves are still.

JG

Why hasn’t Ben been asking how this whole thing operates lately? How does this whole thing operate? I’m scared.

Chandler

You know how it supposedly takes 10000 hours to become a master at something? Does Janet feel like a master of podcasting? What kind of insights has she learned that might not be obvious to the podcasters with less experience aka Ben? She's surely done more hours of podcasting than Ben by this point right?

Bob Buel

Ok…can this crew of cohorts please verbalize to me what “arcade-y” or “arcade-style” means when describing a video game?

Poofydoo

Why is it that several times when talking about a game in the past I have heard game reviewers say: “I think I reviewed that one”? Isn’t the trauma of reviewing a game hard to forget?

Charles Davis

Betterquest goal / update I quit my miserable job as a complaint handler for an insurance company so that I could pursue a career aligned with my passions and that comes with far more purpose - becoming a middle school Computing teacher. I hope to inspire some of the next generation of game developers. How do you want them to shape the future of gaming? Charles from Brighton (UK)

Spencer P

This question is because of Janet hating on Catcher in the Rye last week (totally agree). What is your favorite book that you read in school as a requirement? What about least favorite?

Cath

First I wanted to thanks Haley to make me experience Control resonant as I couldn’t play it, but I felt included in the deepest dive. Second, if you have to get a a control costume what would it be. I’d like to be a patern if a chair or taxi but have no idea how I’d do it ? Suggestion ?

Aging_Poorly

Hi team, The mid-late 2000s era is largely made fun of for producing so many brown/grey games. I’d argue that main modern complaint of the 2010s era is rampant spread of Ubisoft open-world style exploration and tailing missions. In 10-15 years, what do you think is going to be the aspect of games from this 2020s era that gamers will roll their eyes over?

pork bun powered

Hi MinnMax, My question is based around a problem I'm currently dealing with, how the hell do you plan video game nights with working adults?

Marianne Anderson

Hi everyone, I was listening to the pew pew bang episode about GameCube and I remembered that I don't like legend of zelda wind waker. With ocarina of time and gta 6 coming out soon I'm sure there will be people who don't like the games. What games have you not liked that many people have loved?

sandeezy

What do you call it when you’re playing a split screen competitive game (goldeneye, halo, timesplitters etc) and you naughtily look at at your opponents point of view instead of your own? as a kid, we called this Screenpeeking, but i’ve heard others call it screencheating or screencheesing. is this a regional think like soda vs pop? please weigh in!

Christian Hall

Hey MinnMax! If you could snap your fingers and begin appreciating one thing that you don’t currently enjoy, what would it be?

Vilis

Happy 7th y'all! So Mass Effect Universe and this trailer had me going back to look at the 2015 announcement trailer for Andromeda and.... I think people are pinning too much hope on a dude walking into a bar and Liara showing up. My question for the Cohorts (+guest cohort) is what other franchise would everyone lose their mind for a trailer of that actually people would probably be upset about the final product? P.S. I dunno what the crew's stance on the trailer is but mine was just kinda "Cool... I'd honestly rather have the DLC for Andromeda we never got which would have made that a better game."

giuliano

Hey MinnMax! As a backstage pass member, I get the privilege of listening to Ben sing as he’s setting up the recording. A couple weeks ago he kept singing the bridge of “Something” by the Beatles. It’s been stuck in my head since. It has not left. It’s weirdly embedded itself into my brain. What weirdly specific part of a song has stayed stuck in your head?

Dawson Kopp

Happy 7th anniversary to Minnmax! In the spirit of getting better, what act of self improvement have you accomplished in the past 7 years that you are the most proud of? And how do you hope to improve over the next 7 years?

Kevin Kuper

Hello all! Do you ever struggle with the start of a new game? The first few hours before I get the loop and start really enjoying it, I can struggle at times picking up on the language of the game and wanting to be invested even games I'm really excited about. Has anything worked to help with the adjustment? Am I nuts?!?

Vilis

To be clear, I generally liked Andromeda

Brady Griffith

I’ve been playing Well Dweller and enjoying it, but it has me thinking about the comparisons of it and Silksong. Well Dweller eliminates so much of the friction that Silksong has (fast travel from anywhere, seemingly unlimited trinket slots, no losing souls on death, etc) that I wonder if it’ll stick with me very long after beating it. Do games with more meaningful friction end up being more memorable? What separates good friction from bad friction in games?

Clayton Dexter

In honor of BioWare, what’s your favorite RPG party, and what makes a party memorable?

CANAS1AN

with the news that Mass Effect and Dragon Age are in cryo sleep, i'm sure we will see spiritual successors in the future (i.e. Exodus). what is a spiritual successor game that surpassed the original? The one that comes to mind for me is Stardew Valley.

Jeeo Banogy

Hey Minnmax! Happy belated 7th anniversary! Hope to be here for another 7! What game or franchise can you credit with drastically expanding or maturing your view of what games were capable of? For me that was none other than Dragon Age Origins (r.i.p. Bioware). That game took me from my World of Warcraft days where I just blasted my way through leveling to get to endgame to actually caring about deeper mechanics and the different story paths that quests could take.

Chris Pelley

If MinnMax were burying a time capsule before the ground freezes, what would each person put in? (Imagine a 24" cube for the entire group and everyone will contribute one item.)

Daniel Bruner

What’s more satisfying: banging your head against a difficult boss and finally defeating them or spending some time grinding and absolutely destroying them because you’re over leveled?

CaffeineDad

Hey gang! I heard the heartbreaking news earlier today that Pokemon Unite will be shutdown next year. I spent so many hours as a former League of Legends player LOVING that I could scratch that itch with a Pokemon twist. What are yalls favorite games that no one can play anymore (without modding or hacking or extreme community support)?

Adam Cohen

Hello Minnmax! I noticed this week that a spot on my right pointer finger was hurting a little bit. I realized it's from squeezing the right trigger button too hard while playing Star Wars Galactic Racer. Have you ever injured yourself while playing a video game?

Conzi

To add to what Thomas said you also have to keep in mind how many games people in games media are expected to play or want to play to cover as much as possible. The longer the game, the less time they have to cover other games.

Tokyo Game Life

Resident Evil 10. The Roman numeral for 10 is X. R-E-X. Rex, like T-Rex. Do you think Capcom is discussing putting dinosaurs in the next Resident Evil game because of this acronym?

George Persaud

I totally get how as people get older and start families and whatnot your free time gets shorter so you gotta pick your battles. That said, plenty of people without kids or any such responsibilities also seem hesitant to start the game due to how long it is. Not to mention people with kids are still capable of playing and enjoying crazy long JRPGs, lest we forget Ben's ongoing love affair with the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy. We also occasionally hear of how cohorts were able to spend dozens of hours in other games, I think last week Sarah mentioned 30+ hours in Planet Zoo 2? Or god knows how many hours anyone spent in something like Balatro. I do genuinely think something about a 150+ hour long story game intimidates people, would like to get their thoughts on it

SuperThisWay

Hey yall! I’m journaling everyday as part of my betterquest and it’s been so rad! I’ve been going between having two separate journals: one for my actual life, dreams, goals, other personal stuff, and the other is my video game diary of thoughts and notes. Is it weird to have two separate journals?

Sergio

Hello! Whenever somebody uses the term "Minmax" in reference to optimization of some kind, I instinctively stick my tongue out like a fool. How do I stop doing this and what verbal mannerisms have you picked up from doing the show?

Michael Berry

Out of the classic movie monsters, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Mummy, Dracula, and the Creature of the Black Lagoon, which one of these would you pick to be your rival? Which one would you pick to be on Minnmax? Congrats on making it to 7 Minnmax!

Geoff Enright

Hey Minnmaximalists! I was randomly checking on steam tags I enjoy and discovered there was a Dragonball game released September 2025 called Dragonball Gekishin Squadra and it is a 4v4 free to play MOBA game?! What. Is. Happening. Is this news to you fellow Dragonball fans??? Also I checked Steamdb and it seems to be averaging around 1500 players. -Groffles

Tony Mayato

Meowdy! After the EA BioWare news, I started playing Dragon Age The Veilguard again, I’ve always been a stan of this game. I thought it was wildly under appreciated, and had really stunning art direction. I’ve seen a renaissance for some of the under appreciated BioWare titles online, what, if any, good do you think could come from this mess, and do you think BioWare could be bought and rise from the ashes?

Ludwig Roque

Ben, It's currently 2019, you're still at game informer, and you're married and have your two kids. With all the experiences and knowledge you have attained regarding that aspect of your life, would you still have left GI and started MinnMax even knowing the growing pains going independent.

Ryan mast

You have ten thousand dollars to upgrade your gun arsenal. Do you A) spread it evenly to partially upgrade four different machine guns of varying quality or B) upgrade your best machine gun fully in all categories? (We already know what our favorite streamers Haley and Sarah would choose!)

aed13of14

Hi Minimum Maximums, if Nintendo releases a Super Mario 64 remake in the same vein as Ocarina of Time, what would they title it? Super Mario?

mantaguy

Howdy, cohorts! Did any of you see Wildwood, the new Laika film, yet? If so, would you agree with me that it's the Nolan Oddessy of stop-motion films? (P.S. Sorry if you read this question twice; I'm just hedging my bets in case you only read the comments from one post.)

Michael Nickley

Hey MinnMax, Happy Halloween! On the ranking of possible afterlives, where does becoming a ghost land for you? And if you had to spend eternity as a spirit, what building would you most like to haunt?

Jack Seage

What is your favorite line / moment from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory? (that's the Gene Wilder one, in case there's any confusion)

Wallet Thrower

Some time in the last year, Ben mentioned wanting to do better at collecting and delivering positive community comments to the cohorts. I often want to shout out great contributions or moments, since I love both getting and giving these at my job. But you're not all reading the YouTube comments, I assume, and with good reason. (Although they're still mostly positive!) So, have you implemented a system? What's the best way to ensure praise gets back to the individual and isn't just virtue signalling to other commenters?

LlorchDurden

Hellow JeffM and crew 7 years is a long time, looking ahead, what 3 videos MUST happen in the next 7 years, before 2033 - HL3 Deepest Dive - JeffM Light no Fire "cover trip" to Hello Games HQ - XBOX drops Kojima, back to Sony, releasing on 2034

b_wood

While Jay-Z closed out his 30th anniversary tour in LA, some celebrated when they heard the SoFi Stadium was mostly empty. They celebrated because they disagreed with some of Jay-Z's views or some of his moves dealing with the NFL and Target. When is it OK to support art from an artist you disagree with? Are you doing a disservice to your own cause by celebrating someone’s failure when that failure is not related to your cause? (By the way, I think it is OK if you have some Reasonable Doubt about the stadium being empty)

OhMyBlob

Hey Minnmax, loved Mass Effect back in the day and I always found it interesting that they let you customise Shepherd however you liked but also had a default appearance for the character that even appeared on the cover art. I can’t think of another game that does that… So thought experiment - if Nintendo allowed you to customise Mario in the next 3D game… what would do to him?

Josh LaBaw

All consoles are essentially spec locked PC's. Do you think Sony or Nintendo even, will ever try a custom chipset again?

Steve Bellegarde

Hey MinnMax, What’s your go to Chinese food order?