
Watch Out for Fireballs
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Watch Out for Fireballs! is a game club podcast, focused on retro and non-current games. Every week, we play a game in its entirety, then discuss its merits and flaws at length. Most episodes begin with a short sketch, and we're pretty liberal about keeping tangents in. But it ultimately comes down to: Why do we like (or dislike?) this game.
Watch Out for Fireballs
6d ago
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 vehicle for philosophical debates. You might think that sounds a little pretentious, but the writing is actually stellar and we encourage everyone to check this out ..read more
Watch Out for Fireballs
1w ago
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 ..read more
Watch Out for Fireballs
2w ago
I know we ask for the asks, but the asks just don't stop coming. Upcoming Games: March: * Hammerfight * INDIKA * Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven April: * Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Rerun) * Rygar * The Suffering ..read more
Watch Out for Fireballs
3w ago
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 craft a party of heroes in this updated retro-style Blobber. It wants to introduce you to a genre that's generally unfriendly to newcomers. Full episode available exclusively to our patrons at patreon.com/duckfeedtv ..read more
Watch Out for Fireballs
1M ago
This episode is a quick announcement to let you know that the way you get Duckfeed's premium content is changing. Patreon now offers individual feeds of all of our backer-only shows. This gives you control over what your podcast player downloads, and what you ultimately listen to. Since Patreon itself has this feature, we will no longer be using the individual show feeds on Fireside for our premium content. Those feeds will no longer be updated. Here's what you need to do: You will now need to subscribe to each show you want to listen to individually through Patreon. The process is very simple ..read more
Watch Out for Fireballs
1M ago
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 called Tenchu Stealth Assassins. My, how the genre has evolved ..read more
Watch Out for Fireballs
1M ago
Boss Fights! Who needs them? Not us. But the video game industrial complex sure seems addicted to them. Upcoming Schedule: February: * Black Mirror - Bandersnatch * Tenchu Stealth Assassins * Skald: Against the Black Priory March: * Hammerfight * Indika * Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven ..read more
Watch Out for Fireballs
1M ago
Boss Fights! Who needs them? Not us. But the video game industrial complex sure seems addicted to them ..read more
Watch Out for Fireballs
1M ago
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 left a huge legacy behind, but we can only really talk about it in full if we go back to where it all began. There's a letter, a girl, and a promise of cake. This is definitely not a trap. Unlock the full episode at patreon.com/duckfeedtv ..read more
Watch Out for Fireballs
2M ago
Do Wizards make good cops? Well, "good" cops. How about, would Wizards be efficient cops? That's the question XCOM-inspired Tactical Breach Wizards aims to answer. They can arrest people with magic! Too bad the criminals have magic too ..read more