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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454: Horror at the Arcades
Episode | October 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 51 mins
What terrifies the soul of man? Bright lights? Loud noises? Light gun games? Why not all three? Join us as we explore the horrors that game developers crafted to send chills down our spines in a bright room with lots of company.
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453: The Last Door Season 1
Episode | October 10th, 2024 | 1 hr 20 mins
Tiny pixels, books that can only be read in the dark, crows! These are only some of ghoulish terrors that one may find in The Last Door - Season 1. Before Blasphemous, The Game Kitchen showed us their vision of a lo-fi point and click adventure game where we play the role of a Lovecraftian protagonist, poking at the corners of the world we do not yet understand. Join us, won't you?
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452: Stasis: Bone Totem
Episode | October 3rd, 2024 | 2 hrs 29 mins
Oh, what ridiculous adventures are Mac and Charlie getting into this time? Down at the bottom of the ocean, there are ships to salvage and eldritch monstrosities to gaze upon. Join us as we take a journey down, deep, deep into the sea.
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WOFF Dispatch: Oops All Questions 5
Episode | September 26th, 2024 | 1 hr 58 mins
We had so many questions we wanted to get to, we spilled them again. Let's do our best!
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WOFF 451 Preview: Fable II
Episode | September 19th, 2024 | 1 hr 20 mins
Fable is the story... nay, the legend of Peter Molyneux and his ability to sell a pocket full of dreams. Does Fable stack up the great RPGs of it's day? Short answer, no.
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450: City of Heroes
Episode | September 12th, 2024 | 2 hrs 19 mins
Wouldn't it be nice to run around and pretend like you had the superpowers you always read about in comic books? City of Heroes takes the pen and paper daydreams of children and translates them to a much-beloved cult MMO. Does it stand the test of time? Or are you better off just fucking around with the character creator?
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449: Super Bomberman 2
Episode | September 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
Bomberman is simple, and Bomberman is forever… even if his heyday as the mainstay of multiplayer party games is mostly in the past. This week’s episode is a look at the series as a whole, with particular attention toward Super Bomberman 2, the height of the series on SNES. This episode will self destruct after you listen to it.
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WOFF Dispatch August 2024
Episode | August 29th, 2024 | 2 hrs 4 mins
Games. Do they teach you things? What do they teach you? Let's find out.
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WOFF 448 Preview: Illusion of Gaia
Episode | August 22nd, 2024 | 35 mins 50 secs
The final game of the epic Quintet Quartet.
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446: XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Part 1)
Episode | August 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 42 mins
You have a 95% chance to enjoy this episode.
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445: Super Baseball 2020
Episode | August 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 42 secs
This strange baseball game gives us a very loose and runny WOFF. More of a desert WOFF, if you will.