Watch Out for Fireballs!

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May 31, 2018 Watch Out for Fireballs! Listener Responses: May 2018
Let's hear what you think about Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Doom 2016, Bayonetta, and Arcades!
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1 hr 12 min
May 24, 2018Watch Out for Fireballs! 196: Arcades Revisited
We talked about arcades almost six years ago, and a lot has happened since then. So it's time to go back. For this episode, we each played three games and prepared to talk about them. Spanning several eras and genres, we wanted to learn why arcade games are different and talk about how their design differs from home games. Here are the titles we discuss: TRON. Dig Dug. Captain America and the Avengers. Spider-Man: The Video Game. Area 51. Aliens: Extermination.
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Special When Lit Trailer - YouTube
Ultimate Retropie Joystick Controller
Panic Park - Wikipedia
DeadMalls.com: Forest Fair Mall / Cincinnati Mills / Cincinnati Mall: Cincinnati, OH
Watch Out for Fireballs! Episode 31: Arcades
Dig Dug - Wikipedia
Tron (video game) - Wikipedia
Spider-Man: The Video Game - Wikipedia
Captain America and The Avengers - Wikipedia
Area 51 (1995 video game) - Wikipedia
Aliens: Extermination | Xenopedia | FANDOM powered by Wikia
2 hr 43 min
May 17, 2018Watch Out for Fireballs! 195: Bayonetta
Fly me to the moon and let me play Bayonetta, a crazy over-the-top character action game that is unabashedly all about style. This is a Patreon backer requested episode, and we were super happy to visit Platinum's breakout hit. Bayonetta is a very important character to the recent history of video games, inspiring both affection and controversy. Listen in to hear us talk about her first adventure, and hit on the points where it stumbles (I'm looking at you, motorcycle and missile levels).
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GXTalks: GX3 • Day 1 - Bayo Studies: Year One - A Deeper Look at the Bayonetta Series - YouTube
WildCat-Ratatat - YouTube
Bullet Witch XBOX 360 Trailer - YouTube
Achewood § July 2, 2007
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate (2013) anime movie - YouTube
Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice - YouTube
Language of flowers - Wikipedia
Enochian - Wikipedia
Omega Red - Wikipedia
Burglekutt | Willow Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Peter Francis Geraci Law. Bankruptcy Attorneys in Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and their surrounding communities | Peter Francis Geraci Law | Bankruptcy Attorneys | Infotapes
From Lara Croft to Bayonetta: what is a 'strong female character'? | Games | The Guardian
3 hr 49 min
May 11, 2018Watch Out for Fireballs! 194: Doom (2016)
The winner of our remakes/reboots poll is all about ripping/tearing. The 2016 version of Doom, neé DOOM 4, is all about pace and rhythm. It's also all about gleefully tapping into the spirit of mayhem found in the early entries of this series, and updating it for modern play sensibilities. The result is one of the best-designed games we've played for the show.
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Watch Out for Fireballs! Episode 110: Doom II: Hell on Earth
DOOM: Behind The Music Part 1 - YouTube
RAGE Debut Trailer - YouTube
How Does The New DOOM Compare to Previous Dooms? [Huge Spoilers] - YouTube
How to keep players engaged (without being evil) | Game Maker's Toolkit - YouTube
2 hr 48 min
May 03, 2018Watch Out for Fireballs! 193: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
The story is in the telling, and who cares if you stretch or fib a little bit? That's the conceit at the center of Call of Juarez: Gunslinger that raises it above its predecessors. It also raises it above its own gameplay, which is firmly in the "arcadey shooter" category. It's stylish as all hell, and it bends to fit the narration in exciting and entertaining ways.
A few times during the episode, we decry that Gunslinger was pulled from digital stores. In the time between when we recorded the episode and its release, it was recently re-listed after Techland bought the publishing rights. So go grab it and see what's up!
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The Green Mile Trailer - YouTube
Gun (video game) trailer - YouTube
Answering the Call of Juarez (A Series Retrospective) - YouTube
Mad Dog McCree - PlayStation 3 - Official Trailer - YouTube
Dying Light - Launch Trailer - YouTube
2 hr 21 min
April 26, 2018Watch Out for Fireballs! Listener Responses: April 2018 (Bioshock 2, Minerva's Den, Ultima Underworld)
Let's see what you think of Bioshock 2, Minerva's Den, and Ultima Underworld!
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Trading Places (1983) Trailer - YouTube
50 min
April 19, 2018Watch Out for Fireballs! 192: Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
We can think of 0451 reasons to love this grandaddy of the modern immersive sim. We go all the way back to 1992, before Looking Glass was called Looking Glass, and see where one of our favorite genres of games began. Ultima Underworld is a shockingly friendly game for its vintage, and it's absolutely worth playing to get more perspective on games as a whole. A huge thanks to special guest Justin Gutt for backing us on Patreon and getting us to take a leap of faith to play this game.
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Watch Out for Fireballs! Episode 154: Dead Space
PC classic commentary: Ultima Underworld with Paul Neurath - YouTube
Arx Fatalis - Wikipedia
Ultima Underworld : Playstation Version Speedrun (1/3) - YouTube
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - Wikipedia
Ultima Underworld Speedrun in 16m39s [World Record] [60FPS] - YouTube
PC - Wolfenstein 3D - E3M10 (Pac-Man Level) 100% Video - YouTube
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3 hr 54 min
April 12, 2018Watch Out for Fireballs! 191: Minerva's Den
It's another in our series about great expansions, and a precursor to even more games that we really love. Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den looks and plays quite a bit like the main game, but the details are there. You can see in the way the world is laid out and the story unfolds that this is made by the people who would go on to make Gone Home and Tacoma. We recommend that you go play it.
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The Things They Carried - Wikipedia
Pi movie trailer - YouTube
Tacoma - Fullbright
1 hr 46 min
April 05, 2018Watch Out for Fireballs! 190: Bioshock 2
Daddy's home, and he's pissed. People don't regard Bioshock 2 as well as they do the original, and that's a shame. What this sequel lacks in novelty, it gains by being the most mechanically satisfying entry in this popular series. And while people don't go nuts over its story, it does some very satisfying things with the trappings of Rapture. Listen to this lengthy episode for some effusive apologia about an unfairly forgotten game.
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BioShock 2 Multiplayer | BioShock Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Stryker to attack the X-Mansion | X-Men 2 - YouTube
being john malkovich ending - YouTube
2 hr 57 min
March 29, 2018Watch Out for Fireballs! Listener Responses: March 2018
Let's hear what you think about Ikaruga, Jamestown, The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone, and The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild! What a month.
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Trading Places (1983) Trailer - YouTube
Super Hydorah on Steam
Displacer beast | Forgotten Realms Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization: Richard Manning: 9780865477131: Amazon.com: Books
1 hr 17 min

About Watch Out for Fireballs!

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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!