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.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - December 15, 2024
The indie game storefront itch.io was taken down by Funko earlier this week due to a fraud report by Funko that was executed after itch.io removed the offending content.
We talk about games being inaccessible, and somehow this devolves to yet another love session for the racing game Blur.
The Game Awards was this week, and we talk a lot about the winners and trailers.
During this, we wonder aloud why College Football 25 was not nominated for Best Sports Game when it was such a cultural phenomenon this summer.
Then we ask what YOUR GOTY was.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - December 8, 2024
We start off talking about where Microsoft Flight Simulator gets its maps - and why the game may be years behind what you can find in the web version.
iFixIt now sells official Xbox parts, marking another win for Right to Repair.
EA has made 23 accessibility patents free to use for any studio.
The Dragon Quest creator wants you to loan your copy of the HD-2D Remake to kids when you're done with it so they will appreciate the genre like we did when we were kids.
Then, thanks to chat, we talk about the legacy of Dani Bunten with 80's era multiplayer innovations with Seven Cities, M.U.L.E., and Modem Wars.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - December 1, 2024
I was on the Dragon Con Digital Media Track's "Be Awesome Together" livestream this week, go check it out!
Shuhei Yoshida is leaving Sony after over three decades.
Sony has officially announced that the PlayStation 2 has sold over 160 million units worldwide, keeping it as the best selling game console of all time.
Microsoft will be removing the Xbox Avatars App from the Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles in January of 2025 because nobody was using it.
Then we talk to Rob about our previous gaming setups, including Bobby's dorm room in college.
