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 334: Resident Evil 8 (Preview)
Episode | October 21st, 2021 | 56 mins 40 secs
Thank you Adam Bucceri! Check out their game, Enter the Survival Horror, at adam-bucceri.itch.io
Ethan Winters vs Magneto and a hot topic creepy doll? And it's good? What the heck? This direct follow up to RE7 is a love letter to the series, featuring an impressive array of bosses and locations that evoke the series high points. While Ethan Winters remains as compelling as some kind of unintelligent wad of white bread, the cast of colorful weirdos around him defines the game. Check it out!
To hear the full episode, go to patreon.com/duckfeedtv
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Episode 333: Silent Hill
Episode | October 14th, 2021 | 2 hrs 57 mins
A god incubated by pain and hate creates a paradise of blood and rust around it, and that's what Harry Mason must run through to save his daughter.
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Episode 332: ECHO
Episode | October 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 41 mins
Thank you Jeremy!
This is a weird one! En, a member of a hyper capable cult of child somethings tries to revive her dead friend(?) who is also a cube(!) The story, lore, and world-building in this game are really quite great but the play never comes together. Listen in to hear why!
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WOFF Dispatch: Decade
Episode | September 30th, 2021 | 2 hrs 10 mins
This month's Dispatch episode has us talking about our thoughts on doing ten years of Watch Out for Fireballs! We also answer your questions, and read your responses to Katana Zero, Sonic 2, Singularity, and Darkest Dungeon.
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Episode 331: Darkest Dungeon Preview
Episode | September 23rd, 2021 | 2 hrs 5 mins
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Ruin has come to this podcast network, thanks to Jack!
This is the preview episode about Darkest Dungeon and it's one of the meatiest previews we've ever done. If you want to hear the whole thing, head to www.patreon.com/duckfeedtv
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Episode 330: Singularity
Episode | September 16th, 2021 | 2 hrs 11 mins
It's time crimes right on down the line.
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Episode 329: Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Episode | September 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 52 mins
Listen, there's a lot to talk about here. You could talk about how we've been doing this show for a decade, or about how Sonic exemplifies the tension between freeform arcade gameplay and the slower, more exploratory form of platformers that would ultimately win out in the end, but the real story here is that I need you to imagine a screenshot of a notes app post where I apologize for mixing up the seed drill and the cotton gin in this episode.
Big thanks to Gwen Static for this awesome remix of the theme song!
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Episode 328: Katana Zero
Episode | September 2nd, 2021 | 2 hrs 41 mins
It's rain-soaked, neon-soaked, and blood-soaked.
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Dispatch: Crafting
Episode | August 26th, 2021 | 2 hrs 25 mins
In this episode we answer your questions, talk about crafting in games, read your responses to August's games, and announce October's games.
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Episode 326: Paradise Killer
Episode | August 12th, 2021 | 3 hrs 20 mins
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Thank you Nicholas!
Welcome to the Courtesy Dome where two polite midwesterners sensibly argue whether this game is good or bad. Is it a cool mystery story with a neat aesthetic? Or is it an effectively linear, barely interactive time tax? ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE.
Paradise Killer is an odd duck. Part visual novel, part mystery adventure game, part 3d collectathon platformer? With light dating sim elements. We spoil the whole mystery here, so listener beware!
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Episode 325: Sam & Max Save the World
Episode | August 5th, 2021 | 2 hrs 22 mins
It's the heartwarming tale of two psychopaths who save the world from people more dangerous than even them.
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WOFF Dispatch July 2021: Oops! All Questions Part 1
Episode | July 29th, 2021 | 2 hrs 15 mins
Our mental health meters were running low and we didn't have a topic in us, so we just did a bunch of questions. We also read your responses to July's games before announcing Septembers crop.
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Episode 323: Heat Signature
Episode | July 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 42 mins
Thank you I See Spiders!
We all know defenestrating is one of the coolest things you can do in video games. But what if you could do that... in space? With a near best in class group of gadgets and weapons, In an immersive proc gen ludic playpen with real time pause? You'd get Heat Signature, quietly one of the coolest games we've done for the show. Check it out!
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Episode 322: The Stanley Parable
Episode | July 8th, 2021 | 1 hr 43 mins
One day Stanley heard from nowhere a podcast about a narrator that was describing his life.