The Bobby Blackwolf Show - February 2, 2025
I visited the Sonic The Hedgehog Speed Cafe pop-up restaurant in Atlanta - a place where you are paying for the experience and not for the culinary excellence. (But the food was fine!)
We had a listener correct me on calling the Meta Quest 3 a "low-end" VR headset, and then point me to Arcade Time Capsule, a five story VR arcade. (Bring your own games!)
Forza Horizon 5 is coming to PlayStation this year.
Then we talk to Rob about the Video Game History Foundation and what he searched for when it opened its digital library.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - January 26, 2025
The first part of the podcast is actually about me getting two new kittens! It takes up the first 15 or so minutes.
EA is retiring the Origin PC client, which means that they are no longer supporting DRM for titles on 32-bit PC's, so older computers won't be able to launch The Sims anymore.
US spending on physical video games has halved since 2021, spelling doom for people who don't want to lose access to their purchases.
The Video Game History Foundation has brought most of their library online for research purposes - magazines, dev notebooks, and other things that aren't the games themselves.
Then we talk to Rob about the Video Game History Foundation and what he'd search for first when it goes online.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - January 19, 2025
I was at the tabletop/board gaming convention Dice & Diversions this weekend, run by the same folks behind the Southern Fried Gaming Expo.
The government ban on apps by Chinese-owned ByteDance included the popular mobile game Marvel Snap, which surprised its California based developers.
The Nintendo Switch 2 was finally unveiled in a CG rendered trailer, with a full reveal occurring April 2nd.
Gaming outlet Nintendo Life released a "Better eShop" after a week of development, and silenced many highly rated, award winning indie games in the process.
Then we talk to Rob about the Better eShop and the name of the Nintendo Switch 2.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - January 12, 2025
CES was this weekend, but the big news were the leaks of the Nintendo Switch 2, which had not been formally announced at the time of reporting.
Nintendo did, however, say that the Genki mockups shown at CES were not official.
Meta is discontinuing their higher end Quest Pro headset, instead concentrating on the Quest 3 and Quest 3S line.
Valve has announced that SteamOS is coming to other handhelds sooner than you think, with the Lenovo Legion Go S being the first device to get official support.
Then we talk to Rob about other CES announcements, like a mini virtual pinball machine from My Arcade.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - January 5, 2025
We are back! It is now 2025, the holidays are over, and it's time to get back to talking about video games.
I was in Las Vegas over the Christmas holiday, and went to AREA15 (along with Meow Wolf's Omega Mart as well as the Asylum Bar and Arcade) as well as the Pinball Hall of Fame.
I also picked up Balatro. I won on my second game, and I will now retire from the game forever. (Or will I?)
Apple has halted production on their Apple Vision Pro headset because they believe they have produced enough units to meet the demand over the headset's lifetime.
Stern Pinball has announced a new Dungeons & Dragons pinball machine with celebrity voiceovers as well as a procedurally generated dungeon that changes every Sunday.
Then we talk to Rob about my virtual pinball cabinet, and how Zen Studios unlocked the cabinet mode for free for Pinball FX3 users, rather than forcing you to jump through hoops to get a free activation code.
