With the energy crisis causing Dark Matter pellets to be both scarce and expensive, The Professor openly scoffs yet another event that occurred while he worked at Mom's and explains that he is the one who made the useless substance into the potent fuel source that it is... and consequently made Mom the rich woman that she is.
Meanwhile, Bender stumbles upon the younger characters playing a rousing game of D&D, but when Bender tries to join in, he realizes that he doesn't have an imagination. When he does finally get into the game, he can't turn off his role playing and starts roaming around New New York attacking random people and pillaging... okay, so nothing's really all that different, except this time he has a sword and shield.
In order to stop Mom's monopoly, the Planet Express crew decides to infiltrate the only known Dark Matter mine and cancel out her stranglehold. But they need a crystal that The Professor made when he harnessed the Dark Matter's power. Where oh where could this small 20-sided crystal have been hidden?
In a truly Futurama-like fashion, their strange adventure will actually throw them into a parallel universe that is essentially a playoff of Lord of the Rings, where the gang must destroy the Die of Power in the hot molten plastic from whence it was molded.
When it comes to special features, this DVD also has a pretty good number. Besides the standard commentary, there is also a featurette featuring Futurama cast and crew and D&D. I also enjoyed the Genetics Lab which shows what several characters look like when they are mixed together, as well as "How to Draw Futurama in 83 Easy Steps." And like before, Bender's Game comes with a sneak preview of the next movie, Into the Wild Green Yonder.
Like the past two movies, Bender's Game can be easily divided into four segments that will eventually equate to a four-part episode. After Futurama's fourth film, all of these will be released as a Fifth Season, so if you are a fan of the show and haven't had a chance to check out these movies yet, then you might want to hold off until the boxed set comes out. As far as Bender's Game stacking up to the past two movies, it definitely isn't as good as Bender's Big Score, and is probably on par with The Beast With a Billion Backs, so how you felt about those should tell you how you will feel about this one.
