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**Watch Out for Fireballs!**

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!

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Episode 178: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Main Quest (Part 2) Dec 14, 2017

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From Skellige to realms even further beyond, we recover Ciri and put an end to the Wild Hunt once and for all.

The next episode will cover the many side quests in the game. You should listen in!

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Episode 177: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Main Quest (Part 1) Dec 07, 2017

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Let us walk the path. This episode about the excellent Witcher 3 covers the first half of the main quest, up until the departure to Skellige.

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Episode 176: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Basics Nov 30, 2017

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Welcome to the big show. And we mean big. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the largest, densest game we've covered on Watch Out for Fireballs!. In fact, there's so much going on here that we're dividing the coverage up into four episodes, with this first installment being two hours dedicated solely to the mechanics and generalities of the game.

Don't worry if you've never played a Witcher game before, or read a Witcher book. The Witcher 3 is excellent and self-contained enough to warrant your serious attention.

Here's the rough schedule of how we're going to break the episodes down. This might be subject to change.

Basics
Prologue, Velen, Novigrad
Skellige, Endgame, Contracts
Secondary Quests
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Listener Responses: November 2017 Nov 23, 2017

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November turned out to be a bit of a club banger, with three big, good, and otherwise important games. Let's find out what the listeners thought of Transistor, Thimbleweed Park, and ActRaiser.

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Episode 175: ActRaiser Nov 16, 2017

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A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Kole and Gary talk about Actraiser, an early SNES game that mashes up two disparate gameplay modes. On one hand, you have some Castlevania-like platforming. On the other, you've got a simulation god game where you fight demons and watch your kingdom grow. How do they work together? How does everything fit? Does it hold up?

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Episode 174: Thimbleweed Park Nov 09, 2017

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We're unabashed in our love of Maniac Mansion and other early LucasArts adventure games. So it shouldn't be a surprise that we jumped all over the Thimbleweed Park Kickstarter when it was announced. And we were right to do so, because Ron Gilbert, Gary Winnick, and company have made something truly great in Thimbleweed Park. It feels right at home with those older games, but has a level of complexity and care that makes it feel very modern too. It's a delight to talk about something so special.

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Episode 173: Transistor Nov 02, 2017

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Gary and Kole load up Transistor and break their way through it, having a very good time in the process. Transistor is still new enough to be a little controversial. People came to it from Bastion, the previous Supergiant game, and didn't know what to make of its semi-turn-based combat and technical aesthetic. If you can reconfigure your expectations, you'll find a game that allows for an absurd degree of player expression through combat verbs. Also, it's an incredibly touching love story.

Gonna be honest, this is the most we've gushed about a game in a long time.

Huge thanks to Jon C. Bird for executive producing this episode!

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Listener Responses: October 2017 (Resident Evil Month) Oct 26, 2017

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We found a filthy notebook full of people's thoughts on the Resident Evil games we covered. Let us peer within.

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Episode 172: Resident Evil 7: biohazard Oct 19, 2017

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Resident Evil month rounds out with a very new, very good game. Something has twisted the Bakers. Ethan Winters just wants to rescue his missing wife, but he's welcomed into the family instead. Resident Evil 7 is a radical departure for the series, moving gameplay to the first person perspective. However, in a lot of ways it's a return to form. Claustrophobic and dreadful, RE7 is the reboot this series desperately needed.

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Episode 171: Resident Evil: Code: Veronica Oct 12, 2017

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Undead outbreaks are a family affair in this canonical follow-up to the story of Resident Evil 2. Claire Redfield has declared war on the Umbrella Corporation, but she has also gotten in over her head. Trapped in the twisted world of Alfred Ashford, the scion of one of the founding families of Umbrella, she has to work with her brother to escape and set things right. Problem is, this is a very sloppy Resident Evil game. Listen in to find out how.

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