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Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionNot sure why they called it Clair Obscur, it's actually quite popular...Send us a textYou 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 to a visual meme done poorly in text)).2025-05-151h 23Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionDunce (Dunce) Dungeon: Listener Mailbag and a Black DragonSend us a textWe'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 literal years as a DM. I mean...2025-05-041h 24Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionDunce (Dunce) Dungeon:They called us Rogues, Tramps, and ThievesSend us a textDexterity (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 pipeline, while...2025-04-1744 minDunce (Dunce) RevolutionSwitch 2 a more stable economic policySend us a textOh, 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 tariff increases mind you, and...2025-04-091h 19Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionLet's be Civilization about this now...Send us a textIt'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 d...2025-02-231h 04
Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionDunce (Dunce) Dungeon: Taking the OathSend us a textIt'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 hear some good old fashioned TTRPG talk, skip to a...2025-02-141h 31Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionThe Mahjong to Yakuza pipelineSend us a textSo, 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 management, and most of all, dice rolls.And for no g...2025-02-0559 minDunce (Dunce) RevolutionDunce (Dunce) Dungeon: Curse you Strahd!Send us a textWill joins the party again as we swap old stories of our time around the table fighting everyone's favorite vampire, Count Strahd von Zarovich. We deftly work our way from Ravenloft's humble origins in 1983 to the more contemporary Curse of Strahd module from 2016 and its revisions since.Spoilers for both the Curse of Strahd and Vecna: Eve of Ruin modules for D&D 5e (2014). We don't delve too heavily into plot spoilers, but if you plan to play through this module as a player, you might want to save this episode...2025-01-231h 10Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionDry JanuarySend us a textWe were on one this episode, so please, take multiple seats and listen to us ramble about nothing and be excessively catty. February, if you could hurry up and deliver some games to play, that would be great.I suppose some highlights include us discussing the joys of playing old Pokemon games using Nuzlocke rules, some lighthearted dunking on the Nintendo Switch, and tutorials for how to be extra chatty in Marvel Rivals.For legal reasons:This is a parody podcast featuring a parody episode that is...2025-01-0843 minDunce (Dunce) RevolutionInfinity Nikki Minaj pounds the alarm at the Game Awards 2024Send us a textWe are starting to really drag on at the end of the year, but at least we collectively survived the blast zone of the Geoff Keighley's the Game Awards.While some people felt salty about who won what (like calm down Black Myth Wukong dev, you still won awards...), we thoroughly enjoyed the sweet music on offer and not so secretly wish it were the Game Concert instead. Plus those Muppets made fun of the host like people on the internet have been doing for a literal decade now, and I...2024-12-181h 16Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionMetaphor: ReFantasticoSend us a text"Time Marches On, And The Age Of A New King Draws Nearer..." or a new president, as we vent our U.S. election eve anxieties by discussing the excellent Metaphor: ReFantazio - developed by Atlus/Studio Zero and published by Sega.We have a "poggers" time (Thanks Chuck!) as we entertain ourselves with some of the worst presidential candidate impersonations ever, complaining about Dragon Age: The Veilguard (née Dreadwolf), and thinking about how no matter what happens over the next few days, at least we will probably still get to p...2024-11-0550 minDunce (Dunce) RevolutionDunce (Dunce) Dungeon: Drizzt and DragonsSend us a textWe decided to take the "Reading is Fundamental" feat and dive into R.A. Salvatore's "Homeland," the first book in the Legend of Drizzt series (some would argue it's the 4th and they are wrong *cough* Sarah *cough*).When we do eventually get around to talking about the book, we cover the first two chapters of the novel and stand there, I mean dumbfounded, mouth agape at just how evil those Drow really are. Content warning for things like slavery, faceless wizards, baby sacrifices, big spiders, fratricide, dismemberment, and deadly espionage...2024-07-161h 09Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionIt was, in fact, not hot girl summer.Send us a textThe latest round of video game commercials has come to a close with the Summer Game Fest (seriously, why not games plural?). Despite the heat dome reminding us how cooked our goose really is, we manage to temper our expectations for the showings from this year's vitamin E3 supplement.But beyond arguing about games we might not see until 2026, highlights of this episode include:Buzz realizes how much he missed out on Alan Wake II last year.Another sign of the apocalypse arrives with Sarah having managed...2024-06-261h 00Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionDunce (Dunce) Dungeon: The Gang Gets RacistSend us a textIt'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 generate our player characters and NPCs will be updated, including that important first step of choosing a race.We also look back at all t...2024-06-021h 09Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionPokemon on the Switch 2: Electric Boogaloo!Send us a textAs the legendary Ellen Greene once sang"01010111 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01110011 01101000 01101001 01110000 01110011 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01101110 01101111 00101101 01100111 01101111 00100001"Which I reference because we kick off this very special episode talking about our future overlords: computers!And then we get right back into what we assume our five listeners really came here for, us being petty.Video games? Yes, we talk about those too I suppose. We play amateur anthropologist as we marvel at how Shenmue crawled out of the primordial pond to allow Yakuza to grow a vertebrae and complex digestive system. And speaking o...2024-05-201h 03Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionDunce (Dunce) Dungeon: Lich, please!Send us a textJoin 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 are at this point in the game, Curse of Strahd (the best module?), and NBC's Community sitcom not making that one episode with...2024-04-211h 01Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionRuPaul's Dragon's Dogma 2Send us a textSarah 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. (Don't worry, we have many more positives than negatives (I counted), we just aren't sure if the game is the result of madness or brilliance, then again, why not both?) Pa...2024-04-1548 minDunce (Dunce) RevolutionJoker Poker!Send us a textOr 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 already, we allow it!Elsewhere, we check in with Will as he tenders tokens timidly towards tawdry trinkets at the Gold Saucer in Final Fantasy...2024-04-091h 17Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionDollar Tree Duke NukemSend us a textWhere 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 ahead of the sequel's release this week.Meanwhile, Sarah decided to try that Outcast - A New...2024-03-191h 06Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionDunce (Dunce) Dungeon: Looking for groupSend us a textWelcome 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 operate, and what can make or break a player's experience at the table.Of course, we also manage to chat about Final Fantasy...2024-03-031h 12Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionThe Nintendo Home Shopping NetworkSend us a textWe 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 "Seat belts everyone!", as Buzz takes us for a spin with "Pacific Drive" from Ironwood Studios and Kepler Interactive. It turns out survival mechanics are...2024-02-2851 min
Sarah Westall - Business Game ChangersMind Control & Psyops on College Campuses, Racist Cultural Appropriations – Will WittAuthor and activist, Will Witt, joins the program to discuss his experiences on college campuses. How the young generation has been indoctrinated and led astray on many issues. He shares his experiences recording hundreds of walk and talk videos with college students. His work on a whole host of issues has exposed the illogical ideas currently festering at American schools across the country. You can follow Will Witt on his Substack at https://thewillwitt.substack.com/ or purchase his latest book "Do Not Comply" at https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/will-witt/?lens=center-street. You can also follow Will Witt on X...2024-02-2451 minDunce (Dunce) RevolutionMe? Lady GongagaSend us a textIt'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 the lessons learned form P3P (we promise Sarah was interjecting with thoughts and questions during this...2024-02-1953 minDunce (Dunce) RevolutionLike a Prince of PersiaSend us a textIf 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 into the recent Palworld early access content.Then we flip the hourglass over as we delve into another entry in the...2024-01-2342 minDunce (Dunce) RevolutionAll aboard the 2024 hype-train!Send us a textIn 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 some new console announcements.Games we imagine will be great include: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Final...2024-01-0139 minDunce (Dunce) RevolutionGetting an F on your game report cardSend us a textCo-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 the universe really does work to balance itself out.By the way, Buzz wrote this description...2023-12-241h 10Dunce (Dunce) RevolutionHalloween in DecemberSend us a textIt'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 own SNES.But fret not about timeliness, as we were a bit precognitive and decided to talk about the fragile nature of "owning" a pi...2023-12-051h 16
Rapid Response RN76: Trauma Breakdown: Beyond the Blood and Guts... A Complicated Case Study with Guest Sarah Vance RNIf you hear “trauma” and immediately think of blood and guts, this episode with host Sarah Lorenzini’s friend, critical care nurse and educator Sarah Vance, will show you that there’s so much more to trauma cases. Because even localized injuries can affect the whole body, and issues can pile up and require conflicting treatments. That’s why trauma cases require an advanced level of assessment and critical thinking skills.During this episode, Sarah Vance RN tells the story of a patient who was admitted with a brain bleed, orthopedic, and cervical injuries after a motorcycle accident...2023-10-2736 min
The Beyond Condition PodcastCan coaches give a FUCK and still have a life? Guest. Will Dyson | Life BEYOND Competing Ep. 4Send us a textSarah welcomes Will Dyson AKA The Anabolic Scientist to The Beyond Condition Podcast for a jam packed episode exploring many topics that will relate to both coaches and clients in the bodybuilding realm.Bodybuilding is often seen as a ‘physique’ that is sculpted through nutrition and training, however the mindset and managing all areas of your life to aid progression is a big consideration for not only success but longevity in the sport.Discussions include:*Comparison to others*Progression as a bodybuilder*Coaching and client relationship...2023-10-091h 18
Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin | Health, Lifestyle, NutritionThe Impact of Snacking on Gut Health & Blood Sugar with Dr Sarah BerryDr Sarah Berry is a world-leading nutritional scientist. On her third Live Well Be Well appearance, she shares brand new research on snacking and eating rate, admitting that she herself is a regular snacker. But what are the health implications of snacking, especially late at night? In this conversation, Dr Sarah Berry will teach you the impact of breakfast choice on blood sugar levels, how our bodies adapt to energy intake, and reveal findings of the world’s biggest intermittent fasting study. This episode will make you realise that how you eat is just as important as wha...2023-10-041h 01
Creating Active Lives024 Inclusive Paddleboarding with Will BehennaIn this week's episode I speak to Will Behenna about inclusive paddleboarding. Will discusses his background in disability sports and adventure, particularly after sustaining a spinal injury in 1988. We discuss:inclusive paddle boarding the challenges of outdoor adventure perceptions and mental barriers customized seating and support the mental health benefits the physical accessibility of sites and the freedom if can bringThis is a powerful conversation about inclusive sports and fitness and the opportunities it can bring for all. About Will:I've been developing Disability Sport/Adventure, since sustaini...2023-08-2441 min