Watch Out for Fireballs!
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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 g...
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491: Mouthwashing
This isn't so bad. We can fix this. We are definitely not in a catastrophe.
Mouthwashing is a bit-sized walking sim horror game that asks how do...
WOFF! Dispatch: Solo vs. Party RPGs
Upcoming Games
October:
- Mouthwashing
- Silent Hill 2make
- Cryptmaster
- F.E.A.R. (Premium)
November:
- Mo...
Against the Storm (Preview)
There's a storm acomin', and all the animal-folk need to band together if we want to survive this one. Against the Storm is a unique city builder wher...
489: Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
Outer Wilds is a cozy adventure game about the thrill of exploration and the triumph of curiosity. You walk in the footsteps of a long-gone civilizati...
488: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Bob Mackey of the Retronauts joins Kaye this week to talk about Majora's Mask, whose pitch is that you only have three days to save the world, but you...
WOFF Dispatch: Unwinnable Situations
Howdy do! We've got heaps of questions today, so let's not waste any time dilly-dallying!
Upcoming Games
September:
* Majora’s Mask...
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (Preview)
What if a video game really, fully embodied that you can just blow shit up? Welcome to Mercenaries. Earn tons of money, explode some bad people, and g...
486: Split Fiction
This week Gary welcomes acquaintance of the network Will Hughes (Everything to Guppy) to the co-host chair to discuss Hazelight Studios' Split Fiction...
485: Metroid: Zero Mission
What happens when you give the original Metroid a glow-up with the Super Metroid engine? A lot of cool stuff, and some weird stuff. It's not a perfect...
WOFF Dispatch: Embodiment
You are a body. In a video game, you are a body sometimes. Other times, you are a menu, representing a body. What does a game really need to get you t...
The Talos Principle (Preview)
Can a robot's heart beat like a man's? What makes us human? Probably puzzle solving. Robots can't solve puzzles. Prove me wrong, kids.
Unlock th...
483: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
We return to Night City to embark on a new mission in the slums of Dogtown. V gets mixed up in the whacky adventures of a sitting president. Does Phan...
482: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
Does this have the least good soundtrack of the original run of Tony Hawk games? Probably! Does it still kick a good amount of ass? Yes. THPS3 continu...
481: Skin Deep
You've seen immersive sims before, but have you ever played one where you sneeze? Skin Deep is a cute, weird, immersive sim with indie sensibilities....
WOFF Dispatch: Oops! All Questions 7
We spilled the bowl, and only questions came out.
Upcoming Games:
July:
-Skin Deep
-Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
-Cyperpunk...
Lost Kingdoms (Preview)
Back when Fromsoft used to experiment in the B-tier game mines, they made a bizarre Real Time card battle game. That game is Lost Kingdoms, and this i...
479: Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
In this spin-off of a spin-off, C&C assumes the Allies are victorious in C&C Red Alert 2, which is why Yuri is out for Revenge. Use your units and st...
478: The Last Door Season 2
We found a few more doors to check. The Last Door returns with a few more episodes to show off it's unique lo-fi adventure game style. While we're sti...
WOFF Dispatch: The Future of Resident Evil
We've already killed viruses, parasites and fungi, what could possibly be waiting for us in the future? Heck, what would we do with it?
Upcoming...
Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies (Preview)
What if combat was less about hitting your opponent, and more about circling around them at very high speeds? Ace Combat 4 is one of the genre standar...
476: Resident Evil 6 (Part 2)
Time to join Chris, Sherry and Jake, and Ada, as they do the same shit Leon did last episode.
475: Resident Evil 6 (Part 1)
How many zombies is too many zombies? Probably about one campaign of Resident Evil 6. Prepare to be worn down until you don't like this pretty good ga...
474: Satisfactory
Do you dare to feel satisfied? Build a dream factory on a mostly uninhabited alien planet. Build it again once you realize how much more efficientiely...
WOFF Dispatch Roundup Q2 2025
Our cup runneth over with questions. Here are your spilled questions.
WOFF Dispatch: Minigames
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Upcoming WOFF Games:
May:
* Satisfactory (w/ Ben Merk...
WOFF 473 Preview: The Suffering
Way back when, when it felt like horror games were few and far between, we would settle for The Suffering. It's a real B-delivery of some A-level idea...
472: Rygar
He's not quite a knight, he's not quite a gladiator. He's just Rygar. And he's going to... defeat the Animalized Men Wriggling Eerily. Come join us in...
WOFF 301: Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance (Rerun)
No role-playing today, kids! Just time for that sweet tappa-tappa. Grind for gear, slay some jellied cubes, and enjoy killing some time in this Diablo...
WOFF Dispatch: Religion in Games
Why? This is the question of religion. Also, how, what, huh, whazzat and bwuh? But how do video games handle these questions religiously? Join us, as...
WOFF 471 Preview: Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
It's not quite a blobber and it's quite an Ultima, so what is it? Might and Magic is a huge series and number 6 is a strange entry. You can recruit to...
470: INDIKA
What do video games and religion have in common? The points don't matter! INDIKA is a walking-sim adjacent indie adventure game that is largely a vehi...
469: Hammerfight
Have you ever wonder what it would be like to be a pilot who also had to juggle? That's the kind of hard hitting question Hammerfight tries to answer.
WOFF Dispatch: Oops! All Questions 6
I know we ask for the asks, but the asks just don't stop coming.
Upcoming Games:
March:
* Hammerfight
* INDIKA
* Might a...
WOFF 468 Preview: Skald: Against the Black Priory
Skald - n. a composer and reciter of poems honoring heroes and their deeds. While you can't recruit a Skald in your party, oddly, you can hone and cra...
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467: Tenchu Stealth Assassins
Stealth games! We've been trying to figure out how to make games anti-action for a long time, and before we ever got to Sekiro, we had a little game c...
466: Bandersnatch
How can a movie also be a game? The sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror tries to answer that with the experimental Bandersnatch, which weirdly feels...
WOFF Dispatch: The Evolution of Boss Fights
Boss Fights! Who needs them? Not us. But the video game industrial complex sure seems addicted to them.
Upcoming Schedule:
February:
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WOFF 465 Preview: Super Mario 64
Genre defining, boundary pushing, console selling; Super Mario 64 had it all. One of the defining games of the Nintendo 64 and of the early 3D era lef...
464: Tactical Breach Wizards
Do Wizards make good cops? Well, "good" cops. How about, would Wizards be efficient cops? That's the question XCOM-inspired Tactical Breach Wizards ai...