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The MinnMax Show

Steam Machine, Lumines Arise, Seance Of Blake Manor

The MinnMax Show

MinnMax

Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 167 minutes

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MinnMax's Leo Vader is flanked from all sides by guest host Kyle Bosman, guest guest Mark MacDonald, and fan favorite Ana Diaz to walk through Steam's surprise hardware announcement as we kick off The Second Paternity Leave Era of MinnMax. Then we talk about Lumines Arise with Mark's developer perspective before Kyle unpacks their unusual trailer strategy. After that, we explain the smart deduction mechanics of Seance Of Blake Manor and answer your wonderful questions submitted over on Patreon!

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:07:26 - Steam Hardware

00:45:00 - Lumines Arise

01:28:13 - Lumines Trailer Analysis

01:38:48 - Ad - Turtle Beach - http://www.turtlebeach.com/MINNMAX - get 10% off @TurtleBeach with code MINNMAX

01:41:42 - Seance Of Blake Manor

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01:55:54 - Community Emails

02:30:43 - Get A Load Of This

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0:00.0

Welcome to the MinMax Show, the number one place on the planet about games, friends, and getting better.

0:26.6

Today we are joined by special guest Mark McDonald, executive producer of Lumenizer Eyes.

0:33.3

Nice to be here. Thanks for having me.

0:35.9

We have freelance writer and editor, Anna Diaz. Hey, what's up?

0:41.1

Of course, everyone knows Leo Vader. Hello, thanks for having me. If you've been confused by this voice up to

0:48.4

this point, your regular host, Ben Hanson is out on paternity leave. Filling in for him is me, Kyle Bossman, the best fourth place choice in the biz.

0:59.5

Welcome.

1:00.7

First in our hearts.

1:02.3

Yeah.

1:02.5

Yeah.

1:02.9

It's, uh, this is fun.

1:04.2

We have like a mostly guest podcast lineup this week.

1:08.0

The coup is already starting.

1:10.2

Yeah.

1:28.2

Yeah. We're, it's going to be a little fresh. We're going to try some new things. Just kidding. Sorry, I'm going to like give Ben a little. Yeah. We're going to implement some of your how to fix minmaxes, I believe. Right, Kyle? Please look at it. For all listeners, please look forward to it.

1:31.0

There will be a twerp announced at the end of this podcast.

1:32.3

Wow, that's fantastic. And that's your decision or we vote or backstage pass?

1:35.2

It's the host decision, but there could be a revolt if you want, if you disagree with the host decision.

1:41.0

If you get the people inside.

1:43.3

Can we do like a rank choice?

1:46.1

Yeah, sure.

1:48.4

For people who are just listening,

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