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Submit Your Question For The MinnMax Show Podcast (Patreon)

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2026-10-27 19:19:03
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Hey everybody, ignore this if this is a doubled-up post. But hey 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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Travis in Fargo

What’s your “snooze” button policy?

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.

Neal McMahon

Hey MinnMax! With the recent feedback—and mostly criticism, from my perspective—surrounding the team’s Control Resonant coverage, I have two questions: A) Are you guys actually having fun with it? B) What’s the deepest “we really don’t want to be playing this” dive the team has ever done, in each person’s opinion? Not necessarily a bad game, but out of everything you’ve covered, which one was the least enjoyable?

Mike R.

Hey MinnMax, a question I've been contemplating regarding Toy Story movies. Do you ever think Pixar will ever release a Toy Story movie in which the humans in the movies have discovered and have unfolded that toys in the movies are in fact sentient/alien, leading to the discovery of the first alien encounter and/or answering the question that we are not alone in the universe. I will add that the discovery happened after a motion detection camera captured all the Toy Story characters interacting with each other and the camera captures them go into hibernation mode when hiding from nearby humans. Btw, please keep Haley Da Boom as a permanent co-host, she is awesome!!!

Jacob Mazanowski

What would your desert island hobbies be if you could only have 2 hobbies on the island. Only rule is they cannot be hobbies you already have

Lucas S

Did you carve a pumpkin this year?

Jon

What are your most peripheral gaming pet peeves? I am climbing the walls whenever a lovely main menu ambience is interrupted after a few seconds by a transition to a trailer or gameplay demo.

Jason Wojnar

With three parents on this week’s episode, I wanted to ask; are your kids receptive and open to the things you liked when you were you and growing up? Whether that be music, movies, or video games. And for those who aren’t parents, were you into the things your parents introduced you to when you were kids or did you dismiss it as “old people stuff”

Chree McGee

Hey MinnMax, any plans for a Max Spoilers for You Can See Everything? Have any of you seen it? It absolutely rips!

BEEFCAKE

I never press it because 10 extra minutes of sleep is bullshit and feels worse than just getting up.

Steve G

What’s the best sandwich you’ve ever had?

Arturo Perez

Hi Minnmax! If your pets were hosting the Minnmax show, what would be the podcast be about?

SlyCut

Hello all, Where do you stand on milk? And as a side note, you ever wonder who the first person was to see this warm white stuff come out of a cow and say, "I'm gonna drink that"?

Fossil Arcade

I have Janet Garcia MUTED on social media. Why? Because I am an NBA fan from the UK and do everything I can to avoid spoilers, which means I miss out on Janet's posts about everything as a means to avoid sports talk. So I'm asking here, can Janet please give her hopes and predictions for the NBA this year? Ps: I'm a lifelong Knicks fan.

Travis in Fargo

Please settle a debate: is “sweaty” an emotion?

George Persaud

I'll repeat my question just in case: 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

Dominic Lee

To commemorate the passing of an industry giant, is it time to do the deepest dive on Mass Effect 2 and make the Pew Pew girls play it for the first time?

Travis in Fargo

If you had to introduce a third joystick to controllers, where would you put it and what would it do?

Neil Brown

Heya MinnMax! With the seasons changing, do you have any games you associate largely with each season?

Connor McCullagh

Been playing Mortal Shell 2 and they just released a free Halloween update called Rotten autumn that includes 15 new dungeons, new upgrades, music and more. What is your favorite seasonal update you have played in a game?

TheLastArcher

Good day MinMax! You accidentally double booked your schedule on the day you are recording the podcast. Lucky for you, you have an identical twin to fill your spot on MinnMax. The problem is, they know nothing about video games. How long do you think you would need to train your twin to make it through an entire episode of MinnMax without being detected? What would be your training strategy?

Sam Nelson

If the cohorts had to form a JRPG party, which job/class would everyone fill?

Travis in Fargo

If given the choice in a video game, what direction do you go? Up or down? Left or right? I’m playing Aria of Sorrow for the first time, and when presented with a new area, I find I’m an up and left kind of guy.

Nathan Ryer

Hey MinnMax! What is the best game featuring FMV? (I’ve been playing the new Tenebris Somnia and it is quite fun.)

Graham Jones

What's the best food you can eat in one bite? I would like to propose donut holes

Smash Adams

As Game of the Year season approaches, I've come to a weird realization. My Game of the Year this year may be a game that I haven't even played. I don't have any friends who play video games, and I'm way too introverted to play with people I don't know, so unfortunately I never played Big Walk. But, watching you guys, VGBees, and Giant Bomb play through Big Walk has provided me the some of the most enjoyable moments I've had "with" a game all year. That, along with seeing how creative and mechanically excellent that game is, leads me towards making it my Game of the Year, despite not having actually played it. So I'm curious, as games critics, when you consider your personal Game of the Year, how much weight do you place on your overall enjoyment of the experience vs. the more tangible factors (level design, mechanics, etc.) that make a game "objectively good"? Are they both equally important, or does one hold more weight than the other?

Brandon H

**Unpopular opinion incoming from a huge Mass Effect and Dragon Age fan** I know we are supposed to be outraged by the closure of Bioware.. and blame everything on the EA overlord billionaires for ruining the industry. But at what point does Bioware's own performance make the case for closure? Their last decade plus of production gave us Andromeda, Anthem, and Veilguard. I own and run a business, and if my best defense for staying open was "wait, we were really really amazing 12 years ago," I would be incredibly concerned. Is it a reasonable position to celebrate the work they did, while also agreeing that they lost the magic a long time ago?

BEEFCAKE

I don't care about the zelda remake or gta 6. I am however very excited for Metroid Ravenous. So guess my question is in 1820 the whale ship Essex was attacked by a sperm whale and sunk, Three large rowboats and 20 or so men survived. After a month at at sea, starving and dehydrated, They Came Upon Henderson Island. At which they found some fresh water to take with them, and ate some delicious Birds. Two days later, they decided to depart the island and try to make it to South America. Three men decided to stay on the island and wait for help to come. About 2 months later those in the rowboats were rescued only about four of them left after deciding cannibalism was the only way they'd survive. The three left on the island or rescued about 2 weeks later starving and thirsty but didn't have to eat anyone. So if you are in this situation, would you risk waiting on the island hoping your fellow crewmates will send help, or would you go on the boats?

Nathan Klainer

Inspired by You Can See Everything, what’s the video game that most questions the medium itself?

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.)

BigTony

Hello, My betterquest has been to read more thos year, and I've been doing really good so far, but I'm currently reading a book I am not enjoying. How do you know when to drop a book? Is it similar to video games, because I would've dropped so many books now withing the first chapter that I would've ultimately enjoyed. Thanks for everything.

Trebor Treebeard

Do you have a great trick-or-treat memory to share? I remember several times when we would walk up to a house expecting a typical knock-and-grab operation, only to discover the owners had made a haunted walkthrough through a section of their house or the backyard. Probably don't see much of that days, but it was always the coolest thing to experience as a kid.

Travis in Fargo

What’s the greatest example of “words set over an image” of all time?

Dill Pickles

Howdy Minnmax! Which Olympic event would you be the best at (relatively speaking)? Which would you fail the worst at? Keep up the good work!

Brocquin Alexander

With the Bioware news and Mass Effect Legendary Edition being on sale I finally jumped into the series. I knew I would like it but wow, I fear I'm addicted right now. Is there a series that you avoided for a long time, but ended up being really fun when you actually gave it a shot

Andreas Jensen

Hey MinnMax! Do you ever think about whether you talk about the playable character in a game in the first or third person? I have noticed you switch around a bit, and I find it interesting, when you guys would decide to say "I" about the character you control and the other way around? The Minnmax show is still my favorite podcast by the way.

Talyn

Hey CLCs With Final Fantasy 7 Revelation less than 6 month away, what do we need to do to get JeffM to finish Rebirth? We need the newbie perspective on the finale! Do we have to promise to flood him streaming it? More subs? More patrons? What can we do?!?

SenttheProphet

Wow Forever comes out next week When does Forever end? (What year will WoW officially be done) surely by 2100?

John

Experienced triple A studio tries to tackle a new IP with a black female protagonist, in the form of a big budget, high tech game. What else does Intergalactic and Forspoken have in common? Is there risk of it ending the same way? By that I mean with it as my game of the year. This questions is just an excuse for Haley to share anecdotes about her work on Forspoken :P.

Blobarsmartin

If MinnMax had a ”virtue and a sledgehammer” like subtitle, what would it be?

Swansonge

What’s your Halloween costume going to be on Halloween 2036?

Rikimaru

Hiya! I grew up with Mass Effect and Dragon Age but stopped after Mass Effect 3 and Inquisition. Having never played Andromeda and Veilguard, I always thought when I finally get around to them I could appreciate the good with the bad and look forward to the future. Now I worry I won't be able to enjoy them as much without that sense of hope. Are there any games in a series you haven't gotten to because they likely won't have a future? And is there one you were happy you played anyway to appreciate what was there?

Fancygraham

I just saw that the Social Network got a follow up with the Social Reckoning. That got me thinking: if Indie Game: the Movie got a follow up, what would it be about?

Fancygraham

How close will Ocarina of Time’s Metacritic score be to Switch Sport Resort’s?

Swansonge

Hey MinnMax, I recently moved and started a new job where I’m making less money than before (but am ultimately happier). These big life changes have made money a little tighter for me and changed my gaming habits—I’m definitely buying fewer new games than I would have before. My question is, when you have big life changes that affect your gaming habits, in what ways are they affected? Do you buy fewer games? Do you buy smaller, cheaper games? Do you dive back into your library and play older games?

Alex McMillan

Heya MinnMax, With friend-of-the-channel Dan Ryckert currently appearing as a contestant on ‘The Floor’, I wondered which game/reality show each member of the MinnMax crew will be applying to in the near future? Personally, I think Ben is a shoe-in for Survivor 54, and I could see a trio of the Pew Pew Bang girlies making a good Only Connect team (it’s a UK show, alas). All the best, Alex Elizabeth

JessHawk

Hey Minnmax, How do you think pressure to play or finish a game impacts your perspective of it? I notice when I feel rushed to finish something to avoid spoilers I often enjoy it less than I do with things I can take at my own pace and find the fun. With how packed this fall has been with releases, do you feel this pressure to "play them all" has had any impacts positive or negative on your critical perceptions?

Ryan Schindler

Why is no one on MInnMax talking about the highest rated game of the year, Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Remake? It's an amazing total remake of the old RPG which was top down and pixel art, and now it's beautiful full-blown 3D art and 3rd person. It's an epic 100 hour, turn-based rpg with an amazing story and characters, but it came out the same week as Fire Emblem, so, of course, FE stole all the oxygen from the room. Definitely seems like a shoe-in for 'games we should be playing' or 'game we all agree is probably great' or something like that. There needs to be more RPG sickos on the team besides Kelsie!!!! Love you guys, keep up the great work! :)

FinalSin

Do you think if Ben wasn't married, him and Sarah would be together? I can't be the only one that sees that...lol

Kendra

Did any of you have any gaming “house rules” as a kid that you thought everyone knew? Ours was “lose a man, pass a level” as my mom called it. If you died or beat a level then someone else got a turn. I assumed all my friends knew this and they thought I was a freak.

Sky Fellowship

I love indies and was championing them back on YouTube during the uprising with the XBLA and then the PS3 and eventually WiiWare/DSiWare. Which I've realised, indies don't really get labelled as "classic" games. Even Geometry Wars never seems to get included in "great classic games" lists. So purely for the fun of it, surprising no one Panic just announced a classic indie game console, like the mini SNES, no license is off limits, what 20 games would the MinnMax Cohorts put on a indie console? FEZ, Meat Boy, Isaac, Peggle?

Fred Dinovo

Missed content opportunity, Towards the end of the last episode naming all 50 states was brought up and Haley even said let's do it and y'all didn't, what are we doing here? Let's hear 'em

Jake Eckert

Have you ever anticipated a game so much that it becomes unpleasant? For me, there’s something about a big game that excites me like nothing else. The promise of some new world for me to explore is irresistible. But to my detriment I get into a mindset where every day leading up feels like I’m just waiting. Even when I’m having a good day, it feels like I’m waiting. This has happened to me for Red Dead 2, Elden Ring, and now GTA. Am I nuts?

Kenjamin

What’s the best game you’ll probably never finish?

Kenjamin

What would it take for you to feel good about paying $1500 for the PS6?

Kenjamin

What’s the most effort you’ve ever put into a Halloween costume?

Jack Seage

(if chosen, combine this with the recap of the questions at the end) Since there were two "Submit Your Questions" posts this week, which one had the better questions submitted??

Zae

Hey Minnmax crew, When’s the last time a star rating has deterred you from eating from a restaurant? Does word of mouth go further than a star rating for the food you ingest? Thanks, Zae

George

Hey all, The CEO of New Blood Interactive recently said that “immersive sim” is a really unhelpful term for marketing immersive sims. Do you have any alternative ideas for what we should call the genre? My suggestion is “Deus-esque”

Sam Haugen

Hey Cohorts! Can you give us some inside baseball on review embargos? How do they work? What is the penalty for breaking one? And what’s the weirdest embargo restriction you’ve seen? Thank you so much for all you do

SunniDee22

Not a question but a correction, Misty’s Togepi evolved into that “long necked freak” Togetic in the Ruby and Sapphire era. It evolved and immediately left to protect a mirage kingdom filled with togepis. Love the show!

Jake Eckert

nooooo we do not ship the cohorts noooooo

Karl

Greetings and congratulations on the 7th anniversary! My question is regarding pundit and reviewer opinions on a production summing them up as "fine". When I hear this as the result, it always falls flat to me. Perhaps that's the point? It reminds me of the line from the movie "Captain Fantastic" with Viggo Mortensen, when one of the kids says a book is "interesting" and the father (Viggo) says "Interesting is a non-word, be specific." Obviously, when someone refers to a game, show or movie as "fine", it is typically followed by additional comments. Still, it feels like a bit of a non-answer, unspecific, almost avoidant response to my ears. What do you think? Do you like it as an outcome, or do you feel it could be more specific?