Why I Love: Getting swallowed whole in games

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Why I Love: Getting swallowed whole in games

Added: 08.08.2015 9:18 | 35 views | 0 comments

GR: Bonks Adventure for the long lost TurboGrafx-16 system has it all. Googly-eyed flowers you can hit in the face with your face. Haunches of meat that give you powers, provided youre a caveman baby. Dreamy dinosaur boxers. For a game that can be finished in half an hour, its impressively dense with bizarre sights and challenges. Nothing in Bonk is quite so satisfying as its opening world, though, which culminates in one of my absolute favorite level types. Before Bonk fights his very first boss, he has to travel through the body of a giant dinosaur. Not just over the body through it. And like all inner space levels, theres something equally magical, grotesque, and grounding about the trip.