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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Extrasode: Duck Tales
Episode | February 29th, 2012 | 18 mins 56 secs
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross seedy hotels, Scrooge McDuck’s dark past, and free strategy guides.
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Episode 13: Duck Tales
Episode | February 22nd, 2012 | 1 hr 22 mins
'80s, nes, platformer
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross capitalize on the nostalgic popularity of Duck Tales.
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Extrasode: Metroid Fusion
Episode | February 15th, 2012 | 17 mins 23 secs
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross Brian Doyle Murray, exposition, and Christmas memories.
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Episode 12: Metroid Fusion
Episode | February 8th, 2012 | 1 hr 46 mins
'00s, gba, metroid, metroidvania
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross kvetch about Metroid Fusion.
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Extrasode: Final Fantasy VI (Part 2)
Episode | January 31st, 2012 | 31 mins
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross Downton Abbey, great lengths, and chronological perspective.
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Episode 11: Final Fantasy VI (Part 2)
Episode | January 24th, 2012 | 1 hr 40 mins
'90s, final fantasy, jrpg, snes
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross survive after the end, and talk about the last half of Final Fantasy VI.
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Extrasode: Final Fantasy VI (Part 1)
Episode | January 17th, 2012 | 15 mins 20 secs
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross game shame, literature, and college music.
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Episode 10: Final Fantasy VI (Part 1)
Episode | January 10th, 2012 | 1 hr 42 mins
'90s, final fantasy, jrpg, snes
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross perform a delightful and emotionally affecting opera about the first half of Final Fantasy VI.
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Extrasode: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Episode | January 4th, 2012 | 8 mins 2 secs
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross McRibs, Fatal1ty, and bus monsters.
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Episode 9: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Episode | December 28th, 2011 | 1 hr 10 mins
'90s, gboy, mario, platformer
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross float to the moon to talk about Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
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Extrasode: The Longest Journey
Episode | December 21st, 2011 | 12 mins 33 secs
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross narrative, hypocrisy, and foreign lands.
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Episode 8: The Longest Journey
Episode | December 14th, 2011 | 1 hr 43 mins
'00s, adventure, pc
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross go on at length about The Longest Journey.