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This week on Expansion Pass: Edward Varnell⁠⁠⁠ and Corey Dirrig⁠⁠⁠ dive into the growing complaints around Game-Key Cards following the recent Partner Direct, and explore potential solutions to the issue. Is this a problem that needs to be fixed—or just the new normal for physical collectors? Let’s talk about it on this episode of Expansion Pass! Follow our Hosts: ⁠⁠Edward Varnell⁠⁠ , Cofounder of...

Wishlist or Purchase Fresh Tracks by Buffalo Buffalo Boss Rush Network Spotlight Interview: In this Spotlight Interview, Stephanie Klimov sits down with Nick Spanos, Level Designer at Buffalo Buffalo Studios , to discuss PAX East 2025 and the studio's upcoming debut title, Fresh Tracks , a rhythm-based rogue lite adventure. Steam Description: Jump, dodge, and fight to the rhythm of the gods in...

This week on Expansion Pass: ⁠Edward Varnell⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠Corey Dirrig⁠⁠⁠⁠ dive into what they believe are some of the worst Nintendo games of all time. They also take a look at a few lists from various outlets based on Metacritic scores to see if they agree with the rankings those games received at the time. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Let’s talk about it on this episode of Expansion Pass! Follow our Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠E...

Wishlist Akiiwan: Survival on Steam here . Boss Rush Network Spotlight Series Interview: Stephanie Klimov sits down with Jeremy Nelson, Founder and Lead Game Designer at Little Buffalo Studios , to discuss the studio's new game, Akiiwan: Survival , which Boss Rush demoed at PAX East 2025. Akiiwan: Survival is a cozy survival adventure where your campfire doubles as your guide, sharing 10,000 years...

This week on Expansion Pass: ⁠Edward Varnell⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠Corey Dirrig⁠⁠⁠⁠ read some letters from some old magazines and discuss the state of several non-Nintendo studios, the effects of games-as-a-service on the industry, and more. Let’s talk about it on this episode of Expansion Pass! Follow our Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward Varnell⁠⁠⁠⁠ , Cofounder of Boss Rush Network and Host of Nintendo Pow Block ⁠⁠⁠⁠Corey D...

This week on a special Boss Rush Network presentation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Corey Dirrig⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Patrick Klein⁠⁠⁠ sit down with a panel of great content creators to talk about one of the year's biggest surprises: ⁠ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ⁠ , developed by Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. Joining them are indie game content creator and Playlog Podcast host CGDannyB, variety stream...

On the Direct Recap Show: Corey Dirrig and Stephanie Klimov break down the Nintendo Direct July 2025 Partner Showcase, which was packed with announcements for both Switch and Switch 2. Read our ⁠full recap here⁠ Monster Hunter Stories 3 and Yakuza Kiwami 1 & 2 were announced for Switch 2 while Final Fantasy Tactics got its release date. We saw brand new announcements like Persona 3 Reload, Oct...

This week on Expansion Pass, Edward Varnell and Corey Dirrig discuss collecting strategy guides and how that experience has changed in the age of the internet and YouTube. Support Nintendo Pow Block: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  || ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  || ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  || ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Store⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  || ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This month on Boss Rush Video Game Book Club, Pat and the panel discuss Tales of Graces f, the latest remastered classic from Bandai Namco, discussing the story, characters, updated mechanics, and more. Thank you for watching Boss Rush Video Game Book Club on The Boss Rush Network. If you enjoyed this discussion, please consider subscribing to the YouTube channel and leave a thumbs up on the video...

This week on Expansion Pass, Edward Varnell and Corey Dirrig talk about what they hope to see in the next Nintendo Direct, including new game reveals, release dates, and possible surprises. Support Nintendo Pow Block: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  || ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  || ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  || ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Store⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

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In this Boss Rush Podcast Spotlight interview, Stephanie Klimov sits down with the team from Planetary Core Games, the developer of the mobile game Academy of SuperPets, now available on iOS and Android. Thank you for watching or listening to The Boss Rush Podcast. Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and like and subscribe on YouTube. Your support, whether through Patreon, subs...

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In this Boss Rush Podcast Spotlight interview, Stephanie Klimov sits down with Mateusz Duber, the Founder and Studio Head of Beautiful Bee, to talk about their game Strings Theory. Thank you for watching or listening to The Boss Rush Podcast. Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and like and subscribe on YouTube. Your support, whether through Patreon, subscribing on YouTube, or...

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In this Boss Rush Podcast Spotlight interview, Stephanie Klimov interviews Muslih Alzahrani, the Creative Director for Starvania Studio, about their upcoming game, Bahamut and the Waqwaq Tree, a 2D adventure game inspired by Arabian and Middle Eastern mythology. Thank you for watching or listening to The Boss Rush Podcast. Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and like and subscr...

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In this Boss Rush Podcast Spotlight interview, Stephanie Klimov and Patrick Klein sit down with Ciro Camera, Founder and 3D Artist, and Massimo Origano, Software Engineer at indie studio Imaginarylab, to discuss their upcoming game Whirlight – No Time to Trip, which they previewed at PAX East 2025 in May. Thank you for watching or listening to The Boss Rush Podcast. Leave a rating and review on Ap...

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This month on Boss Rush Video Game Book Club, Pat and Taylor are joined by Taylor’s friend Carlos to discuss Split Fiction, the newest game by Josef Feris’ Hazelight Studio. How does it compare to their previous Game of the Year winning title It Takes Two? Let’s find out! Thank you for watching and/or listening to Expansion Pass, the weekly bonus conversations by Boss Rush. If you enjoyed the disc...

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