What is Secret Boss?
Ask yourself this: Why is it easier for movie fans to name the people who directed Dune, Jurassic Park, and The Shining, than it is for video game fans to name the guy who directed Breath of the Wild?*
Secret Boss is the FIRST EVER** podcast that attempts to apply the auteur theory (a popular idea from film culture that pushes one person, usually the director, as the major creative force of their artistic project) to video games. Many people in video game circles have pushed this idea for some video game figures, like Hideo Kojima for the Metal Gear Solid franchise or Shigeru Miyamoto for many Mario and Legend of Zelda games.
But what about everyone else? What about indie developers? Triple-A companies? Do you know the head creative people behind the Call of Duty games? Fortnite? Did you know that one guy directed the first 10 Mario Party games ? Secret Boss is all about trying to tackle these people and more, and hopefully to shine light on people you may not have heard of in the gaming industry, whether they make games you respect or don't!
*The answer's Hidemaro Fujibayashi.
**[citation needed]
Who's making Secret Boss?
Author Function makes video essays at https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorFunctions!
Galvan is still trying to figure out what he's doing at https://galvan1.itch.io/ and https://galvan1.neocities.org/!
"Frequently Asked" Questions
Where can I find the podcast?
It should be on just about every podcast service under the sun. Spotify, Apple Podcasts, whatever we haven't listed. Look it up, and if it's not there, use the RSS feed below!
RSS FEED: https://media.rss.com/secret-boss/feed.xml!
When does the podcast usually come out?
Right now, Secret Boss runs on a flexible release schedule, which means that we'll pretty much just release the episodes whenever we want. You'll probably know what to expect though, because we tell you who we're covering next and our expectations for them at the end of every episode!
Where can I contact you?
Email us at secretbosspodcast@gmail.com!