The Pitch

It's been a long time coming, but we're revisiting this project! Over a decade of podcasting, we've developed a voluminous vocabulary to describe games and media, or just to make inside jokes and comparisons. So we asked you, the listeners, what terms you'd like us to define, and this is what we came up with.

Terms Defined This Episode:

• Towers of Hanoi

• Rot Gut

• Diverticula

• No Lesson Today

• Zelda Your Way Across the Room

• Anything.txt

• The Dark Gyfte

• It's Been a While!

• Transmorphative

• +2% Frost Damage

• What's Happening in Narshe?

• Gary, No!

• Defensive Vocabulary

• Night Eggs

• Throttle/Accelerator

• Emotional violence

• Recommendations are time violence

• Randomization instead of improv

• Backpackula

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, XDefiant, Knights in Tight Spaces, and much more!

The Grind:

• Ben: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.
• Dennis: Knights in Tight Spaces. XDefiant. Immortals of Aveum.
• Moxie: Warframe.
• Kole: Animal Well.

The Multiplayer:

• What’s the dumbest thing you’ve done in a game?

The End Boss:

• Uvalde victim parents sue Activision, among others.
• Slipknot mask makers work with Atlus on SMTV masks.
• Resident Evil: Code: Veronica and Resident Evil Zero seem to be getting remakes.
• Super Mario 64 speedrunners beat the game without using the A button.

This month, we discuss which games would be good entry points for people who are looking to start enjoying games, or people who are coming back to the hobby after a long hiatus. We also answer your questions, read your responses to May's games, and reveal what games are coming up on the show.

• The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
• Project Snowblind
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds## July Games:
• Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (two parts)
• Quake

Support Watch Out for Fireballs!

The question machine overflowed again! We answer as many as we can before the inspector comes and shuts down the podcast factory.

We don't know why this keeps happening!

Taurine!

Going to church to pray to god(s).

In this episode, Walt goes on an important shopping trip.

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

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Animal Well, Immortals of Aveum, 20 Small Mazes, and much more!

The Grind:

• Dennis: Immortals of Aveum. Diablo IV. Content Warning.
• Ben: 20 Small Mazes. Content Warning.
• Kole: Content Warning. Animal Well.
• Moxie: Warframe. Content Warning.

The Multiplayer:

• What are your favorite fourth wall-breaking moments from games?

The End Boss:

• The new Call of Duty will be on GamePass.
• Valve’s new game, Deadlock, leaks.
• Nintendo World Championship looks like the new NES Remix.
• Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake confirms that Vivian is trans.

I think our lovely hosts absolutely forget to mention how fluffy Tunic's little tail is.

This week we talk about Tunic, the perspective-shattering puzzle-adventure game that emulates being young and not knowing how video games work. Does Tunic stand up to the giants that taught it how to walk? At the very least, which puzzles are too clever for us to solve on our own? Tune in to find out.