MidBoss

MidBoss LLC
Industry Video games
Interactive entertainment
Founded August 2, 2012 (2012-08-02)
Founder Matt Conn
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Area served
 Global
Key people
 Matt Conn
(CEO)
Toni Rocca
(President of GaymerX)
Website MidBoss.com

MidBoss, is an American video game and media production company that was founded by members of the GaymerX team [1] as they expanded beyond just GaymerX into other ventures, specifically Gaming In Color and Read Only Memories.[2][3]


Read Only Memories

Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk adventure game, coming out on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, SteamOS, Linux and OUYA on October 6, 2015, with console, iOS and Android releases slated for early 2016. It was successfully funded for $64,378, via Kickstarter, on December 12, 2013.[2][3]

Gaming In Color

Gaming In Color is an documentary film that focuses on queer gamers and industry workers, and the movement to include LGBTQ characters and themes in video game narratives. This project also received funding through a Kickstarter campaign in May 2013, and was distributed by Devolver Digital [4] into wide release on major platforms on May 19, 2015.

GaymerX

MidBoss was the governing body that ran the first three years of GaymerX, a LGBTQ-oriented gaming and geek culture, or gaymer, convention, with panels primarily focused on LGBTQ issues and debates in the gaming industry, founded by Matt Conn, before they became a 501c3 non-profit in late 2015. It was founded in February 2012 and launched its Kickstarter on August 2, 2012[5] with a goal of $25,000. It hit its goal within 5 days [6] and ended up raising just over $91,000. The first convention happened on August 3 & 4th, 2013 in San Francisco, California.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "GAYMERX TEAM LAUNCHES INDIE GAME STUDIO MIDBOSS GAMES AND 90’S ADVENTURE GAME TRIBUTE "READ ONLY MEMORIES"". Gamasutra.
  2. 1 2 "Kickstarter Page". Kickstarter.
  3. 1 2 "Cyberpunk adventure Read Only Memories funded on Kickstarter". Polygon.
  4. ↑ "Gaming In Color". Devolver.
  5. ↑ "'GaymerCon Kickstarter Funding Drive Launches'". gamepolitics.com.
  6. ↑ "'GaymerCon Surpasses Funding Goal in Less Than Five Days'". gamepolitics.com.
  7. ↑ "'Gay Gamers to Hold Their Own 'Gaymer' Convention'". forbes.com.
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