We spend a lot of time talking about the need for the video game equivalent of short story collections, and What remains of Edith Finch is about as close to that as we've gotten so far. Edith is returning to her long-abandoned home to learn about her family's curse... which has resulted in the tragic, unfortunate, and sometimes hilarious deaths of everyone related to her. Each of the stories is its own interactive vignette, casting us into a magically realistic tale to see what exactly happened,...
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 53 min
It's time to talk about a kids' show that we were too old for, but somehow are too innocent to fully understand. Totally Spies! Totally Party is a very boring party game, like only the early 2000s could produce. But its subject matter is a show that was entirely colonized by people who were Too Horny, and it's now considered to be an entry point for every fetish under the sun.
Jan 04, 2023•5 min
This week's episodes: Lil Abaddon, Montezuma's Revenge, Lil Portal, and Tainted Azazel
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Magician Lord is an okay arcade game about a transforming wizard. That's not what's important, however. What's important is that we know that 2023 will be the year of the Buff Wizard, Who May or May Not Be a Frog Man. It's imperative that we embrace and hype this early so we can make it happen. Extremely ripped wizard. Possibly a humanoid frog. Strong as hell. Lots of lightning. Lovingly rendered buttocks and genitalia. Let's make it happen, people.
Jan 02, 2023•35 min
With Ranni's quest behind us, we venture into the next chapter of the game as we head up the Coward's Path to reach the Altus Plateau. Whatever one might have expected of the land at the foot of the Erdtree, it's unlikely they were imagining a war-torn, fallow, eternal autumn. We talk about the paths up to Altus, and the little sub-plateau where the perfumers and a certain familiar Sage perform their rites.
Jan 01, 2023•5 min
This finale that wasn't meant to be a finale shows us what happens when Tuco's psychotic unpredictability meets Walt's completely predictable pride. Walt and Jesse have entered into a working relationship with Tuco that requires a change in which precursor they use to make their meth, so they set about one of the most incompetent heists imaginable. Also, the world stops to hold its breath as we learn that Marie is shoplifting . We would like to thank Gwen Static for composing our theme song, and...
Dec 31, 2022•53 min
Because this December was a weird month, content-wise, we're bringing you an extra special, patron-only presentation: our third arcade special. We talk about four arcade classics, mostly from the 80s, and do some fond reminiscing in turn. We discuss Mappy, Paperboy, Strider, and Smash TV. Thanks so much for your support, and Happy New Year!
Dec 29, 2022•5 min
We answer your questions! We discuss Duckstream! We read your responses! What more could you want? Support Watch Out for Fireballs!
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr 55 min
We just missed Christmas with this episode, but that's okay, because Silent Night Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker, has nothing to do with Christmas. Derek Quinn is a young boy traumatized by the recent death of his father, and his mother doesn't know how to help him. Simultaneously, a strange man is stalking them, and killer toys keep showing up... all seemingly related to a toy shop owner named Joe Petto and his son, Pino. This movie is goofy as hell with tons of baffling choices in plot, product...
Dec 28, 2022•5 min
This week's episodes: Empty Heart, Astral Projection, C Section, and Cursed Penny.
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 10 min
We've spoken on the charms and pitfalls of FMV video games before, and we're happy to report that Corpse Killer falls well on the charms side. It's a dead basic lightgun game, making Terminator 2 look like Time Crisis, but it also has ridiculously over the top acting and a bonkers story. So instead of laying into it for too long, we talk about how it's driving us crazy that someone out there is trying to make people care about Avatar.
Dec 26, 2022•42 min
This week we talk with streamer and Souls challenge runner extraordinaire, our good friend Lobos Jr. We talk about how Elden Ring is sitting with him nearly a year end, and how it compares to running previous games in the series. Then we read your responses to the Ranni/underground portion of the game.
Dec 25, 2022•5 min
Hello folks! We're back with another podcast, this time covering Uncanny X-Men (2011), issues 11-14. Let's dip into everyone's favorite AU and journey to the Age of Apocalypse, where we meet all sorts of familiar faces. 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...
Dec 24, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the games they played over Duckstream, and announce the 2022 Title of the Year. The Grind: Friday the 13th Vermintide 2 Golf With Your Friends Deep Rock Galactic Deceit
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Hong Kong is revealing some deeper truths to our group of Shadowrunners, as we search for the truth about what happened to Raymond Black and try to learn what's amiss with the Walled City. We pick up in the middle section of the game, as we're taking on jobs to keep the lights on and give Auntie Cheng time to work. Shadowrun: Hong Kong continues to be a delightful short story collection of fun, tactical missions that uses its setting to great effect. Support Watch Out for Fireballs!...
Dec 22, 2022•2 hr 20 min
You know Nick. You know Toons. But did you know they raced? Like M&Ms and pious zoo animals before them, all of your favorites like Spongebob and Daggett and Norbert hopped in little cars and went around and round. We touch on the GBC and PSX versions of the game before talking about the best clock ever made, and the portable cutoff time for when Nickelodeon stopped being good (i.e. for you).
Dec 22, 2022•5 min
This week's episodes: Redemption, Spirit Shackles, Cracked Orb, and Tainted Samson.
Dec 20, 2022•57 min
City Connection is a fun arcade maze chase that takes place in a world where everything's the same, but cars jump for some reason? So we talk about the dangers of being so competitive that you scream about Bingo, and also cap things off with a vexatious Burger King anecdote.
Dec 19, 2022•45 min
Ranni the Witch's questline draws to a close as we reach the top of that damned Liurnian plateau, to find out where she went, and where she plans to go. And there's other cool stuff up here, too, like one of the hardest bosses in the game: Alecto. Next up is a Roundtable episode, and then were off (or up?) to Altus to begin the next leg of the season.
Dec 18, 2022•5 min
Here we reach the high point of Season One of Breaking Bad, with Walt and Jesse continuing to cook so much that they have trouble moving enough product. Which would be a good problem to have if it didn't involve getting in bed with a psychopath named Tuco. Meanwhile, Hank starts sniffing around Walt's high school chemistry lab looking for his mystery cook, and ends up ruing the life of an improbably saintly custodian. We would like to thank Gwen Static for composing our theme song, and Trent Pet...
Dec 17, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about The Devil in Me, Marve;’s Midnight Suns, Gungrave G.O.R.E., and much more! The Grind: Kole: Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me. Jala: Pokemon Scarlet. Ben: Marvel’s Midnight Suns Dennis: Gungrave G.O.R.E. Modern Warfare 2: DMZ. The Multiplayer: What’s your Game In the Year 2022? The End Boss: FromSoft reveals new Armored Core game. The boy wizard game’s last-gen versions are delayed. Brawl Star gambling addicts bemoan loss of loot boxes....
Dec 17, 2022•1 hr 58 min
"Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good" month continues with the slightly worse but worthy follow up to the masterpiece Shadowrun Dragonfall. We've arrived in Hong Kong at the request of our adopted father but not all is what it seems. Please join us at patreon.com/duckfeedtv Support Watch Out for Fireballs!
Dec 16, 2022•2 hr 30 min
Welcome to hell. This month we're talking about Elf Bowling: The Movie, sometimes subtitled "The Great North Pole Elf Strike", which is sens
Dec 14, 2022•5 min
This week's episodes: Options?, Candy Heart, Pound Of Flesh, and Keeper's Bargain. Also: Tune in to Duckstream on December 16-18, www.duckfeed.tv/duckstream !
Dec 13, 2022•52 min
First off, it's podcast malpractice that we didn't make this entire episode about the video for the KISS song "Psycho Circus". That's on us. We weren't even that distracted by the ho-hum Lithtech shooter that is KISS colon Psycho Circus colon The Nightmare Child. We just got very wrapped up in the concept of KISS itself, which basically amounts to Insane Clown Posse for boomers. This is also part two of our inadvertent duology of "Our Carnival Isn't Like the Carnival You Grew Up With, It's a Lit...
Dec 12, 2022•40 min
Get out your hip waders, because we're taking the plunge into the big neon-pink stew that is the Lake of Rot. This area is a bizarre roadblock on the way to the conclusion of Ranni's quest, and there's little in the game that makes reference to what this place is. The Blind Swordsman sealed the God of Rot somewhere down here, and that's all we know. But there are fun details to talk about, from the style of play this forces you to adopt, to the development history that led to us getting the zone...
Dec 11, 2022•5 min
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! You can find one using this site Music by Gary, podcast art by our friend Wayne...
Dec 10, 2022•24 min
Kole, Ben, David, and Dennis talk about Pentiment, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, and much more! The Grind: Dennis: Dawncaster. Slay the Spire. Warzone 2.0. David: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Ben: God of War: Ragnarok. Pentiment. Kole: NOTHING. The Multiplayer: Your The Game Awards predictions. The End Boss: Star Wars: Jedi Survivor release date leaks. A Zenimax QA team unionizes. A new Mario movie trailer dropped. Vampire Survivor is getting some DLC....
Dec 10, 2022•2 hr 4 min
This week continues the Last Castoff's journey, as they continue seeking out answers for what the Changing God was up to with his resonance chamber... The one we crashed into like a big ol' meteor. We head through the Valley of Dead Heroes and the Sanctuary at Miel Avest before ending up at The Bloom, a city within a dimension-spanning organism. We talk about the rest of the game, highlighting as many side quests as we found, and end up discussing how this game measures up to its predecessor. Is...
Dec 08, 2022•3 hr 2 min
Rocket Knight Adventure is a good game. Its graphics are big and bold, the platforming has a good amount of variety, and the combat is flawed but not worthy of a dragging. So we talk about the game's merits instead, before turning to the question: If humans worked on Gremlins rules, could we find love?
Dec 07, 2022•5 min
