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

  • 459: Cyberpunk 2077 (Part 1)

    Episode  |  December 5th, 2024  |  1 hr 46 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • WOFF 455 Preview: Crow Country

    Episode  |  October 24th, 2024  |  33 mins 40 secs

    Who wouldn't want to explore the off-limits areas of an amusement park? Okay, what if I told you it was a haunted amusement park. Crow Country is a bite-sized dopamine capsule of a horror game. A wonderful showcase of what makes the genre fun. Run, don't walk, to play it.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • 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.