Watch Out For Fireballs!

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross briefly talk about huge houses in Neverwinter Nights, the Dishonored DLC, and a little bit about Max Payne.

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 indifference towards the shooter genre, but we love the presentation bits enough to extend a lot of good will toward it. LINKS OF NOTE: GBA Max Payne: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvJk0gF8jng GBA Tony Hawk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRjTg01hqA Diaper Time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kI4l_RUTv0 Gabriel Knight Cut Scenes: static.giantbomb.com/uploads/origin…t_talisman.jpg Mom From Arrested Development: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6HvS0pOoJc Hotline Miami: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtzJCPw3KE Writer of Max Payne: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Lake The Club: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0j3KW9rzY0 SMRPG Punchinello: www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gIKbtUX1Q Rats Easter Egg: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcvFS4ZdWHw Willard: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu2sSVt32bo Sunshine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ2-xR54UDU Bad ending of Wayne’s World: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c

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/portland-slang/

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 is taken to 3D. Neither of us beat the game this time around, but we played enough to know that it doesn’t succeed on a lot of levels. LINKS OF NOTE: Metroid Prime: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime Metroid Timeline: metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Metroid_timeline Zelda Timeline: zeldawiki.org/Zelda_Timeline Slave 1: starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Slave_I Bauxite: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauxite Why do vampires count rice? wiki.answers.com/Q/Whydovampirescountrice Ernest in a Neck Brace: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhwKqq0j1S8 Arkham City Opening: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQGGQbrummg Spinal Tap Drummers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZrqC5LL_oo Alf Pogs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CCbnpMCdds The Subspace Emissary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQtWJrI_2GE

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/25633d24…jeopardy-5-9-98 Kurt Braunohler Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/309790…s-cloud-project Gamers.txt: forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.p…pagenumber=6 In this Friendly Friendly World: www.youtube.com/watch?v=41n3mwCcZQ4 Battlefield Earth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0R_FR9pD2k Snake’n’Bacon: video.adultswim.com/snake-n-bacon/ Newsies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqPuGMgT6yw Earthball: cdn.wl.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploa…ks-gym-ball..jpg

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 best Sonic game is, but Sonic 3 and Knuckles is probably the grandest expression of what "Sonic" is all about. We vacilitate for a while before ultimately concluding that the game ain't bad, it just has high highs and low lows. Note: The sketch at the beginning of this episode is probably one of the funniest, and also most unsettling things we've ever done. Fair warning. LINKS OF NOTE: Rasterbation (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiled_printing) Pump Up the Volume (www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuhHPQxS2nQ) Mean Bean Machine/PuyoPop (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Robotnik's_Mean_Bean_Machine) Sonic Cartoon Tonal Differences (www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLIgM9S8A7c) Grant Morrison The Invisibles (www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/explo…sons-the-invisibles) Sonic Spinball (www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rUaHgUsdUs) Infamous Cylinder (www.youtube.com/watch

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 previously scheduled Sonic 3 and Knuckles episode.

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 Evil Novels Orson Welles Frozen Peas James Adomian Orson Welles Pinky and the Brain Frozen Peas Transformers Dance Party

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 and the ultimate bioweapon is on the loose. We join a biker girl and a rookie cop as they uncover a massive conspiracy, in what is one of the best games we've played for the show so far. LINKS OF NOTE: Resident Evil 2 (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003…=stunthdottran-20) Tank Controls (tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TankControls) Zapping System (fettuc.blogspot.com/2012/04/game-a2…ing-system.html) Tom Waits (www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfamPW3Eaw) Resident Evil 1.5 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qAlyZXJm8Y) Daryl Dixon (www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsjAV6-5djc) My uncle works at Nintendo (www.somethingawful.com/d/news/e3-unc…-nintendo.php) Child Who Just Lost Balloon Begins Lifelong Battle With Depression (www.theonion.com/articles/child-w…ng-battle,31519/) Resident Evil 2 Shotgun (www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0rBXQiwCq0) DOOM S

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 Film Festival: www.hplfilmfestival.com/ Shanghai Tunnels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghaiing The Game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqQNBR09Rc Alien 3 Original Concept: www.empireonline.com/features/alien…wooden-planet/

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 demon possession. FFT is still an amazing game that we would recommend, but its back nine is decidedly inferior to the front. LINKS OF NOTE: Mark McGrath: Look at this douche bag. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW6ldKYVDbg) Cruise of Shit (www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013…y-over/62174/) Luso Cut Scene (www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQJYRJ88-1Q) Time Enough at Last (www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8lF4TS-BgQ) What do you have against Mel Gibson? (www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJGPLjm-fjo) Drizzt (forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Drizzt_Do'Urden) Corpse Flower (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgHhDsJSXOI) Room 101 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3U83QLoATU) Audible Link to Murakami (www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_10?as…362308628&sr=1-10) Dirge of Cerberus (www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Cl-s1qZbQ) Demon Stone (www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFuT_lZvy84) Sky Funeral (www

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/watch?v=90Omh7_I8vI Xenosaga Episode 1: amazon.com/dp/B00005BW7Q Phil Lamarr: www.imdb.com/name/nm0482851/?ref=sr1 Welcome to the Jungle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg Shackler’s Revenge: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIqBA3UAO3E Mike Patton: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PyST9Ps_DE

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 might be our most technical and considered podcast ever, we dive into the particulars of this storied title to find out exactly why Ramza’s quest has such lasting appeal. We play up through the end of Chapter 2. The next episode will see us talking about the last half. LINKS OF NOTE: Final Fantasy Tactics: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FinalFantasyTactics Final Fantasy Tactics Sound Novels: www.oocities.org/tuffydabubba/ Tactics Ogre: amazon.com/dp/B003YVK5T8 Engrish: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engrish Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions: amazon.com/dp/B000SSPH3E FFT for iPhone: itunes.apple.com/us/app/final-fan…id446760220?mt=8 FFT for iPad: itunes.apple.com/us/app/final-fan…id500098096?mt=8 Vagrant Story: amazon.com/dp/B00004SPW9 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance: amazon.com/dp/B00009WAUK Final Fantasy Tactics A2: amazon.com/dp/B0

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. LINKS OF NOTE: Dishonored ending song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyTCtbYNzRg Spec Ops “Hush” scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWf9z14nYLY Snakeeater: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aHQnDTd1y4 Big Fish Ending: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO7Jc8N1LLM The Gathering of the Juggalos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXRAQyiqx-M Celtic Moon FF4: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX2vIjZgxuY Band doing live megaman speed run: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOt6EGgBnQs Extra Credits on Music: extra-credits.net/episodes/game-music/ Errant Signal on Doom: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyOF2RsO3ck SID Chip Preservation: www.hvsc.c64.org/ American Beauty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBcLvJdrbro Lemongrab: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcfkEA2INMw Fletcher Hanks: www.fletcherhanks.com/HOME.html

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 deep dive into the history and particulars of why sound is important. NOTE: At no point do we talk about Parappa the Rapper in this episode. That’s a travesty. LINKS OF NOTE: Ginkgo Trees: newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/10/11/gin…rk-city-parks/ PDA for the Blind: www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2002/10/55915 Arcade Ambience: arcade.hofle.com/ Hobbit 48 FPS Controversy: screenrant.com/peter-jackson-hob…-fps-controversy/ Brazil: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wh2b1eZFUM The Eloi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=etgWet59Uyc Jack Chick Tracts: www.chick.com/default.asp Papa Sangre: www.papasangre.com/ TMNT Comics: www.comixology.com/Teenage-Mutant-…omic/ICO003444A Project Fedora: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyWbjStUQ-c Red Book Audio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedBook(CD_standard) Spiderweb Software: www.spidweb.com/ Blade Runner: www.spidweb.com/

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 Witches: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsA1L3M0y4g Super Mario Bros. the Movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=15vfMqGEM The Pest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2ZlZxtNll8 Saturn: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SaturnDevouringHis_Son Yoshi’s Story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Story Quest 64: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_64 Jeremy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS91knuzoOA

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 Mario series. Oh, and throwing eggs is great, too. LINKS OF NOTE: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshis_Island Dolls: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7oKDtytJnE David Cronenberg: www.imdb.com/name/nm0000343/?ref=fnalnm1 Willow Pigs Scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH69fKaWUyk The Witches: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsA1L3M0y4g Yoshi’s Island DS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi%27sIslandDS Yoshi Touch and Go: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitouchand_go The Cars - Touch and Go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX890A_AYqk Creation Museum: creationmuseum.org/ Eraserhead: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7OqGCIcak Idiocracy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBvIweCIgwk Homunclus: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homunculus Shy Guys: www.mariowiki.com/Shy_Guy CABVI: cincyblind.org/ Tomba! Episode: duckfeed.tv/woff/32 Poochy: www.mariowiki.com/Poochy Be

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.amazon.com/gp/product/078516…veASIN=0785165053 The Walking Dead: www.amazon.com/gp/product/160706…veASIN=1607060760 Dinocrisis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp-59rTKNi4 Spec Ops: The Line: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085N…veASIN=B0085NTITS

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 woman from Africa or something! Squaresoft got really, really ambitious when they made this RPG/Survival Horror game. It was almost one of the best games we played, but it fell apart spectacularly toward the end. So it goes. LINKS OF NOTE: [Parasite Eve] The 3rd Birthday: parasiteeve.wikia.com/wiki/The3rdBirthday Trespasser: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW-7uatehx4 Parasite Eve Novel: www.amazon.com/gp/product/193223…veASIN=1932234209 Mitochondria: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrS2uROUjK4 Firestarter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjF674gZQps Wicked Firestarter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw Lupus: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus_erythematosus Star Ocean: www.youtube.com/watch?v=alTyR3AzLwA Vagrant Story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3YTaLg0mTc “Piano Destruction” - IMDB Tag: www.imdb.com/keyword/destroying-a-piano/ Blue Car Syndrome

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 Speed Run: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewy04vKiT…4y3kAF6i0oZfeaepg Jey Boy Jet Girl: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN0OYeVvyk4 Axe Cop: www.amazon.com/gp/product/159582…veASIN=1595826815 Hollywood is Calling: www.hollywoodiscalling.com/ “With Reshiram” (Eminem Parody): www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla…ded&v=Re1_IdVjuaw