182: Bionic Bay (with Harry Loizides - Six One Indie)

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Sometimes a game you'd never heard of will break out with a 90+ on the review aggregator websites and immediately turn heads, and that's exactly what happened to me with Bionic Bay (Mureena Oy, Psychoflow Studio, 2025). One screenshot was all it took to make me want to check it out, and then a patron vote sealed the deal. Bionic Bay- cool game!

Guest info: Harry Loizides (he/him)

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 Title Card
• 0:32 Intros
• 4:36 Our Histories With Bionic Bay
• 7:33 Opening Thoughts About Bionic Bay
• 10:13 Story/Game Setup
• 15:57 Visual Presentation
• 22:20 Music
• 27:32 Platforming Abilities and Structure
• 40:33 Floaty Jumps, Ragdoll Physics and Comedy
• 49:17 Closing Thoughts and Recommendations
• 53:45 Six One Indie and Geek Therapeutics
• 1:02:18 SPOILER WALL and Patron Thank-Yous
• 1:04:03 Spoiler Section- Favorite Levels, Gimmicks, and Theorycrafting

Music used in the episode is credited to Francisco Javier Pérez. Tracks used: Polarity, The Grand Egg, Swap, Polarity (Reprise), Bionic Bay

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Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures