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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Episode 278: WOFF Dispatch 17: 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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Episode 277: Resident Evil 3 (2020) [Preview]
Episode | May 21st, 2020 | 49 mins 46 secs
Welcome back to Raccoon City.
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Episode 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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Episode 275: Hypnospace Outlaw
Episode | May 7th, 2020 | 2 hrs 18 mins
Whiskers growing into overdrive.
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WOFF Dispatch 16: 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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Episode 274: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Preview)
Episode | April 16th, 2020 | 51 mins 23 secs
It's time to free the land of the free.
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Episode 273: Watch Out For Fireballs! 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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Episode 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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Episode 271: WOFF: 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!
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WOFF! Dispatch 15: Remakes
Episode | March 26th, 2020 | 2 hrs 8 mins
What makes good remakes good, and bad remakes bad?
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Episode 270: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (Preview)
Episode | March 19th, 2020 | 1 hr 44 mins
There are really two Ocarina of Times. The one that came out in 1998 that's undeniably groundbreaking and an aesthetic triumph, and the one that you can play in 2020 that has a lot of ups and downs. We give this sacred cow an honest evaluation in this episode.
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Adaptation Decay 24: Carmen Sandiego (Quarantine Pack)
Episode | March 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 30 mins
Double Trouble has stolen another fuckin' quarry.
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Unfilmable 4: From Beyond (Quarantine Pack)
Episode | March 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
Let's get ready to horny!
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Exquisite Suffering 74: Dilbert's Desktop Games (Quarantine Pack)
Episode | March 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
I'll come clean with you. If you know who Scott Adams is, and you know our general outlook on things, you can probably guess where this episode goes.
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WOFF! 227: Bioshock Infinite (Quarantine Pack)
Episode | March 17th, 2020 | 4 hrs 4 mins
Let the circle be broken.