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.
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.
