Ben Hanson
@yozetty.bsky.social
Founder of MinnMax, former Game Informer video producer, fun enthusiast. Follow us @minnmax.com
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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The new Pew Pew Bang - The Sci-Fi Vs. Fantasy Episode is now live on every platform, and once again Haley is the odd one out with her themed costume. Watch here: youtu.be/93Deq2T2Qxs
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The new Pew Pew Bang - The Sci-Fi Vs. Fantasy Episode is now live on every platform, and once again Haley is the odd one out with her themed costume. Watch here: youtu.be/93Deq2T2Qxs
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this is fucking insane
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
this is fucking insane
Have you noticed noclip_2 quietly killing it over on YouTube?
Congratulations to the @noclipvideo.bsky.social team for creating unique videos about smaller games!
www.youtube.com/@Noclip2
Congratulations to the @noclipvideo.bsky.social team for creating unique videos about smaller games!
www.youtube.com/@Noclip2
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Have you noticed noclip_2 quietly killing it over on YouTube?
Congratulations to the @noclipvideo.bsky.social team for creating unique videos about smaller games!
www.youtube.com/@Noclip2
Congratulations to the @noclipvideo.bsky.social team for creating unique videos about smaller games!
www.youtube.com/@Noclip2
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Submit a joke for our Thanksgiving joke-a-thon!
Join the MinnMax Patreon at any tier to submit a good joke about gaming this year for us to read!
www.patreon.com/posts/submit...
Join the MinnMax Patreon at any tier to submit a good joke about gaming this year for us to read!
www.patreon.com/posts/submit...
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Submit a joke for our Thanksgiving joke-a-thon!
Join the MinnMax Patreon at any tier to submit a good joke about gaming this year for us to read!
www.patreon.com/posts/submit...
Join the MinnMax Patreon at any tier to submit a good joke about gaming this year for us to read!
www.patreon.com/posts/submit...
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It's time to submit a joke for our annual Thanksgiving joke-a-thon about gaming in 2025. If you're a Patreon supporter at any tier you can submit a joke, 20 of our favorites will be read along with our jokes in the MinnMax Studio next week! www.patreon.com/posts/143962...
Thank you!
Thank you!
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It's time to submit a joke for our annual Thanksgiving joke-a-thon about gaming in 2025. If you're a Patreon supporter at any tier you can submit a joke, 20 of our favorites will be read along with our jokes in the MinnMax Studio next week! www.patreon.com/posts/143962...
Thank you!
Thank you!
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noclip_2 covers areas of games development that traditional media often can't afford to. it's hard work discovering, researching and playing all these games, and we're a shoestring budget, but we're excited to do more in 2026 - so if you can support us please do.
patreon.com/noclip2
patreon.com/noclip2
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
noclip_2 covers areas of games development that traditional media often can't afford to. it's hard work discovering, researching and playing all these games, and we're a shoestring budget, but we're excited to do more in 2026 - so if you can support us please do.
patreon.com/noclip2
patreon.com/noclip2
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If you're going to be in LA in and around the Game Awards and want to grab a coffee, a beer, commiserate about the world or talk shit about the world hit your girl up!
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If you're going to be in LA in and around the Game Awards and want to grab a coffee, a beer, commiserate about the world or talk shit about the world hit your girl up!
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Seattle! We’re hosting a food drive this weekend Friday Nov 21-Monday Nov 24 at all of our stores! We’ll be collecting donations for Northwest Harvest AND doubling whatever you donate!
Drop off some non-perishable at any location and you’ll score a free pin of your choosing.
Drop off some non-perishable at any location and you’ll score a free pin of your choosing.
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Seattle! We’re hosting a food drive this weekend Friday Nov 21-Monday Nov 24 at all of our stores! We’ll be collecting donations for Northwest Harvest AND doubling whatever you donate!
Drop off some non-perishable at any location and you’ll score a free pin of your choosing.
Drop off some non-perishable at any location and you’ll score a free pin of your choosing.
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For those who come after.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
For those who come after.
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Way too many good games out today. BIRDCAGE is also live and is such a gem of an arcade shoot-em-up. It's like a long lost Treasure (Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga) style shooter with some of the hardest tunes of the year. A real quarter muncher of a time! Lovely art as well!
Our debut title, sword action shooting game BIRDCAGE, is out now! Shoot, slash and weave through bullets and enemies in this challenging, story-driven arcade shooter!🕊️🥚
store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Way too many good games out today. BIRDCAGE is also live and is such a gem of an arcade shoot-em-up. It's like a long lost Treasure (Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga) style shooter with some of the hardest tunes of the year. A real quarter muncher of a time! Lovely art as well!
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Everyone give this a good scroll. Isaiah worked really hard on rebuilding the site to modernize it: making it easier to edit and maintain over time. 🌟
New website. Looks like the old website, but it’s better.
easyallies.com
More info: www.patreon.com/posts/new-we...
Shout out to @isaiahsmith.dev
easyallies.com
More info: www.patreon.com/posts/new-we...
Shout out to @isaiahsmith.dev
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Everyone give this a good scroll. Isaiah worked really hard on rebuilding the site to modernize it: making it easier to edit and maintain over time. 🌟
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You can buy a Game Informer in a store soon! We are very excited about this! Wahoo!
People have asked about newsstand issues for years, and our response was always, "that would be great, but it's more complicated than you'd think." I'm very glad we were finally able to find a way to make it work.
People have asked about newsstand issues for years, and our response was always, "that would be great, but it's more complicated than you'd think." I'm very glad we were finally able to find a way to make it work.
Coming this December: Game Informer will be available in major retailers – including @barnesandnoble.com, GameStop, WH Smith, Books-A-Million and more – in the US and internationally. Learn more: gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You can buy a Game Informer in a store soon! We are very excited about this! Wahoo!
People have asked about newsstand issues for years, and our response was always, "that would be great, but it's more complicated than you'd think." I'm very glad we were finally able to find a way to make it work.
People have asked about newsstand issues for years, and our response was always, "that would be great, but it's more complicated than you'd think." I'm very glad we were finally able to find a way to make it work.
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ty!
Reminder you can get access to the ad-free version of the show (and Sarah's Loaded Gun) by going Patreon.com/MinnMax
Reminder you can get access to the ad-free version of the show (and Sarah's Loaded Gun) by going Patreon.com/MinnMax
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ty!
Reminder you can get access to the ad-free version of the show (and Sarah's Loaded Gun) by going Patreon.com/MinnMax
Reminder you can get access to the ad-free version of the show (and Sarah's Loaded Gun) by going Patreon.com/MinnMax
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In the last 24 hours, we raised $50,206 for pediatric medical care and @extralife4kids.bsky.social. Thank you so much to the @giantbomb.bsky.social community for always showing up in a huge way for a good cause!
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In the last 24 hours, we raised $50,206 for pediatric medical care and @extralife4kids.bsky.social. Thank you so much to the @giantbomb.bsky.social community for always showing up in a huge way for a good cause!
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Congrats to @danryckert.com for raising over $36K for @giantbomb.bsky.social's Extra Life Team!
The face paint might be gone, but the hijinks continue!
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-sk...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/giantbomb
EL Page: www.extra-life.org/participants...
#gaming #charity #extralife
The face paint might be gone, but the hijinks continue!
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-sk...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/giantbomb
EL Page: www.extra-life.org/participants...
#gaming #charity #extralife
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Congrats to @danryckert.com for raising over $36K for @giantbomb.bsky.social's Extra Life Team!
The face paint might be gone, but the hijinks continue!
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-sk...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/giantbomb
EL Page: www.extra-life.org/participants...
#gaming #charity #extralife
The face paint might be gone, but the hijinks continue!
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-sk...
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/giantbomb
EL Page: www.extra-life.org/participants...
#gaming #charity #extralife
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THAT'S TODAY!
Catch us on:
twitch.tv/giantbomb
and
youtube.com/live/l-skCPn...
DONATION LINK:
tinyurl.com/gbdan25
Catch us on:
twitch.tv/giantbomb
and
youtube.com/live/l-skCPn...
DONATION LINK:
tinyurl.com/gbdan25
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
THAT'S TODAY!
Catch us on:
twitch.tv/giantbomb
and
youtube.com/live/l-skCPn...
DONATION LINK:
tinyurl.com/gbdan25
Catch us on:
twitch.tv/giantbomb
and
youtube.com/live/l-skCPn...
DONATION LINK:
tinyurl.com/gbdan25
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This is the most candid I've ever publicly gotten about my life, my career, and my mental health! Come for the story about how I got into video game librarianship, stay for the alarming revelation about the town where I grew up (which continues to influence my approach to history)!
In our latest Video Game History Hour podcast, let’s learn what made our Library Director, Phil Salvador, into Phil Salvador! Producer Robin Kunimune sat down with Phil to discuss his path to video game library greatness: https://gamehistory.org/episode-144-phil-salvador-a-rule-following-hooligan/
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is the most candid I've ever publicly gotten about my life, my career, and my mental health! Come for the story about how I got into video game librarianship, stay for the alarming revelation about the town where I grew up (which continues to influence my approach to history)!
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The new episode of the MinnMax Show is now live on YouTube and podcast platforms! Guest host Kyle Bosman recruits @markmacdo.bsky.social and @pokachee.bsky.social to finally figure out what type of game Lumines is and what those little blocks are called. www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ts...
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The new episode of the MinnMax Show is now live on YouTube and podcast platforms! Guest host Kyle Bosman recruits @markmacdo.bsky.social and @pokachee.bsky.social to finally figure out what type of game Lumines is and what those little blocks are called. www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ts...
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very excited to add @nocapsbb.bsky.social to the noclip_2 crew. she's gonna help us expand our indie game coverage and produce more scripted shorts about the games we love.
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
nocaps JOINS noclip_2
YouTube video by noclip_2
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
very excited to add @nocapsbb.bsky.social to the noclip_2 crew. she's gonna help us expand our indie game coverage and produce more scripted shorts about the games we love.
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
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When it comes to a wedding guestlist people always ask if you have a big family but they never ask how podcasts you’ve done.
Thrilled to have worked with so many talented people and even more thrilled to get to call so many of them friends.
Thrilled to have worked with so many talented people and even more thrilled to get to call so many of them friends.
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
When it comes to a wedding guestlist people always ask if you have a big family but they never ask how podcasts you’ve done.
Thrilled to have worked with so many talented people and even more thrilled to get to call so many of them friends.
Thrilled to have worked with so many talented people and even more thrilled to get to call so many of them friends.
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Had an amazing time in Boston last night, thank you so much to everyone who came out!
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Had an amazing time in Boston last night, thank you so much to everyone who came out!
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From the man who spends every waking hour complaining...
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
From the man who spends every waking hour complaining...
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Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...