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Dunce (Dunce) Revolution

Buzz, Porter, Sarah and Will

Some grade-A dunces provide the most lukewarm takes ever put to recorded sound about that age old hobby horse, video games.

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76:54

Oh, give me a Firebreak!

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/06/30

Send us a text Okay, admittedly I was a little behind schedule this week, partly due to needing to install an updated PSU in the PC I use to edit these episodes, but at least I didn't have to date the PSU. Like in that popular new game Date Everything from Sassy Chap Games and published by Team17. Topical! (We do actually cover it in this episode, I am not just referencing newly released games blithely). I mean, yes, this episode is also actually already "dated" in the temporal sense because ...

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94:47

I mean, it's Mario Kart Michael! What could it cost?...

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2025/06/20

Send us a text As the dust finally settles on the vacuous retail Hellscape, some emerge clutching furtively to their Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. They wonder, as they careen around the open world of Mario Kart World Tour, was it worth it? Was any of it worth it? I mean kinda...sorta depends on how much you like Mario Kart and if you plan on playing a lot of the first party exclusives I guess? But either way you personally slice it, we are talking about the Nintendo Switch 2's launch. We ponder...

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59:24

48 Hours: The mystery of the Switch 2 pre-order...

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/06/03

Send us a text If you're lucky enough to have gotten a Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order, you might share in the fan-base's anxiety as big box stores in the US and abroad continue to send cancellation notices for pre-orders (and accidental cancellation notices) just days in advance of the console's big launch. And so, we take a moment to reflect on the more chaotic moments that have brought us to this console release and where we think it might be heading in the coming months. From there, we pivot ...

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70:57

And how would you like your GrimDark prepared?

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/05/27

Send us a text That's right, we played a bunch of spooky junk this week, but not before we stop and give Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 its flowers. That game was good all the way through, and is a real contender for game of the year at the almost halfway point of 2025. After clapping up what is clearly GotY, Porter shares his exploits with Id's latest foray into the Doom franchise with Doom: The Dark Ages. Sort of the Summer Beach Read of games from what I understand. From there, we turn the di...

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83:29

Not sure why they called it Clair Obscur, it's...

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/05/15

Send us a text You guessed it, what with your highly perceptive ability to read and be aware of current releases, that we are talking about the quite excellent Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from Sandfall Interactive. But not before we come down from the adrenaline rush that was the Nintendo Switch 2 midnight online preorder blitz that occurred stateside just the other week. It was, in fact, a bit messy (no one would shut up and take our money (yes, that's a timely and not played out reference t...

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84:56

Dunce (Dunce) Dungeon: Listener Mailbag and a Black...

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/05/04

Send us a text We've got a very special episode for our dear listeners, because we are answering YOUR questions. You asked, we answered (to the best of our limited abilities). We also discuss seeing some of the leads of Dungeons & Dragons, that being Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins, departing from the franchise after years of contributions and fan interaction. And we round out this episode with a victory lap for Will as he recounts some of the best DnD playing that I have seen in litera...

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90:40

Robo wants a Switch 2!

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/04/21

Send us a text Much like the spice, we played a melange of games this past week as we continue to nervously refresh our browsers waiting for the pre-order floodgates to open this week. We kick things off with Schedule 1 (TVGS), a management sim that is taking Steam by storm, even in its early access state, by offering an oddly charming and goofy spin on the Walter White experience (eyebrows, eyebrows, wink, wink, need we say more?). From there, Buzz reflects on his time as Robocop (Teyon). He...

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44:03

Dunce (Dunce) Dungeon:They called us Rogues, Tramps,...

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2025/04/17

Send us a text Dexterity (Stealth) roll: 4 "That's what she said. And you know what I. What was that? Okay, James." And really that's the energy we are bringing to this episode about everyone's favorite ne'er-do-wells, the Rogue. The class that makes being bad a good thing, especially when the lock picking, pick-pocketing, and peeping on people is done in the context of a dungeon and the folks getting burgled had it coming. Sarah joins Buzz to recount some of the history of the Thief to Rogue...

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79:49

Switch 2 a more stable economic policy

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/04/09

Send us a text Oh, we're doing some complaining this episode about future toys that we cannot buy yet, but maybe we will be able to, but then again maybe not? Let's just say the uncertainty of, well, everything was already getting to us, but when you take away the shiny bread and circuses, it really gets one to thinking... Naturally we talk a bit about games we are playing, including Atelier Yumia and Wanderstop, but really we are here to point at that Nintendo Switch 2 price tag, before the ...

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82:21

Yumia, Xenoblade, Dragonlance and other funny words

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/03/31

Send us a text Back-to-back-to-back episodes this week! We are either spoiling you all or Buzz is really behind on editing, and ultimately you decide. Either way, it's a jam-packed episode as we discuss some surprisingly timely games and some surprisingly untimely novels. We kick things off by laughing along with that Ubisoft Twitter account (I called it what I called it). Then we dive into Atelier Yumia and the Longest Subtitle Known to Man, I mean, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &...

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67:15

Splitting the vote on Split Fiction

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/03/30

Send us a text We finally finished grappling hooking our way through Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios, published by EA), and that means we have every right to complain about it. Loudly. Well, that's not entirely the case, as, surprising to literally no one, Porter enjoyed his overall time with it and Buzz has once again taken any excuse to gripe he can get. Be forewarned, we spoil the majority of the narrative in this episode, with special focus on the last thirty or so minutes of the game. W...

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93:14

Dunce (Dunce) Dungeon: Getting real combative

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/03/23

Send us a text We're discussing everyone's favorite pillar of the explore-socialize-combat holy trinity of D&D (I was referring to combat in case it's not your favorite, and honestly, that's fair). Of course, combat has been on our players' minds lately, as they are quickly approaching an encounter with a Black Dragon that has the potential to retire a few character sheets depending on how it all shakes out. We meander all over the place, as is our want, and end up talking about factions ...

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80:22

Don't let the door hit ya where the fiction split ya!

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/03/12

Send us a text That's right, we played that obscenely popular Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios), but not without some major roadblocks from the always unnecessary EA account system. My personal hill is that no publisher needs their own launcher, account, service, or whatever. What am I already overpaying Sony for if not to enable a smooth multiplayer experience? And now I gotta stop and try to unblock an EA account to play the game I just threw down fifty dollars American for!? No, it's cool....

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47:41

Monster Hunter - The guild authorizes you to shred...

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/03/10

Send us a text That's right, we're playing the latest entry in the ever-popular Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter Wilds! (Well, maybe once the game opens up about 15 hours in...). Woah, calm down! That was a joke and totally hyperbolic. Also, it's not my fault that Monster Hunter Wilds has a delicious nougat-y center surrounded by a hard candy shell that must be broken down via hours of salivary action before it finally turns the car keys over to you, having finally recognized that you un...

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50:42

So I'm a Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, So What?

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/02/26

Send us a text There's always room for more Yakuza, ahem, I mean Like a Dragon, and that's the whole focus of this episode as Buzz and Porter talk about their time with the recently released "Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii" (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega/SEGA of America). And yeah, it's just a really good game, so if you were looking for about fifty minutes of people really enjoying a video game for a change, then you're in luck. You can also head over to https://www.duncerevolution.com/p...

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64:52

Let's be Civilization about this now...

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/02/23

Send us a text It's another one of those episodes were the ghost of Audio Christmas Past, Present, and Future decide to haunt production, but we soldier on anyway. So, yes it was late, but at least it arrived! Also, you will hear us talk about Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii as if it is still not out when it is in fact already out by the time you hear this, so just be cool about it. In fact, you're guaranteed zero spoilers this way because we stick to only talking about the demo,...

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91:22

Dunce (Dunce) Dungeon: Taking the Oath

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/02/14

Send us a text It's another character class centered episodes as we chat about everybody's favorite goody two shoes: the Paladin. Once again, Buzz sits down with a veteran level and current player in his campaign, Will, to chat about the class Will is actively playing. But first, we talk a little shop and about the nature of reviews, doing justice to creators vs. being consumer advocates when critiquing a piece of media, and the overall state of the industry lately. If you just want to ...

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65:48

He's Kingdom Coming: Deliverance 2

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/02/12

Send us a text (It's not just a potentially randy joke in the title, it's also a Nosferatu (2024) reference....in fact let's say it was a Nosferatu reference first in case this isn't allowed or something, and any other interpretation wasn't our intent all along. Smoooooth.) No, but obviously we are discussing Warhorse Studio's "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2" (published by Deep Silver), the sequel in what is now a series of Late Medieval action RPGs with some deeply immersive elements. To be com...

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59:15

The Mahjong to Yakuza pipeline

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/02/05

Send us a text So, to keep it brief, Porter played Mahjong IRL with some middle aged ladies in his neighborhood and he couldn't get enough of it. So then he went home and booted up Yakuza Kiwami to continue to playing the Microsoft Solitaire equivalent of Mahjong. And now he might actually finish Yakuza Kiwami (and it's about time). But first we start off with something slightly newer: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Jump Over the Age, 2024), a fresh take on cyberpunk, resource mana...

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55:49

Phantom Brave - IT CAME EARLY!!!

Dunce (Dunce) Revolution ·

2025/01/29

If you couldn't tell by the episode title, Buzz is somewhat excited to have received the latest Nippon Ichi Software SRPG "Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero" early. In fact, not even some weird cold symptoms could keep him from mouth-breathing his way through some early impressions.Meanwhile, Porter shares his experiences with the surprise drop that was Ninja Gaiden 2: Black from Koei Tecmo. And since we let him get away with honestly too much on this podcast, Porter also shares his recommendation...

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