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This week, Corey and Stephanie chatted with James Montagna, Game Director of Atari’s Yars: Rising, about the challenges of directing a sequel to a 42-year-old franchise. They discussed how the team crafted creative Easter eggs inspired by past Yars games and other Atari classics, as well as James’ experience leaving his mark on two industry icons, Atari and Nintendo.

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For this Boss Rush Spotlight Interview, Stephanie Klimov sits down with indie developer Dafodil to discuss their new game Street Uni X, an incredibly serious take on the world of unicycle stunts and tricks in the vein of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Wishlist or purchase Street Uni X on Steam now.

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This week, Celeste takes on the crew from WASD and Beyond, discussing their passion for games and their podcast.    One V One is part of Boss Rush Expansion Pack. Check out new episodes every Friday.

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This week, Celeste interviews Aaron Grubb about his love of Zelda, music, photography, and his current projects. Check out his Zelda cover beginning and ending the show.

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This week on a One V One revisited, Celeste interviews Jesse Douglas about his love of music, games, and cofounding Boss Rush Games with his friends.

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Over the next few weeks, Boss Rush Games’ cofounders are being reinterviewed to discuss what has happened with the group over the last year. This week, Celeste interviews Edward about his start, his love of games, being different, and founding Boss Rush Games with his friends.

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This week, Celeste sits down with Mike and Ryan from Bewthers-in-Law, a podcast all about brewing beers, their lives, and being brother-in-laws.

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This week, Celeste interviews Shane Kelley, a writer and contributor at Another Zelda Podcast.  You can catch One V One on YouTube and podcast feeds every Friday.

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This week, Celeste interviews Daniel Murphy, writer, contributor to Nintendo Pow Block's writing team, and avid WWI and indie game enthusiast.

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This week, Celeste interviews one of our own, Nellie! She's a writer, Resident Evil fan, and one of the cohosts of Boss Rush Games' PlayStation podcast, Cross Roads! 

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Celeste is joined by the artist and gaming enthusiast, Sailor Soffie, this week on One V One, discussing art, gaming, techniques, and so much more.

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Celeste Roberts is your host this week on One V One, interviewing the wonderful Kimchica, Communications Manager at Rose City Games and Streamer specializing in Wholesome Indie Games.   

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This week on The Boss Rush Spotlight Podcast, Stephanie and Pat sit down with the team from Ritual Studios to discuss their game Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson, an interesting indie music adventure game they first encountered at PAX East 2024.

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In this interview, Celeste Roberts talks with the one and only David Lasby, a staff writer over at Zelda Dungeon and Zelda Informer. They talk about their mutual love of Zelda, Nintendo, writing, and a whole lot more.

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This week on One V One, Celeste interviews BeeYoo, a former Mixer partner, Twitch streamer, and the community manager of Whitethorn Games. There's a lot to Bee excited about! (pun intended)  

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In this interview, Celeste Roberts and Edward Varnell interview David Wayne Nystrom, staff writer at Zelda Dungeon and author/creator at The Era Without A Hero. They discuss his beginnings, the magic of Zelda, his current fan project, and much more.

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For this Video Game Book Club, Corey, Jesse, and Edward come together to celebrate Tomb Raider on this month's Boss Rush Video Game Book Club. Check out what they thought of Crystal Dynamics' 2013 reboot.

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This week, Corey Dirrig interviews his cohost of Tower Casuals: The Destiny Podcast Josh Finney, discussing his love of movies and storytelling, their mutual love of Disney World and Earl of Sandwich, Marvel and comic books, their old content, and evolving Tower Casuals.

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This week's episode of One V. One features Kamijace, the fabulous host of The Weekly Cooldown.  Edward hosts as the two discuss his podcast, creating content, their place in gaming, and of course, snackable booties.   

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Edward interviews LeRon, a military vet who shares his passion for games, anime, and nerdom through streaming. Stay tuned after the show for some more casual discussions!

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In this 1v1 Episode, Corey interviews Will-O-Wisp, a Destiny streamer and content creator with a great sense of humor and all around positive guy. He is also coming aboard as a cohost on Tower Casuals: A Destiny Podcast.

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In this One V One episode, Corey interviews the talented and wonderful Celeste Roberts, a technical writer by day and an editor by night over at Another Zelda Podcast. The two discuss teaching English in Japan, cooking, their love of Nintendo and Zelda, being better people in a strange world, and her talents as a writer both professionally and personally. Celeste will also be making more appearances on Nintendo Pow Block.

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Corey takes the host spot this week on One V One where he interviews the amazingly talented writer and author, MJ Kuhn. They discuss their shared love for Zelda and Mass Effect, some of the challenges on getting a book published, techniques and inspirations, and of course about her upcoming novel, Among Thieves.

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15:14 - Adam Gumbert (Respawn, Aim, Fire), Jess Rappaport (Zelda Universe), Asa GreenRiver (Gaming's Tribal Chief)

28:05 - Amanda Van Hiel, Zelda Universe

45:23 - Pat Klein and Edward Varnell, Boss Rush Network

1:04:08 - Sean Velasco, Yacht Club Games

1:25:15 - Roger Reichardt and Trina Smith, Gamerheads Podcast, Tristan Bellawala, Helldivers 2

1:41:14 - Greysun Morales, GameRant, and Jacob McCourt, Crossplay Conversations and Video Game Trivia

1:48:51 - Darren Simmons Jr. and Justin Robinson, Rusty Rupees, Spaghetto Gaming, and Tatiana Stec, All Ages of Geek

2:12:03 - Nellie Lott, Former Cohost of Cross Roads

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Edward and Jesse interview Stu McCallister, host of the LMNOPodcast and Stand Up Comic. They discuss his career, how COVID-19 is changing the world, and his path to success, among a lot of other things.

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Edward goes one on one with the very creative, very outspoken Delvin Cox. The two talk about their lives, being black podcasters, Delvin’s work supporting diversity through podcasting, and a whole lot more. Check out The Delvin Cox Experience on podcast services everywhere as well as his other shows.

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Boss Rush's first Video Game Book Club is finally here. Edward, Corey, and Jesse come together to talk about the ins, the outs, the ups, the downs, and everything in between of Control, Remedy Entertainment's mind bending supernatural action game. Come listen to the crew break down the good, the bad, the awesome, and the frustrating.

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Jon Tyler Starr is our guest this week, talking with Edward and Jesse about their love, passion, and careers with music, producing, live shows, and more.  Check out more of Jon Tyler Starr’s content on his website, jontylerstarr.com, today.

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Corey and Edward interview Brody Fultz, one half of the Diggity Podcast Duo. They discuss his love for Majora’s Mask, Zelda, starting Diggity, and what ideas he has for the future.

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This week, Edward and Corey are joined by the amazing Antonio Guillen, Mixer streamer as Hypecaster and the newest Mega Dad, to discuss his history creating content, how his creations have evolved, his inspirations, and joining Mega Dads.

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This week, Edward and Corey interview Ray Apollo. Ray Apollo is the personality we all want to be. He’s charismatic, funny, and positive about everything he does. In this interview we explore what his content means to him, his history with games and anime, and how content creation changed his life.

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Welcome to the Boss Rush One v. One Interview Series, a series where we interview developers, content creators, streamers, and more. In our first round of interviews, we'd like you to get to know our hosts at Boss Rush Games!

This week, Edward interviews Jesse Douglas, music producer and host at Boss Rush Games. They talk about music, retro games, and what they are looking forward to in their future.

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Welcome to the Boss Rush One v. One Interview Series, a series where we interview developers, content creators, streamers, and more. In our first round of interviews, we'd like you to get to know our hosts at Boss Rush Games!

This week, we're interviewing cofounder Corey Dirrig. Corey reminisces about his start, his past groups, and what he hopes to accomplish with Boss Rush Games and their future.

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To kick off this series, we're interviewing cofounder Edward Varnell. Edward has been creating podcasts and content on the internet for almost a decade, including Optional Opinion and Nintendo Pow Block

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This week on a very special Boss Rush Podcast, Corey, Stephanie, Pat, and Edward discuss the games they played at PAX West, including The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astrobot, Monster Hunter Wilds, and a whole lot of indies as well as some of the memorable moments from the event.

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For this episode of Boss Rush Video Game Book Club, Pat and Corey are joined by fan favorite guest and friend Celeste Roberts as well as Streamer Taylor, aka Cute Idiot, to discuss Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch, a remake of the iconic GameCube classic. Does the game hold up 20 years later? Let's discuss!

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For this Spotlight Interview, Stephanie Klimov and Pat Klein sit down with the team from Rocket Adrift, the indie developer behind the narrative-driven side scroller, Psychroma.

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For this Spotlight Interview, Stephanie sits down with Angry Demon Studio founder John Kalderon to discuss independent development, the studio, Gori: Cuddly Carnage, and much more.

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On this episode of Video Game Book Club, Pat Klein and Stephanie Klimov are joined by Lala of Toge Productions to discuss the surprise hit Annapurna Interactive published Stray, developed by BlueTwelve Studio, where players take the role of a cat in a post-apocalyptic world. Since the game is hitting the Switch, it seemed like the purrrrrrrfect opportunity to discuss the game at length.

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For this Spotlight Interview, Stephanie Klimov sits down with Tanat Boozayaangool, Founder of Tan Ant Games and Developer of the indie game Building Relationships, a game featured during the Summer Game Fest Indie Showcase, to discuss indie development, the game itself, and much more.

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On this episode of Video Game Book Club, Edward Varnell sits down with Corey Dirrig to discuss The Final Shape, Destiny 2's final chapter of the Light and Darkness Saga, its impact on the community, the history of the franchise as a whole, and how the Destiny 2: The Final Shape Accolades Trailer became a full circle moment for Corey and The Boss Rush Network.

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This week, Stephanie sits down with Kyle Banks, the solo developer of Farewell North, discussing solo game development, caffeine, and making his dream game.

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This week on this Boss Rush Spotlight, Corey Dirrig and Stephanie Klimov sit down with musician and composer Aaron Grubb discussing his career, his passions, his famed renditions of Zelda music, and more.

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On this Boss Rush Video Game Book Club, Corey Dirrig, Pat Klein, and special guest Clint Coombs from Spreading the Nerd sit down to discuss Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog's incredible sequel that began PlayStation's position as the premiere single-player storytelling platform. Does this PlayStation 3 game hold up?

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On this special episode of The Boss Rush Podcast, Corey is joined by Pat, LeRon, and special guest and Instagram Reels creator Andre Wilson to breakdown and discuss the Nintendo Direct, including a new Zelda game, Mario & Luigi Brothership, Mario Party, Donkey Kong, and finally Metroid Prime 4.

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For this week's Spotlight Interview, Corey Dirrig and Stephanie Klimov sit down with Sarah Schaffstall and Alexis Brutman, owners and creators of one of the more unique studios in the indie game space, Astral Clocktower Studios. The studio is female owned, led, and run while their first game, Kristala, is female ran and produced. It's rare to see a studio like this and so Boss Rush wanted to know more about them.

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This month on Boss Rush Video Game Book Club, Corey Dirrig, Stephanie Klimov, and Pat Klein discuss Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, the 2013 hit from visionary Josef Fares.

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This week on this very special Boss Rush Podcast Spotlight, Corey Dirrig and Copy Editor + Mental Health Advocate Mary Helen Norris sit down with Joe Telesk, the founder and Executive Director of Guardians Mental Health to discuss their journey, why mental health is so important, and more.

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This month on Boss Rush Video Game Book Club, Corey Dirrig, Stephanie Klimov, Pat Klein, and Edward Varnell sit down together on-site at PAX East to discuss Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice in detail, including story spoilers, combat, puzzles, and it's very real inclusion of psychosis and Ninja Theory's efforts to get it right by working with professionals in the field.

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This week on a Boss Rush Podcast Spotlight, Pat Klein and Stephanie Klimov sit down with Kris Antoni of Toge Productions discussing how Toge has built a brand people care about halfway around the world, the importance of indie development, and more.

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