Hey, it's me, Gary. I'm back to work after getting COVID.

Ordinarily, we use this part of the show to thank specific Patreon backers.

I just want to thank everybody for being patient with me and for all the well wishes.

It really sucked. I'm really happy to feel better.

And if I just had a normal job, I would have to be scared of losing my job from that.

Instead, I have this dream job where I'm supported by, you know, I'm very lucky.

People who listen and support us.

So I'm very grateful, just feeling happy to be alive and very grateful to you all.

So thank you for listening. Thank you, those who choose to support us.

Big thanks to Cole, put in a lot of extra work while I was gone.

Recording some episodes without me. Thank you to Jeremy for subbing on days of future cast.

Thank you to Will for subbing on Abduk Suffering and putting together the everything to copy best of.

Thanks to everybody who kind of pitched in while I was bedbound.

And coughing, like I've never coughed before. I was a maniac, a maniac on the bed.

Get vaccinated if you're not. It sucked.

Anyway, thank you everybody. I really appreciate you and on to the episode.

My name is Gary Butterfield. My name is Cole Ross.

And you're listening to Watch Out for Fireballs at his Games Club podcast.

And this week we are talking about Castlevania 2, Simon's Quest,

which is a platformer developed and published by Konami for the NES in 1988.

Probably the most badass person named Simon in fiction or history.

Yeah, Simon, Simon tends to be a name of Adorcus, right?

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