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This week on The Boss Rush Podcast, Corey and LeRon are joined by Tower Casuals co-host Josh Finney and legendary Bethesda producer and CEO of Something Wicked Games Jeff Gardiner to discuss his work on Bethesda's biggest games, his journey with Fallout 76, the Fallout TV show, his new game Wyrdsong, and more, including your listener questions!

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This week on The Boss Rush Podcast, Corey, LeRon, and Pat are joined by Matt Storm, aka DJ Stormageddon, host of "Fun" and Games Podcast and the Reignite Podcast, to discuss the closure of Game Informer, the Legacy of Kain Remasters that seemingly leaked at SDCC, games that truly transcend their time, and more.

Patreon Pre-Show: On this Boss Rush Podcast Pre-Show, LeRon and Pat are joined by Matt Storm, former editor of The Game Informer Show as well as the host of "Fun" and Games Podcast and the Reignite Podcast, to celebrate Game Informer, the long running magazine owned by GameStop that abruptly closed its doors and laid off their entire incredibly talented staff.

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This week on the Boss Rush Podcast, Corey and LeRon are joined by not one, but two guests, Boss Rush Network writer Sofi Beyen and the host of Tales from the Backlog Dave Jackson. They discussed the Mass Effect trilogy, Tekken 8's questionable character return, desert island games, and the big topic of Bungie's second round of mass layoffs and restructure.

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This week on The Boss Rush Podcast, Corey, LeRon, and Pat are joined by Luke Lohr, host of Xbox Expansion Pass, to discuss the flood of great games on Xbox Game Pass like Flintlock, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, and Dungeons of Hinterberg, some iconic games from the Xbox 360 and PS3 generation, cultivating a positive community through gaming, answer listener questions, and more.

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This month on Boss Rush Video Game Book Club, Pat Klein and Stephanie Klimov are joined by Lala of Toge Productions to discuss the hit Annapurna Interactive published Stray developed by BlueTwelve Studio. Since the game is coming out on Switch, it seemed like the Purrrrfect opportunity to discuss the game at length.

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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.

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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.

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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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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?

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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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