Watch Out for Fireballs!
A game club podcast.
About the show
Watch Out for Fireballs! is a game club podcast that covers video games from every era, from retro to newer releases, indie to AAA. Each week we dive deep into the game's mechanics and narrative to figure out what works and what doesn't. Hosted by Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross, this show has been going since 2011. New episodes every Thursday. For full versions of our premium episodes, back us at patreon.com/duckfeedtv!
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Episodes and Blog Entries
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WOFF Dispatch: Minigames
Episode | April 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 54 mins
Before listening to this episode, please complete this towers of Hanoi puzzle.
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WOFF 473 Preview: The Suffering
Episode | April 17th, 2025 | 35 mins 21 secs
Way back when, when it felt like horror games were few and far between, we would settle for The Suffering. It's a real B-delivery of some A-level ideas. If you have nostalgia, it's justified, if you don't have nostalgia, wow what a weird game. Plus, there's a morality system based on how well you can not hit the NPCs.
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472: Rygar
Episode | April 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 18 mins
He's not quite a knight, he's not quite a gladiator. He's just Rygar. And he's going to... defeat the Animalized Men Wriggling Eerily.
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WOFF 301: Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance (Rerun)
Episode | April 3rd, 2025 | 1 hr 56 mins
No role-playing today, kids! Just time for that sweet tappa-tappa. Grind for gear, slay some jellied cubes, and enjoy killing some time in this Diablo-clone with a Dungeons and Dragons skin.
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WOFF Dispatch: Religion in Games
Episode | March 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 33 mins
Why? This is the question of religion. Also, how, what, huh, whazzat and bwuh? But how do video games handle these questions religiously? Join us, as we explore this mystery.
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WOFF 471 Preview: Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
Episode | March 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
It's not quite a blobber and it's quite an Ultima, so what is it? Might and Magic is a huge series and number 6 is a strange entry. You can recruit townspeople, tanks are pointless, and there are dungeons scattered about the map like litter. Join us, won't you?
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470: INDIKA
Episode | March 13th, 2025 | 2 hrs 35 secs
What do video games and religion have in common? The points don't matter! INDIKA is a walking-sim adjacent indie adventure game that is largely a vehicle for philosophical debates. You might think that sounds a little pretentious, but the writing is actually stellar and we encourage everyone to check this out.
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469: Hammerfight
Episode | March 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
Have you ever wonder what it would be like to be a pilot who also had to juggle? That's the kind of hard hitting question Hammerfight tries to answer.
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WOFF Dispatch: Oops! All Questions 6
Episode | February 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 42 mins
I know we ask for the asks, but the asks just don't stop coming.
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WOFF 468 Preview: Skald: Against the Black Priory
Episode | February 20th, 2025 | 41 mins
Skald - n. a composer and reciter of poems honoring heroes and their deeds. While you can't recruit a Skald in your party, oddly, you can hone and craft a party of heroes in this updated retro-style Blobber. It wants to introduce you to a genre that's generally unfriendly to newcomers.
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Episode | February 19th, 2025 | 4 mins 4 secs
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467: Tenchu Stealth Assassins
Episode | February 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 22 mins
Stealth games! We've been trying to figure out how to make games anti-action for a long time, and before we ever got to Sekiro, we had a little game called Tenchu Stealth Assassins. My, how the genre has evolved.