We welcome Legend of Grimrock II to the pantheon of masterpieces we've covered for the show. It's a throwback to retro dungeon crawlers with tense combat and ingenious puzzles. It's light on story, but heavy on atmosphere, and consistently good throughout. People who like when we gush about good games will like this episode a lot. Support Watch Out for Fireballs!
Everything To Guppy is a bite-sized, four-times weekly comedy/gaming podcast in which Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.
This won't go how you think. Get ready for this to be slightly more positive than you expect. When the trailer for Doom: Annihilation came out, we were shocked at how bad it looked. The full product isn't actually "good", but there's some SyFy Original fun to be had here. It's cheap and it lacks subtlety, and it's a vague re-telling of Doom 3 through the eyes of the chosen religious soldier Joan Dark. Like I said, it isn't subtle.
It's one of those bats, a double bat.
Reminder that you can read along with and ahead of the show by subscribing to Marvel Unlimited (we don't get paid for you doing that, so it's not an ad, it's just a cool service). You can also use Comixology, or buy the trades from your local comic book shop (the preferred method, if we're being honest). Be sure to check with your local library to see if they have them there! Music by Gary, podcast art by our friend Wayne
Everything To Guppy is a bite-sized, four-times weekly comedy/gaming podcast in which Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.
These bad, bad, bad, bad boys don't make us feel so good.
Don't learn math if you want to live!
Reminder that you can read along with and ahead of the show by subscribing to Marvel Unlimited (we don't get paid for you doing that, so it's not an ad, it's just a cool service). You can also use Comixology, or buy the trades from your local comic book shop (the preferred method, if we're being honest). Be sure to check with your local library to see if they have them there! Music by Gary, podcast art by our friend Wayne
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about World War Z, Twin Peaks VR, and the Surge 2. The Grind: David: World War Z. The Surge 2. Dennis: World War Z. Sundered. Ben: Subnautica. Slay the Spire. Death Stranding. Kole: Twin Peaks VR. The Multiplayer: Which video game apocalypse would you want to live in? The End Boss: Plague, Inc. developer does very good things. Steam changes update defaults as more people turn to games in quarantine....
Bring your own turquoise jewelry and Rusted Root bootlegs.
Thanks Jack! Gary and Kole turn out the lights and get cute-spooky with the forgotten Mario Brother. This charming, bite sized adventure oozes with polish and though it was unfairly maligned in its day, it was way ahead of its time. Take a listen! Support Watch Out for Fireballs!
We both like Bomberman quite a lot. This, though, is not Bomberman, because it succumbs to the late-90s sickness of needing to make everything a mascot platformer with shitty friends and too much dialogue. Also, we talk about quarantine and weird reviews. Because of course we do!
Suddenly, around the world, every pumpkin screamed at once.
Reminder that you can read along with and ahead of the show by subscribing to Marvel Unlimited (we don't get paid for you doing that, so it's not an ad, it's just a cool service). You can also use Comixology, or buy the trades from your local comic book shop (the preferred method, if we're being honest). Be sure to check with your local library to see if they have them there! Music by Gary, podcast art by our friend Wayne
Yes, this is a full-length commentary track for the movie CATS, recorded by Will and Gary. You probably don't need to watch the movie to enjoy it, but it is pretty fun. Also, this is the only episode we'll be putting out this week; hopefully, the fact that it's two hours long will make up for the lack of Isaac content.
Anyone could be Nyarlathotep. Even you!
This very bad 3D platformer has you playing as Anthony Kiedis in a surreally meaningless empty void.
We love the Dark Souls Randomizer. It's popped up in a few of our live streams, and we're in the middle of running a let's play series about it. So we took the time to record an hour specifically about how randomizer runs work, and what the appeal is. Don't worry, Surge heads, we're starting it up next episode.
Everything To Guppy is a bite-sized, four-times weekly comedy/gaming podcast in which Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.
Reminder that you can read along with and ahead of the show by subscribing to Marvel Unlimited (we don't get paid for you doing that, so it's not an ad, it's just a cool service). You can also use Comixology, or buy the trades from your local comic book shop (the preferred method, if we're being honest). Be sure to check with your local library to see if they have them there! Music by Gary, podcast art by our friend Wayne
Everything To Guppy is a bite-sized, four-times weekly comedy/gaming podcast in which Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Resident Evil 3 Demo, State of Decay 2, and we ask you about your favorite games for coping with social distancing. The Grind: Dennis: Jackbox Party Packs. Diabotical. Borderlands 3. Kole: The Evil Within 2. Resident Evil 3 Demo. Ben: Jackbox Party Packs. Death Stranding. David: State of Decay 2. The Multiplayer: What’s your “hang out” game in the time of social distancing? The End Boss: Resident Evil 3 remake allows knife-only runs. Virtual racing ste...
A rare intermediate form.
For this month's Watch Out for Fireballs! Dispatch, our discussion topic is remakes. What makes good remakes good, and bad remakes bad? Additionally, we answer your questions, read your responses to March's games, and announce the games for May. Support Watch Out for Fireballs!
Everything To Guppy is a bite-sized, four-times weekly comedy/gaming podcast in which Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.
Necronomicon: Book of the Dead is a straight to video horror anthology movie. H.P. Lovecraft finds a copy of the fabled book, and reads three stories of woe out of it. The movie itself is mostly schlocky fun, but it's hard to call this a very good adaptation of any of Lovecraft's stories.
Reminder that you can read along with and ahead of the show by subscribing to Marvel Unlimited (we don't get paid for you doing that, so it's not an ad, it's just a cool service). You can also use Comixology, or buy the trades from your local comic book shop (the preferred method, if we're being honest). Be sure to check with your local library to see if they have them there! Music by Gary, podcast art by our friend Wayne
Nyarlathotep is just greedy for basic concepts.
Hey everyone, we've got some announcements. You can listen to the audio for full details, but it boils down to: the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee has been canceled, the Portland Retro Games Expo has been canceled, and we cannot in good conscience plan and execute a Duckfest with the global pandemic being what it is. We will not be doing any live events this year, and this really, really bums us out. To ameliorate this, we will be holding a virtual Duckfest sometime in June, and also puttin...
