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
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280 Preview: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Episode | June 18th, 2020 | 50 mins 47 secs
The end of a long line.
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279: Crash Bandicoot 2
Episode | June 11th, 2020 | 1 hr 57 mins
Thank you SindrElf!
Gary and Kole take a stilted perspective walk down memory lane, towards the camera for some reason.
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278: Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Episode | June 5th, 2020 | 3 hrs 23 mins
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a little bit more focus than this has?
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Dispatch: Taking Control
Episode | May 28th, 2020 | 2 hrs 36 mins
Kole and Gary answer your questions, discuss when it's appropriate to take control away from the player, and read your responses to May's games. Also, we announce June's lineup at the end!
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277 Preview: Resident Evil 3 (2020)
Episode | May 21st, 2020 | 49 mins 46 secs
Welcome back to Raccoon City.
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276: Celeste
Episode | May 14th, 2020 | 1 hr 57 mins
Special thanks to Neasa!
Kole and Gary surmount one of the most critically acclaimed indies in recent memory. This masocore platformer has tons of heart, some hidden, and extremely precise gamefeel that make it two great tastes. Do they taste great together? Find out.
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Dispatch: Lore
Episode | April 30th, 2020 | 2 hrs 6 mins
We read your prompts, and your responses to April's games, and discuss what we think separates good lore from bad lore.
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274 Preview: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Episode | April 16th, 2020 | 51 mins 23 secs
It's time to free the land of the free.
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273: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Episode | April 16th, 2020 | 2 hrs 3 mins
Like sands through the hourglass, everything ages. But because time is an ocean in a storm, not a river, some things age better than others, even within the same game. Kole and Gary talk about this well regarded classic and figure out which parts are delicious and which are past their sell-by date.
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272: Legend of Grimrock II
Episode | April 9th, 2020 | 3 hrs 23 mins
We welcome this modest indie into the pantheon of masterpieces covered on this show.
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271: Luigi's Mansion
Episode | April 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 49 mins
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Thanks Jack!
Gary and Kole turn out the lights and get cute-spooky with the forgotten Mario Brother. This charming, bite sized adventure oozes with polish and though it was unfairly maligned in its day, it was way ahead of its time. Take a listen!