The continuing Boagate scandal has forced me to drastic measures. Today I did two things
I never thought I'd do. The first was creating a blog entry (this very one). The second was
internet matlocking to find out the hidden identity of one Dr. BOA. Well actually I did them
the other way round cos obviously I started writing this blog only after I felt I was
successful with my matlocking. But that's hardly the point. Look, I was bored at work. What
more can I say? After no less than minutes of scouring the internet I believe I found the
secret identity of Dr BOA. And it isn't pretty. Well maybe it's pretty but I'm a guy and I just
can't go around calling other guys pretty. Unless they're Richard Simmons. So without
further ado I give you a first glimpse of the man behind the BOA:
http://flickr.com/photos/dot_tiff/815670707/
Yes that is a picture of Dr BOA beside a very guilty looking Ron Workman. I was as
shocked as you are. Dr. BOAs real name is Joel Breton. Former Hudson employee, Joel
Breton, no less. From Joel Breton's page on linkedin.com:
"With more than 15 years of interactive entertainment experience, Joel has helped produce
games for both console systems and mobile devices with leading companies including
SEGA, 2K Sports, Bethesda Softworks and InfoSpace Mobile"
(from
http://linkedin.com/in/joelbreton)
It also states that his first job was QA for Sega of America. Yeah I know, not as cool as
Sega of Japan, but I guess back then he wasn't picky.
What do we know about Dr. BOA? Well he also has 15 plus years of experience of
"interactive entertainment". And he more than likely started off in QA too. It says so in his
signature:
"Dr. Boa may sound like someone who starred in some porn with Dirk Diggler, but his true
passion is interactive entertainment. He's notched +15 years in the gaming industry from
QA to launching several big hits, so he's got a healthy perspective on what goes on from
the flipside. It's amazing he's not a jaded cynic yet. He's finally glad to see more drug filled
parties with playboy bunnies and B level celebs like all other entertainment fields. Yes,
gaming has finally made it"
Very very similar. A little too similar, in fact. Now in fairness, Gynecologist Cobra was the
one that got me thinking when he guessed there was a Hudson link to it all. And after a little
searching I came across Joel Breton and all the pieces of the puzzle started falling into
place. Of course it was finding pictures of him hanging out with Ron Workman that
cemented the deal in my mind. Anyway, my job here is done. Unless I'm wrong. But even
in that case I couldn't be arsed investigating further. Don't let them bury the truth!
mmm I wonder but I prefer this shot of ron
so much fail I know [url]http://flickr.com/photos/dot_tiff/815671129/in/photostream/[/img]
Impressive. Sir or Madam, impressive.
I had a solid feeling that it had to be hudson, due to the amount of hudson content we see here around destructoid, plus having Mr. Destructoid's mug in BomberMan it would only make sense that Dtoid has some close ties together. That and I fail so much at BBC code I want to format my PC
Yeah, I have to agree, that photo is much better. But not because of Ron.
Admit it, you were cyberstalking .tiff and you stumbled onto a clue.
Hmm, very interesting. Well done.
Nice. Wonder if you've cracked the code, because signs seem to point to a yes, imo.
Cyberstalking or not, the point is that Joel Breton has been exposed. I guess we'll just have to wait for some sort of official response. Though silence is an indirect admission of guilt.
You fool! People will be after him. There will be consequences.
I think I missed out on something, who is Dr. Boa, and why do we care about his true identity? BTW, nice icon :)
Nope. It's Cliffy B. I called it a long time ago.
This sounds right. GOOD JOB!
From his Wikipedia page:
"Joel began working as a Senior Producer with Hudson Entertainment in 2006 and produced Bomberman Live among several other console titles for the U.S. division of Hudson Soft." That right there is the clincher. Lemon is going to be pissed!
Ahem
DUN DUN DUUNNN