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.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - November 24, 2024
We start off by talking about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and its current performance in VR, which has a long way to go to become stable.
I finally went through Digital Eclipse's Gold Master Series of Tetris Forever, and I loved it, but people who just want the games may not be feeling it.
Sony has submitted a proposal to purchase Kadokawa Corporation, which owns many anime and manga companies, but also FromSoftware, the developers behind Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Steam has issued new rules about DLC and season passes which are very pro consumer but make things more difficult for publishers who can't accurately predict release dates.
Itch.io now requires AI disclosure for all products, and are making every project declare if they used GenAI in the development of what they are selling.
Then we talk to Rob about Pikmin Bloom.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - November 17, 2024
The second DLC for Atari 50 is out, about the first console war, and it has some interesting games - as long as you have a second player on the couch with you.
Tetris Forever is also out now, and I give some early impressions of the games included and the start of the documentary portion.
SEGA is delisting many classic games on all platforms, probably to sell them back to you at a higher price.
Epic Games has said they are supporting the Internet Archive's hosting of Unreal and Unreal Tournament.
GOG announced a preservation program that has them taking on tech support and updates for older games.
Then we talk to Rob about game archival and when holiday lights should come up.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - November 3, 2024
I finally got to the part in Metaphor: ReFantazio with the mandatory stealth section...I don't like stealth.
Nintendo has launched a new music app, and it has a feature that Spotify doesn't - extending the game loop for up to an hour.
However, they don't credit the artists on any of the songs, and this is partially due to how Japanese companies work.
Sony has closed Firewalk Studios, who made Concord, and Neon Koi, a mobile game studio, just two years after purchasing them.
Then we talk to Rob about the Nintendo Music App and the Like A Dragon: Yakuza series on Amazon Prime.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - October 27, 2024
If a AAA game studio is closed, was it ever a AAA studio? Netflix closed their AAA game studio before even announcing a project.
The US Copyright Office declined a DMCA exception for Video Game Libraries looking to help researchers access their materials online.
A Larian Studios executive made comments about Ubisoft's drive to be more subscription only after the new Prince of Persia was declared not profitable and the team disbanded.
Then we talk to Rob about game preservation - which is a very hot topic for him. (Language alert!)
