Watch Out for Fireballs!
A game club podcast.
About the show
Watch Out for Fireballs! is a game club podcast that covers video games from every era, from retro to newer releases, indie to AAA. Each week we dive deep into the game's mechanics and narrative to figure out what works and what doesn't. Hosted by Gary Butterfield and Kaye Ross, this show has been going since 2011. New episodes every Thursday. For full versions of our premium episodes, back us at patreon.com/duckfeedtv!
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Episodes and Blog Entries
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288: Plants vs. Zombies
Episode | September 3rd, 2020 | 2 hrs 6 mins
The idea of casual games is basically fake, and it's harmful because it leads to inclusive games being dismissed. Kole and Gary look at one of the titans of the "casual" gaming world and find that it packs tons of charm and more depth than it gets credit for.
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Dispatch: Breaks
Episode | August 27th, 2020 | 2 hrs 34 mins
Sometimes you take time off from games, and that's fine.
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Announcing... ORB, a Venture Bros. Podcast
Episode | August 25th, 2020 | 5 mins 26 secs
Announcing a new show from Duckfeed.tv.
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287 Preview: Devil May Cry
Episode | August 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 2 mins
Big thanks to Moonborne! Though it has some early installment clunk, it's not that often that we get to play what is arguably (please don't argue with us) the first of a genre. Does it hold up? Does the devil cry? Does Dante get to 2nd base with someone who looks like his mom? Find out!
Note, this is our preview episode for the month. To hear the whole thing, and a bunch of other stuff, join us at patreon.com/duckfeedtv
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286: Disco Elysium (Part 2)
Episode | August 13th, 2020 | 3 hrs 38 mins
I don't want to be this kind of animal anymore.
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285: Disco Elysium (Part 1)
Episode | August 6th, 2020 | 3 hrs 5 mins
Big ups to Jack for sponsoring this episode!
A monumental WRPG that rocketed its way up our personal charts to the WOFF Pantheon, Disco Elysium is inspired by all the best video games and still ends up being unique. Hear us discuss generalities and day one here.
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Dispatch: Escapism
Episode | July 30th, 2020 | 2 hrs 23 mins
This week, we talk about escapism, and how turning to games to distract from the real world is sometimes healthy and necessary.
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284 Preview: Golf Games
Episode | July 23rd, 2020 | 1 hr 7 mins
This weirdo episode talks about a smattering of old and new golf games. The full episode then goes onto discuss Mario Golf Advance Tour. Join us on patreon to hear the whole shebang!
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283: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Part 2)
Episode | July 16th, 2020 | 2 hrs 51 mins
They say we're all fools and we don't understand.
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282: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Part 1)
Episode | July 9th, 2020 | 2 hrs 36 mins
This wildly ambitious port of a wildly ambitious SNES game features a lot of our favorite concepts and creators. Can it stand up to the gigantic shadow cast by Final Fantasy Tactics?
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281: Hitman 2 (2018)
Episode | July 2nd, 2020 | 2 hrs 38 mins
There's a problem with the toilet... AGAIN.
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Dispatch: Solved Meta
Episode | June 25th, 2020 | 1 hr 57 mins
Kole and Gary answer your prompts and questions, read your responses to June's games, and discuss the menace of solved meta and how it keeps us away from multiplayer gaming.