Boss Fight‪!‬ NOVA Media

As we wrap up season one of Boss Fight, I wanted to give listeners a chance to get to know the man behind the podcast. I’m going to answer the same questions we ask our guests, as well as a special take on our boss fight segment.

Joshua Lago talks about finding your place in a community that enjoys talking about games without being swept up in the negativity of it all, the inherent issues of viewing video games as art, what that means for the community, and how some games find different ways to balance on that spectrum.

Ryan Robinson is one of those people who you’d be surprised to learn the depths of where he’s been or what he’s had to deal with. Constantly a source of joy and support for others, it took forming his own party of support to tackle the raid boss of depression when he just couldn’t handle it on his own.

Over the past year we’ve experienced one of the worst collective events in history. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say we’re all dealing with trauma from this to different extents. Leslie is having a hard time letting go of the guilt that comes with feeling bad when you know other people have it harder than you.

When Marina started their business, they had taken every precaution – they had startup money, a generous runway of savings, and clients lined up. Short of a global pandemic, things should have been good, but some boss fights come when we least expect them – and they hit us in ways we couldn’t have anticipated.

Josh Boykin, founder of Intelligame.us, has to reckon with the consequences of notoriety when his work hits some explosive growth – as well as come to terms with the factors that contributed to it.