LGR Quickie - Dem Bonz - DOS PC Game Review

I like the format for these little shareware games, I think for a quick review the 5-6 minutes mark is about right. Think the format would be great to see some Mac (7-9) shareware games that were not out for DOS done in a quickie too

David Stringfellow

This is a really cool video LGR! I look forward to more LGR Quickies! Also, is it wrong that every time I hear the words, 'Dem Bonz', I start singing the Alice in Chains song? Because that's what I do. :P

Jess the Stampede

Nice! Those minibus drivers have serious nads. They FLY around those roads, and in my car they were THE people to avoid, haha.

LGR

Yes, we went into Castries and took a "bus" tour all throughout the island to all the views (of course up all of the sketchy roads). Learn something new every day! :-)

Andrew Buffenmyer

Thanks very much, I'm glad you appreciate it! I recorded four episodes at once, so more is on the way :)

LGR

Why, thank you. It has its charm!

LGR

Haha, yeah you're not kidding! They can be a nightmare to drive on for even a quarter of a mile. I learned quickly to use the horn A LOT when going around a bend. Awesome you visited, you must've arrived at the Castries port. I lived just north of there up on Morne Fortune, used to watch the cruise ships arrive and depart at all hours. I'd go down there sometimes and pretend I was tourist to get free stuff, haha.

LGR

Wow... never knew you lived in St. Lucia... visited there on a cruise once. A beautiful place (especially the Pitons and some of the mountain vistas), but by FAR the scariest roads I've ever been on (Steep and mountainous, narrow, hairpin turns and no real lane markings). Awesome man!

Andrew Buffenmyer

For some reason, this personally reminds me of the older videos you used to do. Though short, it's a good dose of information while still maintaining the 'quickie' aspect. I really enjoyed it a lot and hope the rest of your viewers agree, because it would be awesome to see more :) Happy to be a supporter right now, and hugely appreciative of the content you put out on a regular basis. Have a good one, Clint!

Alex

That floppy looks awesome

Alyxx the Rat

Ah, very interesting ! Like "LGR Quickie : Blizzard 1230 IV versus ACA 1200" ;-) (I which I could find a Blizzard 1260 and a Blizzard PPC. But when they apppear on ebay, they are mighty expensive)

Maximilien Noal

That's really, really cool! I had heard you mention it before and I thought "LGR from North Carolina living in the Carribean, how random." Thank you for letting me know more. I hope I wasn't getting too personal on you. I think I stand with every one of your fans in that we want to know more about you, but on the same token, your privacy is very important as well. You of all people probably already feel this way, but I have to repeat it, never feel pressured by any of us to reveal anything you don't want to. Thanks again for all the awesome content! You've got a fan in me for life.

Kevin

Nice!

LGR

Shatner always looks pleased it seems.

LGR

I actually referred to this song in the recording, but cut that part out in order to keep it more concise!

LGR

Thanks! And yeah, I've recorded a couple on some larger games too and it seems to scale nicely

LGR

Some quickies that aren't explicitly about games are certainly possible, actually. For hardware especially!

LGR

Thanks, I was hoping a side-effect would be that it felt more "real". And I ended up moving there because my mom was born there and we all wanted to visit where she lived! Ended up going there because of donations from local charities and churches, in order to go and help kids and families in need. Left because the money ran out :P

LGR

Thanks for the input! And yeah, I wanted this one to only be like two minutes long, but kept thinking of stories I wanted to tell that were only barely related :) Will be tweaking the formula in each episode for sure.

LGR

holy crap - that Nels Anderson Mahzhong! I loved that game!!!

Evan B

I like the format of this video. The transitions that go across the screen remind me "Really, Queen?", though yours are less exaggerated and make more sense to what you are doing. You are also really good at speaking on camera with limited pauses and your voice flows nicely so I think this style of video is perfect for you. My critique would be that I still long for something even more concise; I know the point is to make videos about games that perhaps don't warrant a 10-15 minute review, I just think THIS game is so simple it didn't warrant a lot. I liked the St. Lucia story and think this would be a good platform to share more of your personal experiences with, I do think when you do a few more of these they will be a little more cohesive in terms of game info and personal stories. :) Keep going with the format though, I do dig it.

PushingUpRoses

Love the lazy laid-back style. The Shatner looks pleased too, looking over your shoulder there.

Zabe

So we're just not going to mention the song by Alice in Chains? Before anyone says it's not game-related, that's not so. It inspired a song in Doom. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HjbQ-UzBPk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HjbQ-UzBPk</a>

Really enjoyed the review, as a fairly simple game without a lot to it, the format works great (as I would imagine with larger ones too).

Rob Caporetto

This video was really good LGR. I liked the personal feel of it. You kept cutting back to you just sitting there and I really like that. It has a much more personal and intimate feeling to it. It seems more sincere that way. Also, you should tell us more about your adventures in St. Lucia. How did you end up moving there and why did you leave? I bet you have some really neat memories from there. Thanks again for the awesome videos.

Kevin

First, I played a very scary / f***** up video game last night. I did get to bed way before, but I couldn't sleep until 1 AM. Seeing an LGR Quickie means I'm alive. Thank you ! Secondly, it's nice to see LGR Quickies back. I remember them a little bit. I quite enjoyed it (St Lucia seems to be a very nice place, btw). The game is quite interesting (if only for the title screen and graphics mode), and the floppy reminded me a lot of pirated Atari/Amiga games me and my brothers used to have at home ages ago. A lot of them looked just like this one. :) So yeah, I enjoyed it, and maybe it will have a spin-off like "LGR Hardware Quickies" or "LGR nerd stuff quickies" (for example : "LGR Quickie : Program Code Refactoring and Testing". Mhh, wait, that's maybe not as entertaining as I think it is... ;-) )

Maximilien Noal

Correct, her being born there made it easy for me to become a citizen. And it does cost a fair amount to fly out there, but you can live pretty cheaply once there. And yeah, it's more about keeping my channel up and continuing with that -- LGR is more exciting for now!

LGR

You're a citizen because your mom is, correct? Does it cost a fair amount of money to fly out there and have money to spend while you're there? Not sure if money would be a big factor in why you haven't returned lately, or if it's more about making sure your channel remains up and running, hehe. :)

Lindsay Michelle

Nah nothing rude at all, it's meaningful feedback. Thanks! And yeah, I definitely hope to go back to St Lucia. I could live there if I wanted, being that I'm a citizen, but I don't think it'd be anything more than a visit at this point in my life :)

LGR

My exact words

Christian Meneses

"It's not the full experience, but can still be a lot of fun." If you wanted people's minds to go into the gutter with that, well, congratulations, you've succeeded, at least with me. lol Not what I was expecting for these quickie videos! You're on-screen a lot for this, not that's a bad thing, just surprising! I like the personal stories, too! I'm interested to hear more stories, especially when you lived in St. Lucia. Would you ever go back to visit or to even live there again one day? If I were to give any critique, though this may be from having no script, maybe having more of a linear list of talking points? It just seemed like the stories, as interesting as they were, didn't flow together as well as they could have. I wish I could explain it better... and I hope I don't come off rude for saying that!

Lindsay Michelle

Definitely let me know if you do!

LGR

Maybe call them "REALLY Lazy Game Reviews" XD As for this game, I recall a Windows 3.1 game with a very similar name, style of play, buttons... mayyyyybe made by the same guy? *shrugs* If I ever come across it again in my shareware archives I'll let you know. :B

Kris Asick

Thanks!

LGR

Glad to hear it! And yeah, usual style isn't going anywhere.

LGR

I like it. some things aren't worth a 15-20 minute video but are still interesting enough for something like this. I hope to see more, they're cool!

mavrick

I like this style of "review". It's much more informal than the usual ones, and makes for a great change of pace. Still keep up your usual style, of course, but this is very cool as well.

Zem Hysong