The panel reviews Mr. Bones, a Sega Saturn classic featuring frustrating design choices, a certain comedy level, and skeletism.
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SHOW NOTES:
1: How did we get here? (03:57)
- Sega Saturn
- Star Trek
- Awesome Games Done Quick
- January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Mr. Bones by Lizstar in 1:12:00
- Boneitis
- LSD: Dream Emulator
- Game Boy Color
- Game Gear
- Street Fighter series
- PlayStation
- Sega Genesis
- Sega Dreamcast
- Ronnie Montrose
- Ed Anunziatta
- Sinners (2025)
- Paul Pena
- Bastion
2: What are the good versions of the ideas presented in this game? (27:20)
3: Brenton Woodrow asks, which Saturn or Dreamcast game that never had a sequel is best suited for a sequel in 2021? (37:02)
- Burning Rangers
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Sonic R
- Richard Jacques
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing series
- Powerslave
- Black Fire
- Metroid Prime
- Final Fantasy II
- Last Bronx
- Shining Force series
- Panzer Dragoon Saga
- Rick Moranis
- Clockwork Knight
- Dark Savior
4: If not Mr. Bones, what’s the best skeleton in a video game? (42:04)
5: Let’s talk about this game’s comedy level (44:46)
- Monkey Island series
- Grand Theft Auto series
- Super Mario series
- Jeff Fort
- Zono, Inc.
- Generations Lost
- Bruce Straley
- The Last of Us
- KISS
- Frank’s preservation of the print art for Generations Lost
- X-Men
6: What can we learn about the blues from this video game? (51:07)
7: Do you like Mr. Bones? (56:43)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Mr. Organs (01:02:31)
Credit Report (01:08:16)
Recommendations and Outro (01:13:08):
- Brandon: The All New, All Astonishing Insert Credit Patreon, May I Ask For One Final Thing?, Journal with Witch, Blackhawk Museum
- Ash: Ball x Pit, touch grass, tell people you care about them, this empire shall burn too
- Frank: someone make a thread in the forums of media where fascists lose and die
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.