The Pitch

Howdy do! We've got heaps of questions today, so let's not waste any time dilly-dallying!

Upcoming Games
September:

• Majora’s Mask (w/ Bob Mackey of Retronauts)
• Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
• Against the Storm

October:

• Mouthwashing
• Silent Hill 2 Remake
• Cryptmaster
• F.E.A.R.

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Rest in peace, furbaby

It’s hard to think of a more damning indictment of the state of the world in 2025 than the fact that a cheap RTS developed to shock people with gender stereotypes in 1996 is really tame in comparison to what happens today. What happens in this game is by no means good, but it plays in tropes that are so outdated as to be cartoonish. Tim HomeImprovement would tell it to get better material.

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Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Nine Kings, Threshold, Voxelgram, and much more!

The Grind:

• Dennis: Nine Kings. Elden Ring.

• Ben: Voxelgram.

• Moxie: Warhammer 40k: Darktide.

• Kaye: Threshold. Eyes on the Exam.

The Multiplayer:

• What kind of game surprised you, either positively or negatively?

The End Boss:

• AI company’s poll says game developers love AI, don’t ask any further questions.

• John Carpenter’s game, Toxic Commandos, announced at GamesCom.

• Valor Mortis is a first person Soulslike from the Ghostrunner devs, is very French.

• Silksong announcement announced.

Why are so many of these episodes about highly sexualized version of Spider-Man?

You are a rock and roll musician who fights creatures in virtual reality! You embody rock'n'roll in every way except the music. What's more, you received a job offer from Uganda!

Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about the Battlefield 6 beta, Is This Seat Taken?, Grunn, and much more!

The Grind:

• Ben: Grunn.
• Kaye: Is This Seat Taken? Merge Maestro. Look Outside.
• Moxie: Fallen London.
• Dennis: Various N64 games. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Battlefield 6 (Beta)

The Multiplayer:

• Strange (video game) Currencies.

The End Boss:

• Doom: The Dark Ages takes you to the Ripatorium.

Nacho has joined the party!

We would like to thank Gwen Static for composing our theme song, and Trent Peters for creating our great podcast art.

For the first time since 2019, Watch Out for Fireballs! is going to have a panel at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo this October, the weekend of October 17-19!

We will be giving an updated version of our 7/10 Games talk, with new games and new guests (we'll have at least one Retronaut with us). We don't currently know when our slot is, but we will announce it when we have more details.

We will not have a table set up at the show this year, but Gary and I will be present and carrying around swag to give out (swag will be available at our panel, and at our meetup).

To sweeten the pot if you're thinking of attending, we will also be holding a meetup at a nearby establishment, time and place to be determined.

So I guess this post is more just serving as a "save the date", or a call to buy your tickets now if you're thinking of going. We'd love to see you there, and the show itself is always a good time.

This week Gary welcomes acquaintance of the network Will Hughes (Everything to Guppy) to the co-host chair to discuss Hazelight Studios' Split Fiction.

This podcast is half science fiction, half fantasy. In the fantasy half, we pretend that stories aren't based on a writer's experiences in life. In the sci-fi half, we send you this podcast through the power of space lasers. Split Fiction has a lot of really cool ideas, but still fails as a story in some fundamental ways. We want to praise the game, but also give it some slaps on the wrist for it's less-than-par writing.

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