Its not Cliffy fucking B, guys.


For months, the mystery of Dr. Boa has plagued the community and continued to perplex the minds of small black citric children everywhere, but today, I come upon you all to shed some light on this mystery.

In case you didn't know, or haven't figured out - I'm electro lemon. Of course, if you haven't figured it out up to this point, then you're batshit ignorant. But why am I just now admitting it when its been out there forever? Well, because today, you will all figure out who 'my father' is. I'm sure he's getting tired of that joke just as much as everyone else is.

The first clue I got came in the form of two things: This being the third time that Destructoid has gone all out for a Hudson sponsorship (third giveaway, at least to my recollection) and the fact that Dr. Boa not only has more time to blog now, but also to make a full-fledged vidjama game of his own accord. Either casual fridays had been extended to a weeklong thing, or he had stepped down from the position he was at when he first came to Destructoid.

The second clue was in his tagline for the end of every post he makes;

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.

While not much of a clue, it did give us more information as to his identity. He's been in the industry for 15+ years, and he's worked in quality assurance. A quick Google of these terms brings up another gaming industry; Jason Yarnell, of D3. Been in the industry for 27 years, and has worked in QA extensively. But upon questioning, Topher (aka the Retro Slurpee Tomogod) shot me down. Abased, I slummed back into my batcave for further studies.

This is when I heard something. Ron Workman knew who he was. And he let it slip once, apparently. And while I wasn't told who it was, I was told that they're liked by Dtoid. Fumbling back through the Dtoid archives, I found a 2-part series (which was supposed to be three part) in which Niero went to Japan and met with Hudson devs. Thats the key here. That trip to Hudson. But it couldn't be someone Japanese, could it? I mean, someone who has the proficiency to blog that often in English as fluent as head grammar nazi, Summit Soccer (also known to the community as the head Whömlaut) I didn't think so? So who could it be?

And thats when it hit me- A US Hudson representative. Someone mentioned an accompanying Hudson CEO on the trip to Disneyland. Could that be him? Should that be him? Well, if not, too bad- because it is him.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, Dr. Boa. Also known as-

John Greiner, Former Hudson Entertainment CEO.



Stand up and take a bow, dad!