Mint Fantome Goes From Crates of Loose Bones to Four Finished Skeletons in DinoBones

INDEPENDENT — Mint Fantome spent more than three and a half hours sorting bones in DinoBones: Tidy Up the Museum, a cleanup game in which the player assembles dinosaur skeletons for a museum. By the end she had finished four skeletons, a Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops among them, and had a Brachiosaurus at 52 percent.

She said it was her first game of this kind and started on the easy, cozy difficulty with the on-screen hint skeleton switched off. The game opens with 40 crates of disassembled dinosaurs arriving at the museum, and she worked through them one animal at a time, matching vertebrae, ribs, toes and rolling teeth to numbered slots. A chat tip that she could carry 20 bones at once changed her pace, and she later unlocked a hammer for breaking empty crates, which she called “the greatest day of my afterlife.” She also took a liking to the anatomical Latin on the labels, announcing that she now knew “sinistra” meant left and “dextra” meant right, and said she could fall asleep to the game’s music.

“Time flies when you’re having bones.” — Mint Fantome, as she wrapped up the stream

The stream fell on Oshi Day, when fans celebrate their favorite streamer, and Super Chats arrived from the first minutes; the stream drew 168 Super Chats and Stickers in all. Before starting the game she gave an update on her tailless cat, Johnny, who had pried open a container of pumpkin bread. The vet got him to bring up much of it, and she said she would take him back the next morning to check his kidneys. She also mentioned that she had called a shelter and planned to meet another cat that week.

Between bones she talked about finishing season two of Twin Peaks, took a round of spoiler-filled reactions to its ending and asked chat what else of David Lynch’s to watch; viewers suggested Blue Velvet. She ended the stream when she realized she had a meeting in 30 minutes, said she expected to return to the game whenever she wanted a chill one, and signed off to a chat full of goodnights.