Gary Butterfield
Co-Host of Watch Out for Fireballs!
Gary Butterfield is an author, musician, and the host of Check It Out, Comrade!, Bonfireside Chat, Watch Out for Fireballs!, and others. Buy his book, Souls of Darkness.
Gary Butterfield has hosted 490 Episodes.
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352: The Shrouded Isle
Episode | April 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 41 mins
Thank you Randall! Check out Crashcoral.com! (pw: crashcoral).
Oh, a cult simulator/management game with heavy lovecraftian elements, striking minimalist art, and a roguelike structure. Did someone leave this under a box with a stick tied to a string, trying to trap both Gary and Kole?
Not so fast. The Shrouded Isle has some potential and some genuinely good aesthetics, but the game is so barebones and numbers based as to pose an existential question: how much flavor, depth, and context do games actually need to be successful?
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Dispatch: Prescriptive vs. Permissive Games
Episode | March 31st, 2022 | 2 hrs 10 mins
This week we talk about a new spectrum on which we can analyze games: is it prescriptive, or is it permissive?
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WOFF 351 Preview: Until Dawn
Episode | March 24th, 2022 | 53 mins 39 secs
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TEENS! TEENS! TEENS!
No, it's not some sort of horrible chant, it's what we're killin. Hop in.
Until Dawn showed how you can take steady principles of narrative adventure games such as The Walking Dead, or, shudder, Indigo Prophecy, and evolve them into something new and fun on its own. Very fun performances, a twisty plot, and appropriate interactivity make this one of, if not the, best "interactive movie" in games. Give it a listen!
Thank you to Dr. When!
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WOFF 351 Premium: Until Dawn
Episode | March 17th, 2022 | 2 hrs 46 mins
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TEENS! TEENS! TEENS!
No, it's not some sort of horrible chant, it's what we're killin. Hop in.
Until Dawn showed how you can take steady principles of narrative adventure games such as The Walking Dead, or, shudder, Indigo Prophecy, and evolve them into something new and fun on its own. Very fun performances, a twisty plot, and appropriate interactivity make this one of, if not the, best "interactive movie" in games. Give it a listen!
Thank you to Dr. When!
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350: King's Bounty
Episode | March 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 20 mins
Quest Questingson conquers all of the continents of Continentia.
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349: Ultimate NES Remix
Episode | March 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 37 mins
Nintendo is a company that is sometimes too in love with it's own history. But sometimes, that love bears beautiful results. This creative lil nugget functions as a reader's digest version of some of the best games on the NES, as well as a fun meta toy, where elements are mixed and matched. Underrated gem!
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Episode 348: Inscryption
Episode | March 3rd, 2022 | 2 hrs 36 mins
You wake up in a cabin and you're playing a dangerous game. Sacrifices must be made. And the only way forward is to play your cards right.
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Dispatch: GOTY Discourse
Episode | February 24th, 2022 | 2 hrs 3 mins
dispatch, watch out for fireballs, woff
We answer your questions, discuss GOTY discourse, read your responses to February's games and announce April's docket.
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347 Preview: State of Decay
Episode | February 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 14 mins
The world's gone to shit, and the only way to stay alive is to work together.
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347 Premium: State of Decay
Episode | February 10th, 2022 | 2 hrs 21 mins
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The world's gone to shit, and the only way to stay alive is to work together.
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346: Warhammer: Dark Omen
Episode | February 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 51 mins
watch out for fireballs, woff
Thanks Abe!
Is it metal? It's metal. It's undeniably badass in a way that is extremely appealing to our skeleton loving souls. The game itself is a pretty frustrating and dated RTS but our eyes are open to the coolness of the Warhammer world.
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345: Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Episode | February 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 41 mins
This game reminds me of a puzzle. About 120 of them, to be exact.