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Watch Out for Fireballs! 364: Control (Premium)

Jesse Faden has walked a rough road, one that leads up to the door of a secret government agency headquartered in a building that not everyone can see. It's the Federal Bureau of Control, they may have her brother held captive, and they are definitely overrun by a malignant interdimensional force.

This feels like a culmination of a lot of what Remedy has been working toward, and they achieved it by working against their strengths. Instead of a cinematic, on-rails narrative, Control live...

ORB 90: The Unicorn in Captivity

This week, Jeremy joins Kole to talk about a very good episode of this television show, "The Unicorn in Captivity". Rusty manages to invent teleportation, which draws the attention of unsavory characters. Meanwhile, the Monarch reluctantly joins a heist crew led by Copy Cat.

Jeremy will be back next week, and Gary will be returning from his Covid break the week after that!

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover ar...

Everything to Guppy 864: Everything To Guppy Premium Round-Up: Chews Your Illusion and Wingin' It With Will

Everything To Guppy is a weekly comedy/gaming podcast that releases four 15-minute episodes in a single hour-long chunk every Tuesday for reasons that seemed good at the time. Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.

Abject Suffering 462: Zoop

Gary went and caught Covid, so this week Kole is joined by the AV Club's Will Hughes to talk about Zoop, the shallow puzzle game that magazines in the 90s put a lot of effort into getting people to buy. And since Gary isn't here, we kind of go hog wild on talking about things that would otherwise send him into the stratosphere.

Bonfireside Chat 218: Liurnia of the Lakes, Northeast

This week we head to northeastern Liurnia, to learn more about some of the elemental forces that stand athwart the Erdtree and its Golden Order. First we visit the Frenzied Village and its ominous tower to learn about Vyke's fall... Then we head to the Knifeprint Catacombs to uncover a little more information about the treachery that began the Shattering itself.

The Level 421: Five Nights at Freddy Mercury's

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Elite: Dangerous, Thumper, and much more!

The Grind:

• Dennis: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Chorus.
• Ben: Before Your Eyes. Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
• Kole: The Quarry. Thumper.
• David: Elite: Dangerous.

The Multiplayer:

• What art style would you like to see used more often in games?

The End Boss:

• Studio Canal films being pulled from Eu...
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Retry subscribing to per-show feeds

Hey folks! When I was playing around with some admin stuff I discovered that email addresses I'd previously tried to use for authenticating the per-show feeds on Fireside had started working when they hadn't before.

This means that something must have been worked out on the back end with Fireside, our podcast hosting service. A handful of other people who were unable to sign up before confirmed that it works for them now.

If you want to give subscribing to the per-show feeds anoth...

Watch Out for Fireballs! 363: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

It's impossible to talk about some games objectively. Castlevania 2 has a lot of problems but unbeatable atmosphere for the NES, and the best soundtrack in the series (fight me), makes that go down oh so smooth. Let's get to collectin' ribs!

We'd also like to direct your attention to the Totally Trans Podcast Network which is an ongoing podcast about the search for the trans media canon.

2022-07-14 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Everything to Guppy 863: The Everything To Guppy "Best Of" Spectacular: Celebrating 232 Weeks Of What Is Technically Content (Updated)

Everything To Guppy is a weekly comedy/gaming podcast that releases four 15-minute episodes in a single hour-long chunk every Tuesday for reasons that seemed good at the time. Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.

Bonfireside Chat 217: Liurnia of the Lakes, Southeast

This week we head back down to the other side of the Liurnian continent, venturing up a high road littered with wreckage from the civil war. We stop by a very noteworthy catacomb, check in with Hyetta, visit Jarburg, and take a history lesson from the game's biggest dork: Miriel the Turtle Pope.

Health Update - Potential Hiccups

Gary here

Your boy's luck ran out and I finally got Covid. Novel Corona Virus? Doesn't seem so novel to me!

I've been pretty careful, though I admit I could have been more so. I'm triple vaxxed, and have fairly consistently masked indoors, though I have eaten at some restaurants. Weirdly, what actually did me in was a distanced backyard hangout to watch, of all things, a qualifying race for the Tour De France. I went because our drummer is a big bike fan and he said it'd just b...

Watch Out for Fireballs! 362: Children of Morta

In the end, it was a story about family. In the beginning, too. It was really all a story about family. Children of Morta was made as an attempt to marry a roguelike game structure to a fixed, detailed story... and it works. The Bergsons are a tight-knit family who live in the shadow of Mount Morta, and they are charged with being Guardians of all the land. When Corruption starts appearing, everyone in the clan pitches in, with most venturing down into the tunnels and town to stop the crisis....

Exquisite Suffering 144: Def Jam: Fight for NY

The idea of millionaires who happen to be talented artists using their resources to make video games where they go on little adventures is extremely charming. That's our baseline approach to talking about Def Jam: Fight for NY, which is ABSOLUTELY not a bad game. Just not a game for us. But, growing up in the 90s, it was impossible to escape both hip hop and wrestling, even if you wanted to, so we have some stuff to talk about here.

ORB 89: The Bellicose Proxy

A Level 1 villain has to start somewhere, and that's where the Big Villains program comes in. The Monarch steps up to take Augustus St. Cloud under his wing for his first arching, which is less an act of altruism and more another attempt to get under Rusty's skin. The result is a fun episode that's mostly jokes and doesn't really move anything forward, but we need those from time to time.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for ou...

Everything to Guppy 862: Eye Drop - Act Of Contrition - Member Card - Chimera

Everything To Guppy is a weekly comedy/gaming podcast that releases four 15-minute episodes in a single hour-long chunk every Tuesday for reasons that seemed good at the time. Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.

July 2022 Content Schedule

July is a busy month for us, but so is every month. Check out everything that's coming down the pike, and set your calendars accordingly (your podcast calendars, for listening to podcasts).

You can listen to all of the premium shows by subscribing to y...

Abject Suffering 461: M&M's Kart Racing

It's a classic Gary Butterfield pick: it's an advergame about snack food. But M&M's Kart Racing for the Wii also happens to be the least fun, and least functional, kart racer we've covered for the show. It also leads us to one of the more bizarre and sad wikis we've found for a property.

Days of Future Cast 331: Messiah Complex: Part 2

In this episode, we talk about the next four issues in the X-Men Messiah Complex crossover event: X-Men #205, Uncanny X-Men #493, X-Factor #26, New X-Men #45.

Reminder that you can read along with and ahead of the show by subscribing to Marvel Unlimited (we don't get paid for you doing that, so it's not an ad, it's just a cool service). You can also use Comixology, or buy the trades from your local comic book shop (the preferred method, if we're being honest). Be sure to check with your...

Bonfireside Chat 216: Liurnia of the Lakes, West

This week we head to the western reaches of Liurnia of the Lakes, witnessing with our own eyes the atrocious acts committed against the Village of the Albinaurics. We then head up the western coast, learning what happened to Edgar, the warden of Castle Morne.

The Level 420: I Little Brother Myself

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Before Your Eyes, ElecHead, Monster Hunter: Rise, and much more!

The Grind:

• Kole: ElecHead.
• Dennis: God of War (2018). Trackmania.
• David: Monster Hunter: Rise.
• Ben: Dorfromantik. Before Your Eyes.

The Multiplayer:

• What’s your favorite endgame content?

The End Boss:

• Persona games are coming to Switch.
• New Mario+Rabbids gets October 20 release date.
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2022-07-01 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch Out for Fireballs! Dispatch: Editing

Do games stand up to editing the same way other works do? How is editing used in games? Could they stand more editing? The obvious Duckfeed answer is "yeah." Hear us explain why! And answer your questions, read your responses to June's games, and generally goof it up.

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Watch Out for Fireballs! Dispatch Roundup: Q2 2022

We've got a topic and Q&A overflow, and the only way to contain all of these questions is to round 'em up. This is the first of our regular WOFF! Dispatch Roundup episodes, which we will be doing once per quarter to make sure we get to all of your questions.

Jackbox Night! Thursday

Hey folks! I'll be hosting this month's Jackbox night at 8pm Eastern time on Thursday, June the 30th. Come on by and hang out, it's always a good time.

We stream the show for everyone at the Duckfeed Twitch channel, and patrons get first crack at the participation codes in the #duckbox-partyquack channel on our Slack.

- K

Hey, where's Days of Future Cast This Week?

Apologies to everyone, but no DOFC this week. We'll be recording Friday.

Without going too far into personal matters, I have been fighting it from all angles in my personal life. Some of the stuff is penny ante ordinary inconveniences, but some of it is more capital s Serious stuff. I'm OK! But recording just wasn't going to work out last week. I really appreciate everyone understanding.

We'll be back with our coverage of Messiah Complex soon.

-Gary-

ORB 88: The Inamorata Consequence

Gwen joins us to talk about the Inamorata Consequence, an episode that follows the plotline that no one asked for: the secret romance between Agent McManus and S-464. But we do get some nice Dean moments, which has been rare lately, and learn what happened with Dermot ever since the Ventures pulled up roots.

Special thanks to Joshua Jarett for our cover art, ...

Everything to Guppy 861: Neptunus - Pluto - Voodoo Head - Lucky Sack

Everything To Guppy is a weekly comedy/gaming podcast that releases four 15-minute episodes in a single hour-long chunk every Tuesday for reasons that seemed good at the time. Gary Butterfield (Watch Out For Fireballs) and William Hughes (The A.V. Club) attempt to analyze every single item, boss, character, and concept in the rogue-lite video game The Binding Of Isaac. They manage to pull it off only slightly less than 50 percent of the time.

Abject Suffering 460: Mr. Bones

Somehow it took us 460 episodes to reach Mr. Bones. I don't have an answer as to why. But, man, is it a sight to behold. You play the one skeleton on the side of good (guitars) fighting against a mindless army on the side of evil (drums), playing just the grossest, smelliest white boy blues you can.

Bonfireside Chat 215: Liurnia of the Lakes, Central

This week we head closer to the feet of the Academy of Raya Lucaria, getting our feet wet as we talk to folks like Rya and Blackguard Big Boggart. We also address the Albinaurics and tackle the town at the gate of the academy, getting the key we need for entry... but our quest will take us to the rest of Liurnia first.

What would you want to see in an updated Duckfeed website?

Hey, Kole here. I'm in the process of working on the new Bonfireside Chat, but I'd like to take this brief opportunity to do some audience research.

One of my next possible big tasks is making (or having made) a new Duckfeed website, since the old one has been the way it is for a while. This would obviously entail some aesthetic upgrades, but I want to ask you directly what kind of functionality you'd like to see.

I'm talking about things like landing pages, categorization, host p...

THE PEOPLE HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY SPOKEN

Spoiler wall probably coming down right after Raya Lucaria. We gotta be able to talk about Ranni stuff!

Thank  you everyone for being civil and making your opinions known. We really appreciate the support.

Oh, and as a little treat, we interviewed Open Mike Eagle today for the interview segment of our next response episode (After Raya Lucaria). It went well and that man is a treat. Check out his stuff!

-Gary-