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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464: Tactical Breach Wizards
Episode | January 16th, 2025 | 2 hrs 15 mins
Do Wizards make good cops? Well, "good" cops. How about, would Wizards be efficient cops? That's the question XCOM-inspired Tactical Breach Wizards aims to answer. They can arrest people with magic! Too bad the criminals have magic too.
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463: Superliminal
Episode | January 9th, 2025 | 1 hr 20 mins
How big is a game? How small is it? These questions are a matter of perspective, and Superluminal is here to teach you about perspective.
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462: Super Castlevania IV
Episode | January 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
Casltevania evolves into the nest generation. This is the last hurrah of the Classic-vanias. Demanding platforming, simple progression. Dare we say we prefer them over the RPG-vanias at this point?
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WOFF Dispatch: Duckstream 2024
Episode | December 26th, 2024 | 1 hr 39 mins
We did a party to raise money for charity. We stayed up all night even though we're so old. We did raise that money, though.
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461: Cyberpunk 2077 (Part 3)
Episode | December 19th, 2024 | 2 hrs 44 mins
Time to hack some side-quests and tech some gigs. We do a TON of hanging out with Johnny Silverhand and decide our fate.
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460: Cyberpunk 2077 (Part 2)
Episode | December 12th, 2024 | 1 hr 59 mins
What's the worst musician that could hijack your brain? Honestly, you could probably do a lot worse than Johnny Silverhand.
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459: Cyberpunk 2077 (Part 1)
Episode | December 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 48 mins
Do you have what it takes to survive the streets of Night City? After all was said and done, what kind of game did Cyberpunk 2077 end up being? We loved the Witcher 3 and have been eyeing this one for a while. Come for the aesthetics, stay for the graphics, be astounded by some strange design choices. It's a huge game, so there's plenty to like.
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WOFF Dispatch: RPG Companion Pantheon
Episode | November 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 39 mins
In every RPG, you have some shitty friends. What are the best of this shitty friends? If you could only take two to five shitty friends to a desert island to companion you, who would you choose?
Really? Quina from FF9? Okay...
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WOFF 458 Preview: Diablo II
Episode | November 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
What makes a hero? Their story? Their powers? No. It's their gear. And this is the story of how you found your gear. Diablo II is a gear-looting, randomized kill 'em all simulator. You must stop the evil Diablo by pillaging the most evil-killing loot imaginable.
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457: Balatro
Episode | November 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
What's more universal than a deck of cards? Balatro takes the basic foundation of a game of poker and twists it into one of the most imaginative and engaging roguelikes this decade. Join us as we indulge in the wonderful design that make this game one of the best of the year, no contest.
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456: Toonstruck
Episode | November 7th, 2024 | 1 hr 26 mins
Can you capture the magic of Who Framed Roger Rabbit in a point and click adventure game? Combing FMV and cartoon animation, Toonstruck plays with cartoon logic as it's main sense of humor. The game itself is somewhat jokefree, weirdly.
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WOFF Dispatch: Worst WOFF! Games
Episode | October 31st, 2024 | 1 hr 43 mins
Let's travel down memory lane and explore some of greatest non-hits of the WOFF Catalog.