The Bobby Blackwolf Show - August 30, 2026
I saw Coyote vs. Acme in the theater at full price, and enjoyed it. It's actually really good, but I'm not sure I would have seen it if it wasn't for the drama about its release.
Playdate has announced that they will refund their tariff upcharges to customers.
Several indie game exhibitors at Gamescom in Germany had their shows cut short due to thefts of their locked up laptops and Steam Decks.
Then we talk to Jamie about security at conventions.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - August 23, 2026
Sorry this took a while to get up (a month!) - between Dragon Con and illness, this episode and 993 sat in the queue to be edited for podcast. There were no live episodes in September until September 20th.
Nintendo is raising Switch 2 prices on September 1st, and we just learned how much they will be going up in the UK. This is because of components, not because of geopolitical financial situations.
Riot Games have announced that the live service fighting game 2XKO is ceasing development and no new content will be made after 2026. But, refunds are being offered and Riot is trying to do right by the players that did pay them for virtual items.
Then we talk to Jamie from OLR IIDX about development timelines and how they work in larger companies versus smaller companies.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - August 16, 2026
I am moderating many panels at Dragon Con in Atlanta this year - come say hi!
I built the LEGO Arcade Cabinet! Too many stickers...
Twitch is training Amazon's generative AI on streamers content - but they loudly told people how to opt-out, and the reason they loudly said it might surprise you.
Netflix has closed Night School studio, which developed Oxenfree and the recently released Unhinged, which overperformed on the service so much so it was praised on an investor call.
Then we talk to Jamie from OLR about California Extreme.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - August 9, 2026
EA is now completely owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF and partners, and is no longer publicly traded. Layoffs and shutdowns are incoming.
Indie publisher Devolver Digital has announced its intentions to become privately owned, saying that the responsibilities to shareholders do not align with being a good game publisher.
The CEO of Take Two says that we all will be streaming our games from the cloud in three years instead of playing them on local hardware.
We also touch on Flight Simulator 2024 on PS5 getting an update for an amazing PSVR2 experience. At the time of this recording, the new VR experience was only in the beta branch, but as of publishing, Sim Update 6 has been released and it is now available to all.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - August 2, 2026
The Southern-Fried Gaming Expo was this week, and I talk about the pinball and arcade games that were there.
I give my impressions on the new Sonic the Hedgehog pinball machine from Jersey Jack.
I also give my impressions on the new Bon Jovi pinball machine that was released at SFGE by Barrels of Fun Pinball.
I talk about Gen Con and Multimorphic's new Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game modules for their combo physical and virtual pinball platform.
I give my impressions of a pinball accessory called Pin-Pal - microphones you can affix to pinball speakers that connect to bluetooth headphones so you can actually hear the pinball sounds in crowded environments.
Then I talk to Jamie about California Extreme and expensive Neo-Geo games.
