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Boss Rush Podcast - A Podcast About Video Games Boss Rush Network
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The Boss Rush Podcast is the flagship podcast of Boss Rush Media and The Boss Rush Network. Each week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, Stephanie Klimov, and Pat Klein, as well as their friends, fellow content creators, developers, and industry veterans come together to discuss their week in gaming, including what they've been playing, a randomly chosen rotating weekly segment, the Boss Rush Banter of the week, answer community write-ins, and more. Members of The Boss Rush Network's Patreon will receive the exclusive Pre-Show at any tier along with other perks.
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235. DLC as Game of the Year, Indie Games, and Xbox's Poor Messaging
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This week on The Boss Rush Podcast, content creator and streamer CGDannyB joins Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Pat Klein to discuss the hero shooter Concord from PlayStation, indie games, Trails of Cold Steel III & IV, Xbox's messaging about Game Pass and multiplatform releases, if DLC or Expansions should be considered for Game of the Year, and more.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Welcome to The Boss Rush Podcast
4:17 - Housekeeping
10:03 - CGDannyB's Games
11:01 - Is Concord Worth It?
22:39 - LeRon's Games
26:36 - Pat's Games
38:00 - Corey's Games
51:38 - PATREON PRODUCERS!
52:07 - Get It Together!
1:12:12 - Boss Rush Banter of the Week
1:24:44 - Community Write-ins
1:51:01 - Thanks for Watching!
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Thank you for watching or listening to The Boss Rush Podcast, the flagship podcast of Boss Rush Media and The Boss Rush Network. If you enjoyed this discussion, consider leaving us a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you’re watching the video on YouTube, hit the Subscribe button and Like the video. You can support the Boss Rush Family of Podcasts on the Boss Rush Network Patreon. As always, your listenership and viewership is enough for us. It means more than you realize. Thank you for supporting The Boss Rush Network‘s independent endeavor. -
234. The Physical vs. Digital Game Debate
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MAIN SHOW: This week on The Boss Rush Podcast, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Pat Klein are joined by Matthew Kiel to discuss the draw of Elden Ring, their video game shames, and have the debate about physical vs. digital games in the year 2024 based on a recent Boss Rush Banter feature from BossRush.net.
PRE-SHOW: The topic this week on the Patreon Pre-Show is a cool one: What if we were Video Game Villains. Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Pat Klein are joined by Matthew Kiel to discuss their villain name, powers, game type, and weaknesses in trying to create a cool boss fight for themselves. To get more Pre-Shows and Perks, check out Boss Rush on Patreon.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Preshow Begins
1:26 - What if We Were Video Game Villains?
21:18 - Welcome to The Boss Rush Podcast
26:04 - Housekeeping
31:03 - What We've Been Playing
31:18 - Matt's Games
45:22 - LeRon's Games
52:56 - Pat's Games
1:02:24 - Corey's Games
1:04:16 - The Draw of Elden Ring
1:17:02 - PATREON PRODUCERS!
1:17:31 - Video Game Shames
1:41:33 - Physical vs. Digital Debate
1:58:41 - Community Write-ins
2:12:24 Thanks for Watching!
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Pat Klein: https://x.com/Auditor415
Thank you for watching or listening to The Boss Rush Podcast, the flagship podcast of Boss Rush Media and The Boss Rush Network. If you enjoyed this discussion, consider leaving us a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you’re watching the video on YouTube, hit the Subscribe button and Like the video. You can support the Boss Rush Family of Podcasts on the Boss Rush Network Patreon. As always, your listenership and viewership is enough for us. It means more than you realize. Thank you for supporting The Boss Rush Network‘s independent endeavor. -
BOOK CLUB: Destiny 2: The Final Shape & a Franchise Retrospective
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This month on Boss Rush Video Game Book Club, Edward Varnell sits down with Corey Dirrig to discuss The Final Shape, the final chapter in Destiny's Light and Darkness Saga, its impact on the community, the history of the franchise as a whole, how the Destiny 2: The Final Shape Accolades Trailer became a full circle moment for The Boss Rush Network.
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Thank you for watching the Boss Rush Podcast and Video Game Book Club on The Boss Rush Network. If you enjoyed this discussion, please consider subscribing to the Boss Rush Network YouTube channel and leave a thumbs up on the video. Consider leaving the show a rating and a nice review on your favorite podcast service. Your listenership and support means more than you know. Thanks for watching and listening and we will see you next week. -
233. Metacritic Draft Round Two & The Approach to Franchise Spinoffs
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MAIN SHOW: This week on The Boss Rush Podcast, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, Stephanie Klimov, and Pat Klein prepare their Metacritic Draft boards for the second round picks, discuss how more franchises should make more attempts at spinoff games like Monster Hunter Stories, answer listener questions, and more.
PRE-SHOW: Welcome to the new Boss Rush Podcast Patreon Pre-Show! This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, Stephanie Klimov, and Pat Klein talk about their personal three favorite games during the summer's gaming showcases and which presentation they all thought was best. What was your favorite showcase this summer?
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Welcome to The Boss Rush Podcast Pre-Show
2:12 - Top Games from Summer's Gaming Showcases
24:43 - Pre-Show Transition
25:45 - Welcome to The Boss Rush Podcast
30:41 - Housekeeping
37:33 - What We've Been Playing
37:51 - Corey's Games
42:22 - Stephanie's Games
54:41 - Pat's Games
1:03:46 - Patreon Producers!
1:04:16 - Monster Hunter Stories 2 Discussion
1:09:47 - LeRon's Games
1:13:59 - Metacritic Draft Round 1 Updates
1:25:47 - Metacritic Draft Round 2 Picks
1:45:10 - Metacritic Draft Audible
1:48:05 - Boss Rush Banter of the Week
1:48:39 - More Games Should Adopt the "Stories" Approach by Josh Martinez
2:04:20 - Community Write-ins
2:10:02 - Thanks for Watching
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Pat Klein: https://x.com/Auditor415
Thank you for watching or listening to The Boss Rush Podcast, the flagship podcast of Boss Rush Media and The Boss Rush Network. If you enjoyed this discussion, consider leaving us a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you’re watching the video on YouTube, hit the Subscribe button and Like the video. You can support the Boss Rush Family of Podcasts on the Boss Rush Network Patreon. As always, your listenership and viewership is enough for us. It means more than you realize. Thank you for supporting The Boss Rush Network‘s independent endeavor. -
232. Dying Games Media and Queerness in Games
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This week on the Boss Rush Podcast, LeRon, Pat, and Stephanie are joined by Roger Reichardt of Gamerheads fame to discuss the nature of games media and games journalism today, their favorite queer characters in video games, and more.
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Boss Rush Podcast Hosts:
Corey Dirrig: https://www.twitter.com/IamCoreyinHD
Stephanie Klimov: https://www.twitter.com/Klimov_Author
LeRon Dawkins: https://www.twitter.com/Exodus803
Pat Klein: https://www.twitter.com/Auditor415
Thank you for watching the Boss Rush Podcast on The Boss Rush Network. If you enjoyed this discussion, please consider subscribing to the Boss Rush Network YouTube channel channel and leave a thumbs up on the video. Consider leaving the show a rating and a nice review on your favorite podcast service. Your listenership and support means more than you know. Thanks for watching and listening and we will see you next week. -
SPOTLIGHT: Aaron Grubb, Musician and Composer, Zelda Specialist
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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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Customer Reviews
Great Hangout Vibes
Fun podcast covering a wide variety of video game topics, including interviews with creators and current events in the industry. The roster of hosts is especially strong - Ed, Corey, Stephanie, LeRon, Celeste and more are reliably insightful and gregarious.
Awesome Video Game Podcast!
An awesome podcast that everyone should jump on. Kind of casual but up to date, this show just feels like friends talking about games they love. Corey, Ed, LeRon, and the crew make this show feel real.
"I haven't played it but..."
"I haven't played "Elden Route" but in my opinion it doesn't deserve a 10"
If you haven't played the game that's not an opinion, that's just a bias. I understand what you thought you were saying about Breath of the Wild haven broken ground comparatively, but you have no basis for saying other reviews are wrong without trying the game