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 Kole 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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WOFF Dispatch: Oops! All Questions 6
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1:42:13I know we ask for the asks, but the asks just don't stop coming. Upcoming Games: March: Hammerfight INDIKA Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven April: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Rerun) Rygar The Suffering Support Watch Out for Fireballs!Por Duckfeed.tv
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Skald - n. a composer and reciter of poems honoring heroes and their deeds. While you can't recruit a Skald in your party, oddly, you can hone and craft a party of heroes in this updated retro-style Blobber. It wants to introduce you to a genre that's generally unfriendly to newcomers. Full episode available exclusively to our patrons at patreon.co…
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This episode is a quick announcement to let you know that the way you get Duckfeed's premium content is changing. Patreon now offers individual feeds of all of our backer-only shows. This gives you control over what your podcast player downloads, and what you ultimately listen to. Since Patreon itself has this feature, we will no longer be using th…
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467: Tenchu Stealth Assassins
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1:22:08Stealth games! We've been trying to figure out how to make games anti-action for a long time, and before we ever got to Sekiro, we had a little game called Tenchu Stealth Assassins. My, how the genre has evolved. Support Watch Out for Fireballs!Por Duckfeed.tv
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466: Bandersnatch
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1:37:26How can a movie also be a game? The sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror tries to answer that with the experimental Bandersnatch, which weirdly feels archaic in many ways even as it tries to break storytelling boundaries. There is some neat stuff in here, but does it add up to anything more than cheap twists? Support Watch Out for Fireballs!…
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WOFF Dispatch: The Evolution of Boss Fights
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1:46:32Boss Fights! Who needs them? Not us. But the video game industrial complex sure seems addicted to them. Upcoming Schedule: February: Black Mirror - Bandersnatch Tenchu Stealth Assassins Skald: Against the Black Priory March: Hammerfight Indika Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven Support Watch Out for Fireballs!…
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Genre defining, boundary pushing, console selling; Super Mario 64 had it all. One of the defining games of the Nintendo 64 and of the early 3D era left a huge legacy behind, but we can only really talk about it in full if we go back to where it all began. There's a letter, a girl, and a promise of cake. This is definitely not a trap. Unlock the ful…
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464: Tactical Breach Wizards
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2:15:32Do Wizards make good cops? Well, "good" cops. How about, would Wizards be efficient cops? That's the question XCOM-inspired Tactical Breach Wizards aims to answer. They can arrest people with magic! Too bad the criminals have magic too. Support Watch Out for Fireballs!Por Duckfeed.tv
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463: Superliminal
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1:20:13How big is a game? How small is it? These questions are a matter of perspective, and Superluminal is here to teach you about perspective. Support Watch Out for Fireballs!Por Duckfeed.tv
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462: Super Castlevania IV
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1:11:10Casltevania evolves into the nest generation. This is the last hurrah of the Classic-vanias. Demanding platforming, simple progression. Dare we say we prefer them over the RPG-vanias at this point? Support Watch Out for Fireballs!Por Duckfeed.tv
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