Dunce (Dunce) Revolution

Send us Fan Mail Here's to one hundred more! But besides marveling at the fact we hit triple digits, we actually talk about some spooky games because Halloween is right around the corner, including Control Resonant, Somnia Tenebris, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, and Silver Pines. I don't even know what to say after 100 of these.

Send us Fan Mail If you like Fire Emblem, then you need to play Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. If you have a Nintendo Switch 2, then you need to play Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. If you like having fun at the premium price of $79.99 (Physical, on cartridge), then you need to play Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. Okay, so obviously we like the latest Fire Emblem, so much so that it has...

Send us Fan Mail Iced coffees at interviews, Ed Sheeran canceled, Macklemore comeback tour, KN95 lesbian bar, sports teams with the word "Hawk," and Super vs. Artificial. Phew! Fed the Al Gore Rhythm so now people will know we are making some trenchant observations. Anyway, Wolverine's mediocre but Onimusha is good, and in a topsy-turvy world where Capcom is on a heater and Sony is...

Send us Fan Mail Perhaps the greatest challenge is managing to get four adults with distinct schedules to repeatedly chunk out three hours of time for multiple nights across two weeks to play a co-op video game about walking and talking through puzzles, but dang if it weren't worth the hassle. Really, though, all you have to say is "C'mon and join our Convoy. Ain't she a beauti...

Send us Fan Mail It takes a big man to admit when you're wrong, but unfortunately, I'm trying to reduce. No, but in all seriousness, in the scant few days since we recorded and are now posting this episode much of the optimization and framerate issues have been addressed in Fields of Mistria, meaning that Buzz would in fact fully recommend you check it out. With that out of the way, we a...

Send us Fan Mail There was once a quote about how "a house divided cannot stand," and I am not going to look up the exact quote because I am extremely lazy and it helps show that this isn't eh-aye content generated churn - you know one of those clankers would have bothered to look up the quote and attribute it to Honest Abe. (Maybe I should look it up after all, I know one of them g...

Send us Fan Mail It's a pretty good week in terms of wasting hard-earned yet specious currency on a digital medium that a whole lot of techno-bourgeoisie would like to be purely digital (how typical!). Personalism [10] FAILURE - [ That joke you made that was meant to make you seem cool and aloof about spending your wages on video games definitely landed... Cold Read [8] SUCCESS - [ It's...

Send us Fan Mail I mean, surely you've heard the news. We're not going to sit here and tell you something bombastic like, "It's the death of video games!" or anything like that. It's honestly just one console manufacturer feeling a little bold and trying to see what they can get away with. Granted, it sure does feel anti-consumer and another instance of the proverbial...

Send us Fan Mail "Why must everything be so nutso-buttso expensive!" is the question on our minds as we post this episode. The Steam Machine turned out to be a bit pricier than most people hoped, GTA6 is launching at 80 dollars - Thanks Mario Kart! - or a whole benjamin if you want access to all the in-game stores and accessories, and now Rockstar Games is asking us all to preorder but y...

Send us Fan Mail May is apparently chock full of goodness as we discuss three titles that totally impressed us:  Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight  Forza Horizon 6   007 First Light  Seriously, this might be our most positive episode ever. It's almost as if we actually like to play video games and get some kind of enjoyment from the hobby...despite what our previous 89 episodes would hav...

Send us Fan Mail We go on a real rambler this episode. I mean some all time tangents. But Porter, who always has his finger on the pulse (I really had to resist making that into a stupid joke) saw not only went to the theater and saw that new Mortal Kombat film, the one with the guy from The Boys, but also has played Mixtape and declares it a premature GOTY. Buzz played a game about evolving an an...

Send us Fan Mail We're talking about Saros, that action shooter rogue-light developed for the PS5 by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment (and who says "the PlayStation has no games"?) We really dig the combat and the zippy pace of the gameplay loop, but hotdog are those some rough looking facial animations. So, overall It's pretty good, but perhaps only...

Send us Fan Mail I think that episode title says it all. But, we don't stop with just one great indie game, because we also chat about Titanium Court, which is pretty, pretty, pretty good. And then for some inexplicable reason, Buzz went and played the Enhanced Edition of Baldur's Gate, as in the first one, and talks about the weirdness of going back after living out whole lifetimes with...

Send us Fan Mail We cover a lot of ground in this episode, as we finally reconvene to talk about that really good Star Fox movie hidden inside a kind of mediocre sugar rush of a Mario sequel film. Buzz has also been living a cozy experience on a low stakes island with a cast of colorful characters. Sound familiar? Well it shouldn't, because it's not Animal Crossing or Pokopia, it's...

Send us Fan Mail We at one point compare it to the adult entertainment industry, and it makes a lot of sense in context, and for that I am feeling really proud.

Send us Fan Mail It's a real potpourri of topics since it's that quiet period between big monthly releases, but at least we'll always have Mahjong. We also get a bit topical and talk about the mass layoff at Epic, the Sony console price hikes, and the upcoming (and by now screening in theaters) "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" which I feel the need to quote because anytime t...

Send us Fan Mail That was a lie. As it turns out, he was not having a blast. Also, in before even more drama with Pearl Abyss surfaces around things like undisclosed AI inclusion, the rancid control scheme (RIP M&K players), and the ongoing conga line of bugs and crashes. You just know there's more to come. Oh, and pour one out for anyone on an base PS5 or Xbox Series S, you definitely de...

Send us Fan Mail 69:  1. And so Pokémon Pokopia turned to its fellow disciple and said, "Lo Donkey Kong, though thou hast fought hard and strong to justify the purchase of a same feeling console, now is the time for thine rest." 2. And Pokopia shall feed those hungry for Animal Crossing and offer succor to those who are lost and want for Pokécomfort. 3. Verily, though thou not always fee...

Send us Fan Mail RE9 is really good and I don't feel the need to elaborate. Also you might be wondering why we refer to things that have already come out in this episode as if we are looking forward to them, and that's because our editor, who is also me, was being lazy and didn't get the episode done on time. (Yeah, Mar10 day at GameStop really aged well as a discussion topic...) Ho...

Send us Fan Mail Sorry, I was busy praying at the altar I made in the back of my non-walk-in closet to Leon S. Kennedy and almost forgot to post this episode. Anyway, besides talking about the ever important subject of "What if The Sopranos, but Muppets?" we also spend some time looking at Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, an RGG Studio entry that stretches the limits of asset reuse to th...

Send us Fan Mail We're entering a "when it rains, it pours" kind of February with releases, but the starting sprinkle is an interesting, if somehow improbably slimmed down yet still bloated, take on an old DQ classic - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. SE is very into recreating old hits and slapping RE words on the title (Reimagined, Rebirth, Reflux...). Speaking of RE words, no matter...

Send us Fan Mail Hey, at least we're at that point in the year where we can start looking forward to games actually releasing! February seems to be a pretty packed month, what with a "re-imagined" Dragon Quest VII, Yakuza 3 getting the Kiwami treatment, Nioh going for the triple deluxe, and a brand new Resident Evil game with everyone's favorite feathered, layered, mid-length c...

Send us Fan Mail We ask the titular hard hitting question as we enter 2026 with our Switch 2 in hand, because between egregious DLC (Pokemon Legends Z-A and Donkey Kong Bananza), overpriced upgrade packages for half a decade old titles, and the totally "necessary" price hike for some games (Mario Kart World, full stop....No, seriously, please stop), we simply have to wonder. Did I hear y...

Send us Fan Mail As it is ordained in the old texts, we have come together in the new year to compare our top ten games of 2025. We have crafted these lists independently, in total seclusion, to ensure that we are provided the purest and freshest lists for your consideration. We were also asked to dunk on a few games this year, because 2025, like in general, was just highs and lows all over the pl...

Send us Fan Mail We descend into that languid period of the year where the earth lies fallow and we begin to digest and churn what was Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards. The wire acrobatics, the career ending affair with a porcine muppet, and a jilted lover in the form of a man who wants to make spooky games all the way from Japan. Drama! We keep it tight and tidy by sticking to the following...