Classic Arcade Rivalry Leads To Murder On Tonight's Bones
Inspired by the documentary, The King of Kong, tonight's episode of Bones (airing on Fox affiliates in the United States, 8pm Eastern and Pacific, 7pm Central) centers around a fictional arcade game, Punky Pong, that somehow leads to murder!
The victim, Steve Rifton, is the only active player known in the gaming community to have received a perfect score on a famous video game. Steve turned his success into a lucrative partnership with a gaming referee and charged fans to play on the very machine that gave him the perfect score. But between sour business deals and bitter competitors, the team at the Jeffersonian must work to narrow down the many suspects with motive for ending Rifton's reign as gaming king.
The episode is called The Gamer in the Grease, so you know, maybe don't have dinner while you're watching it. The episode is also basically a big commercial for James Cameron's Avatar, and features the characters buying tickets for the movie, talking about how awesome it is, etc. Corporate synergy! I guess whatever it takes to pay the bills, right?
According to TVGuide Magazine, the folks behind the show programmed a working version of the game featured in the episode, and a web version should be playable at some point tomorrow. Supposedly it's a cross between Pong and Donkey Kong, and I'm sure it's just great. Or at least something to check out when you're bored at work. If you're not one of those traditional TV watching types, the episode should be up on Hulu and Fox.com starting tomorrow, but again, only for Americans. I don't generally watch these types of crime procedurals, but Bones has somehow wormed its way into my schedule, largely because of the fact that it's not so damned serious all the time. Is the show a (not-so) guilty pleasure for anyone else?
The King of Kong becomes 'Bones' murder mystery fodder [Kotaku]
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Posted to Television on 3 December 2009
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I adore the show. I have for a long, long time, and will for hopefully just as long. Cannot wait to see what happens tonight!