Pew Pew Bang (MinnMax)
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| Pub. Date | Title | Duration | |
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| 13 Feb 2025 | Episode 1: The Icebreaker Episode | 02:11:15 | |
Introducing a new bi-weekly show called Pew Pew Bang! Kelsey Lewin, alongside Janet Garcia, Sarah Podzorski, and Haley Maclean are hosting a brand new podcast every other week. We think you’ll get the gist from the first 10 minutes or so, but here’s the basic pitch: evergreen video game content, but with slumber party vibes. The four of us have covered many corners of the game industry combined, but we’ve felt like there’s a lack of good quality content aimed at women, or at least that the almighty algorithm gods decide to serve to women. We wanted to create something specifically for the girly crowd. So we’ve made a show that combines video game content with life advice (a la Dear Abby), some show and tell, and more. Of course we welcome absolutely anyone to listen, but we hope you’ll share it with the fem-leaning folks in your life. So if you’ve ever wanted to listen to a lawyer, a journalist, a marketer, and a historian talk games but also have some deeply unserious discussions about Hot Wheels kissing, this is the podcast for you. We hope you enjoy! It’s our inaugural episode! Haley Maclean, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, and Sarah Podzorski talk gaming habits, show off our greatest video game shame, and dish out some life advice. It’s a slumber party for the ages! Watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/r16F-hR-IcI To jump to a particular segment, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:29 - What Pew Pew Bang is and who we are 00:05:14 - Icebreaker Questions 00:25:14 - Our emotional support games 00:48:41 - Challenge Mode: Sibling Rivalry 01:31:19 - Show & Tell 01:45:55 - Ping Pals | |||
| 31 Mar 2025 | The Extreme Difficulty Episode | 02:53:24 | |
Sometimes the most challenging thing you can do is admit your weaknesses. Well, the second-most challenging thing (after parrying). This week on Pew Pew Bang, Kelsey Lewin, Haley Maclean, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski are talking all about the most difficult gaming challenges they have and haven't overcome, as well as attempting to conquer a tough one in real-time in a unique Challenge Mode! To jump to a particular segment, check out the timestamps below... 00:03:23 - Favorite Difficult Games 01:16:39 - Challenge Mode: Learning To Parry 01:40:29 - Show and Tell: Proudest Gaming Achievement 02:15:13 - Ping Pals | |||
| 03 Mar 2025 | The Convention Episode | 02:59:05 | |
The gamers are going outside! Kind of! Haley Maclean, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, and Sarah Podzorski talk gaming conventions (E3 (RIP), GDC, PAX, PRGE, and more!). This week, we're Challenged to breakdown our convention outfits, share what's in our bags, and wear every lanyard we own. We Show-and-Tell our favorite thing we've bought at a con. And Haley gives us a romance alignment quiz called Valid or Vile that gets progressively unhinged. Plus, we dish out life advice in our Ping Pals segment. Watch and share the video version here: https://youtu.be/HeiP5-498GQ To jump to a particular segment, check out the timestamps below... 00:01:20 - Favorite Conventions 00:47:11 - Challenge Mode: Con Outfits 01:13:35 - Challenge Mode: Con Bag Comparisons 01:45:50 - Wearing All Our Con Lanyards 02:09:40 - Ping Pals 02:24:59 - Valid or Vile | |||
| 17 Mar 2025 | The Girl Games Episode | 02:51:53 | |
We’re talking Girl Games, in all its meanings! Haley Maclean, Janet Garcia, Kelsey Lewin, and Sarah Podzorski talk girl games: looking into what girl games are historically, which we played growing up, and what makes a game “for girls” today. This week, we're Challenged to make random games girl games, we Show-and-Tell our girliest video game item, and we dish out life advice in our Ping Pals segment. To jump to a particular segment, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:04 - What is a "Girl Game?" 01:20:52 - Challenge Mode: Girlify A Game 01:48:50 - Challenge Mode: Girliest Gaming Items 01:59:07 - Ping Pals 02:29:37 - PPB Quiz Analytics | |||
| 14 Apr 2025 | The Merch Episode | 03:20:58 | |
Video game merch: we know it can be bad, but can it be good, too? Also, what is a Labubu? Is this even related? This week on Pew Pew Bang, Kelsey Lewin, Haley Maclean, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski talk about some of the weirdest and most unhinged merchandise to come out of the gaming world, and pitch some new PPB Products. We also introduce a points system because who doesn't love a little competition? To jump to a particular segment, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:29 - Why is so much merch so ugly? 01:24:00 - Show begins 01:38:40 - Show and Tell: PPB Merch Concepts 01:58:57 - Challenge Mode: Find The Worst Merch 02:36:48 - Ping Pals | |||