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WOFF 354 Preview: Deathloop from 2022-04-21T12:00

Kill everyone on Reddit Island Fyrefest! Using superpowers and time travel. What a pitch! It's no secret we're big fans of Arkane, which makes Deathloop exceedingly interesting in both it's triumph...

353: Chuck E. Cheese's / Showbiz Pizza from 2022-04-14T10:00

Gather 'round the stage birthday boys and girls! It's time for a special episode about what for some will be a fond childhood memory, and for others will be a resounding horror: Chuck E. Cheese and...

352: The Shrouded Isle from 2022-04-07T10:00

Thank you Randall! Check out Crashcoral.com! (pw: crashcoral). Oh, a cult simulator/management game with heavy lovecraftian elements, striking minimalist art, and a roguelike structure. Did someone...

Dispatch: Prescriptive vs. Permissive Games from 2022-03-31T10:00

This week we talk about a new spectrum on which we can analyze games: is it prescriptive, or is it permissive? Does it force you to conform to its demands, or does it say "yes" to the way you try t...

WOFF 351 Preview: Until Dawn from 2022-03-24T10:00

TEENS! TEENS! TEENS! No, it's not some sort of horrible chant, it's what we're killin. Hop in.Until Dawn showed how you can take steady principles of narrative adventure games such as The Walking D...

350: King's Bounty from 2022-03-17T10:00

Quest Questingson conquers all of the continents of Continentia in this foundational strategy game. The king's sceptre has gone missing, and as a result both he and the kingdom itself are falling i...

349: Ultimate NES Remix from 2022-03-10T10:00

Nintendo is a company that is sometimes too in love with it's own history. But sometimes, that love bears beautiful results. This creative lil nugget functions as a reader's digest version of some ...

Episode 348: Inscryption from 2022-03-03T10:00

You wake up in a cabin and you're playing a dangerous game. Sacrifices must be made. And the only way forward is to play your cards right. That's about all we can say about Inscryption, an ambitiou...

Dispatch: GOTY Discourse from 2022-02-24T07:00

We answer your questions, discuss GOTY discourse, read your responses to February's games and announce April's docket.

Episode 347 Preview: State of Decay from 2022-02-17T10:00

The world's gone to shit, and the only way to stay alive is to work together. You start State of Decay playing a man named Marcus, but very quickly you gain access to a whole settlement full...

347 Preview: State of Decay from 2022-02-17T10:00

The world's gone to shit, and the only way to stay alive is to work together. You start State of Decay playing a man named Marcus, but very quickly you gain access to a whole settlement full of sim...

346: Warhammer: Dark Omen from 2022-02-10T09:00

Thanks Abe! Is it metal? It's metal. It's undeniably badass in a way that is extremely appealing to our skeleton loving souls. The game itself is a pretty frustrating and dated RTS but our eyes are...

345: Professor Layton and the Curious Village from 2022-02-03T14:00

This game reminds me of a puzzle. About 120 of them, to be exact. You could be forgiven for thinking that Professor Layton existed before his debut game on the Nintendo DS. The whole series has suc...

WOFF Dispatch: Long Games from 2022-01-27T07:00

Are games too long? 500 hours? What does that mean, Dying Light 2?

Also, we answer your questions and read your responses to January's games before announcing February's ...

Dispatch: Long Games from 2022-01-27T07:00

Are games too long? 500 hours? What does that mean, Dying Light 2? Also, we answer your questions and read your responses to January's games before announcing February's CROP.

Episode 344 Preview: The Sinking City from 2022-01-20T10:00

Charles Reed enters a waking nightmare to try and end his sleeping nightmares. That's the opening of The Sinking City, an open world detective game by Frogwares, the Sherlock Holmes people. ...

344 Preview: The Sinking City from 2022-01-20T10:00

Charles Reed enters a waking nightmare to try and end his sleeping nightmares. That's the opening of The Sinking City, an open world detective game by Frogwares, the Sherlock Holmes people. However...

343: Dark Messiah of Might and Magic from 2022-01-13T07:00

Thank you Ryan! Appealing to young horny gamers everywhere by putting a demon in your head that offers to suck you off if you do her evil bidding: Not that far off from the actual plot of DMoMM. I...

342: Super Mario Bros. 3 from 2022-01-06T10:00

We start the new year with an old classic, covering Super Mario Bros. 3. This was Nintendo's biggest effort on the NES, and it deserves its reputation. This episode concerns itself with comparing a...

Dispatch: Duckstream from 2021-12-30T07:00

Questions get answers, responses get read, games get announced, and Duckstream gets discussed.

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Episode 341: Fallout 4: Far Harbor (Preview) from 2021-12-23T10:00

This week's premium episode takes us to the biggest DLC pack for Fallout 4, Far Harbor. A missing person's case brings us to an island torn in three pieces, split among factions who can ...

341 Preview: Fallout 4: Far Harbor from 2021-12-23T10:00

This week's premium episode takes us to the biggest DLC pack for Fallout 4, Far Harbor. A missing person's case brings us to an island torn in three pieces, split among factions who can barely tole...

340: Fallout 4: Part 3 from 2021-12-16T07:00

It's all over but the crying. And the DLC. And the DLC next week. We continue our way through the side quests of the wastes before visiting the first couple of story dlcs for this massive game.

339: Fallout 4 (Part 2) from 2021-12-09T10:00

This week, we finish talking about the main quest of Fallout 4 and talk about the various faction side quests. Next week we'll get in-depth on the rest of the side quests and start talking a bit ab...

338: Fallout 4: Part 1 from 2021-12-02T05:00

Why does the sun go on shining? Why does the sea rush to shore? Don't they know it's the end of the world because you don't love me anymore? We begin our discussion of Fallout 4 with beefy generali...

WOFF Dispatch: Maps from 2021-11-25T10:00

This month's Dispatch episode features a discussion of mapping systems in games, as part of a broader discussion about friction that used to be charming but is now kind of tedious. We also r...

Dispatch: Maps from 2021-11-25T10:00

This month's Dispatch episode features a discussion of mapping systems in games, as part of a broader discussion about friction that used to be charming but is now kind of tedious. We also read you...

Episode 337: Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty Preview from 2021-11-18T08:00

You givin' me orders?

Wings of Liberty and Starcraft 2 in general is the last gasp of a certain kind of RTS and a certain kind of Blizzard game. The last expression of their ...

337 Preview: Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty Preview from 2021-11-18T08:00

You givin' me orders? Wings of Liberty and Starcraft 2 in general is the last gasp of a certain kind of RTS and a certain kind of Blizzard game. The last expression of their dumb as nails plotting ...

336: Stardew Valley from 2021-11-11T10:00

This week go back to basics by starting up a brutal one-man factory farm in Stardew Valley. This indie successor to Harvest Moon is a phenomenon, with tons of people succumbing to the wide variety ...

335: Left 4 Dead 2 from 2021-11-04T16:00

Everyone has Green Flu Fever, or Green Fever Flu. Something like that. And it's a hard time in the big easy for 4 charismatic goofballs, shootin' and slashin' their way through a horde of zombies a...

WOFF! Dispatch: Let Them Die from 2021-10-28T10:00

This week we answer your questions, read your responses to October's games, and talk about when it's time to let game series die.

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Dispatch: Let Them Die from 2021-10-28T10:00

This week we answer your questions, read your responses to October's games, and talk about when it's time to let game series die.

Episode 334: Resident Evil 8 (Preview) from 2021-10-21T08:00

Thank you Adam Bucceri! Check out their game, Enter the Survival Horror, at adam-bucceri.itch.io

Ethan Winters vs Magneto and a hot topic creepy doll? And it's good? What the...

334 Preview: Resident Evil Village from 2021-10-21T08:00

Thank you Adam Bucceri! Check out their game, Enter the Survival Horror, at adam-bucceri.itch.io Ethan Winters vs Magneto and a hot topic creepy doll? And it's good? What the heck? This direct fol...

333: Silent Hill from 2021-10-14T15:00

A god incubated by pain and hate creates a paradise of blood and rust around it, and that's what Harry Mason must run through to save his daughter. This classic survival horror game didn't just sta...

332: ECHO from 2021-10-07T07:00

Thank you Jeremy! This is a weird one! En, a member of a hyper capable cult of child somethings tries to revive her dead friend(?) who is also a cube(!) The story, lore, and world-building in this ...

WOFF Dispatch: Decade from 2021-09-30T10:00

This month's Dispatch episode has us talking about our thoughts on doing ten years of Watch Out for Fireballs! We also answer your questions, and read your responses to Katana Zero, Sonic 2,...

Dispatch: Decade from 2021-09-30T10:00

This month's Dispatch episode has us talking about our thoughts on doing ten years of Watch Out for Fireballs! We also answer your questions, and read your responses to Katana Zero, Sonic 2, Singul...

331 Preview: Darkest Dungeon from 2021-09-23T10:00

Ruin has come to this podcast network, thanks to Jack! This is the preview episode about Darkest Dungeon and it's one of the meatiest previews we've ever done. If you want to hear the whole thing,...

Episode 331: Darkest Dungeon Preview from 2021-09-23T10:00

Ruin has come to this podcast network, thanks to Jack!

This is the preview episode about Darkest Dungeon and it's one of the meatiest previews we've ever done. If you wa...

330: Singularity from 2021-09-16T10:00

It's time crimes right on down the line as we tackle the forgotten 2010 shooter, Singularity. Created by Raven Software right before they were exiled to the Call of Duty mines, it's a fast-paced sh...

329: Sonic The Hedgehog 2 from 2021-09-09T07:30

Listen, there's a lot to talk about here. You could talk about how we've been doing this show for a decade, or about how Sonic exemplifies the tension between freeform arcade gameplay and the slowe...

328: Katana Zero from 2021-09-02T10:00

It's rain-soaked, neon-soaked, and blood-soaked. It's Katana Zero, an action game that takes multiple pages from the Hotline Miami book. You play an unnamed contract killer with the unlikely abilit...

Dispatch: Crafting from 2021-08-26T14:00

In this episode we answer your questions, talk about crafting in games, read your responses to August's games, and announce October's games.

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327 Preview: Chrono Trigger from 2021-08-19T19:00

This week, we set our wayback machines to 1995 to discuss one of the most beloved games of all time. Chrono Trigger was part of a late salvo of 16-bit RPGs that defined a generation of storytelling...

326: Paradise Killer from 2021-08-12T08:00

Thank you Nicholas! Welcome to the Courtesy Dome where two polite midwesterners sensibly argue whether this game is good or bad. Is it a cool mystery story with a neat aesthetic? Or is it an effect...

325: Sam&Max Save the World from 2021-08-05T09:00

It's the heartwarming tale of two psychopaths who save the world from people more dangerous than even them. Sam is a laid back dog, Max is an impulsive rabbit-thing, and they are classic adventure ...

WOFF Dispatch July 2021: Oops! All Questions Part 1 from 2021-07-29T08:00

Our mental health meters were running low and we didn't have a topic in us, so we just did a bunch of questions. We also read your responses to July's games before announcing Septembers ...

Dispatch: Oops! All Questions (Part 1) from 2021-07-29T08:00

Our mental health meters were running low and we didn't have a topic in us, so we just did a bunch of questions. We also read your responses to July's games before announcing Septembers crop.

324 Preview: Prey (2017) from 2021-07-22T10:00

Which you can you trust? Prey is a rare creature: an immersive sim that's more like System Shock 2 than Bioshock. You are Morgan Yu, an amnesiac on a space station overrun with shapeshifting monste...

Episode 324 Preview: Prey (2017) from 2021-07-22T10:00

Which you can you trust? Prey is a rare creature: an immersive sim that's more like System Shock 2 than Bioshock. You are Morgan Yu, an amnesiac on a space station overrun with shapeshifting...

323: Heat Signature from 2021-07-15T07:00

Thank you I See Spiders! We all know defenestrating is one of the coolest things you can do in video games. But what if you could do that... in space? With a near best in class group of gadgets and...

322: The Stanley Parable from 2021-07-08T10:00

The Stanley Parable is a short game with a lot to say about games. You play as Stanley, an office worker with a pointless job who finds himself being ordered around by an omniscient narrator. By de...

321: Horizon Zero Dawn from 2021-07-01T09:00

It's rare to be surprised by a sci fi twist, and this AAA action adventure genuinely surprises. Throw in some engaging combat and not even an electronic T-Rex sized barrel of bloat can hold it back...

Dispatch: Progression from 2021-06-24T10:00

This month's special topic is a discussion about RPG progression. What kinds of character upgrades are satisfying, which ones aren't, and why has there been a broader trend of games getting more bl...

Episode 320: WOFF: Mario 3D World Preivew from 2021-06-17T07:00

CAT MARIO.

Thanks Joelle!

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320 Preview: Super Mario 3D World from 2021-06-17T07:00

CAT MARIO. Thanks Joelle!

319: The Witness from 2021-06-10T10:00

This week we play the opinionated magnum opus of an opinionated creator. The Witness, created by Jonathan Blow, attempts to use puzzles and geometry to change the way you see the world, and create ...

318: Hotline Miami from 2021-06-03T09:00

Do you like hurting people? Who is leaving messages on your answering machine?Where are you right now? Why are we having this conversation?

Dispatch: Strategy Guides from 2021-05-27T19:15

This month we have a little love fest for strategy guides, talking about the roles they've filled for us over the years, and what scratches that itch for us nowadays. We also answer your que...

317 Preview: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Preview) from 2021-05-20T19:00

Thank you Ethan! We were all teens once. Some of us listento a lot of mall metal, and some of us end up child soldiers. MGR Revengance is a goofy bit of juvenilia but despite vestigial stealth elem...

Episode 317: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Preview) from 2021-05-20T19:00

Thank you Ethan!

We were all teens once. Some of us listen to a lot of mall metal, and some of us end up child soldiers.

MGR Revengance is a goofy bit of juvenili...

316: RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic from 2021-05-13T10:00

It's a management sim with a touch of whimsy and customers who are dumb as rocks. This week we talk about the classic theme park development game RollerCoaster Tycoon, breaking down its systems and...

315: Hitman 3 from 2021-05-06T06:00

Do you belieeeeeeve in life after Providence? One of our favorite characters in games gets a proper send off in a game trilogy that would function as a proper send off for the entire stealth genre....

Dispatch: Food in Games from 2021-04-29T10:00

This month, we settle in for a light topic... how food is depicted in games. We talk about how it can convey the story of a location, or augment a game's mechanics. We also answer your quest...

314 Preview: Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus from 2021-04-22T10:00

You know, there's nothing wrong with an above average fastfood sandwich. Sometimes, your body just craves a pretty good game that does everything decently, while not doing anything exceptionally we...

Episode 314: Ratchet and Clank, Into the Nexus (preview) from 2021-04-22T10:00

You know, there's nothing wrong with an above average fastfood sandwich. Sometimes, your body just craves a pretty good game that does everything decently, while not doing anything exception...

313: Riven from 2021-04-15T10:00

The odds are always stacked against a sophomore effort. The original Myst was a gigantic success and had a huge cultural impact, finding fans in unlikely places due to its advanced graphics and lei...

312: Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Part 2) from 2021-04-08T18:00

What a big game! This is part two of our coverage of an expansive and masterful CRPG, Divinity: Original Sin 2. We pick up with Act 2, as we land on the Reaper's Coast and set about learning the wa...

Episode 311: Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Part 1) from 2021-04-01T07:45

No one listens to more podcasts than the man with many cheeses.

In this crunchy, and charismatic CRPG, you play as the godwoken, someone with the potential to ascend to the divin...

311: Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Part 1) from 2021-04-01T07:45

No one listens to more podcasts than the man with many cheeses. In this crunchy, and charismatic CRPG, you play as the godwoken, someone with the potential to ascend to the divine. Somewhat standar...

WOFF Dispatch March 2021: Tutorials from 2021-03-25T11:00

Kole and Gary answer your questions, discuss what makes a good tutorial, read your responses to March's games, and announce May!

S...

Dispatch: Tutorials from 2021-03-25T11:00

Kole and Gary answer your questions, discuss what makes a good tutorial, read your responses to March's games, and announce May!

310 Preview: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor from 2021-03-18T10:00

Talion caught a bad break. Not only did Sauron kill his family in front of him, but he was killed too! And then an elf spirit had the nerve to possess him and send him on a rampage of vengeance acr...

309: The Magic Circle from 2021-03-11T06:00

Thank you Joe! You're trapped in an incomplete game, and given the power to rewrite your reality. It sounds amazing, and there are plenty of grace notes, but this game is a bit too messy for its ow...

308: Trauma Center: Second Opinion from 2021-03-04T14:00

The Trauma Center series is one of the more interesting things to come out of Nintendo's love affair with strange control schemes in the DS and Wii era. These "surgery simulators" end up playing mo...

WOFF Dispatch: Retro Peril from 2021-02-25T10:00

This month's Dispatch topic is what we're calling "Retro Peril", or the idea that playing a newer entry in a genre would stop you from enjoying classic entries if you went back...

Dispatch: Retro Peril from 2021-02-25T10:00

This month's Dispatch topic is what we're calling "Retro Peril", or the idea that playing a newer entry in a genre would stop you from enjoying classic entries if you went back to revisit them. Wou...

307 Preview: Outer Wilds from 2021-02-18T18:00

The bad news is you only have 22 minutes. The good news is, you have as many 22 minutes as you need. Outer Wilds is a plucky, optimistic game about horrifying circumstances. You stand alone in the ...

306: The Last of Us from 2021-02-11T10:00

When it comes to cordyceps, we want some more-dyceps! Kole and Gary tackle what might be the most acclaimed video game in history. Despite having some issues with story and gameplay integration, th...

305: Monster Train from 2021-02-04T11:00

This week continues out accidental theme of covering Roguelites on the show, as we chug-a-lug through Monster Train. It's a deck builder with strong elements of strategy games, as you summon monste...

WOFF Dispatch January 2021: Podcast Personas from 2021-01-28T05:00

In this episode, we answer your questions, we talk about our podcast personas and where our lines are, and we read your responses to January's games before announcing what we have coming in ...

Dispatch: Podcast Personas from 2021-01-28T05:00

In this episode, we answer your questions, we talk about our podcast personas and where our lines are, and we read your responses to January's games before announcing what we have coming in March.

Episode 304: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Preview) from 2021-01-21T11:00

Tommy Vercetti was sent down south to make some money for the mob, and he chose to build an empire instead. The year is 1986 and nothing is off limits whatsoever. No game that came out after Gra...

304 Preview: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City from 2021-01-21T11:00

Tommy Vercetti was sent down south to make some money for the mob, and he chose to build an empire instead. The year is 1986 and nothing is off limits whatsoever. No game that came out after Grand ...

303: Enter the Gungeon from 2021-01-14T19:00

Thank you Lucian! Lock and load! We've only dabbled in Rogue-lights for the show but that changes NOW with thistough as nails twin stick shooter with charm, humor, and grace notes to spare.

302: Return of the Obra Dinn from 2021-01-07T13:00

Nothing good happens on boats. At least, that's the conclusion we came to after thoroughly exploring the Obra Dinn and the fates of its unfortunate occupants. This mystery game, developed by Lucas ...

Dispatch December 2020: Fail States from 2020-12-31T08:00

What better way to end 2020 than to talk about fail states?

We also answer your questions and read your responses to December's games, as well as announce what we're doi...

Dispatch: Fail States from 2020-12-31T08:00

What better way to end 2020 than to talk about fail states? We also answer your questions and read your responses to December's games, as well as announce what we're doing in February.

301 Preview: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance from 2020-12-24T12:00

We return to the Forgotten Realms, and the kingdom of tappa tappa tappa to talk about this console hack-n-slash game. You play as an upstart adventurer who is mugged in Baldur's Gate, which draws y...

300: Dragon Age 2 (Part 3) from 2020-12-17T09:00

Thanks Mitch and thank you everyone for sticking with us this long! We drag the end of Dragon Age 2 before visiting the mostly good but sometimes just alright DLCs. Act 3 of Dragon Age 2: a triumph...

299: Dragon Age 2 (Part 2) from 2020-12-10T10:00

This week, we continue our coverage of Dragon Age 2 by moving on to Chapter 2. Hawke and company have hit it big after three years of living in Kirkwall, but the city's problems are only getting wo...

298: Dragon Age 2 (Part 1) from 2020-12-03T09:00

Our love for the outliers in big games series continues with this look at Dragon Age 2. Changing the scope from Dragon Age 1 was a gamble that paid off, among some others that did not. Kole and Gar...

Dispatch November 2020: Spoilers from 2020-11-26T21:00

On this month's Dispatch episode, we talk about Spoilers. Why don't they bother us? What benefit scan strategically spoiling things for yourself bring? What's a sensible spoiler poli...

Dispatch: Spoilers from 2020-11-26T21:00

On this month's Dispatch episode, we talk about Spoilers. Why don't they bother us? What benefit scan strategically spoiling things for yourself bring? What's a sensible spoiler policy for podcasts...

297 Preview: Marathon 2: Durandal from 2020-11-19T14:00

What was Bungie up to before they bounced back with Halo? Marathon, another sci-fi shooter that was a foundational game for Macintosh gamers. Its graphics were well ahead of the times, and the stor...

296: Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons from 2020-11-12T06:00

Thanks David! This goofy episode on this ambitious, but somewhat tedious, SNES era simulation game was a balm to record on election day, and we hope it's a balm for you to hear. Follow Joao as he t...

295: No One Lives Forever from 2020-11-05T12:00

Cate Archer is the grooviest spy that ever was, and she's on a mission to save the world from H.A.R.M. and their burping biological billionaire bombs. This cinematic first person shooter was ahead ...

October 2020 Dispatch: Mobile Gaming from 2020-10-29T08:00

In this episode, we answer your questions, discuss what makes a good mobile game, read your responses to October's games and announce what we're covering in December.

Pl...

Dispatch: Mobile Gaming from 2020-10-29T08:00

In this episode, we answer your questions, discuss what makes a good mobile game, read your responses to October's games and announce what we're covering in December. Please note, there area coupl...

Episode 294: Doom 3 (Preview) from 2020-10-22T10:00

Doom 3 was a controversial game, but its only real sin is not being Doom 2 or Doom 2016. Released in 2004 and coinciding with an identity crisis at id Software, this is a retelling of the origin...

294 Preview: Doom 3 from 2020-10-22T10:00

Doom 3 was a controversial game, but its only real sin is not being Doom 2 or Doom 2016. Released in 2004 and coinciding with an identity crisis at id Software, this is a retelling of the original ...

293: Resident Evil 5 from 2020-10-15T05:15

Thank you Ryan! Beef Golem and Sheva go on a racially insensitive adventure in the 2nd worst mainline Resident Evil game that is, none-the-less, still sort of worth playing? Hear us shed some dayli...

292: Soma from 2020-10-08T10:00

October's horror game parade continues with Soma, a game that questions what makes us us. Simon is an unlucky guy. He gets a brain scan to help him with a terminal condition, and wakes up in a faci...

291: Dino Crisis 2 from 2020-10-01T11:00

This goofy action game is a dumb blast and this episode is a breezy start to the best month of the year. Join us as we discuss dino-teens from the year 3000.

WOFF! Dispatch 21: Cutting Bait from 2020-09-24T09:00

This week's WOFF! Dispatch is about the special topic of deciding when to stop playing a game. What's the difference between "finishing" a game and "being done" with ...

Dispatch: Cutting Bait from 2020-09-24T09:00

This week's WOFF! Dispatch is about the special topic of deciding when to stop playing a game. What's the difference between "finishing" a game and "being done" with a game? What makes you walk awa...

Episode 290: God of War 2018 (Preview) from 2020-09-17T05:00

Kranky Kratos takes his vengeance quest to a brand new pantheon: the pantheon of fatherhood. Kole and Gary take an axe to the skull of this 2018 prestige game, and by take an axe to the skull, I...

290 Preview: God of War (2018) from 2020-09-17T05:00

Kranky Kratos takes his vengeance quest to a brand new pantheon: the pantheon of fatherhood. Kole and Gary take an axe to the skull of this 2018 prestige game, and by take an axe to the skull, I me...

289: Lords of Magic from 2020-09-10T23:00

Assembled well-wishers, welcome to the land of crunch. Lords of Magic is a 1997 strategy game that is unlike anything we've covered for the show. It takes a high fantasy medieval theme and stacks a...

288: Plants vs. Zombies from 2020-09-03T09:00

The idea of casual games is basically fake, and it's harmful because it leads to inclusive games being dismissed. Kole and Gary look at one of the titans of the "casual" gaming world and find that ...

Dispatch 20: Breaks from 2020-08-27T16:00

This week we answer your questions and prompts, and talk about times in our lives when we "fell out of love with games". Times when we stopped playing as many games, why that happened,...

Dispatch: Breaks from 2020-08-27T16:00

This week we answer your questions and prompts, and talk about times in our lives when we "fell out of love with games". Times when we stopped playing as many games, why that happened, and what bro...

Announcing... ORB, a Venture Bros. Podcast from 2020-08-25T13:00

We're pleased to announce our first new podcast in quite some time! Coming this fall, Gary and Kole will premiere ORB: A Venture Bros. Podcast. We've taken our approach to video games, movies, musi...

Episode 287: Devil May Cry (Preview) from 2020-08-20T09:00

Big thanks to Moonborne! Though it has some early installment clunk, it's not that often that we get to play what is arguably (please don't argue with us) the first of a genre. Does it h...

287 Preview: Devil May Cry from 2020-08-20T09:00

Big thanks to Moonborne! Though it has some early installment clunk, it's not that often that we get to play what is arguably (please don't argue with us) the first of a genre. Does it hold up? Doe...

286: Disco Elysium (Part 2) from 2020-08-13T10:00

This is the second and final part of our Disco Elysium coverage, picking up roughly with day two of the investigation and going full-tilt into learning not just the cause of the murder, but also wh...

285: Disco Elysium (Part 1) from 2020-08-06T07:00

Big ups to Jack for sponsoring this episode! A monumental WRPG that rocketed its way up our personal charts to the WOFF Pantheon, Disco Elysium is inspired by all the best video games and still end...

Dispatch 19: Escapism from 2020-07-30T10:00

This week, we talk about escapism, and how turning to games to distract from the real world is sometimes healthy and necessary. We also answer your questions and prompts, and read your responses...

Dispatch: Escapism from 2020-07-30T10:00

This week, we talk about escapism, and how turning to games to distract from the real world is sometimes healthy and necessary. We also answer your questions and prompts, and read your responses to...

Episode 284: Watch Out For Fireballs! 284: Golf Games (preview) from 2020-07-23T10:00

This weirdo episode talks about a smattering of old and new golf games. The full episode then goes onto discuss Mario Golf Advance Tour. Join us on patreon to hear the whole shebang!

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284 Preview: Golf Games from 2020-07-23T10:00

This weirdo episode talks about a smattering of old and new golf games. The full episode then goes onto discuss Mario Golf Advance Tour. Join us on patreon to hear the whole shebang!

283: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Part 2) from 2020-07-16T19:00

This is the second part, and conclusion, of our Tactics Ogre coverage, where we talk about the Law and Chaos routes of Chapters 2, 3, and 4. Denam is in a precarious place, forced to make morally c...

282: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Part 1) from 2020-07-09T08:00

This wildly ambitious port of a wildly ambitious SNES game features a lot of our favorite concepts and creators. Can it stand up to the gigantic shadow cast by Final Fantasy Tactics?

281: Hitman 2 (2018) from 2020-07-02T10:00

This episode takes us back into the tangled, bloody, and hilarious world of Agent 47. While HItman 2 could be called a mission pack or an expansion pack, we don't think there's anything wrong with ...

WOFF Dispatch 18: Solved Meta from 2020-06-25T12:00

Kole and Gary answer your prompts and questions, read your responses to June's games, and discuss the menace of solved meta and how it keeps us away from multiplayer gaming.

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Dispatch: Solved Meta from 2020-06-25T12:00

Kole and Gary answer your prompts and questions, read your responses to June's games, and discuss the menace of solved meta and how it keeps us away from multiplayer gaming.

Episode 280: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Preview) from 2020-06-18T10:00

Before they became all the rage in the indie space, you headed to the DS if you wanted to play a Metroidvania game. Konami eventually lost interest in making them, but before they did, they gave...

280 Preview: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia from 2020-06-18T10:00

Before they became all the rage in the indie space, you headed to the DS if you wanted to play a Metroidvania game. Konami eventually lost interest in making them, but before they did, they gave us...

279: Crash Bandicoot 2 from 2020-06-11T07:00

Thank you SindrElf! Gary and Kole take a stilted perspective walk down memory lane, towards the camera for some reason.

278: Dreamfall: The Longest Journey from 2020-06-05T12:00

The Longest Journey was one of the earliest games we covered for this show, way back in the winter of 2011. We'd intended to hit up its sequel, Dreamfall, because we heard good things. Now, finally...

WOFF Dispatch 17: Taking Control from 2020-05-28T10:00

Kole and Gary answer your questions, discuss when it's appropriate to take control away from the player, and read your responses to May's games. Also, we announce June's lineup at th...

Dispatch: Taking Control from 2020-05-28T10:00

Kole and Gary answer your questions, discuss when it's appropriate to take control away from the player, and read your responses to May's games. Also, we announce June's lineup at the end!

Episode 277: Resident Evil 3 (2020) [Preview] from 2020-05-21T10:00

This month's premium episode is Capcom's action-heavy followup to the Resident Evil 2 Remake, their update to Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. It tells a similar story to the original, but stre...

277 Preview: Resident Evil 3 (2020) from 2020-05-21T10:00

This month's premium episode is Capcom's action-heavy followup to the Resident Evil 2 Remake, their update to Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. It tells a similar story to the original, but streamlines eve...

276: Celeste from 2020-05-14T10:00

Special thanks to Neasa! Kole and Gary surmount one of the most critically acclaimed indies in recent memory. This masocore platformer has tons of heart, some hidden, and extremely precise gamefee...

275: Hypnospace Outlaw from 2020-05-07T10:00

We're over the moon about this strange detective game set in an alternate history version of the late 90s internet. You're an Enforcer for a corrupt company, browsing the poorly made homepages of n...

WOFF Dispatch 16: Lore from 2020-04-30T08:00

We read your prompts, and your responses to April's games, and discuss what we think separates good lore from bad lore.

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Dispatch: Lore from 2020-04-30T08:00

We read your prompts, and your responses to April's games, and discuss what we think separates good lore from bad lore.

Episode 274: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Preview) from 2020-04-16T10:00

The New Colossus is a very strange game. By our usual metrics, this sequel isn't as good as its predecessor. The levels are bad, and the difficulty tuning is way out of whack. Instead, what ...

274 Preview: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus from 2020-04-16T10:00

The New Colossus is a very strange game. By our usual metrics, this sequel isn't as good as its predecessor. The levels are bad, and the difficulty tuning is way out of whack. Instead, what makes u...

273: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time from 2020-04-16T09:00

Like sands through the hourglass, everything ages. But because time is an ocean in a storm, not a river, some things age better than others, even within the same game. Kole and Gary talk about this...

272: Legend of Grimrock II from 2020-04-09T10:00

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,...

271: Luigi's Mansion from 2020-04-02T11:00

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...

WOFF! Dispatch 15: Remakes from 2020-03-26T10:00

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 resp...

Dispatch: Remakes from 2020-03-26T10:00

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 t...

State of Live Shows from 2020-03-24T14:00

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 E...

Episode 270: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (Preview) from 2020-03-19T13:00

There are really two Ocarina of Times. The one that came out in 1998 that's undeniably groundbreaking and an aesthetic triumph, and the one that you can play in 2020 that has a lot of ups an...

270 Preview: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time from 2020-03-19T13:00

There are really two Ocarina of Times. The one that came out in 1998 that's undeniably groundbreaking and an aesthetic triumph, and the one that you can play in 2020 that has a lot of ups and downs...

Adaptation Decay 24: Carmen Sandiego (Quarantine Pack) from 2020-03-17T11:45

Note: You're stuck indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic, so we're unlocking some of our favorite premium content from 2019 so you have more stuff to entertain yourself with. Take care and be saf...

Exquisite Suffering 74: Dilbert's Desktop Games (Quarantine Pack) from 2020-03-17T11:00

Note: You're stuck indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic, so we're unlocking some of our favorite premium content from 2019 so you have more stuff to entertain yourself with. Take care and be saf...

WOFF! 227: Bioshock Infinite (Quarantine Pack) from 2020-03-17T11:00

Note: You're stuck indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic, so we're unlocking some of our favorite premium content from 2019 so you have more stuff to entertain yourself with. Take care and be saf...

Unfilmable 4: From Beyond (Quarantine Pack) from 2020-03-17T11:00

Note: You're stuck indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic, so we're unlocking some of our favorite premium content from 2019 so you have more stuff to entertain yourself with. Take care and be saf...

269: Axiom Verge from 2020-03-12T10:00

Metroidvanias are pretty common, but games that aim to ape the original Metroid are few and far between. Axiom Verge is a 2015 indie game with a distinct glitchy NES aesthetic and some pretty great...

268: Valdis Story from 2020-03-05T09:00

Kole and Gary go deep into the Abyss on Valdis Story, a kickstarter character action/metroidvania hybrid. It's got ups, it's got downs, and we discuss em all. Thank you to Terra Parker for sponsori...

WOFF! Dispatch 14: Hours to Dollars from 2020-02-27T10:00

This week's episode is a Dispatch, where we answer your questions and talk about your requested topic... namely, is it harmful to consider a game's value solely as a function of its leng...

Dispatch: Hours to Dollars from 2020-02-27T10:00

This week's episode is a Dispatch, where we answer your questions and talk about your requested topic... namely, is it harmful to consider a game's value solely as a function of its length versus i...

Episode 267: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Preview) from 2020-02-20T10:00

This month's premium Watch Out for Fireballs! is about XCOM: Enemy Unknown (and the Enemy Within expansion). This game is a masterpiece, and we take our time dining on the systems and the wa...

267 Preview: XCOM: Enemy Unknown from 2020-02-20T10:00

This month's premium Watch Out for Fireballs! is about XCOM: Enemy Unknown (and the Enemy Within expansion). This game is a masterpiece, and we take our time dining on the systems and the way they ...

266: Dishonored 2: Death of the Outsider from 2020-02-13T12:00

Death of the Outsider is an expansion for Dishonored 2, and the end of the Dishonored story as we know it so far. We control Billie Lurk as she picks up where Daud left off, seeking artifacts and c...

265: Atari Safari from 2020-02-06T10:00

Thanks to friend of the show Doug, Kole and Gary finally tackle Atari. It's history, notable games, its downfall. Join us for this enlightening journey with Kole and Gary, your nutting associates.

Dispatch 13: Ethics in Game Consumption from 2020-01-30T17:00

With all of the information we have about games and their developers, "should I play this game" is a question that isn't easily answered by knowing if it's good or not. We talk...

Episode 264: Dragonfall (preview) from 2020-01-23T11:00

This is the preview version of our full episode on the nigh masterpiece Shadowrun: Dragonfall! To hear the full version, become a patron at Listen

264 Preview: Shadowrun: Dragonfall from 2020-01-23T11:00

This is the preview version of our full episode on the nigh masterpiece Shadowrun: Dragonfall! To hear the full version, become a patron at www.patreon.com/duckfeedtv

263: The Cat Lady from 2020-01-16T10:45

This game gets pretty rough, so we should start with some content warnings for suicide, mental illness, depression, and murder. The Cat Lady is an independent horror adventure game that stars Susan...

262: DUSK from 2020-01-09T08:00

Folks, this is, as one might say, a good ass game. Kole and Gary discuss this FPS throwback that incorporates modern design sensibilities and a host of diverse influences. GET DUSK.

261: Hidden Gems and Maligned Classics from 2020-01-02T13:00

Gary and Kole give six old games a second thought, making a case for why they are either hidden gems or unfairly maligned classics. The six games are Alter Ego, Dynamite Headdy, Fallout Tactics, Gh...

Dispatch 12: Endings from 2019-12-26T11:30

Kole and Gary answer your questions, discuss the importance of endings, and read your responses to December's games

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Dispatch: Endings from 2019-12-26T11:30

Kole and Gary answer your questions, discuss the importance of endings, and read your responses to December's games

Episode 260: Jade Empire [ Preview] from 2019-12-19T14:00

Our final premium episode for 2019 takes us to a fantasy far East, where Bioware tries out some new stuff that ultimately doesn't work out great. While we find the world interesting and the ...

260 Preview: Jade Empire from 2019-12-19T14:00

Our final premium episode for 2019 takes us to a fantasy far East, where Bioware tries out some new stuff that ultimately doesn't work out great. While we find the world interesting and the charact...

259: Tyranny (Part 2) from 2019-12-12T05:00

Kole and Gary shrug off the yoke of Kyros and have a grand ol time (as long as we're not in the Oldwalls). Hear our discussion of an B+ tier Obsidian game that still manages to be an A- WRPG overall.

258: Tyranny (Part 1) from 2019-12-05T18:30

This episode is the beginning of our two-part coverage of Tyranny, a CRPG developed by Obsidian in the mold of classic Infinity Engine games. You play as an agent of an evil overlord, sent to the l...

WOFF Dispatch Episode 11: Fun? from 2019-11-28T09:00

Kole and Gary answer your questions, discuss the value of games that intentionally engender feelings other than "fun" and read your responses to November's games. We also announce ...

Dispatch: Fun? from 2019-11-28T09:00

Kole and Gary answer your questions, discuss the value of games that intentionally engender feelings other than "fun" and read your responses to November's games. We also announce our lineup for Ja...

Episode 257: Deus Ex: Human Revolution [Preview] from 2019-11-21T16:00

We're big fans of Deus Ex, so there's joy in covering more of the series on the show. Human Revolution came out to a split reaction, which is to be expected. How can you please Deus Ex f...

257 Preview: Deus Ex: Human Revolution from 2019-11-21T16:00

We're big fans of Deus Ex, so there's joy in covering more of the series on the show. Human Revolution came out to a split reaction, which is to be expected. How can you please Deus Ex fans? We're ...

256: The Simpsons: Hit and Run from 2019-11-14T12:00

Is it a GTA clone? Is it a racing game? Is it any good? It is very hard to say! Kole and Gary bandy about Springfield and try to figure out this frustrating but fun title.

255: The Last Express from 2019-11-07T12:00

The Last Express is more important than it is fun. Jordan Mechner broke the bank creating this rotoscoped Swiss watch of a game about the last run of the Orient Express before World War I broke out...

WOFF! Dispatch 10: Horror from 2019-10-31T18:00

This month's Dispatch theme is, appropriately, horror. Or: What makes a scary game scary? We pick apart out favorite horror games and compare them to this month's crop of horror-themed t...

Dispatch: Horror from 2019-10-31T18:00

This month's Dispatch theme is, appropriately, horror. Or: What makes a scary game scary? We pick apart out favorite horror games and compare them to this month's crop of horror-themed titles. We a...

Episode 254: Alan Wake (Preview) from 2019-10-24T10:00

Alan Wake is a writer, and he reminds you of that a lot. This is Remedy's third person shooter followup to the first two Max Payne games. It dabbles in horror without being terribly scary, a...

254 Preview: Alan Wake from 2019-10-24T10:00

Alan Wake is a writer, and he reminds you of that a lot. This is Remedy's third person shooter followup to the first two Max Payne games. It dabbles in horror without being terribly scary, and gets...

253: Resident Evil 7 DLC from 2019-10-17T08:00

It's time for another pull on the tonal slot machine as WOFF's weirdest and least scary October continues. Gary and Kole dissect the entire gamut of RE7's downloadable content and extra modes.

252: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories from 2019-10-10T18:00

Silent Hill is one of our favorite horror series, and it's always pleasant to return to it. This episode has us looking at Shattered Memories, the Wii game developed by Climax and Sam Barlow (of "H...

251: Call of Cthulhu (2019) from 2019-10-03T09:00

Spooky scary month begins! Gary and Kole are joined by patron and Slack super star Jack Corrigan to talk about 2018's messy but somewhat interesting Call of Cthulhu.

Dispatch 9: Art and Artist from 2019-09-26T10:00

This month's Dispatch has a lot going on. We answer a ton of your questions, including a long run of lightning round prompts. Then we talk about the difficulty inherent in separating art fro...

Episode 250: Half-Life 2 [Preview] from 2019-09-19T09:00

Kole and Gary finally tackle the FPS that set the standard, not only for the genre, but for cinematic and narrative games to this day.

To hear the whole thing, join us at patre...

250 Preview: Half-Life 2 from 2019-09-19T09:00

Kole and Gary finally tackle the FPS that set the standard, not only for the genre, but for cinematic and narrative games to this day. To hear the whole thing, join us at patreon.com/duckfeedtv

249: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones from 2019-09-12T20:00

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones is the first entry in this long-running series that we've covered. It's a tactical RPG set in a medieval world, and this particular game has a lot of oddball features...

248: Gunstar Heroes from 2019-09-05T01:00

Special thanks to Geri Khan for producing this one! Kole and Gary take a rare trip to the Genesis to discuss one of the best games the run'n'gun genre has to offer. Loads of charm and creativity ma...

Dispatch 8: Glitches from 2019-08-29T15:00

It's time for this month's Dispatch episode, where we answer your questions and prompts, talk about our special topic (Glitches in games), and hear your responses to Way of the Samurai, ...

Dispatch: Glitches from 2019-08-29T15:00

It's time for this month's Dispatch episode, where we answer your questions and prompts, talk about our special topic (Glitches in games), and hear your responses to Way of the Samurai, Final Fanta...

Episode 247: Watch Out For Fireballs 247: Wolfenstein The New Order (Preview) from 2019-08-22T10:00

Hey! It's our preview episode on 2014's Wolfenstein Reboot/Sequel/Whatever, The New Order. This is just the preview episode. To hear the entire thing, join us at patreon.com/duckfeedtv Listen

247 Preview: Wolfenstein: The New Order from 2019-08-22T10:00

Hey! It's our preview episode on 2014's Wolfenstein Reboot/Sequel/Whatever, The New Order. This is just the preview episode. To hear the entire thing, join us at patreon.com/duckfeedtv

246: Final Fantasy V (Part 2) from 2019-08-15T14:00

Bartz, Lenna, and Faris have decided to tag along with Galuf to defeat Exdeath once and for all, a decision that takes them to a whole new world. There, they meet Exdeath's coterie of dipshits in h...

245: Final Fantasy V (Part 1) from 2019-08-08T09:00

Kole and Gary tackle the Final Fantasy with some of the most complex mechanics and most anonymous characters and places in the series. This episode covers generalities and world one.

244: Way of the Samurai from 2019-08-01T15:00

Peter Bemis joins us to talk about Way of the Samurai, a strange and forward-looking game from the early days of the PS2 era. As a wayward ronin in the Meiji Era, you stumble across a town that's i...

Dispatch 7: Compulsive Gaming from 2019-07-25T17:00

This is an extra spicy episode of the WOFF Dispatch, as we cover tons of our questions and prompts before settling in to talk about gaming addiction and the tricks developers and publishers use ...

Dispatch: Compulsive Gaming from 2019-07-25T17:00

This is an extra spicy episode of the WOFF Dispatch, as we cover tons of our questions and prompts before settling in to talk about gaming addiction and the tricks developers and publishers use to ...

Episode 243: Mirror's Edge (Preview) from 2019-07-18T01:45

Gary and Kole discuss the generalities of Mirror's Edge in this premium episode preview. Join us on Patreon for the whole shebang!

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243 Preview: Mirror's Edge from 2019-07-18T01:45

Gary and Kole discuss the generalities of Mirror's Edge in this premium episode preview. Join us on Patreon for the whole shebang!

242: Psychonauts from 2019-07-11T18:00

No game makes you WANT to like it as much as Psychonauts. Raz is a great character, the counselors at his psychic summer camp are top notch, and the aesthetic is excellent. The problems begin with ...

241: A Hat in Time from 2019-07-04T06:00

We begin our 3D Platformer Month with a modern loveletter to 90s platformers like Banjo Kazooie and Super Mario 64. Hat Kid runs afoul of the Mafia, and she must collect her hourglasses (which are ...

Dispatch 6: Cinematic Games from 2019-06-27T11:00

This is a big dispatch episode, where we spend a good deal of time on your questions before talking about why games shouldn't try to be movies. We then turn our attention to your responses t...

Dispatch: Cinematic Games from 2019-06-27T11:00

This is a big dispatch episode, where we spend a good deal of time on your questions before talking about why games shouldn't try to be movies. We then turn our attention to your responses to June'...

240: The Golden Age of Tetris from 2019-06-20T16:00

We round out puzzle month with the ultimate "puzzle" game, so elemental that you can't imagine it not existing. Alexy Pajitnov and a crew of colleagues in the USSR birthed the game, and it followed...

239: The 7th Guest / The 11th Hour from 2019-06-13T18:00

The early 90s were a very strange time for PC games, almost solely because of the introduction of the CD-ROM drive. This new techology revealed two paths for the industry, both of which would be pr...

Save the Date: Duckfest 2019 from 2019-06-12T05:00

Get ready for a day of Duckfeed. On August 31, 2019, we will gather at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland Oregon for live performances of many Duckfeed shows, and a few local podcast friends. L...

238: Into the Breach from 2019-06-06T09:00

We begin Puzzle Month with one of the best indie releases of 2018. While it's nominally a turn based strategy game, Into the Breach provides near-perfect information, making it more of a series of ...

Dispatch 5: Romance from 2019-05-30T16:00

We read your responses to May's games, and we talk about how AAA games get romance wrong.

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Dispatch: Romance from 2019-05-30T16:00

We read your responses to May's games, and we talk about how AAA games get romance wrong.

Episode 237: Hitman 2016 [Preview] from 2019-05-23T09:00

Hitman 2016 is a tremendous game. It's shockingly generous in scope, rewarding curiosity and ingenuity. Agent 47 heads to exotic locales to kill exotically, and we're here for it.

237 Preview: Hitman 2016 (Preview) from 2019-05-23T09:00

Hitman 2016 is a tremendous game. It's shockingly generous in scope, rewarding curiosity and ingenuity. Agent 47 heads to exotic locales to kill exotically, and we're here for it. This episode is a...

236: Batman: Arkham City from 2019-05-16T10:00

Batman: Arkham City is an object lesson in how sequels can go very right. It's additive in every way that matterns leaving the core play of Arkham Asylum intact while adding an open world and lots ...

235: Finding Fun in Mario Paint and Friends (Live) from 2019-05-09T02:00

We traveled to the Midwest Gaming Classic once again, this time to talk about what we're broadly calling "creative games". The headliner is Mario Paint, but the idea of games that let you either ma...

234: Life is Strange from 2019-05-02T19:00

Life is Strange is a Telltale-style cinematic adventure game about a young woman named Max Caulfield who has a very strange week. On the same day, she discovers that she has the ability to rewind t...

WOFF Dispatch 4: What Ages a Game? from 2019-04-25T10:00

Some games are trapped in time, and this Dispatch episode has us wondering what makes some games age worse than others. How can something made 25 years ago feel more fresh and something made 5 y...

Dispatch: What Ages a Game? from 2019-04-25T10:00

Some games are trapped in time, and this Dispatch episode has us wondering what makes some games age worse than others. How can something made 25 years ago feel more fresh and something made 5 year...

Episode 233: Resident Evil 2 (2019) [Preview] from 2019-04-18T20:00

Resident Evil 2 is a classic game, so it's understandable that we were slightly nervous when Capcom said they were remaking it. Our worries were unfounded, because Capcom is back, baby, and ...

233 Preview: Resident Evil 2 (2019) from 2019-04-18T20:00

Resident Evil 2 is a classic game, so it's understandable that we were slightly nervous when Capcom said they were remaking it. Our worries were unfounded, because Capcom is back, baby, and this re...

232: Halo 3: ODST from 2019-04-11T02:00

It's kind of ridiculous that we haven't done a Halo game yet. First because they were very big, and second because they're aging very poorly. However, there's plenty to like about Halo 3: ODST, the...

231: Spec Ops: The Line from 2019-04-04T21:15

Captian Martin Walker is not up to the task. Dubai is in ruins, and things just get worse from there. This is a military shooter about military shooters, and it's lauded for its story while its pla...

WOFF Dispatch 3: Gamers from 2019-03-28T08:00

We hear your thoughts on our Desperation Month games, and talk about what the deal is with gamers.

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Dispatch: Gamers from 2019-03-28T08:00

We hear your thoughts on our Desperation Month games, and talk about what the deal is with gamers.

Episode 230: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (Preview) from 2019-03-24T14:00

Desperation Month concludes with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, a Ukranian-developed open world first person shooter. The Zone is a harsh place with infinite possibilities, but you have to...

230 Preview: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl from 2019-03-24T14:00

Desperation Month concludes with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, a Ukranian-developed open world first person shooter. The Zone is a harsh place with infinite possibilities, but you have to fi...

229: Frostpunk from 2019-03-14T08:00

We continue Desperation Month with Frostpunk, a city building sim where things start bad and only get worse. It's the late 19th century and the world is quickly freezing. Humanity's last chance is ...

228: Papers, Please from 2019-03-07T19:00

We begin Desperation Month with a very unusual sim game. You are a checkpoint worker in a fictional communist country, forced to decide the fates of immigrants as the rules change every day. It's a...

The Road to Unfilmable: Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem from 2019-03-01T18:00

Our preview series continues with another game whose Lovecraft associations are looser, but undeniable. Eternal Darkness is an inventive, but flawed, game. But you can't argue that it doesn't make ...

WOFF Dispatch 2: Violence from 2019-02-28T08:00

Gary and Kole take your questions, and chat about Video Game Violence before reading your thoughts on SMB2, Pyre, and Bioshock Infinite.

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Dispatch: Violence from 2019-02-28T08:00

Gary and Kole take your questions, and chat about Video Game Violence before reading your thoughts on SMB2, Pyre, and Bioshock Infinite.

The Road to Unfilmable: Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth from 2019-02-26T20:00

You all have been very generous, and we recently passed a Patreon milestone goal for a new show. That show is called "Unfilmable", and in it Gary and Kole will examine adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft...

Episode 227: Bioshock Infinite (Preview) from 2019-02-21T20:00

We don't like Bioshock Infinite. The full episode is four hours of us trying our best to point out the many ways it falls short as a game, and as a conveyor of ideas. This is a preview of th...

227 Preview: Bioshock Infinite from 2019-02-21T20:00

We don't like Bioshock Infinite. The full episode is four hours of us trying our best to point out the many ways it falls short as a game, and as a conveyor of ideas. This is a preview of that full...

226: Pyre from 2019-02-14T05:00

SuperGiant is a studio we really love. We've covered both Bastion and Transistor on this show, so when William Rouse executive-produced an episode about Pyre it was a wonderful chance to complete t...

Adaptation Decay Preview: Pac-Man Fever from 2019-02-12T10:00

This is our final "preview" episode of Adaptation Decay, our premium show about the ways that games are adapted to other media. We love this episode about the Buckner and Garcia album "Pac Man Feve...

225: Super Mario Bros. 2 from 2019-02-07T18:00

Super Mario Bros. 2 is unfairly ignored, either because of its provenance or because it's not a trailblazer like its predecessor, or as finely tuned as its successor. But it deserves credit for bei...

WOFF Dispatch 1: Difficulty from 2019-01-31T09:00

Gary and Kole answer your questions, talk about difficulty in games, and then read your responses to River City Ransom, Owlboy and FFX.

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Dispatch: Difficulty from 2019-01-31T09:00

Gary and Kole answer your questions, talk about difficulty in games, and then read your responses to River City Ransom, Owlboy and FFX.

224: Final Fantasy X (Part 2) from 2019-01-24T13:00

Matthew sticks around to talk about the remainder of Final Fantasy X, which includes some fantastic boss fights, neat imagery, and questionable story beats. We also touch briefly on the absurd opti...

223: Final Fantasy X (Part 1) from 2019-01-17T17:00

This is the first of two episodes about Final Fantasy X, a watershed game for Square that acts as a bridge between old and new for the series. Tidus is swept away into a strange world by an eldritc...

Adaptation Decay Preview: Super Mario Bros. (Film) from 2019-01-10T20:00

Adaptation Decay is a show that we love doing, but not a lot of people have dug into it. So we want to give you a slice for free. And it's a primo slice, a real New York Slice. That's right, we're ...

Episode 222: Owlboy from 2019-01-10T19:00

Owlboy is a visually beautiful indie platformer with a killer soundtrack. It's a labor of love, and you can see that in every masterfully drawn piece of spritework. It's unfortunate that the aesthe...

Episode 221: River City Ransom from 2019-01-04T12:00

Gary and Kole dig into this NES classic, and our first time covering a Kunio-Kun game. Alex's girlfriend has been kidnapped by Slick, so we have to punch, kick, and pipe our way across River City a...

Duckfeed Patreon 2019: Big New Things from 2019-01-01T12:00

Hello, listeners and patrons alike. We come to you with some exciting news: We are changing the Patreon around! (http://patreon.com/duckfeedtv) It feels like we just did this, but the last major ch...

Episode 220: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Part 4) from 2018-12-27T19:00

This episode concludes our coverage of the main game of Baldur's Gate II. Our party emerges from the Underdark and gathers some help for its final assault, which takes them far afield of the prime ...

Episode 219: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Part 3) from 2018-12-13T20:00

This third episode of our Baldur's Gate II coverage takes us away from the free-wheeling open-ended climes of Chapter 2 and puts us on the story's rails, as we get on Irenicus' trail and follow him...

Episode 218: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Part 2) from 2018-12-13T14:00

Do you know how many candy bars I'd have to sell to raise 20,000 GP!?!? We left Part 1 of our Baldur's Gate II coverage with an outrageous mandate... to raise a ton of money to get information abou...

Episode 217: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Part 1) from 2018-12-06T19:00

Lots of folks have waited very patiently for us to get around to covering Baldur's Gate II. It's a very well-regarded classic game, and it fits in well with our love for all things Dungeons and Dra...

Listener Responses: November 2018 from 2018-11-29T13:00

We hear what you think of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine.

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Episode 216: The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Side Quests) from 2018-11-22T20:00

Our Witcher 3 saga draws to a close as we talk about Geralt's extracurricular activities in Toussaint.

Episode 215: The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Main Quest) from 2018-11-15T05:00

The world of the Witcher 3 is almost completely dark and grim, where moral ambiguity reigns supreme. So it's strange for Geralt's tale to end in Toussaint, which is picturesque and relatively calm....

Episode 214: Playing Games Wrong from 2018-11-08T20:00

We originally intended for our live episode at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2018 to be about Super Smash Bros. Melee. However, we figured something out... we don't like playing Smash Bros. competitiv...

Atomic! from 2018-11-04T21:00

This very special WOFF is brought to you by the Atomic! Kickstarter backers.

Episode 213: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice from 2018-11-01T14:30

Watch out! Behind you! You'll hear that a lot in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, a game from Ninja Theory that goes all in on the gimmick of using 3D sound to approximate audio hallucinations. We tal...

Listener Responses: October 2018 (Indie Horror Month) from 2018-10-25T13:00

Let's hear your responses to Night in the Woods, and the other indie horror games we did in October!

Episode 212: Night in the Woods from 2018-10-18T10:00

Mumblecore playdates with a tinge of existential, cosmic dread. That's a succinct summation of Night in the Woods, the capstone for our indie horror month. This is a beautiful, charming game that g...

Episode 211: Micro-Horror Special from 2018-10-11T10:00

As we continue Indie Horror Month, we're excited to do something a little different. There are so many great little experimental horror games that wouldn't bear a full episode, but are worth talkin...

Episode 210: Penumbra: Overture from 2018-10-04T05:00

You can run and you can hide... and not much else. That's something Frictional learned in making Penumbra: Overture, a strange predecessor to their more widely acclaimed Amnesia: The Dark Descent. ...

Listener Responses: September 2018 (Auteur Adventure Games) from 2018-09-27T21:00

Let's hear your responses to Quest for Glory II, Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, and not Gabriel Knight 3!

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Episode 209: Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned from 2018-09-19T21:00

We love the Gabriel Knight series, but Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is the kind of game only a parent could love. It follows Knight's adventures in France as he tries to solve a kidnapp...

Episode 208: Callahan's Crosstime Saloon from 2018-09-13T11:00

Callahan's Place is a very special bar, where flawed people from across space and time gather to share their pain and be healed. This makes for a very strange basis for a video game, but Legend man...

Episode 207: Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire from 2018-09-06T05:00

This month's theme is "Auteur Adventure Games", and we decided to open it with a beloved game by Corey and Lori Ann Cole. Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire continues our hero's journey as he heads ...

Listener Responses: August 2018 (NieR and God of War) from 2018-08-30T14:00

Four episodes, two hacky slashy games, lots of thoughts. It's time to hear your responses to God of War and NieR!

Also, we announce the upcoming games. September sees Quest f...

Episode 206: God of War (2005) from 2018-08-23T13:45

It's inarguable that God of War is an important game, but is it still fun to play? No, not really, but it has its moments. It came late in the PS2 lifecycle and took inspiration from character acti...

Episode 205: NieR (Part 3) from 2018-08-16T09:00

This episode concludes our coverage of NieR, as we talk about the endgame of Route A, and cover everything from Routes B, C, and D. NieR has thoroughly worn out its welcome at this point, even if t...

Episode 204: NieR (Part 2) from 2018-08-09T20:00

The story of NieR continues as we build out our party and explore more modes of play. The doldrums of the previous episode give way to some minor delight. The Forest of Myth shows us a text adventu...

Episode 203: NieR (Part 1) from 2018-08-02T16:00

Take a look, it's in a book. NieR released with a resounding thud in 2010, neither selling well nor pleasing critics. But since then, it's become a cult classic for people who like experimental nar...

Listener Responses: July 2018 (The Sims 3, Donkey Kong '94, Pathologic) from 2018-07-26T17:00

What do you think of The Sims 3, Donkey Kong '94, and Pathologic? Tune in to find out!

Includes bonus responses for Earth Defense Force 4.1.

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Episode 202: Pathologic from 2018-07-19T16:00

It's the best, most fascinating game you should never play. Pathologic is the definition of a cult classic game. Its adherents will swear by it, while everyone else bounces off. There's a good reas...

Episode 201: Donkey Kong '94 from 2018-07-12T16:00

This is a special live episode about the best Donkey Kong game, Donkey Kong for the Game Boy. The game begins as a faithful recreation of the Donkey Kong arcade levels, but after that, the roof fli...

Episode 200: The Sims 3 from 2018-07-05T05:00

Do you think life is a game? The Sims, writ large, is a massive series that nobody really talks about as a game. It feels like it exists over in a separate category with MMOs and other perpetual ga...

Listener Responses: June 2018 (Better Together) from 2018-06-28T19:00

Let's hear what you think of A Way Out, Magicka, and Earth Defense Force 4.1. There aren't very many responses this time, so we hit some belated responses and Just Funnin' as well. Listen

Episode 199: Earth Defense Force 4.1 from 2018-06-21T20:00

This game really bugs us. Listen in to find out why... or read this short summary. Earth Defense Force as a series gets a lot of credit for its quirkiness and cheesiness. That praise is earned, but...

Episode 198: Magicka from 2018-06-14T13:00

This week, Gary and Kole conjure up some mixed praise for Magicka, a student project turned indie darling. But here's the hangup: while the core idea of this game is unlike anything we've seen befo...

Episode 197: A Way Out from 2018-06-07T05:00

Ain't no co-op like A Way Out co-op because A Way Out co-op is mandatory. Back in 2013, Hazelight Studios developed a charming and affecting experimental adventure game called Brothers: A Tale of T...

Listener Responses: May 2018 from 2018-05-31T15:00

Let's hear what you think about Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Doom 2016, Bayonetta, and Arcades!

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Episode 196: Arcades Revisited from 2018-05-24T19:00

We talked about arcades almost six years ago, and a lot has happened since then. So it's time to go back. For this episode, we each played three games and prepared to talk about them. Spanning seve...

Episode 195: Bayonetta from 2018-05-17T14:00

Fly me to the moon and let me play Bayonetta, a crazy over-the-top character action game that is unabashedly all about style. This is a Patreon backer requested episode, and we were super happy to ...

Episode 194: Doom (2016) from 2018-05-10T22:00

The winner of our remakes/reboots poll is all about ripping/tearing. The 2016 version of Doom, neé DOOM 4, is all about pace and rhythm. It's also all about gleefully tapping into the spirit of may...

Episode 193: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger from 2018-05-03T17:00

The story is in the telling, and who cares if you stretch or fib a little bit? That's the conceit at the center of Call of Juarez: Gunslinger that raises it above its predecessors. It also raises i...

Listener Responses: April 2018 (Bioshock 2, Minerva's Den, Ultima Underworld) from 2018-04-26T10:00

Let's see what you think of Bioshock 2, Minerva's Den, and Ultima Underworld!

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Episode 192: Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss from 2018-04-19T19:00

We can think of 0451 reasons to love this grandaddy of the modern immersive sim. We go all the way back to 1992, before Looking Glass was called Looking Glass, and see where one of our favorite gen...

Episode 191: Minerva's Den from 2018-04-12T05:00

It's another in our series about great expansions, and a precursor to even more games that we really love. Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den looks and plays quite a bit like the main game, but the details ...

Episode 190: Bioshock 2 from 2018-04-05T19:00

Daddy's home, and he's pissed. People don't regard Bioshock 2 as well as they do the original, and that's a shame. What this sequel lacks in novelty, it gains by being the most mechanically satisfy...

Listener Responses: March 2018 from 2018-03-29T19:00

Let's hear what you think about Ikaruga, Jamestown, The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone, and The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild! What a month.

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Episode 189: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Part 2) from 2018-03-22T05:00

Our discussion of Breath of the Wild continues as we talk about the main quest of the game, and its side quests. Special thanks again to John Hurst for being a guest on this episode, and for his co...

Episode 188: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Part 1) from 2018-03-15T05:00

It reinvented the series, breathing fresh new life into a stale formula. Listen in as we talk about the mechanics and generalities of the game, because there are plenty of them. Special thanks to s...

Episode 187: The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone from 2018-03-08T13:00

Let's make a deal. Just meet me at the crossroads. Following through on our promise to cover all of the Witcher 3 content, this episode brings the best game expansion we've ever played. A routine W...

Episode 186: Ikaruga / Jamestown from 2018-03-01T10:00

We said we wouldn't do any more split episodes under the new format for the show that began last year, but we didn't anticipate Ikaruga. Shoot 'em up games are an arcade mainstay that have develope...

Listener Responses: February 2018 (Mech Month) from 2018-02-22T20:00

Mech month was a lot of fun, and you turned out in force to share your thoughts about these games.

Next month we're covering Ikaruga, Jamestown, The Witcher 3: Hearts of Ston...

Episode 185: Titanfall 2 from 2018-02-15T15:00

Will you learn to love a weapon? No, no you won't. However, you will love the way Titanfall 2 feels to play. The way it handles shooting and movement is something to behold. Though the story leaves...

Episode 184: Armored Core: For Answer from 2018-02-08T08:45

Before Souls, FromSoft made Armored Core. And this is our first real exposure to it... and it turns out it's very good. Despite outward appearances, there's a good deal of variety in the Armored Co...

Episode 183: Jumping Flash! from 2018-02-01T10:00

Let's take it way back to the earliest days of 3D platforming. It's everyone's favorite failed mascot: Robbit! (Pronunciation yet to be determined). The story of Jumping Flash! is kind of sad, beca...

Listener Responses: January 2018 (WarioWare, Child of Light, Dungeon Keeper) from 2018-01-25T10:00

We read your responses about our three games from January, and discuss the new FromSoft announcements and how they effect our plans.

S...

Episode 182: Dungeon Keeper from 2018-01-18T19:00

It's good to be bad. I'm pretty sure that's the tagline from something, but I don't want to look it up. This week we take a look at Bullfrog's evil overlord simulator Dungeon Keeper. It occupies a ...

Episode 181: Child of Light from 2018-01-11T14:00

A muddled game that gets the blame, which truly is a crying shame. This week we talk about Child of Light, a recent smaller title from Ubisoft that takes RPG mechanics, slaps a very pretty coat of ...

Episode 180: WarioWare from 2018-01-04T19:00

Nintendo went a little crazy, and we all benefitted. This live episode from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2017 is all about the stinky vice goblin Wario, his friends, and the bonkers games they ma...

December 2017 Listener Responses from 2017-12-28T17:00

More people wrote in to talk about the Witcher 3 than any other game on WOFF! And in this episode, we get to the business of hearing the praise and damnation.

Episode 179: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Secondary Quests from 2017-12-21T05:00

The majority of this game is secondary quests... so it makes sense that our episode about those quests would be one of our longest yet. In this episode, we cover Contracts, Scavenger Hunts, Races, ...

Episode 178: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Main Quest (Part 2) from 2017-12-14T18:00

From Skellige to realms even further beyond, we recover Ciri and put an end to the Wild Hunt once and for all. The next episode will cover the many side quests in the game. You should listen in!

Episode 177: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Main Quest (Part 1) from 2017-12-07T18:00

Let us walk the path. This episode about the excellent Witcher 3 covers the first half of the main quest, up until the departure to Skellige.

Episode 176: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Basics from 2017-11-30T13:00

Welcome to the big show. And we mean big. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the largest, densest game we've covered on Watch Out for Fireballs!. In fact, there's so much going on here that we're dividing...

Listener Responses: November 2017 from 2017-11-23T11:30

November turned out to be a bit of a club banger, with three big, good, and otherwise important games. Let's find out what the listeners thought of Transistor, Thimbleweed Park, and ActRaiser.

Episode 175: ActRaiser from 2017-11-16T14:15

A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Kole and Gary talk about Actraiser, an early SNES game that mashes up two disparate gameplay modes. On one hand, you have some Castlevania-like platformi...

Episode 174: Thimbleweed Park from 2017-11-09T19:00

We're unabashed in our love of Maniac Mansion and other early LucasArts adventure games. So it shouldn't be a surprise that we jumped all over the Thimbleweed Park Kickstarter when it was announced...

Episode 173: Transistor from 2017-11-02T12:00

Gary and Kole load up Transistor and break their way through it, having a very good time in the process. Transistor is still new enough to be a little controversial. People came to it from Bastion,...

Listener Responses: October 2017 (Resident Evil Month) from 2017-10-26T18:00

We found a filthy notebook full of people's thoughts on the Resident Evil games we covered. Let us peer within.

Episode 172: Resident Evil 7: biohazard from 2017-10-19T05:00

Resident Evil month rounds out with a very new, very good game. Something has twisted the Bakers. Ethan Winters just wants to rescue his missing wife, but he's welcomed into the family instead. Res...

Episode 171: Resident Evil: Code: Veronica from 2017-10-12T17:00

Undead outbreaks are a family affair in this canonical follow-up to the story of Resident Evil 2. Claire Redfield has declared war on the Umbrella Corporation, but she has also gotten in over her h...

Episode 170: Resident Evil 3: Nemesis from 2017-10-05T17:00

Resident Evil month begins with a bang, just like Nemesis does. Capcom was in a weird spot. They were developing several Resident Evil games at the same time, trying to makehay of a popular series ...

Listener Responses: September 2017 (Bat Month) from 2017-09-28T14:00

Tune your bat radios to our bat frequency to hear your bat thoughts.

Episode 169: Batman: Arkham Asylum (Part 2) from 2017-09-21T14:00

Our discussion of Batman: Arkham Asylum continues (and concludes). Next week, we'll hear your responses to the games we covered during Bat Month!

Episode 168: Batman: Arkham Asylum (Part 1) from 2017-09-14T05:00

Bat month continues with the reinvigoration of the franchise. This episode covers generalities and the first major area. Batman had languished in mediocrity for almost two decades before Rocksteady...

Episode 167: Batman: The Video Game from 2017-09-07T05:00

The title seems redundant, but it's better than saying "Batman, the NES game. The one made by SunSoft. For the first movie, kinda." This might be the hardest game we've done for the show, but we mi...

Listener Responses: August 2017 (Final Fantasy IV) from 2017-08-31T14:00

This is the first of our monthly listener response episodes under the new model, gathering your thoughts on the Final Fantasy IV saga. Up next in September, we have Bat Month. Which means the Batma...

Episode 166: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Part 2) from 2017-08-24T12:00

To the center of the moon, to the center of the series, and into the slog. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years takes a strange turn in its back half... a turn that isn't discussed very often because ...

Episode 165: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Part 1) from 2017-08-17T13:00

An unloved sequel to a beloved game makes for some rough play, as the FF4 formula wears out its welcome. While Takashi Tokita was working to update Final Fantasy IV for the Nintendo DS, he felt a l...

Episode 164: Final Fantasy IV (Part 2) from 2017-08-10T12:00

Picking up at Troia and the Tower of Zot, Gary and Kole conclude their discussion of the main game of Final Fantasy IV. The next episode will cover the first several chapters of The After Years.

Episode 163: Final Fantasy IV (Part 1) from 2017-08-03T11:00

It's a classic RPG that established many of the norms for a huge series. Does it hold up to modern scrutiny? This episode covers the generalities, and the events of the game up through Cecil's tria...

Extrasode: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty from 2017-07-27T14:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty in this final extrasode.

Episode 162: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Part 2) from 2017-07-20T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the final portion of Metal Gear Solid 2. Or do they?

Episode 161: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Part 1) from 2017-07-13T05:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross do a postmodern postmortem on the first portion of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Metal Gear Solid 2 is a game that's been talked to death, but we try our best ...

Extrasode: Nox from 2017-07-06T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Nox.

Episode 160: Nox from 2017-06-28T02:15

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross chase their orbs into the world of Nox. It was marketed as EA's answer to Diablo, but it's categorically different. It introduces itself as a goofy and irreverent tak...

Extrasode: SSX Tricky from 2017-06-22T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to SSX Tricky.

Episode 159: SSX Tricky from 2017-06-15T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross flip out about SSX Tricky. This episode is our recital: to talk about to talk about how important SSX Tricky is in the pantheon of extreme sports games. For their sec...

Extrasode: Yakuza from 2017-06-08T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Yakuza.

Episode 158: Yakuza from 2017-06-01T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross kick and punch their way through Yakuza. Here it is, the winner of our Open World Game Poll. Except, it's a very different kind of open world game. Yakuza picks up wh...

Episode 157: Pilotwings (Live) from 2017-05-25T10:00

Live from the Midwest Gaming Classic, Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Nintendo's little-loved Pilotwings series. Afterwards, we talk about our experience at the convention.

Extrasode: Crimson Shroud from 2017-05-18T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Crimson Shroud.

Episode 156: Crimson Shroud from 2017-05-11T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross chance upon Crimson Shroud. Yasumi Matsuno is responsible for some amazing games, Final Fantasy Tactics chief among them. One of his lesser-known projects is Crimson ...

Watch Out for Fireballs! 2.0 Infinity Mk. 7 from 2017-05-04T07:00

Hi there, we have some news for you about the future of Watch Out for Fireballs! and Bonfireside Chat. We think it’s pretty exciting. The short version of it is that Bonfireside Chat is ending in A...

Extrasode: Super Princess Peach from 2017-04-27T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Super Princess Peach, along with a smattering of listener questions and prompts.

Episode 155: Super Princess Peach from 2017-04-20T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross feel their way through Super Princess Peach. After two decades of being rescued, everyone's favorite princess finally gets a star turn as the hero. Super Princess Pea...

Extrasode: Dead Space from 2017-04-13T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Dead Space.

Episode 154: Dead Space from 2017-04-06T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross stomp through Dead Space. Resident Evil 4 changed games forever. Especially horror games. Pretty soon it wasn't acceptable for a scary game to sacrifice mechanical so...

Extrasode: Tomb Raider from 2017-03-30T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Tomb Raider.

Episode 153: Tomb Raider from 2017-03-22T14:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross rise to talk about Tomb Raider (1996). For as important as Tomb Raider and Lara Croft are to the history of games, it's surprising it's taken us this long to cover he...

Extrasode: Nintendo Power from 2017-03-16T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your fond memories of Nintendo Power and other video game magazines.

Episode 152: Nintendo Power from 2017-03-09T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross thumb through the history of Nintendo Power, and visit some other game magazines along the way. Every year we choose a special topic for a special episode, and we've ...

Extrasode: Shadow of Destiny from 2017-03-02T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Shadow of Destiny / Shadow of Memories.

Episode 151: Shadow of Destiny from 2017-02-23T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross will always have been talking about Shadow of Destiny (or also Shadow of Memories). If you're sensitive to us being negative about games, this might be one to skip. E...

Extrasode: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night from 2017-02-09T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

Episode 150: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night from 2017-02-09T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross delve through Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for our 150th episode spectacular! We're creatures of habit and pattern, not creatures of the night. Whenever we hit ...

Extrasode: Dishonored 2 from 2017-01-22T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Dishonored 2.

Episode 149: Dishonored 2 from 2017-01-22T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take a vacation to the present to talk about Dishonored 2. The original Dishonored is an amazing game with a pedigree that made it perfect fodder for the show. Follow...

Appendix: Mega Man 2 and 3 from 2017-01-19T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3.

Episode 148: Mega Man 2 and 3 from 2017-01-12T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross flash through Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 2. We're home again. Watch Out for Fireballs! began with an episode about Mega Man X, and now it's time to talk about Capcom's p...

Extrasode: Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer from 2017-01-05T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Neverwinter Nights 2 and Mask of the Betrayer. LINKS OF NOTE:Waypoint article on D and D in prisons (https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/dr...

Episode 147: Mask of the Betrayer (Part 2) from 2016-12-29T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross absorb the second portion of Mask of the Betrayer. The story continues AND the plot thickens, as we learn more about the nature of our curse and take the battle to th...

Episode 146: Mask of the Betrayer (Part 1) from 2016-12-22T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross devour the first half of Mask of the Betrayer, the first expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights 2. Guess what... it's the Fireworks Factory! We laid out our case about...

Episode 145: Neverwinter Nights 2 (Part 2) from 2016-12-15T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross crumble over the back half of Neverwinter Nights 2. This episode picks up where the last left off, covering all of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3. This period of the game in...

Episode 144: Neverwinter Nights 2 (Part 1) from 2016-12-08T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross roll on through the first portion of Neverwinter Nights 2. Let's face it, this is an awkward, awkward game. They heydey of Dungeons and Dragons CRPGs didn't involve 3...

Extrasode: Pokémon Yellow from 2016-12-01T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross recount their stories of the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, and read some of your thoughts about Pokémon Yellow.

Episode 143: Pokemon Yellow from 2016-11-24T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross capture the hearts of PRGE by talking about Pokémon Yellow. This is our Portland Retro Gaming Expo live show for 2016, where we talk about Pokémon Yellow, and Gen1 Po...

Extrasode: Bastion from 2016-11-17T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Bastion.

Episode 142: Bastion from 2016-11-10T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk over Bastion's narration. It's a newer game, but ancient when it comes to the fast-moving indie scene. The Kid is on a mission to reassemble the old world after ...

Extrasode: Resident Evil 4 from 2016-11-03T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Resident Evil 4.

Episode 141: Resident Evil 4 from 2016-10-27T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross burst with joy over Resident Evil 4. We held off on playing this game for too long. There's so much going on here. So much great design, so many memorable moments, th...

Extrasode: Punch-Out!! from 2016-10-20T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the experience of talking about Punch-Out!! at the Austin Classic Game Fest 2016.

Duckfeed.tv State of the Union from 2016-10-14T11:00

This is a special announcement about a few important policy things, and a few big changes to our Patreon campaign. It's all good stuff. Please direct your attention to the public post on Patreon fo...

Episode 140: Punch Out!! from 2016-10-13T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Punch-Out!!... again. You'll hear the sordid story about what happened in the episode, but suffice to say that we ended up having to re-record our live epi...

139e: Super Mario Galaxy from 2016-10-06T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Super Mario Galaxy.

Episode 139: 139: Super Mario Galaxy from 2016-09-29T08:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross cram-jam Super Mario Galaxy. 3D Mario is a tricky thing. Though Mario 64 forged a path, it arrived at a different feeling and flow than we were used to in our 2D Mar...

Extrasode: Starflight / Toe Jam&Earl from 2016-09-22T06:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Starflight and Toe Jam&Earl. LINKS OF NOTE:1979 Revolution: Black Friday (http://store.steampowered.com/app/388320/) This is indistinguishable ...

Episode 138: Starflight / Toe Jam&Earl from 2016-09-14T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross blast off and crash down with Starflight and Toe Jam&Earl. This is the "Genesis Games that Want to be PC Games" special, as we look at two bizarre console titles from...

Extrasode: Team Fortress 2 from 2016-09-07T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Team Fortress 2. LINKS OF NOTE:Alis Landale (phantasystar.wikia.com/wiki/Alis_Landale) Errant Signal on Overwatch/TF2 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Episode 137: Team Fortress 2 from 2016-09-01T13:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gang up to talk about Team Fortress 2. For our fifth anniversary show, we wanted to do something special. We wanted to play a classic game with our community, and it ...

Extrasode: Phantasy Star IV from 2016-08-25T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium. LINKS OF NOTE:Phantasy Star Retronauts (archive.org/details/Retronauts1-100) The Mimic (www.youtub...

Episode 136: Phantasy Star IV (Part 2) from 2016-08-18T14:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross launch through the latter portion of Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium. It's now time to leave Motavia and head to Dezolis, because the Algo solar system is...

Episode 135: Phantasy Star IV (Part 1) from 2016-08-11T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross soar through Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium. We're guilty of focusing on Final Fantasy games when we talk about JRPGs because that's mostly what we grew ...

Extrasode: Elite Beat Agents / Rhythm Heaven from 2016-08-04T11:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Elite Beat Agents and Rhythm Heaven.

Episode 134: Elite Beat Agents / Rhythm Heaven from 2016-07-28T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross groove to Elite Beat Agents and Rhythm Heaven. This summer, we decided to let our listeners decide which rhythm games we should play. The resounding winners were to n...

Extrasode: Deus Ex: Invisible War from 2016-07-21T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Deus Ex: Invisible War. LINKS OF NOTE:Asshole Physics (www.somethingawful.com/news/max-payne-asshole/) Sunglasses at Night (www.it-he.org/deus....

Episode 133: Deus Ex: Invisible War from 2016-07-14T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross link up to talk about Deus Ex: Invisible War. How do you follow up a masterpiece? Almost never with another masterpiece. Invisible War has some real problems, but tak...

Extrasode: Day of the Tentacle from 2016-07-07T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Day of the Tentacle.

Episode 132: Day of the Tentacle from 2016-06-30T11:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross experiment with Day of the Tentacle. It's a time-hopping, interactive Looney Toon that's also LucasArts at the height of their powers... We revisit the world of Mania...

Extrasode: Fallout: New Vegas (and Mods) from 2016-06-23T13:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Fallout: New Vegas, and then Brayton Cameron joins us to talk about New Vegas mods. LINKS OF NOTE:Top Mods (www.pcgamer.com/25-best-fallout-new...

Episode 131: Fallout: New Vegas (DLC) from 2016-06-16T14:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross expound upon the many expansions for Fallout: New Vegas. Here, in part three, we visit Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road, the four expansi...

Episode 130: Fallout: New Vegas (Side Quests) from 2016-06-09T14:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross indulge in the side quests of Fallout: New Vegas. The Mojave wasteland has a wealth of things to do, and we try to cover them all. This episode covers all of the comp...

Episode 129: Fallout: New Vegas (Main Quests) from 2016-06-02T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take a gamble on Fallout: New Vegas.

Extrasode: Oregon Trail / Typing of the Dead from 2016-05-26T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take a gamble on Fallout: New Vegas. Talking about Fallout 3 this previous winter really put a fire in us... Though we were underwhelmed by the Capital Wasteland in t...

Episode 128: Oregon Trail / Typing of the Dead from 2016-05-19T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take Oregon Trail and Typing of the Dead to school (for show and tell). Edutainment is, inherently, kind of lame. We can all smell a "message" coming a mile away. But...

Extrasode: Turtles in Time / D&D: Shadow Over Mystara from 2016-05-12T14:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara. LINKS OF NOTE:One example of old Unreal Portal gun...

Episode 127: Turtles in Time / D&D: Shadow Over Mystara from 2016-05-05T13:15

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross rumble through Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time and Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara. Brawlers have a reputation for being simplistic and exp...

Extrasode: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos from 2016-04-28T15:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. LINKS OF NOTE:None

Episode 126: Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos from 2016-04-21T13:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross charge through Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Warcraft III is probably one of the most influential games of all time. There's a lot that came before it, but Blizzard's...

Extrasode: Portal / Portal 2 from 2016-04-14T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Portal and Portal 2. LINKS OF NOTE:Another Cold Morning (comicvine.gamespot.com/transmetropol…g/4000-44857/) Portal 2 Mods (twinfinite.net/2015...

Episode 125: Portal / Portal 2 from 2016-04-07T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross open up a door to the elemental plane of praise for Portal and Portal 2. Last year, with Super Metroid at episode 100, we decided to try doing a "perfect" game once a...

Extrasode: Silent Hill 3 from 2016-03-31T15:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Silent Hill 3. LINKS OF NOTE:Project Scissors (www.kickstarter.com/projects/playis…issors-nightcry)

Episode 124: Silent Hill 3 from 2016-03-24T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross ooze affection for Silent Hill 3. A teenage girl is in trouble. The world is warping around her, and strange people are saying that she's destined to birth Paradise. ...

Extrasode: Interactive Fiction from 2016-03-17T13:45

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Interactive Fiction. LINKS OF NOTE:MUD (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD)

Episode 123: Interactive Fiction from 2016-03-10T11:00

gary butterfield and kole ross, interactive fiction_ Two men speak into microphones about interactive fiction, also known as text adventures. They cover the basics of the medium, a brief history an...

Extrasode: The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver from 2016-03-03T15:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. LINKS OF NOTE:Dunder Mifflin Chatroom (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Out_(The_Office)) Onimusha (www.youtube.com...

Episode 122: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver from 2016-02-25T13:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross excoriate Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. This episode isn't for the faint of heart... What started out as a well-intentioned desire to talk about a beloved action-adven...

Extrasode: Sanitarium from 2016-02-18T23:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Sanitarium. LINKS OF NOTE:The Perfect Drug (www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSLqeZzTU8I) Tiny Wings (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky65XZXLcLU)

Episode 121: Sanitarium from 2016-02-11T11:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross commit to talking about Sanitarium. You wake up with no face, no memories, and no name. You're surrounded by people banging their heads against walls, talking about m...

Extrasode: Mega Man Legends from 2016-02-04T13:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Mega Man Legends. LINKS OF NOTE:Broad City (imagesmtv-a.akamaihd.net/uri/mgid:fil…21182807.gif)

Episode 120: Mega Man Legends from 2016-01-28T17:15

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross respectfully disagree about Mega Man Legends. It's the first fully 3D Mega Man game, but it doesn't take a lot of cues from the series that preceded it. You spend mos...

Extrasode: Fallout 3 from 2016-01-21T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Fallout 3. LINKS OF NOTE:Gabagool (www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5fmz5XdGq4) Environmental Storytelling (www.somethingawful.com/news/fallout-…ing-sk...

Episode 119: Fallout 3 (DLC) from 2016-01-14T15:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross expand upon the DLC expansions for Fallout 3. It's a first for the show: We're covering all five pieces of DLC released for Fallout 3. From the highest highs (Point L...

Episode 118: Fallout 3 (Side Quests) from 2016-01-07T18:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross meander through the side quests of Fallout 3. LINKS OF NOTE:Whomp (www.whompcomic.com/2011/03/11/get-…etting-is-goop/) Mr Fischoeder (bobs-burgers.wikia.com/wiki/Calv...

Episode 117: Fallout 3 (Main Quest) from 2015-12-31T14:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross set Fallout 3 on fire. This is it: Our first modern Bethesda game. Morrowind was kind of on the edge, but it's hard to talk about Fallout 3 without also talking about...

Extrasode: Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime from 2015-12-24T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime. LINKS OF NOTE:Gurumin (www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrUWUevtFc) FF3 (www.hardcoregaming101.net/finalfantasy…f3/f...

Episode 116: Dragon Quest Adventures: Rocket Slime from 2015-12-17T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gush about Dragon Quest Adventures: Rocket Slime. This is the first Dragon Quest game we've covered, and of course it had to be a weird one. Rocket Slime trades in th...

Extrasode: Thief: Deadly Shadows from 2015-12-10T18:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Thief: Deadly Shadows. LINKS OF NOTE:Gamer Sorter (slimedrippings.tumblr.com/gamefaqssort) Deadly Shadows Gold (www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread....

Episode 115: Thief: Deadly Shadows from 2015-12-03T14:45

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross are the hands that rock Thief: Deadly Shadows's cradle. Thief: Deadly Shadows won our Fall 2015 Stealth Game poll, and we're glad it did. Not just because it gave us ...

Extrasode: Castlevania from 2015-11-25T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the 2015 Portland Retro Games Expo 2015 and read your responses to Castlevania.

Episode 114: Castlevania (Live) from 2015-11-19T18:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get cracking on Castlevania, live at PRGE! No show notes, except to thank Brayton Cameron, Nick Glauber, and the staff of the Portland Retro Games Expo. Also, thanks ...

Extrasode: System Shock 2 from 2015-11-12T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to System Shock 2. LINKS OF NOTE:Mancow (www.mancow.com/) Don't Shit Your Pants (www.kongregate.com/games/rete/dont-shit-your-pants)System Shock 2...

Episode 113: System Shock 2 from 2015-11-05T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross lay into System Shock 2. System Shock 2 will pretty much always show up on any "Greatest PC Games of All Time" lists. It inspired Bioshock, a game that we very much l...

Extrasode: Blaster Master from 2015-10-29T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Blaster Master. LINKS OF NOTE:Crusader Kings 2 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzkVTDfxIUI) Totally Rad (www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4zfEVP4zAc)Let's Pla...

Episode 112: Blaster Master from 2015-10-22T18:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross blow through Blaster Master. We've covered several NES platformers on the show, but mostly from bigger publishers. Capcom and Konami are mainstays, and of course we'v...

Extrasode: King of Dragon Pass from 2015-10-15T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to King of Dragon Pass.

Episode 111: King of Dragon Pass from 2015-10-08T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gird their loins to battle King of Dragon Pass. File this one under "Gem that should have gotten more attention." It's a strategy-game-meets-CYOA, but it's so much mo...

Extrasode: Doom II: Hell on Earth from 2015-10-01T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Doom II: Hell on Earth. LINKS OF NOTE:I Love Lisa (www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8T9ZRAk7Vc) Hocus Pocus (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UUMsInka2s)Outlaw...

Episode 110: Doom II: Hell on Earth from 2015-09-24T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross mow through Doom II: Hell on Earth. It's time to talk smart about a game that (seems) dumb. Where did first-person shooters get their start? Well, not here. But for m...

Extrasode: Paper Mario from 2015-09-17T22:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Paper Mario. LINKS OF NOTE:Outkast (www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw) Freakin Weekend (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR0v0i63PQ4)Sat on some gum (...

Episode 109: Paper Mario (Part 2) from 2015-09-10T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross wrap up their series on Paper Mario. Last week, we sprinted across the finish line with gusto. Chapter 3 was one of the strongest in the game. However this week, Pape...

Episode 108: Paper Mario (Part 1) from 2015-09-03T13:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross tear into Paper Mario. Simplicity and charm are two things you rarely find in JRPGs, but Paper Mario has both. It takes everything you know about the Mario universe, ...

Extrasode: Zone of the Enders from 2015-08-27T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Zone of the Enders. LINKS OF NOTE:Radical Dreamers (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Dreamers) Disability girls! (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katawa_Sho...

Episode 107: Zone of the Enders from 2015-08-20T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross fly through Zone of the Enders. It's not bad for a game to be simple, or for a game to be slight. It's bad for a game to feel incomplete. That's what we're up against...

Extrasode: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors from 2015-08-13T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. LINKS OF NOTE:Pizza Totino's Boy (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lPX5b9m7ro) Energy Hook (www.youtube.com/watch...

Episode 106: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors from 2015-08-06T15:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross branch out into Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. 999 is the winner of our Summer Reading poll. Considered by most to be one of the best entries in the Visual Nov...

Extrasode: Spider-Man 2 from 2015-07-30T18:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Spider-Man 2. LINKS OF NOTE:Jay-Z is a business (genius.com/17918) Game of Thrones Board Game (www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZPbqpelVjs)The Red Ball...

Episode 105: Spider-Man 2 from 2015-07-23T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross spin a yarn about Spider-Man 2. What happens when you have one great mechanic, one okay mechanic, and a bunch of other stuff that surrounds them? You get Spider-Man 2...

Extrasode: L.A. Noire from 2015-07-16T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to L.A. Noire. LINKS OF NOTE:Toonstruck (www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIIXjulD3_w) How to Get Ahead in Advertising (www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJQHdhjQXgg...

Episode 104: L.A. Noire from 2015-07-09T09:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get to the bottom of L.A Noire. It's 1947. The war is over, and changed men are returning to a changed nation. Cole Phelps, a Marine-turned-cop, must face down his ow...

Extrasode: Demon's Crest from 2015-07-02T18:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Demon's Crest. LINKS OF NOTE:Kemco iOS games (www.kemco-games.com/global/games.html)

Episode 103: Demon's Crest from 2015-06-25T13:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross blaze through Demon's Crest. The Summer of SNES continues with Demon's Crest, a neglected entry in a neglected series. It takes non-standard platforming mechanics, an...

Extrasode: Harvest Moon / SimCity from 2015-06-18T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Harvest Moon and SimCity. LINKS OF NOTE:Robert Moses (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses) Butthead and his son Beavis do America (www.youtube.c...

Episode 102: Harvest Moon / SimCity from 2015-06-11T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross manage to talk about Harvest Moon and SimCity (the SNES versions of both). This Split EP is dedicated to two SNES games that take it a little bit slow. Both Harvest M...

Extrasode: Katamari Damacy from 2015-06-04T17:45

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Katamari Damacy. LINKS OF NOTE:AGS (www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/) Whiskey LIbrary (www.multnomahwhiskeylibrary.com/)Crystal Clear Dew (www.mo...

Episode 101: Katamari Damacy from 2015-05-27T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross heap praise on Katamari Damacy. It's simultaneously a singular expression, and one of the most eclectic games we've covered for the show. Katamari Damacy is an extrem...

Extrasode: Super Metroid from 2015-05-21T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Super Metroid. LINKS OF NOTE:Dragon Age Inquisition (www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJqxfkgSUog) Landstalker (www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5hat4xLoVI)Alun...

Episode 100: Super Metroid from 2015-05-13T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gush about Super Metroid in this centennial episode of Watch Out for Fireballs! "Break Glass in Case of Emergency". There's a whole category of game that Gary and I a...

Extrasode: Amnesia: The Dark Descent from 2015-05-09T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

Episode 99: Amnesia: The Dark Descent from 2015-04-30T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross hide in a corner while Amnesia: The Dark Descent happens. This game won our Spring Survival Horror poll, and for good reason. Frictional mastered the "first person, p...

Extrasode: Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon from 2015-04-23T21:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon. LINKS OF NOTE:Michael Kupperman (michaelkupperman.com/) Azure Dreams (www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o9KVgt4...

Episode 98: Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon from 2015-04-16T10:45

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross delve into Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon. If you're judging this game on adorableness, it passes with flying colors. If you're judging it on mechanics, it's...

Extrasode: Commander Keen in "Goodbye, Galaxy!" from 2015-04-09T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Commander Keen 4 and 5, along with some straggler responses to Call of Duty 4. LINKS OF NOTE:Darkest Dungeon (www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQLxdHfMP...

Episode 97: Commander Keen in "Goodbye, Galaxy!" from 2015-04-02T14:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross walk backward and talk about Commander Keen in "Goodbye, Galaxy!" We're always looking to shore up blind spots in the games we cover. After nearly four years of doing...

Extrasode: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from 2015-03-26T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to... well, some weird stuff, because nobody wrote in about Call of Duty 4 on time. LINKS OF NOTE:Jan and Dean (www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Qr6Ky1Lb...

Episode 96: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from 2015-03-19T11:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross noscope with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Call of Duty has become emblematic of AAA bloat. Podcasts like ours tend to dismiss it out of hand as the poster child fo...

Extrasode: Game Books from 2015-03-12T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to game book and Choose Your Own Adventures. LINKS OF NOTE:Choose Your Own Autobiography (www.amazon.com/Neil-Patrick-Harr…phy/dp/0385346999) The ...

Episode 95: Game Books from 2015-03-05T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross venture forth to discuss game books, choose your own adventures, and Steve Jackson's Sorcery! What is game? It's any interactive experience that has both failure stat...

Extrasode: Star Control II from 2015-02-26T16:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Zack Johnson read your responses to Star Control II, then talk about disgusting stuff for a little while. LINKS OF NOTE:Ultranomicon (wiki.uqm.stack.nl/Star_Control...

Episode 94: Star Control II from 2015-02-19T15:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Zack Johnson open a hailing frequency to talk about Star Control II. The Ur-Quan and their battle thralls have dominated this quadrant of the galaxy, and it's up to...

Extrasode: Jet Set Radio from 2015-02-12T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Jet Set Radio. The audience was mostly in agreement with us that the game is a case of style over substance. But tune in to hear the praise any...

Episode 93: Jet Set Radio from 2015-02-05T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross dig through the ditches of Jet Set Radio. It's gang warfare in its most stylish and innocent form. It's also a gleeful tribute to free expression in the face of corpo...

Extrasode: Brave Fencer Musashi from 2015-01-29T18:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Brave Fencer Musashi. LINKS OF NOTE:These guys. Don't watch this (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt0_oPPK6eA) Malabar Farm (www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4...

Episode 92: Brave Fencer Musashi from 2015-01-22T13:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross absorb Brave Fencer Musashi. What happens when a young swordsman is summoned into a world built entirely around food puns? An episode that splits our hosts on whether...

Extrasode: Rock Band from 2015-01-15T13:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Rock Band. Links of Note:Gneiss Schist (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schist) Guitar Hero Arcade (guitarhero.wikia.com/wiki/Guitar_Hero_Arcade)

Episode 91: Rock Band from 2015-01-07T00:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross jam on Rock Band. Music games used to be massive, but now they barely exist. Those plastic instruments helped us feel like we could play music. For me personally, the...

Extrasode: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind from 2015-01-01T15:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Links of Note:Pollos Hermanos (www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIQ2F3T1ydM) Greatest Mod of All Time (www.youtube.com...

Episode 90: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Part 3) from 2014-12-25T11:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross meander through the remaining quest lines in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. This is the final chapter of our Morrowind adventure. Things take a religious bent as w...

Episode 89: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Part 2) from 2014-12-18T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross profess ambivalence about the guild quests in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Sure, the world is in danger... but there's rats to be slain. Also, corrupt and inept ...

Episode 88: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Part 1) from 2014-12-11T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross expand upon the main quest of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. It's the biggest game we've ever done for the show. It's so big that it's immune to our usual treatmen...

Extrasode: Street Fighter II from 2014-12-04T08:00

The attendees of the Portland Retro Games Expo 2014 speak their minds about Street Fighter II.

Episode 87: Street Fighter II (LIVE) from 2014-11-27T12:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross frame-jab a double-floop in Street Fighter II, live from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2014. We managed to do it, guys. We managed to not only expose how bad we are ...

Extrasode: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream from 2014-11-19T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Links of Note:Wolfman Jack (www.youtube.com/watch?v=99z-H_NEccU) Lockjaw: marvel.wikia.com/Lockjaw_(Earth-616)

Episode 86: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream from 2014-11-12T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross analyze I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. An evil AI named AM has destroyed the world, but he saved five people... in order to torture them for an eternity. Why did ...

Extrasode: Resident Evil from 2014-11-05T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to the 2002 remake of Resident Evil. Links of Note:3T Scroat (www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-6YU1vX3-0) Cellulitis (www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-condit…...

Episode 85: Resident Evil from 2014-10-29T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross experiment with the 2002 remake of Resident Evil. It's the best example of what a video game remake should be: Don't just keep what worked before, but add to it while...

Extrasode: God Hand from 2014-10-22T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to God Hand. Links of Note:Owen Good False Equivocating (twitter.com/owengood/status/521000335507464192) The Escapist on Gamergate (storify.com/al...

Episode 84: God Hand from 2014-10-15T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get spanked by God Hand. It's as simple as can be: You have special kung fu arms, and demons want them. What follows is one of the craziest games we've played for the...

Extrasode: Half-Life from 2014-10-08T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Half-Life. Links of Note:All American Magic Show (magicpdx.com/) Gummo (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtY_545-ST8)Lost Highway (www.youtube.com/watch...

Episode 83: Half-Life from 2014-10-01T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross bang out a conversation about Half-Life. It's pretty safe to divide first person shooters into two categories: everything that came before Half-Life, and everything t...

Extrasode: Contra / Little Nemo: The Dream Master from 2014-09-24T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Half-Life. Links of Note:All American Magic Show (magicpdx.com/) Gummo (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtY_545-ST8)Lost Highway (www.youtube.com/watch...

Episode 82: Contra / Little Nemo: The Dream Master from 2014-09-17T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross bang out a conversation about Half-Life. It's pretty safe to divide first person shooters into two categories: everything that came before Half-Life, and everything t...

Extrasode: Suikoden II (Part 2) from 2014-09-11T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Contra and Little Nemo: The Dream Master. LINKS OF NOTE:Desert Golfing (www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TTl5uByusk) XOXO (2014.xoxofest.com)Badass Sto...

Episode 81: Suikoden II (Part 2) from 2014-09-04T10:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross turn the tables on the back half of Suikoden II. The tides of war are turning, and the City State of Jowston is making its advances on the Highland Army and the evil ...

Extrasode: Suikoden II (Part 1) from 2014-08-28T11:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to the first half of Suikoden II. Links of Note:Iron Sheik (twitter.com/the_ironsheik) iOS Dragon Quest (www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCAMcaJMo8)Lunar...

Episode 80: Suikoden II (Part 1) from 2014-08-21T08:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross join up to talk about the first half of Suikoden II. It's Summer RPG time, and this year we turn our attention toward Suikoden II. It's probably known best nowadays f...

Extrasode: Metal Gear: Ghost Babel from 2014-08-14T08:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Metal Gear: Ghost Babel. Links of Note:Lowtax LP (www.youtube.com/watch?v=qISSdqMJF…-OOTb0rqZr6bJlMkQ) American Science and Surplus (www.sciplu...

Episode 79: Metal Gear: Ghost Babel from 2014-08-07T09:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross wheez Metal Gear: Ghost Babel. It’s Solid Snake’s tiniest adventure yet! Returning to an old place to fight an old enemy, this unjustly forgotten entry in the series ...

Extrasode: Cave Story from 2014-07-30T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Cave Story.

Episode 78: Cave Story from 2014-07-23T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross plumb the depths of Cave Story. It’s a story that will make you feel like you’ve wasted your life. A while back, a single man dedicated five years to singlehandedly c...

Extrasode: Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within from 2014-07-16T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within. LINKS OF NOTE:Reunification Day: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunification_Day Vacation Movies: www.youtube.com/w...

Episode 77: Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within from 2014-07-09T20:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Will Owens sniff around Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within. FMV games are a bizarre evolutionary dead end, but we found the very best one to give the WOFF! treatmen...

Extrasode: Crackdown from 2014-07-02T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on Crackdown. LINKS OF NOTE:Patton Oswalt on Brian Dennehy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=boTKLuI7nzM Infamous: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-NBsSfxH30Saint’...

Episode 76: Crackdown from 2014-06-25T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross kick it, you know, just talkin’ ‘bout Crackdown. With the announcement and release of the Xbox One, the Xbox 360 is now just retro enough for us to not feel bad cover...

Extrasode: X-Men Legends II from 2014-06-18T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on X-Men Legends II. LINKS OF NOTE:The most insane thing ever. Watch this: shakefire.com/video/spider-man-t…e-show-performance U Talkin’ U2 To Me? ...

Episode 75: X-Men Legends II from 2014-06-11T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross tap into X-Men Legends II. Tappa tappa tappa. Tappa tappa tappa. We can’t let Apocalypse win! This marks our first foray into Diablo-likes, talking about the one and ...

Extrasode: Alpha Protocol from 2014-06-04T20:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Ben Merkel interview Chris Avellone about Alpha Protocol, then read your thoughts on the same game. LINKS OF NOTE:Days of Future Past (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsjtg...

Episode 74: Alpha Protocol from 2014-05-28T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross investigate Alpha Protocol. We’re talking about talking, as Mike Thorton gets double, triple, and quadruple-crossed on his mission to save the world from all-out-war....

Extrasode: Killer7 from 2014-05-21T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on Killer7. LINKS OF NOTE:Goodbye Cruel World: www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Csg0XCGIk Tiger Lady: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-I8omPcVs

Episode 73: Killer7 from 2014-05-14T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross deconstruct Killer7. I can't even pretend to summarize what happens in Killer7. It even defies genre delineation. Instead, I will go with the angle that Killer7 is an...

Extrasode: Shadow of the Colossus from 2014-05-07T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on Shadow of the Colossus. Also, at the end, we do some Hardware followup. LINKS OF NOTE:Combo Breaker: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezdptxvyAxo Cut Col...

Episode 72: Shadow of the Colossus from 2014-04-30T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross surmount a discussion about Shadow of the Colossus. We generally like to avoid talking about things that have been game-clubbed to death, but Shadow of the Colossus i...

Extrasode: Hardware from 2014-04-23T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your stories about video game hardware. LINKS OF NOTE:Rocksmith: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaHsqGSetVo Deus Ex Lecture: www.youtube.com/channel/UCkpl-VMsq1m9AcWb2Q...

Episode 71: Hardware from 2014-04-16T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross drop some science in a survey course about video game hardware. Rounding out our roster of Kickstarter special episodes, this one is a whirlwind tour of the boxes and...

Extrasode: Blade Runner from 2014-04-09T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on Blade Runner. LINKS OF NOTE:Turtles are gross: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjsWpM9zFU Lorenzo Music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=luKppFZvG3ULego Movie:...

Episode 70: Blade Runner from 2014-04-02T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross eye Blade Runner. It would be hard to find a movie that’s had more influence on video games than Blade Runner. So what happens when you make a video game in that worl...

Extrasode: Deadly Premonition from 2014-03-26T20:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Bob Mackey read your response to Deadly Premonition, and then talk about noisy fish. LINKS OF NOTE:Big Mouth Billy Bass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WC6EbRQmJ0 Let’s P...

Episode 69: Deadly Premonition from 2014-03-19T20:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Bob Mackey ask Zach whether or not Deadly Premonition is worth playing (it is). Continuing the WOLF (Watch Out for Lens Flare!) Initiative, we address the quirkiest...

Extrasode: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past from 2014-03-12T20:00

EXTRASODE Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Brad Carey read your effusive praise for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.LINKS OF NOTE: The Odd Life of Timothy Green: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG0...

Episode 68: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past from 2014-03-05T19:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Brad Carey tell you what you already know about The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. What’s left to say about A Link to the Past? Seriously, this is the Zelda t...

Extrasode: Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares from 2014-02-26T19:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Brayton Cameron read your thoughts on Master of Orion II, then we goof around a little. LINKS OF NOTE:American McGee: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_-3T1Tljw Mr. Limpet...

Episode 67: Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares from 2014-02-19T19:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Brayton Cameron explore, expand, expound, and express their love of Master of Orion II: The Battle at Antares. Continuing our Winter of Strategy, we now turn our at...

Extrasode: Star Fox / Pokemon Snap from 2014-02-12T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on both Star Fox and Pokemon Snap. LINKS OF NOTE:Stella: www.stellacomedy.com/ Keepin’ The Beat! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi4iGjiYgD8Song of the Yea...

Episode 66: Star Fox / Pokemon Snap from 2014-02-05T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross offer some pointed praise for Star Fox and Pokémon Snap. In another one of our split EP episdes, we explore a foundational on-rails shooter, and an experimental on-ra...

Special Presentation: Dungeons and Dragons Play Session from 2014-01-29T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross are joined by Levi, Nick, Ben, and Courtney for a very special live play session of Dungeons&Dragons. We've been talking about it for a while, and here it finally is....

Episode 65: Dungeons and Dragons from 2014-01-22T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross put pen to paper (in an audio sense) to talk about Dungeons&Dragons and its legacy in this very special episode. If you’ve ever played a game where a number was assig...

Extrasode: Heroes of Might and Magic III from 2014-01-15T19:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Brian read your thoughts on Heroes of Might and Magic III. LINKS OF NOTE:Mazes and Monsters: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6AOd6r6Qi8 Murphy Brown: www.youtube.com/watch...

Episode 64: Heroes of Might and Magic III from 2014-01-08T19:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Brian skirmish with Heroes of Might and Magic III. PC strategy games have been something of a blind spot for us, but Heroes III is the perfect entry point. People r...

Extrasode: Dishonored from 2014-01-01T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on Dishonored. LINKS OF NOTE:Sex Type Thing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxXf7yFH7q4 Credits Song from Dishonored: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyTCtbYNzRgB...

Episode 63: Dishonored from 2013-12-25T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross hunch over and gruffle a can of Dishonored. Games aren’t very good at depicting nuanced ethics. Is it better to kill someone for revenge, or sentence them to a lifelo...

Extrasode: Snatcher from 2013-12-18T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Snatcher. LINKS OF NOTE:Badger: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVez_EpeuM Chrimbus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V399tenKALA

Episode 62: Snatcher from 2013-12-11T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about, look at, and investigate Snatcher. Can you trust your eyes? Will all of these moments be lost like tears in rain? How far can you stretch the line between...

Extrasode: Fallout 2 (Part 2) - Feat. Chris Avellone from 2013-12-04T19:00

Gary and Kole are joined by Chris Avellone to talk about the creation of Fallout 2. We also read your letters about the game.

Episode 61: Fallout 2 (Part 2) from 2013-11-27T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross radiate praise for the last half of Fallout 2. Continuing our search for the GECK, we run across crime lords, run down mining towns, and a conspiracy to kill all peop...

Extrasode: Fallout 2 (Part 1) from 2013-11-20T19:00

Kole and Gary read your responses about the first part of Fallout 2. LINKS OF NOTE:Quit! (5by5.tv/quit)

Episode 60: Fallout 2 (Part 1) from 2013-11-13T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross choose to talk about the first part of Fallout 2. Not only are you the descendant of the person who saved humanity from utter destruction, but you’re also called “The...

Extrasode: Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem from 2013-11-06T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Eternal Darkness. LINKS OF NOTE:Skype Ads: community.skype.com/t5/Windows-desk…733807#U1733807

Episode 59: Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem from 2013-10-30T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross lose their shit while talking about Eternal Darkness. Where is my mind? In this very spooky episode of our show, we talk about one of the best survival horror games o...

Episode 58: Fun Centers from 2013-10-23T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross roll their experiences with fun centers up a gentle slope and into a small hole, rewarding them with points and (hopefully) tickets. Two grown-ass men return to conqu...

Extrasode: Bioshock from 2013-10-16T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Bioshock.

Episode 57: Bioshock from 2013-10-09T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross drill deep into Bioshock. Somewhere under the sea, all hell has broken loose. In this first episode of our “Watch Out for Lens Flare!” series, we explore one of the m...

Extrasode: Kirby Super Star from 2013-10-02T20:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Sam Anderson read your responses about Kirby Super Star. LINKS OF NOTE:Josh Groban (duckfeed.tv/pitch/19) Fear 3 Co Op (www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlJWqLOZ8tk)Gameboy ...

Episode 56: Kirby Super Star from 2013-09-25T20:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Sam Anderson fully absorb Kirby Super Star. We’re rectifying a pretty big blind spot in our Nintendo pantheon here by addressing Kirby Super Star. Usually this text...

Extrasode: Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge (Feat. Ron Gilbert) from 2013-09-18T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross are joined by Ron Gilbert to talk about Monkey Island 2. Also, your responses and our deleted scenes. LINKS OF NOTE:Why Adventure Games Suck (grumpygamer.com/2152210)...

Episode 55: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge from 2013-09-11T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross determine how dry dem bones actually are in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. If Guybrush is so hapless... then what does it say about LeChuck? I mean, dread pirate...

Extrasode: Final Fantasy VII from 2013-09-04T20:00

LINKS OF NOTE: FF7 PC Mods: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsOW6y4gCpkManic Pixie Dream Girl: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNss2PMj60 Problem with Memes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaKYsLQ-98ANew Order: www.yout...

Episode 54: Final Fantasy VII (Part 3) from 2013-08-28T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross go supernova on the final third of Final Fantasy VII. Thus concludes our longest saga ever: Final Fantasy VII. We hope you enjoyed it, because we likely don’t have an...

Episode 53: Final Fantasy VII (Part 2) from 2013-08-21T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross plunge into their second episode about Final Fantasy VII. The chase continues as Sephiroth flees ever northward. As we follow him, we reveal more of his past… but mos...

Episode 52: Final Fantasy VII (Part 1) from 2013-08-14T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take their discussion of the first part of Final Fantasy VII to the limit. This is the beginning of a long saga. Not just for one of the most popular games ever, but ...

Watch Out for Interaction! from 2013-08-07T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross respond to your discussion prompts from our Kickstarter campaign. Thanks so much to everyone who donated! LINKS OF NOTE:San Juan: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8217/san...

Extrasode: Indigo Prophecy from 2013-07-31T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses about Indigo Prophecy. Then we talk about resisting arrest, saving the world, and IKEA.LINKS OF NOTE: It’s Hammer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufoVE-...

Episode 51: Indigo Prophecy from 2013-07-24T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross express a chilly attitude toward Indigo Prophecy. It’s the strongest opening in adventure game history: Lucas Kane has murdered a man in cold blood, and he has no ide...

Extrasode: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse from 2013-07-17T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on Castlevania III, then talk about Chuck E Cheese, Pete and Pete, and GameFAQS bounties. LINKS OF NOTE:Chuckie Cheese: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4O...

Episode 50: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse from 2013-07-10T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get cracking and talk about Castlevania III. Oh, and this is our 50th episode. An ancient evil awakens, a hero rises from disgrace, and spooky skeletons roam Europe. ...

Extrasode: Soul Blazer from 2013-07-03T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk a lot about poop, and a little about Soul Blazer. LINKS OF NOTE:Kickstarter PUA Retraction: www.kickstarter.com/blog/we-were-wrong?page=6 Powerhouse: www.youtube...

Episode 49: Soul Blazer from 2013-06-26T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross release an episode about Soul Blazer. We don’t really have good luck with action RPGs. While Soul Blazer is plenty charming, it’s definitely an early, simplistic take...

Extrasode: Deus Ex (Part 2) from 2013-06-19T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about cancelled cartoons, improv comedy, and a little bit about Deus Ex. LINKS OF NOTE:State of Decay (www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8yvLrjnGdU) An Underground Educat...

Episode 48: Deus Ex (Part 2) from 2013-06-12T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross touch base on the second half of Deus Ex. The search for the truth continues, as J.C. Denton defects from UNATCO in order to fight Majestic 12. On the way he will sid...

Extrasode: Deus Ex (Part 1) from 2013-06-05T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about “This is Water”, why marketing is evil, liquor, and a little about Deus Ex. LINKS OF NOTE:Sponsored Content Pretty Fucking Awesome: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...

Episode 47: Deus Ex (Part 1) from 2013-05-29T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross blow the lid off of the first half of Deus Ex. Everything you’ve heard is true. The fluoride in your water is intended to keep you docile. Black Helicopters are track...

Extrasode: Mario Golf / Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 from 2013-05-22T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about how awful the world is, taking advantage of disabled people, and the importance of staying hydrated. LINKS OF NOTE:Disabled Tour Guides: startingpoint.blog...

Episode 46: Mario Golf / Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 from 2013-05-15T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross chip into a kickflip to talk about both Mario Golf and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2. We were originally going to talk about Mario Golf 64, but it wasn’t robust enough. So...

Extrasode: Max Payne from 2013-05-08T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross briefly talk about huge houses in Neverwinter Nights, the Dishonored DLC, and a little bit about Max Payne.

Episode 45: Max Payne from 2013-05-01T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross enter an altered state to talk about Max Payne. Your wife and only child are dead, and you want blood. Also, it’s a noir video game. We ultimately express our indiffe...

Extrasode: Metroid Prime from 2013-04-24T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about genitals, outakes, and a little bit about Metroid Prime. LINKS OF NOTE:Scrotum: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrotum Couch St. news.travel.aol.com/2010/08/27/por...

Episode 44: Metroid Prime from 2013-04-17T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross slather themselves with Phazon and talk about Metroid Prime. An ancient evil springs of a meteor, a verbose race of bird people leave you notes, and a classic series ...

Extrasode: Sonic 3 and Knuckles from 2013-04-12T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Roger Ebert’s death, gym class, dying young, and a little bit about Sonic 3 and Knuckles. LINKS OF NOTE:Jeff Goldblum on SNL: www.funnyordie.com/videos/256...

Episode 43: Sonic 3 and Knuckles from 2013-04-10T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross sprint through Sonic 3 and Knuckles. Something about emeralds, something about robots, something about going real fast. There's some measure of debate over what the b...

Apology: Crash Into Me from 2013-04-03T20:00

Gary Butterfield explains why there isn't a new episode of WOFF! today. Kole Ross is in an iron lung at the Mayo Clinic after getting into a car accident. We will return next week with our previous...

Extrasode: Resident Evil 2 from 2013-03-27T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Orson Welles, Transformers, we spoil the shit out of the Walking Dead, and say a little bit about Resident Evil 2. LINKS OF NOTE:Resident Evil 0 Resident...

Episode 42: Resident Evil 2 from 2013-03-20T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross experience an outbreak of positive opionions toward Resident Evil 2. Thousands have died, but don't worry... they're back again. Raccoon City is overrun with zombies ...

Extrasode: Final Fantasy Tactics (Part 2) from 2013-03-13T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about kidnapping, David Fincher’s low points, poorly explained memes, and a little bit about the last half of Final Fantasy Tactics. LINKS OF NOTE:HP Lovecraft F...

Episode 41: Final Fantasy Tactics (Part 2) from 2013-03-06T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross summon up the courage to talk about the last half of Final Fantasy Tactics. Ramza is a heretic, and the political intrigue we once knew is being replaced slowly by de...

Extrasode: Final Fantasy Tactics (Part 1) from 2013-02-27T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about death, backlogs, how to say an interrogative, and a little bit about the first half of Final Fantasy Tactics. LINKS OF NOTE:Meteor videos: www.youtube.com/...

Episode 40: Final Fantasy Tactics (Part 1) from 2013-02-20T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross calculate the best way to make a podcast about the first half of Final Fantasy Tactics. A bitter war of succession, flowery prose, and grid-based combat. In what migh...

Extrasode: Video Game Music and Sound from 2013-02-13T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross continue their discussion of video game music and sound, get your raves and faves, then they go on for a while about Kevin Spacey, Tim Burton, comics, and R.E.M. LINK...

Episode 39: Video Game Music and Sound from 2013-02-06T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross make some noise about video game music and sound. We talk about it a lot: music and sound can make or break the game. In this unusual episode of the show, we do a dee...

Extrasode: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island from 2013-01-30T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about illicit deals, John Leguizamo, motion sickness, and a little bit about Yoshi’s Island. LINKS OF NOTE:Deviantart Poochy: browse.deviantart.com/?q=poochy Wit...

Episode 38: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island from 2013-01-23T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross crack open Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island. Well, this game is delightful. It looks and sounds awesome, and is some of the best platforming to come out of the Mar...

Extrasode: Parasite Eve from 2013-01-16T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about comics, Dino Crisis, Spec Ops: The Line, and a little bit about Parasite Eve. WARNING: WE SPOIL THE SHIT OUT OF NEW X-MEN.LINKS OF NOTE: New X-men: www.ama...

Episode 37: Parasite Eve from 2013-01-09T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take a microscope to Parasite Eve. Organelles have run amok on New York City! It’s up to you to kill an actress who is possessed by your younger sister or an ancient ...

Extrasode: Shadowrun (SNES) from 2013-01-02T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about ice levels in games, GameStop woes, and HollywoodIsCalling.com. LINKS OF NOTE:Sonic 3 Ice Cap Zone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYxlqTpZ-24 Little Penguin Lost...

Episode 36: Shadowrun (SNES) from 2012-12-26T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross learn the true name of Shadowrun (SNES). You’re Jake Armitage, but you don’t know that. You wake up dead in a city crawling with people who want you to be even deader...

Extrasode: Fallout (Part 2) from 2012-12-19T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about unacceptable living spaces, media fidelity, and a little bit about the last half of Fallout. LINKS OF NOTE:Goon Lairs!!! www.google.com/search?q=goon%20l…I...

Episode 35: Fallout (Part 2) from 2012-12-12T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross offer glowing praise for the last half of Fallout. Your vault has water. Hooray! Now you just have to deal with the big green dudes. It’s a story as old as time, with...

Extrasode: Fallout (Part 1) from 2012-12-05T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about The Stand, Dark Souls, we spoil the shit out of the Walking Dead, and a little bit about the first half of Fallout. LINKS OF NOTE:Fallout: New Vegas: www.a...

Episode 34: Fallout (Part 1) from 2012-11-28T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross radiate praise for the first half of Fallout. Great games. Great games never change…es. Continuing our infatuation with CRPGs, we delve into Gary’s favorite game of a...

Extrasode: Metal Gear Solid from 2012-11-14T19:00

Gary and Kole talk about progressive rock, Blade Runner, and a little bit about Metal Gear Solid. LINKS OF NOTE:Steely Dan: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steely_Dan Perchance to Dean: video.adultswim.com/t...

Episode 33: Metal Gear Solid from 2012-11-14T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross engage in a protracted codec conversation expositionizing about Metal Gear Solid. You’re Solid Snake. Your twin brother is threatening the world with an unprecedented...

Extrasode: Tomba! from 2012-11-07T19:00

Gary and Kole talk about game pitches, Gremlins 2, and John Daly. LINKS OF NOTE:Tomba! Episode: duckfeed.tv/woff/32 Spiritual Warfare: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiritualW…are(video_game) Religious Vid...

Episode 32: Tomba! from 2012-10-31T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross give Tomba! a stone age beatdown. Evil Pigs have taken your grandpa’s watch and cast a curse over the entire world. It’s your job to… Wait, I can’t do this. To treat ...

Extrasode: Arcades from 2012-10-24T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross play Action Castle, talk about the most recent season of Breaking Bad, and talk a bit more about arcades. LINKS OF NOTE:Parsley Games: memento-mori.com/online-store/p...

Episode 31: Arcades from 2012-10-17T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross grab the sticks and get to the bottom of why arcades are the best. This episode is in the same vein as Episode 30. Recorded in person, both in-studio and in the field...

Episode 30: Super Mario World from 2012-10-10T20:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and the attendees of the Portland Retro Games Expo talk about Super Mario World. This episode is a bit of a different beast than our previous outings. Normally we play ...

Episode 29: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers from 2012-10-03T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross investigate Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. It’s no secret: We love adventure games. And we’ve done a lot of them recently. However, we’ve never done a Sierra ad...

Extrasode: Maniac Mansion (Featuring Ron Gilbert) from 2012-09-26T20:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Ron Gilbert talk about bicycle safety, the way of the future, the horror of silence, and a little bit about Maniac Mansion. LINKS OF NOTE:Bicycle Safety Camp: www.y...

Episode 28: Maniac Mansion (Featuring Ron Gilbert) from 2012-09-19T20:00

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Ron Gilbert achieve critical mass regarding Maniac Mansion. In a first for the show, WOFF! has the creator of a game in to talk about it. Maniac Mansion was foundat...

Extrasode: Anniversary from 2012-09-12T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Maniac Mansion, steak, PAX Casual Encounters, and a little bit about a year of doing this show. LINKS OF NOTE:Maniac Mansion: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniac_...

Episode 27: Anniversary from 2012-09-05T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross celebrate WOFF!’s anniversary by talking about bad old NES games, retraux games, and transient game experiences. LINKS OF NOTE:Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball:...

Extrasode: Earthbound (Part 2) from 2012-08-29T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about color in games, linearity, sarsparilla and a little bit about the second half of EarthBound. LINKS OF NOTE:5 Annoying Trends That Make Every Movie Look the...

Episode 26: Earthbound (Part 2) from 2012-08-22T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross put their spirits into robots in order to gush about the end of EarthBound. From a beach resort to a womb in the past, Earthbound remains one of the finest games we’v...

Extrasode: Earthbound (Part 1) from 2012-08-15T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about lockjaw, Gary’s distaste for Homestar Runner, more Breaking Bad spoilers, and a little bit about the first half of Earthbound. LINKS OF NOTE:- Tetanus - Wi...

Episode 25: Earthbound (Part 1) from 2012-08-08T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get weird with the first half of EarthBound. They say playing good RPGS (after a month of awful games) is healthful and dandy. We’ve found this to be true. Join us as...

Extrasode: Sword of Mana from 2012-08-01T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about debauchery, random violence/tragedy, how fun it is to insult Kole, and a little bit about Sword of Mana. LINKS OF NOTE:The Rape of the Lock: en.wikipedia.o...

Episode 24: Sword of Mana from 2012-07-25T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross lambast Sword of Mana. It’s a veritable cornucopia of JRPG cliches: evil empire, plucky children, godlike powers… And a bunch of extraneous systems. It’s a remake of ...

Extrasode: Sacrifice from 2012-07-18T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the Earl of Lemongrab, Moonrise Kingdom, Breaking Bad, and a little bit about Sacrifice. LINKS OF NOTE:Frank Welker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wel...

Episode 23: Sacrifice from 2012-07-11T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross bleed Sacrifice dry upon the altar of Good Taste in Games. You’re a wizard in a hostile land full of squabbling gods, each vying for the last scraps the shattered ear...

Extrasode: Bionic Commando from 2012-07-04T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about t-shirt cannons, consoles vs. PC, save states, and a little bit about Bionic Commando.

Episode 22: Bionic Commando from 2012-06-27T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross latch onto the finer points of Bionic Commando. Pro-tip: There is no jump button. Instead, you must use your rad bionic arm to swing into the hidden bases of the Badd...

Extrasode: Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy from 2012-06-20T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about a particular episode of The Simpsons, Pokemon, the Talking Heads, and a little bit about Psi-Ops. Links of NoteLisa the Vegetarian (http://en.wikipedia.org...

Episode 21: Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy from 2012-06-13T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross hurl mixed praise at Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy… With their minds. You’re Nick Scryer (GET IT!?) and you can run, shoot, sneak, and bang people against walls li...

Extrasode: Deja Vu, Uninvited, and Shadowgate from 2012-06-06T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross perform Boston chiptunes, sleepwalking, game novelizations, and a little bit about the MacVenture series.

Episode 20: Deja Vu, Uninvited, and Shadowgate from 2012-05-30T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross die repeatedly in their attempt to talk about the MacVenture games (Deja Vu, Uninvited, and Shadowgate). Hi! Can I ask you a question? Do you like pointing? Do you li...

Extrasode: E.V.O.: The Search for Eden from 2012-05-23T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross grinding, posthumous fame, and Joss Whedon.

Episode 19: E.V.O.: The Search for Eden from 2012-05-16T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross, despite their lack of fitness, survive long enough to discuss E.V.O.: The Search for Eden. You have 4.6 billion years to turn from a fish into a human so that you ca...

Extrasode: Planescape: Torment from 2012-05-09T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross try out the skit material, bad organic art, and tattoos.

Episode 18: Planescape: Torment (Part 2) from 2012-05-02T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross will the second part of their Planescape: Torment episode into existence.

Episode 17: Planescape: Torment (Part 1) from 2012-04-18T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross will the second part of their Planescape: Torment episode into existence. And so it ends. We left off with a clue to find an old hag, but all we found was ourselves. ...

Extrasode: Klonoa: Door to Phantomile from 2012-04-11T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross software updates, Emmanuelle, not missing Bart at all (BOH!).

Episode 16: Klonoa: The Door to Phantomile from 2012-04-04T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get saccharine about Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. Klonoa nyaahs like a cat and is anime as hell. He’s also fated to save the world of dreams from Ghadius, who wants to...

Extrasode: Silent Hill 2 from 2012-03-28T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gender benders, corn orbs, and survival-horror based crushes.

Episode 15: Silent Hill 2 from 2012-03-21T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross leap into bottomless pits of effusive praise for Silent Hill 2. James Sunderland is a haunted man in a haunted town. Beckoned to Silent Hill by a letter from his dyin...

Extrasode: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee from 2012-03-14T20:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross discuss Action Castle, the blind, and GamePro.

Episode 14: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee from 2012-03-07T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross grind Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee to a pulp. Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is a puzzle platformer that was revered in its time for its beautiful graphics, excellent sound, and ...

Extrasode: Duck Tales from 2012-02-29T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross seedy hotels, Scrooge McDuck’s dark past, and free strategy guides.

Episode 13: Duck Tales from 2012-02-22T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross capitalize on the nostalgic popularity of Duck Tales. Duck Tales is regarded as one of the best NES games, and for good reason. Scrooge’s journey from the Himalayas t...

Extrasode: Metroid Fusion from 2012-02-15T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross Brian Doyle Murray, exposition, and Christmas memories.

Episode 12: Metroid Fusion from 2012-02-08T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross kvetch about Metroid Fusion. What began as the most divisive game WOFF has ever covered quickly became the game we loved to bash. Metroid Fusion is the black sheep of...

Extrasode: Final Fantasy VI (Part 2) from 2012-01-31T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross Downton Abbey, great lengths, and chronological perspective.

Episode 11: Final Fantasy VI (Part 2) from 2012-01-24T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross survive after the end, and talk about the last half of Final Fantasy VI. Welp, we done lost. Kefka destroyed the world, and it seems like all hope is lost. The Return...

Extrasode: Final Fantasy VI (Part 1) from 2012-01-17T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross game shame, literature, and college music.

Episode 10: Final Fantasy VI (Part 1) from 2012-01-10T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross perform a delightful and emotionally affecting opera about the first half of Final Fantasy VI. The Empire is casting a black shadow across the land, and the Returners...

Extrasode: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins from 2012-01-04T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross McRibs, Fatal1ty, and bus monsters.

Episode 9: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins from 2011-12-28T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross float to the moon to talk about Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Mario has returned to his kingdom, only to find his throne usurped by the devious Wario. He must n...

Extrasode: The Longest Journey from 2011-12-21T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross narrative, hypocrisy, and foreign lands.

Episode 8: The Longest Journey from 2011-12-14T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross go on at length about The Longest Journey. The worlds are in peril, and it’s up to April Ryan to fulfill the prophecies and team up with a talking bird to maintain th...

Extrasode: Shadowrun from 2011-12-07T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross past experiences with Shadowrun, pen and paper RPGs, and try out weird accents.

Episode 7: Shadowrun from 2011-11-30T19:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross plug in and talk about Shadowrun for the Sega Genesis. It’s a dystopian cyberpunk future, and your brother is dead. By committing contract crimes and hacking into com...

Episode 6: Zombies Ate My Neighbors from 2011-11-17T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross quaff the heady potion that is Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Dr. Tongue is wreaking havoc on suburbia, as creatures of the night spill forth from the soil and devour the ...

Episode 5: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines from 2011-11-03T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross shine some daylight on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Being a vampire is tough. You’re doomed to an eternity of walking the Earth as a cursed living corpse, an...

Episode 4: Super Mario RPG from 2011-10-20T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross jump right into Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The Mushroom Kingdom is in peril. The princess is missing, Bowser has been kicked out his home by a dimens...

Episode 3: Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth from 2011-10-06T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross lose their minds re: Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. Welcome, Stranger, to a macabre world of undescribable cosmic horror. Feel how insignificant you are ...

Episode 2: Myst from 2011-09-22T17:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get literary about Myst. Come with us to a magical world of sedate wandering, perplexing puzzles, and power-hungry brothers. Myst is one of the most well-known, and m...

Episode 1: Mega Man X from 2011-09-08T16:00

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross ruminate on Mega Man X in this inaugural episode of Watch Out For Fireballs! To get you up to speed, every Maverick is a Reploid, but not all Reploids are Mavericks. ...