A good boss fight is a wonderful thing. It can end a chapter of a game with a bang, it can be the beginning of a new difficulty level, or we can wrap up a piece of a story.

But the standard Nintendo "3 hitter quitters? Yeah those suck.

It has been reported that Steve Nazar died. The name might not be familiar, but I think most of you would recognize his work.



He was the guy behind the characters that T&C Surf Designs used for their merch and were ultimately featured in one of biggest "of-the-moment" games on the NES.

Granted the game was not good, but for kids who were obsessed with a mainstream skater culture, T&C Surf Designs was one of those games you had to say you liked. You had to wear their t-shirts to sit at the cool kids table at lunch, and you had to talk about how much you like the game. Because you weren't a real skater if you didn't like the game. You could like Skate or Die more, but you definitely had to like T&C Surf Designs.

Lunchroom tangents aside, those characters were in fact pretty damn cool and it's probably why the brand ended up appealing to kids so much. So here's one last thank you to Steve for coming up with some iconic designs.

Just read Marc Cerny got elected as the new prime minister of Canada. Good on him.