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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!

Latest Episodes:

Extrasode: Kirby Super Star Oct 02, 2013

Show notes

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Sam Anderson read your responses about Kirby Super Star.

LINKS OF NOTE:

[Josh Groban](duckfeed.tv/pitch/19)
[Fear 3 Co Op](www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlJWqLOZ8tk)
[Gameboy Camera](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Camera)

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Episode 56: Kirby Super Star Sep 25, 2013

Show notes

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Sam Anderson fully absorb Kirby Super Star.

We’re rectifying a pretty big blind spot in our Nintendo pantheon here by addressing Kirby Super Star. Usually this text expounds on a pithy overview of a game’s plot and premise. How do you do that when you’re playing a literal Fun Pak of games? You suck it up and do a whole episode, that’s how.

A very special thanks goes out to Sam Anderson, who backed our Kickstarter, for both suggesting this delightful game and guest-hosting with us.

LINKS OF NOTE:

Horror games in Oculus Rift: www.gamasutra.com/view/news/200866…me_territory.php
Grimace: www.youtube.com/watch?v=97YXbNaAyzA
McDonalds N64: www.destructoid.com/go-to-mcdonalds…64-159405.phtml
Fern Gully: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2OHc4OvjVc
Kirby Stuff: wikirby.com/wiki/Merchandise
Mother Night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul3JQyUvWG4
Marcy and Simon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1-GMVVrtAg
Speed Buggy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hx-hEWl10c
Best Boss Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEIDmPvTB20
Son stealing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvQVxKf8X9c
Disney Syndrome: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?te…ey%20Syndrome
Sexist Tomato: www.maxim.com/
Short Podcasts: ask.metafilter.com/144815/The-Best…Minutes-or-Less

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Extrasode: Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge (Feat. Ron Gilbert) Sep 18, 2013

Show notes

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross are joined by Ron Gilbert to talk about Monkey Island 2. Also, your responses and our deleted scenes.

LINKS OF NOTE:

[Why Adventure Games Suck](grumpygamer.com/2152210)
[Blazing Saddles Ending](www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMK6lzmSk2o)
[Monkey Island Stump](www.miwiki.net/The_Stump_Joke)
[Save Scumming](tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SaveScumming)
[Twin Peaks Black Lodge](www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UzvsEGtSqU)
[BlackBar](gizmodo.com/blackbar-for-ios-yo…fi-adven-1203809518)
[Ron's Twitter](twitter.com/grumpygamer)
[Grumpy Gamer](grumpygamer.com/)
[If I Made Another Monkey Island](grumpygamer.com/5777333)
[MC Frontalot Editorial](plus.google.com/+MCFrontalot/posts/94KfgrA75JH)
[Christina Love Editoral](loveconquersallgam.es/post/602818814…-jerry-holkins)
[Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden 2](www.talesofgames.com/related_game/b…up-jam-gaiden/)
[Crypt of the Necrodancer](necrodancer.com/)
[Wired Penny Arcade Takedown](www.wired.com/underwire/2013/09/…e-expo-dickwolves/)
[Marble Madness: The Movie](www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHJqBylcFqA)
[Extra Lives](www.amazon.com/gp/product/030747…=stunthdottran-20)
[Grand Theft Auto Iron Man Mod](www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1iMt_lAYwE)
[Gamasutra Article about GTA V](www.gamasutra.com/blogs/KrisGraft/…Theft_Auto_V.php)

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Episode 55: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Sep 11, 2013

Show notes

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross determine how dry dem bones actually are in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.

If Guybrush is so hapless... then what does it say about LeChuck? I mean, dread pirate keeps getting all defeated and shit. No matter how big the adventure gets, LeChuck doesn't stand much of a chance. Come along with us on a monacle-stealing caper that will bury you alive.

Be sure to stay tuned for next week, when we interview Ron Gilbert about Monkey Island 2. It's bound to be a good time.

Sketch Music Credit: ["Monkey Brain Soup for the Soul" by Trapezzoid](ocremix.org/remix/OCR00799/) on OCREMIX.org

LINKS OF NOTE:

[imuse](www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N41TEcjcvM)
[Prince of Persia: No, that's not how it happened](www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UfV54fJbYE)
[The Super](www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNG-xrnaSE4)
[Collyer Brothers](www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfDd_dgGAhY)
[Cask of Amontillado](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu1yRoH8gTo)
[Kill Bill 2](www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohqGgEZf-s)
[Anton Chigurh](www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCL6OYbSTw)
[Garbage Pail Kids](www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lXmuXVGidY)
[Twin Peaks](www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PcoMrwEa5o)
[The Fall](www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuJEMMfSFI8)

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Extrasode: Final Fantasy VII Sep 04, 2013

Show notes

LINKS OF NOTE:

FF7 PC Mods: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsOW6y4gCpk
Manic Pixie Dream Girl: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNss2PMj60
Problem with Memes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaKYsLQ-98A
New Order: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK4xVWVOAOc
Weedlord Bonerhitler: gawker.com/5916751/gop-trolled…care-petition-stunt
Farm Aid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ123T3zD2k
Ballooning: www.vistaballoon.com/

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Episode 54: Final Fantasy VII (Part 3) Aug 28, 2013

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross go supernova on the final third of Final Fantasy VII.

Thus concludes our longest saga ever: Final Fantasy VII. We hope you enjoyed it, because we likely don’t have another one in us (at least for a year). Cloud is lost to the world, WEAPON is on the loose, and everyone is looking for answers (and themselves).
This episode covers everything from the Execution scene to the end of the game, including all of the side quests.

LINKS OF NOTE:

Sister Ray: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDtqbS7DK2s
Looking for a Friend For the End of the World: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW_OyiUgW88
Hitchhiker’s Guide: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs3pKS0pvZE
Moon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q
Source Code: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkTrG-gpIzE
Very Bad Things: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObsivKt_XzA
Togepi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4WgX-jk57c
River of Slime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K1WZUfvE54
New X-men Psychic Rescue: marvel.wikia.com/New_X-Men_Vol_1_121
Bill Haley: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG6n3Z7qwVs
Clone Saga: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone_Saga
Shark Tunnels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_tunnel
Portland Aquarium: www.facebook.com/BoycottPortlandAquarium
The Wire: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sgj78QG9Bg
Kaiju: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcn3Mrzi2VE
Pets or Meat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3gvHWf7ldY
Desert Rose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg
Herbert West: Reanimator: www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/…iction/hwr.aspx
Radio Lab Shorts voice: www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-b…ey-versus-death/

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Episode 53: Final Fantasy VII (Part 2) Aug 21, 2013

Show notes

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross plunge into their second episode about Final Fantasy VII.

The chase continues as Sephiroth flees ever northward. As we follow him, we reveal more of his past… but mostly uncover more mysteries about What Exactly is Going On Here. Also, we spend a great deal of time talking about… you guessed it… Aeris’s death. Get your tissues ready, the waifu goes down.
The next episode will cover the rest of the game, and additional side content.

LINKS OF NOTE:

WordPerfect: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect
Bugles: www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/a1…-date-with-god
Bugenhagen: th08.deviantart.net/fs71/200H/i/201…i22-d3c0pnd.jpg
Gi Natak: 24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltn266kr…ae53ko1_500.gif
Moby rips off Heroes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdb4NyHdFfE
Orange is the New Black: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nryWkAaWjKg
N’Sync: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-KmOd3i7s
North by Northwest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g458w2X9uHc
Raping is another game of mine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKE9W0O8bX8
Waiting for Godot: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot
Aqualung: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v43LNBDNBIk
Poltergeist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=41tO0xwSsco
GFW Radio: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j99g7Mx-tAc
Lavos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1cD_pV3MPc
I’m a Monster: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCcLNMpD7uI
Spoilers for The Presige: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHKan75x7GI
Ending of There Will Be Blood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqOru7imqvI

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Episode 52: Final Fantasy VII (Part 1) Aug 14, 2013

Show notes

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take their discussion of the first part of Final Fantasy VII to the limit.

This is the beginning of a long saga. Not just for one of the most popular games ever, but for our discussion of it. Final Fantasy VII is kind of controversial, which is probably why we love it so goddamned much. We dedicate these three hours to talking about the first portion of the game in depth.

This begins our first three-part episode. This week’s show talks about everything up through Corel Prison. Episodes will come out weekly thereafter, culminating in an Extrasode to tie everything up.

LINKS OF NOTE:

Dolemite: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkjExJqf34o
Can I borrow a feeling? www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo3vLSoXWw4
All you need is Smiles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeFeRh9qwZA
Rosebud: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3hfQ2IOc8s
Advent Children: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyP18j7y1FA
Alvina: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oQv-oYbtkw
Pizza Panties: duckfeed.tv/pitch/12
Cowboy Dan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBjiYZiv5RE
Young Turks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgczlrYM4eI
Cho Aniki: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF-gqOeio2I
Ether Binge: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2pgWsYSyUA
Space Coyote: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMR53zHrdzg
Daihatsu Truck: www.google.com/search?q=daihatsu…&biw=1023&bih=911
Riot at Xavier’s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_at_Xavier
Red Eye: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMMGg_idxqE
End of The Mist, ie: Spoilers for The Mist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SBxS1jPi-k

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Watch Out for Interaction! Aug 07, 2013

Show notes

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross respond to your discussion prompts from our Kickstarter campaign. Thanks so much to everyone who donated!

LINKS OF NOTE:

San Juan: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8217/san-juan
KoL Con: kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/KoL_Con
First Person Scholar: duckfeed.tv/woff/www.firstpersonscholar.com
Small World: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40692/small-world
Call of Cthulhu: catalog.chaosium.com/pages.php?CDpath=29
[Risk](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_(game)
Spin Doctors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-ddBoeherY
Monster Party: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2UryJZkDmo
Amiga Mousetrap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ggm_FzXiJE
Starman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=33SRo5oE_NI
Uhh Yeah Dude: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xluqh7SdMLc
Todd Macfarlane: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP_cBDxi8x4
DYK Gaming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkIZNmHii…n-oId67iTdlZzbTkj
Gaming Mysteries: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5L4uhgWO…NEDPK_wHuhu8Ey_5A
Console rental case: nintendoagemedia.com/users/3773/pho…36B4A4BB77.jpg
Bob Mackey’s Amazing SA front page thing on game manuals: www.somethingawful.com/news/videogam…structions/2/
A Confederacy of Dunces: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces
House of Leaves: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves
[Slapstick](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapstick_(novel)
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puPKA7IiWI
Silent Hill 2 Demake: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISj10IFZC0I
Portal Demake: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h9fcjNkAVs
Cart Life: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW8UmrarFFA
Rors: gamejournopets.tumblr.com/post/5627542…-co-host-and
Visual Novels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel
Mazes and Monsters: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6AOd6r6Qi8
American Movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMFZOu8rDUQ
Let’s Make the Water Turn Black: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVfSkjc71gU
Peaches en Regalia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKlAIhuXRLE