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

  • Episode 187: The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone

    Episode  |  March 8th, 2018  |  2 hrs 42 mins
    '10s, pc, ps4, rpg, xbox one

    Let's make a deal. Just meet me at the crossroads.

  • Episode 186: Ikaruga / Jamestown

    Episode  |  March 1st, 2018  |  2 hrs 28 mins
    '00s, '10s, dreamcast, gcn, pc, shmup

    We said we wouldn't do any more split episodes, but Ikaruga was just too hard.

  • Listener Responses: February 2018 (Mech Month)

    Episode  |  February 22nd, 2018  |  1 hr 4 mins

    Mech month was a lot of fun, and you turned out in force to share your thoughts about these games.

  • Episode 185: Titanfall 2

    Episode  |  February 15th, 2018  |  2 hrs 40 mins
    '10s, fps, pc, ps4, xbone

    Will you learn to love a weapon? No, no you won't.

  • Episode 184: Armored Core: For Answer

    Episode  |  February 8th, 2018  |  2 hrs 40 mins
    '00s, action, ps3, xb360

    Before Souls, FromSoft made Armored Core. And this is our first real exposure to it.

  • Episode 183: Jumping Flash!

    Episode  |  February 1st, 2018  |  1 hr 42 mins
    '90s, platformer, psx

    Let's take it way back to the earliest days of 3D platforming. It's everyone's favorite failed mascot: Robbit! (Pronunciation yet to be determined).

  • Listener Responses: January 2018 (WarioWare, Child of Light, Dungeon Keeper)

    Episode  |  January 25th, 2018  |  44 mins 49 secs

    We read your responses about our three games from January, and discuss the new FromSoft announcements and how they effect our plans.

  • Episode 182: Dungeon Keeper

    Episode  |  January 18th, 2018  |  2 hrs 32 mins

    It's good to be bad.

  • Episode 181: Child of Light

    Episode  |  January 11th, 2018  |  2 hrs 46 mins

    A muddled game that gets the blame, which truly is a crying shame.

  • Episode 180: WarioWare

    Episode  |  January 4th, 2018  |  1 hr 25 mins

    Nintendo went a little crazy, and we all benefitted.

  • December 2017 Listener Responses

    Episode  |  December 28th, 2017  |  1 hr 25 mins

    More people wrote in to talk about the Witcher 3 than any other game on WOFF! And in this episode, we get to the business of hearing the praise and damnation.

  • Episode 179: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Secondary Quests

    Episode  |  December 21st, 2017  |  3 hrs 42 mins

    The majority of this game is secondary quests... so it makes sense that our episode about those quests would be one of our longest yet.