The NES saw a glut of games adapting popular gameshows, most of them developed by Rare. Improbably, Hollywood Squares is one of the more functional ones… albeit with some cuts. Gone are the stars! There’s nothing Hollywood about this! Additionally, Kole brings a chilling secondhand anecdote that might actually just be a straight up bummer.
For this entire season we’ve been walking in the wake of Messmer’s works, a fiery genocide of the Hornsent people. But now it’s time to visit the home of Messmer himself and breach the Shadow Keep which looms large over landscape. We talk about the level’s intricate design, and advance some quests related to Needle Knight Leda and her treachery about treachery.
In this episode we fight a propaganda war and go to church. Other Segments: Legends and Lore: Elf Song Tavern Arms and Equipment: Catching up on all the cool gear we foud. Find Familiar: Kitties!
Beyblade is like Digimon but it's about spinning tops. It's as dumb as it sounds.
So much stuff happened in season 4, so you've got some thoughts. Did the show start to get too cartoony? Did it lose the thread? What does the color purple mean?! We would like to thank Gwen Static for composing our theme song, and Trent Peters for creating our great podcast art.
It felt right to take a break from our normal programming (talking about things that don't matter) to process our feelings about what just happened this week in American politics. It's not our expectation that you share our exact values when it comes to electoral outcomes, but our bet is that you're pretty similar to us in feeling pretty bad about Trump winning a second term. If that's the case, we hope that this is of some value to you in helping you figure out a way forward, to make a positive...
Can you capture the magic of Who Framed Roger Rabbit in a point and click adventure game? Combing FMV and cartoon animation, Toonstruck plays with cartoon logic as it's main sense of humor. The game itself is somewhat jokefree, weirdly. Support Watch Out for Fireballs!
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O.D.T.: Escape… or Die Trying is a game with a confusing title. The O.D.T. is short for O.D.T.: Escape… or Die Trying or Die Trying. It’s a botched attempt at a Tomb Raider-like third person action game with theming and a story that are sure to put you to sleep. So we instead talk about how unfair the concept of Mario and Sonic competing in the Olympic Games would be.
In this episode we coronate Enver Gortash and go to prison. Yaay! Other Segments: Alternate Realities: What if we fought Gortash now? Legends and Lore: Flaming Fist Fiend Folio: Steel Watch
Charo’s Hidden Grave is a region that is true to its name, resting above, but out of reach from, the Cerulean Coast. But once you get up there, you learn a little bit more about this cosmology’s relationship with death, and find a dirty little secret that the Hornsent tried to hide away from themselves. AREAS COVERED:
Don't think of these as leftover questions, think of them as bonus questions. Dessert questions.
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the Case of the Golden Idol DLC, Monster Train, and much more! The Grind: Ben: SNKRX. The Case of the Golden Idol: The Vampire of Lemuria. Dennis: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Moxie: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Kole: Monster Train. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite way of griefing in multiplayer games? The End Boss: Harris/Walz gaming stories in the final stretch. No Man’s Sky developer fixes fa...
Let's travel down memory lane and explore some of greatest non-hits of the WOFF Catalog. Support Watch Out for Fireballs!
It’s bizarre that we haven’t done an episode about the Alf game for the Sega Master System, but we have a good excuse: We were completely sure that we’d already done it. This famously bad game is a poor adaptation about everyone’s favorite fish-out-of-water sitcom about a fuzzy alien who lives with a family who barely tolerates him. However, it does accurately depict how miserable it was to MAKE the show Alf. ALF Horror Recut: https://youtu.be/-BTRlkj01oc?list=PLl2UPRj734xpoXza_nOt6G-TjiWxXk9-A...
THE MONSTER BLITZ GO
In this episode we trade flesh in Baldur's Gate. Other Segments: Deities and Demigods: Sharess Legends and Lore: The Naabor family tree Fiend Folio: Nymphs
We can't believe their cheek! Miquella threw something away which he should not have, and we’re going deep into the Stone Coffin Fissure to find it. So dress appropriately for wading through hip-deep putrescence, and let your least secure friend know where you’re headed, and come with!
It's never good news when an investigator comes knocking at your door. The question is, is the news bad for you for the P.I.? What secrets dwell out in the barn, or deep in your past, or at the heart of things tracing back to a time before things with legs walked the land? Laird Barron's "Shiva, Open Your Eye", published for free in NIghtmare Magazine , is a Lovecraftian tale told from the other side. Curiosity has driven the investigator far into territory more dangerous than he comprehends... ...
Kole, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Moving Houses, Cult of the Lamb, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, and much more! The Grind: Moxie: Cult of the Lamb. Dennis: TrackMania. Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred. Kole: Silent Hill 2. Moving Houses. The Multiplayer: What game do you always have installed? The End Boss: Subnautica 2 is getting optional co-op multiplayer. Baldur’s Gate III voice actors romance themselves. Someone found a way to play all 2 billion Pokemon Platinum seeds at once....
This episode title has no double meaning. We would like to thank Gwen Static for composing our theme song, and Trent Peters for creating our great podcast art.
Who wouldn't want to explore the off-limits areas of an amusement park? Okay, what if I told you it was a haunted amusement park. Crow Country is a bite-sized dopamine capsule of a horror game. A wonderful showcase of what makes the genre fun. Run, don't walk, to play it.
In what amounts to a backdoor episode of Watch Out for Fireballs!, this listener-demanded discussion of the Return of the King game for Game Boy Advance has us mostly talking about how we would have enjoyed having this portable Diablo-like back in the day. We also talk about the Lord of the Rings’ cinematic legacy, and put 60 seconds on the clock for a Rebuttalfield about not being a weird crank about Trick or Treating teens.
We're back to the Monster Blitz, bb! 2 whole monsters, they said it couldn't be done!
In this episode we go to church and interrupt some smuggling. Other Segments: Deities and Demigods: Illmater Combat and Tactics: Elemental Series (Myrmidon) Sage Advice: Damage resistances
Wow, now THIS is blue. Having broken a Great Rune somewhere in the Shadow Realm, we now head south toward the Cerulean Coast, a beautiful region littered with gigantic stone coffin ships. But the path leading there is anything but obvious.
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Diablo IV: Vessel of Hated, TCG Card Shop Simulator, RoboCop: Rogue City, and much more! The Grind: Ben: RoboCop: Rogue City. Beat Saber. Half-Life: Alyx. TCG Card Shop Simulator. Moxie: Castlevania: Dominus Collection. Cult of the Lamb. Dennis: Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred. Inscryption. Kole: Silent Hill 2 Remake. The Multiplayer: What’s the most you’ve been spooked by a non-horror game? The End Boss: New Pokemon leak contains bawdy folk tales. Teen “compl...
Watch out! It’s the Phantom! Don’t let him… do whatever he does. Nobody knows, except maybe the people in the near future of 2040. But even they are kind of scratching their heads about this one.
Gwen likes to watch games where the contestants don't know the rules and that's why she likes Dropout's Game Changer, Gary does his annual trip to the Lovecraft Film Festival, and Kole didn't do shit, but did play some Final Fantasy XIV. And then we hang out with the Gang!
What terrifies the soul of man? Bright lights? Loud noises? Light gun games? Why not all three? Join us as we explore the horrors that game developers crafted to send chills down our spines in a bright room with lots of company. Games Covered: * Splatterhouse * Ghouls ‘n Ghosts * CarnEvil * Zombie Revenge * Dark Escape 4D * Luigi’s Mansion Arcade * Left 4 Dead: Survivors Support Watch Out for Fireballs!...
