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Today’s Miniboss Monday is a special one, to be sure. I’ve rounded up three — yes,three— memorable bosses for your pleasure in penance for my absence these past two weeks. We’ve got an enormous eight-bit enemy, a dangerously dynamic delightful demon, and a sadisticly scary sword-swinging scoundrel

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Abundant alliteration aside, these three bosses are extremely diverse and I’m sure at least one of them will strike a nostalgic chord with you, no matter what type of gamer you happen to be. Classic gamers? You’re covered. RPG fans? Check. Frustratingly hard boss fight cravers? You bet!  We’ve got it all!

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