June has passed, but that doesn’t mean that Pride is over! The month-long streaming event, Season of Pride 2021 is kicking off today!
Every day starting on July 1st to the 31st, from 9am Pacific to Midnight, you can tune in to SeasonOfPride.tv and watch a myriad of LGBTQIA+ streamers, games, and participate in game giveaways.
We’re also supporting three fantastic charities this year: Trans Lifeline, The Trevor Project, and GaymerX. If you’re in the position to, you can help out and donate to any one of these by following their respective links here, or going to the SeasonOfPride.tv site!
And that’s that. So head on over to SeasonOfPride.tv and give it a gander, we’ll be here all month. Count on it!
As always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • media for further updates!
Until next time,
- MidBoss
Hello Everyone!
In case you haven’t heard, we’ve organized the 2nd annual Season of Pride Steam Sale going on now.
In it, we shine the spotlight on dozens upon dozens wonderfully inclusive LGBTQIA+ games for you to discover, wishlist and nab for some great deals. This sale ends Wednesday, June 23rd, so snap them up while you can! Even wishlisting games helps developers out, so don’t be shy.
Next up, starting July 1st, we’re kicking off our 3rd annual month-long Twitch stream festival also called the Season of Pride. We’ve renamed it from “Summer” of Pride to be a little more inclusive to those down south enjoying their winter, but still with ~Pride in their hearts~.
So join us, every single day in July from 9am Pacific - midnight, at SeasonOfPride.tv. There will be tons of giveaways and fun, so Follow us on Twitch or simply bookmark the website and visit our lovely stream team as they showcase dozens and dozens of wonderful games.
Finally, check out the Queer Games Bundle on itch.io right now. We did not organize it, but we think it’s wonderful, so go support small queer indie creators and get over 200 games, zines, and more.
That’s it! Just remember, PRIDE is not something just in June, so live, laugh, and love all year ‘round.
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Until next time,
- MidBoss
Announced today during The MIX Game Dev Direct live stream, the demo to Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER has been released to the public on both Steam and the Epic Store.
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER Pilot Memory is both a demo and stand alone mini-story that takes place two years prior to the full game. As MINERVA agent, ES88, you’ll be tasked with diving into the memories of CROW, a bounty hunter who is having trouble remembering a deal that went down ten years ago. This will serve as ES88’s first real-world mission using the Neurodiver!
You won’t find any Golden Butterflies here, though.
What, then, is scrambling CROW’s memory?
It’s up to you to find out and mend his mind!
Download the demo now on Steam or the Epic Store!
We’d also like to make a shout out to Rose City Games’ newest title, Floppy Knights!
Floppy Knights is a delightfully cartoonish deck building game combined with turn-based tactical action. Take on the role of the brilliant inventor, Phoebe, and utilize her bionic arm and best friend Carlton to to help her battle against gusty goblins, sassy succulents, and more!
Be sure to wishlist it now so you can build your Floppy Knight deck, and choose your way to play when it releases on Steam.
That about wraps it up for this update. In short, pick up NEURODIVER’s demo on Steam or the Epic Store (and wish list us while you’re at it), plus check out and wishlist Floppy Knights on Steam!
As always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • media for further updates!
Until next time!- MidBoss
No, this is not NEURODIVER, which we are still diligently working on, but we’d like to announce a delightful new game featuring classic platforming, magic & queer romance!
In collaboration with another amazing queer game studio, Kitsune Games, the makers of the game MidBoss (coincidentally named, but not associated with us) and the even more famous Super Bernie World, we’re proud to announce development of our upcoming title Kitsune Tails, a platformer styled after beloved classics steeped in Japanese mythology and diverse relationships, coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, as well as Windows and Linux via Steam and itch.io.
Isn’t this just freaking adorable?
Play as a young female kitsune, one of Inari’s fox-eared and bushy-tailed messengers, and embark on a hero’s journey that begins while delivering your first message. Experience a romantic encounter with a kindly sorceress who comes to your aid in a time of need. Explore the complicated relationship with your former mentor turned antagonist and uncover her reasons for sealing your love interest inside an elemental prison. Unlock powers that manifest as cute outfits to help you run, jump, and dash across five elemental worlds to save your love interest.
She ain’t afraid of no ghosts!
Why just swim under the sea, when you can run on water?
If you like what you see, you can find out more at kitsunetails.com or by visiting the Steam store page (wishlist it!), and of course you can always stay up-to-date by following the journey on Twitter.
As always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • media for further updates!
Until next time!
—MidBoss
That’s right, comics are back in circulation again, and that means the final issue of Read Only Memories will be releasing THIS WEEK on Wednesday the 5th! Witness the thrilling conclusion to Lexi’s investigation! What really happened to Hedy’s partner? What’s Crow’s involvement? Find out in issue #4, available at a comic book shop near you, ordering directly via IDW or digitally via comiXology!
Also just a reminder, we have a steam page up for our latest game, NEURODIVER! Check the trailer, and add us to your wishlist, it would help us out a lot!
Also, in case you missed it in our June email, we’ve opened up an LGBTQIA+ charity storefront featuring games that were in the June Summer of Pride event. 15% of the proceeds will be going to Trans Lifeline, so give it a gander!
And that about does it! In short, Issue #4, the final issue of the IDW Read Only Memories mini series releases on Wednesday the 5th! Be sure to wishlist NEURODIVER on Steam, and check out our LGBTQA+ charity storefront!
As always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • media for further updates!
Until next time!- MidBoss
In the blink of an eye, June has now passed, and with that ends an entire month of streaming for the Summer of Pride!
Thank you all so much, both streamers and viewers alike, for joining us on this event! With Summer of Pride, we’ve managed to raise over $22k in donations spread over GaymerX, The Trevor Project, The Bail Project, and Trans Lifeline, and that’s just through MidBoss Team! We couldn’t have done that without you.
Speaking of Summer activities, the Steam Summer Sale is still happening! And so with another Steam sale, it should come as no surprise that 2064: Read Only Memories is discounted at 75% off, because of course it is.
Speaking of Read Only Memories, as we’ve mentioned previously, Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER now has a page on Steam! Be sure to wishlist it when you have the chance, it would really help us out!
And that does it for this update. Thank you again for all your help with another successful Summer of Pride, and be sure to add NEURODIVER to your wishlist on Steam!
As always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • media for further updates!
Until next time,
- MidBoss
P.S. If you want to support queer games, click here to view our new permanent storefront where all our proceeds to go LGBTQIA+ charities!
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re hosting our 2nd annual Summer of Pride stream event, where we shine a bright spotlight on some of the best LGBTQIA+ inclusive games and Twitch streamers, 15 hours a day for the whole month! This year’s line up includes over 70 streamers and over 60 games. Check out the schedule and join in the fun!
To support this, we’re proud to announce an official Steam event going live TODAY at 10am Pacific, a huge Summer of Pride 2020 Steam Sale! Check it out. We’re continuing to create new ways to support the creation of inclusive games and this is our biggest and newest venture in that.
We also want to promote the amazing Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality bundle on itch.io. Our game and over 1200 others are included, and they’re yours for a minimum donation of $5. As of today, they have reached $3,000,000!!! Give more if you can.
Please share and donate if you can. There’s really nothing more vital and timely than supporting major change in the world through promotion of true equality.
Next, we have a special announcement—we are participating in the Guerrilla Collective, which is a very cool event brought together with The MIX, GameSpot, and Kinda’ Funny, this coming weekend!
Tune in June 13th, 14th, and 15th for a bunch of fun and festivities, and on the 14th, they are unveiling our newest teaser trailer! Bookmark this page to see it!
That’s it! So check out the new Steam event and mark your calendars to check out the Guerrilla Collective
As always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • mediafor further updates!
Until next time,
- MidBoss
It’s June, and that means it’s Pride month, which also means it’s time for the 2nd annual Summer of Pride!
If you were following us last year, we created an event we called the Summer of Pride, a month-long streaming event featuring queer streamers and queer games!
You can check out the lineup we have here and you can watch the streams here.
We’re around all month, so join us and check out some cool games!
Next up is an update for Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
We’ve opened up a Steam page! That’s right, and keep an eye out for the Guerrilla Collective live event happening on June 6th through the 8th for another update there.
Be sure to add Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER to your wish list when you get the chance. The addition will really help us out!
Lastly, comics!
Comics distribution slowed down to a halt here in the states due to COVID-19. Slowly but surely, they’re beginning to get shipped out again, and issue #4 of IDW’s Read Only Memories will be coming to comic shops and digitally through ComiXology on August 5th!
The final issue in IDW’s Read Only Memories limited series, Lexi’s deep in the rabbit hole now, will she survive? How will she find her way out of this mess? Find out when issue #4 arrives on August 5th!
And that about does it for this update. In summary: The 2nd annual Summer of Pride starts today, check it out! Be sure to add Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER to your wishlists on Steam! And keep an eye out and be sure to reserve the final issue, #4 of 4, of IDW’s Read Only Memories at your local comic shop, or digitally through ComiXology, it arrives on August 5th!
More importantly, keep yourself safe out there, and look out for one another.
As always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • media for further updates!
Until next time,
- MidBoss
We’ll know what you want before you can even order it!
Simply browse our menu, think about and focus on what you want, and our highly trained staff of specialized espers will catch it telepathically and begin making your order.
No fuss, no muss! It’ll be delivered exactly as you imagined it.
As a bonus, for those curious about their own possible latent ESP abilities, we also offer free Zener card tests while you wait on your order!
Aside from that, on the comic book side of things, three out of four issues are out now from IDW’s Read Only Memories comic. For safety reasons, distributors are putting a pause on the shipment of comics, so the originally scheduled release of Issue #4 for March has been delayed until further notice.
In the mean time, here’s a sneak peek of what’s inside!
Has Lexi Rivers fallen in too deep? Things are spicing up! We’ll keep you informed as soon as we have an updated on the release of this final issue!
And that about does it for this week! Psychic cafes and comic book delays. Stay safe and stay in if you can!
As always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • media for further updates!
Until next time!- MidBoss
As you might already know, last month was the debut of the IDW comic for Read Only Memories! Did you pick up a copy? We scoured the comic shops around SF and managed to get a copy of each cover!
Press coverage has also been absolutely, positively, fantastically, positive, so far!
And now Issue #2 will be arriving in comic shops this month! With Lexi now on her next case, what twists and turns will she encounter next? Call your comic shops and see if they’ll have it in stock and pre-oder for you! Or check out ComiXology and grab it digitally when it’s available! Just like the previous comic, there will be three cover variants: (from left to right) A cover by Stefano Simeone, B cover by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou, and RI cover by Peach MoMoKo!
Speaking of pre-orders, be sure to pre-order Issue #3 now at your local comic shop while you have the chance! Pre-orders should also be available on ComiXology as well for digital readers! Who is this fearsome lion?? Covers (from left to right) A by Stefano Simeone, B by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou, and RI by Giannis Milonogiannis!
And finally, we’ve got a special video message from the writer, Sina Grace. Check it out!
Writer Sina Grace talks about Read Only Memories
And that about wraps it up for the first newsletter of the New Year! We hope you’re enjoying the comics from IDW, and as are excited for them as we are. To recap: Issue 2 is out this month! Check your comic shops, or ComiXology, and be sure to pre-order Issue 3 for next month!
And as always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • media for further updates!
Until next time!
- MidBoss