Bears In Games - Musclebear Smorgasbord Extraordinaire

Johnny takes a quick look at games that feature men of the muscular
persuasion; first there's Pit-Fighter, Atari's arcade classic from
1990 which used the then-impressive digitized graphics of
musclebears, beefcake models, biker bears, and men in tight gear
aplenty in a bare-chested brawling. Could anything be more
heterosexual? Then we move to Altered Beast, the Genesis launch
title that devotes itself to getting your big muscleman as pumped
as possible before donning his were-whatever fursuit. Then Johnny
takes on reviewing a hard to find Japanese PC release, Ie,
Tatemasu! by Underground Campaign. As you can tell from the
screenshots, this is unlike anything he's looked at before: it's a
hardcore construction simulator. Keeping in mind load bearing
pillars, wood density, and Tokyo Building Code, you must create a
house within a strict time limit, while maintaining very, very,
very close relations to your coworkers. Very close. Things get
sticky, and you're up against a wall against the mounting pressure
of time limits and budget overflows, but still worth playing.
Repeatedly. 30 seconds to five minutes at a time. To wrap it all
up, there's Punch Out!!, a game Johnny's so incredibly bad at that
words fail to describe it. Oh, yes, there's also big bears,
musclemen, and a possible appearance of the hanky code on Bear
Hugger.

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