Watch Out for Fireballs!

A retro and non-current games podcast

About the show

Watch Out for Fireballs! is a game club podcast, focused on retro and non-current games. Every week, we play a game in its entirety, then discuss its merits and flaws at length. Most episodes begin with a short sketch, and we're pretty liberal about keeping tangents in. But it ultimately comes down to: Why do we like (or dislike?) this game.

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Episodes and Blog Entries

  • 289: Lords of Magic

    Episode  |  September 10th, 2020  |  1 hr 53 mins

    Assembled well-wishers, welcome to the land of crunch.

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    288: Plants vs. Zombies

    Episode  |  September 3rd, 2020  |  2 hrs 6 mins

    The idea of casual games is basically fake, and it's harmful because it leads to inclusive games being dismissed. Kole and Gary look at one of the titans of the "casual" gaming world and find that it packs tons of charm and more depth than it gets credit for.

  • Dispatch: Breaks

    Episode  |  August 27th, 2020  |  2 hrs 34 mins

    Sometimes you take time off from games, and that's fine.

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    Announcing... ORB, a Venture Bros. Podcast

    Episode  |  August 25th, 2020  |  5 mins 26 secs

    Announcing a new show from Duckfeed.tv.

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    287 Preview: Devil May Cry

    Episode  |  August 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins

    Big thanks to Moonborne! Though it has some early installment clunk, it's not that often that we get to play what is arguably (please don't argue with us) the first of a genre. Does it hold up? Does the devil cry? Does Dante get to 2nd base with someone who looks like his mom? Find out!

    Note, this is our preview episode for the month. To hear the whole thing, and a bunch of other stuff, join us at patreon.com/duckfeedtv

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    286: Disco Elysium (Part 2)

    Episode  |  August 13th, 2020  |  3 hrs 38 mins

    I don't want to be this kind of animal anymore.

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    285: Disco Elysium (Part 1)

    Episode  |  August 6th, 2020  |  3 hrs 5 mins

    Big ups to Jack for sponsoring this episode!

    A monumental WRPG that rocketed its way up our personal charts to the WOFF Pantheon, Disco Elysium is inspired by all the best video games and still ends up being unique. Hear us discuss generalities and day one here.

  • Dispatch: Escapism

    Episode  |  July 30th, 2020  |  2 hrs 23 mins

    This week, we talk about escapism, and how turning to games to distract from the real world is sometimes healthy and necessary.

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    284 Preview: Golf Games

    Episode  |  July 23rd, 2020  |  1 hr 7 mins

    This weirdo episode talks about a smattering of old and new golf games. The full episode then goes onto discuss Mario Golf Advance Tour. Join us on patreon to hear the whole shebang!

  • 283: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Part 2)

    Episode  |  July 16th, 2020  |  2 hrs 51 mins

    They say we're all fools and we don't understand.

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    282: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Part 1)

    Episode  |  July 9th, 2020  |  2 hrs 36 mins

    This wildly ambitious port of a wildly ambitious SNES game features a lot of our favorite concepts and creators. Can it stand up to the gigantic shadow cast by Final Fantasy Tactics?

  • 281: Hitman 2 (2018)

    Episode  |  July 2nd, 2020  |  2 hrs 38 mins

    There's a problem with the toilet... AGAIN.