Dunce (Dunce) Revolution

Send us Fan Mail It's a Hadozee, sorry, a doozy of a dungeon crawl, as we discuss that sensitive subject of race (soon to be species) in D&D. With One D&D updates starting to crest over the horizon (or  "2024 Revision to 5th Edition," ? I genuinely don't know how they are marketing this anymore...and I think the MM comes out in 2025 anyway...), the ways in which we gene...

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Send us Fan Mail Join us from the opposite end of the dungeon experience as we put on our lich-hats and talk through the finer points of setting up your lair in expectation of pesky would-be adventurers. Frankly, we just think liches are cool and will take any excuse to talk about them. We also get sidetracked by some of those other big DnD topics, including our thoughts on how stale alignments ar...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah and Buzz take a gander at their first 35 hours with Capcom's Dragon's Dogma 2, the unexpected, but oft wished for, sequel to the cult classic Dragon's Dogma. As it turns out we love/loathe this title and predict it will/won't be taking GotY. It's an incredible/lackluster experience, and one that is absolutely brimming with ingenuity/time-wasting faff...

Send us Fan Mail Or at least that's what we are calling the hit game Balatro going forward. Apparently it was the term used for professional jokers or jesters that entertained wealthy folks in ancient Rome. The more you know! Aside from addicting deck builders, Sarah really wants to talk about Delicious in Dungeon, and since it's a great show and we need a second season like yesterday al...

Send us Fan Mail Where the kisses are hers and hers and his - Final Fantasy VII! As if any of us could escape the gravity well that has been Final Fantasy VII Rebirth over the past two weeks...so of course we are going to cover more of it and its many, many mini-games. Buzz somehow managed to sink something like 95 hours into Rebirth before switching gears for some Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen...

Send us Fan Mail Take a deep breath of that fresh Grasslands air as we step out into the wide open world that is Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. We unpack the massive first two chapters in this episode as we climb radio towers, collect trading cards, and get frustrated at Chadley and Mai's incessant nattering. Try to keep Kalm, as we keep it spoiler free this episode and limit break our plot discu...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back adventurers for another exciting dive into the Dunce dungeon. Sarah was unexpectedly stuck on another plane of existence, so that leaves Buzz and Will to reminisce about previous TTRPG experiences and the struggles of finding a solid group to actually play with. We get a little meta this episode, as we talk about the importance of a good session 0, how the best DM/GMs...

Send us Fan Mail We tune in for the latest Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase and express our sincere gratitude to Nintendo for bringing us a boatload of trailers and release dates...for software we can look forward to on other platforms. (Like, if they are doing an upgraded re-release of SMTV, why wouldn't I get it on current gen hardware?) Then, do your best impression of the Frizz and shout...

Send us Fan Mail It's the episode that almost wasn't! Not to be too dramatic about it, but we were plagued with audio issues during both our recording and editing. Find it in your heart to give us a bit of a break on this one. As for the actual content of the episode, Buzz seems to rant incessantly about Persona 3 Reload , which is a darn good remake but could have included a bit more of...

Send us Fan Mail Grab a torch and your explorer's pack and join us in kicking off our new sub-series (spin-off, mini-series?) Dunce (Dunce) Dungeon! We leave the dice in their box to do a bit of table talk about various Dungeons & Dragons elements. We wanted something iconic for this episode, and since Buzz had to spin up a Wizard for another campaign recently, it only felt right to start...

Send us Fan Mail If I could turn back time / If I could find a way ... for us to have less audio issues this episode. Despite being plagued by recording troubles, we manage to scrape together two whole thirds of an episode just for you! Even though Sarah's audio is lost to TIME, Buzz and Will manage to finally pick apart what the phrase "Pokemon with guns" really means as they look...

Send us Fan Mail We take serious Umbreon with the two latest Pokemon DLCs on the Switch. As it turns out, sometimes putting content behind a paywall can be a Gastly affair, especially when that content is a bit Trubbish when compared to other games in the series. On the Plusle side, we at least get to take a trip to the Platinum Corner and talk about Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. And we didn't...

Send us Fan Mail In another completely original episode format, we sit down and look ahead at the old dusty trail of gaming in 2024. While Q1 looks to be chock full of big titles to satisfy the RPG appetite, what does the rest of the roadmap have in store? Even though our futures remain shrouded in mystery, we manage to drum up some titles we are looking forward to and temper our expectations for...

Send us Fan Mail We've got a real web-head on our hands in this episode, as Buzz is joined by Porter to explore the tangled web that was Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Actually, it' s not all that tangled, but rather a delicately woven and generally outstanding game if you haven't played it yet. We also start thinking with portals as we discuss our hands-on experience with Sony's...

Send us Fan Mail Co-hosts were asked to prepare a top ten for the games they played in 2023, and not only did they cheat on some of their answers, but they only managed to scrounge up a measly five entries! In a year as packed as 2023 no less! Worry not though, Buzz not only came with ten solid entries, and the most accurate takes out of the lot, but he even had some honorable mentions, so perhaps...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we enter the denoument of the 2023 Game Awards and try to wade through the awkwardness that is celebrity culture presenting awards to people in the entertainment technology industry. In this episode, we'll show you fun and new positions to help you get over the fact they gave more time to the No Man's Sky guy than they did the developers actually winning award...

Send us Fan Mail In this star-studded, red carpet of an episode we dive headfirst into the categories for the 2023 Game Awards... and somehow find a way to give every award to Baldur's Gate 3. I mean, have you played it? It's like really, really good. Join us in asking this year's smash hits "Who are you wearing?" as we barely contain our excitement to watch a bunch of com...

Send us Fan Mail It's just like Christmas in July, but for people who were too lazy to edit their episode in October.  Sarah kicks us off with some discussion about cozy and indie horror games.  Meanwhile, Buzz wants pictures of Spider-Man refusing to salute the Wakandan embassy on his desk right now! And Will recounts how someone else playing Resident Evil on the PSOne landed him his very ow...

Send us Fan Mail Two thirds of the dunces attempt a serious tone and try to appeal to a more mature audience as they get gritty with Final Fantasy XVI. No, but seriously, Buzz and Will do a deep dive on their initial impressions of Final Fantasy XVI on the PS5, including their thoughts on the overall gameplay, the shift in genre from RPG to Action-RPG, and how well the game manages to convey its h...

Send us Fan Mail In this absolutely "eikonic" episode, the dunces recount tales of daring and damnation in Diablo IV! However, it's really just Buzz wondering what the heck Will and his partner are doing in the town's hub all the time. Buzz and Will also "summon" up the energy to discuss the demo for the highly anticipated Final Fantasy XVI, which in turn leaves Sarah...

Send us Fan Mail Everybody wants to Hyrule the world in this episode. The dunces chat about the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and try to determine if it's a mad world or another classic entry in the series.  While some are head over heels, others may need to seek pale shelter as the arduous task of comparing Tears of the Kingdom to Breath of the Wild is undertaken in what some might c...

Send us Fan Mail We already knew Buzz liked Nippon Ichi Software, but it turns out he really "stans" them after they help resolve a midnight smartphone shopping mishap. And because we love a theme, he also takes us on a deep dive down the well that is the "Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk" ahead of its anticipated sequel. While all that's going on, Will makes a return t...

Send us Fan Mail In an unbelievably serendipitous turn of events, one of the two video games Sarah has finished in the last decade has become a major hit television show. So yeah, we are going to talk about those flour zombies. Meanwhile, Buzz muses on the footwear worn by the ladies of One Piece Odyssey, while Will approaches TV Tropes levels of JRPG trope overload in Chained Echoes. We also disc...

Send us Fan Mail Buzz realizes he somehow managed to get five platinum trophies in the span of four days and needs to take a long, hard look at his life. Meanwhile, Will recounts the fun of goofy Victorian murder mysteries, and Sarah finally takes the plunge on PlayStation Plus Extra. And we talk about Final Fantasy VII. Like, a lot. Games we chat about include: The Case of the Golden Idol, Reside...