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The Bobby Blackwolf Show

Bobby Blackwolf Studios•www.bobbyblackwolfshow.com
Games & Hobbies
Video Games
A weekly internet radio show and podcast discussing the latest news in gaming as well as sometimes reminiscing about gaming's history. It records LIVE on Sundays at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific on the VOG (Voice of Geeks) Network Twitch Channel while taking live calls via Discord and including chat room interaction.
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849 - 04/23/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Xbox Screenshots No Longer On Twitter, Netflix DVD Shutdown Helps Gamefly

I'm one of the on-air hosts of Summer Games Done Quick 2023, and I talk about the games I will be hosting, including a meme category for a popular horror game. I finally got the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters now that they have been released on Switch, and I'm really liking the quality of life improvements. Xbox users can no longer share screenshots to Twitter directly from their console because Microsoft is not willing to pay $42k per month for Twitter API access. Netflix is ending its DVD maili...

Apr 29, 2023•57 min•Ep. 849

848 - 04/16/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Sega To Buy Rovio, Nintendo Live Event In September

I share some historical computer game finds that I have found cleaning out my childhood home, including some advertisements about Commodore 64 adventure games and how much they would cost in 2023 dollars. Sega is set to buy Rovio Entertainment, the makers of Angry Birds. (This has since been confirmed.) However, a more interesting story is how Rovio is trying to run away from the original Angry Birds by delisting it and pointing people to more microtransaction-heavy sequels rather than the $1 or...

Apr 23, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 848

846 - 04/02/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - E3 Cancelled Again, Possibly For Good This Time

E3 has been cancelled again, and possibly for good this time. While E3 didn't have much relevance to consumers anymore, the idea of an industry-only trade show is still very powerful and is still very much needed. Reedpop did announce that they will be working with E3 on future events, which I predict will be them either incorporating the E3 brand into their existing events (E3 at PAX!) Then we talk to Rob about this and he actually predicts that PAX will just rename itself to E3 in the future!...

Apr 09, 2023•55 min•Ep. 846

845 - 03/26/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Hurdle Cleared In MS-ATVI Merger, AI Coming For Entry Level Gamedev Jobs

We start off talking a lot about the Diablo IV beta and impressions from someone who hasn't played a lot of Diablo recently. The biggest hurdle has been cleared in the Microsoft-Activision merger, with the UK saying that it is not in Microsoft's best financial interests to make Call of Duty a console exclusive. At Game Developers Conference, the buzzword was how GPT AI will start taking over tasks that entry level game developers currently do, like writing out the "NPC barks" that constitute wor...

Apr 02, 2023•53 min•Ep. 845

844 - 03/19/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - FTC Requiring Epic To Pay Out, 3DS And Wii U eShops Closing

The 3DS and Wii U eShops were set to close on March 27th. Sadly this podcast episode didn't make it out in time, but we talk about game preservation and how much it cost one YouTuber to preserve the entire catalog. The FTC has finalized an order requiring Epic Games to pay $245 million back to consumers as a penalty for employing "dark patterns" to trick players into making additional purchases. Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear has stepped down as CEO of Twitch after 16 years at the company. After...

Mar 29, 2023•54 min•Ep. 844

834 - 03/12/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Sony Doesn't Want COD Deal, Epic Games Store Allowing Self-Publishing

According to Activision-Blizzard, Sony informed ABK and Microsoft in front of EU regulators that they are not interested in a long term deal for Call of Duty, they just want to block the merger. Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been delayed, but it's not because they are changing the core mechanic like people hoped. The Epic Games Store will no longer be a curated store of quality titles, as they are now allowing self-publishing to anyone that has $100 - but they are requiring multipla...

Mar 19, 2023•54 min•Ep. 843

842 - 03/05/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Meta Quest Price Drop, Obscure Mobile Games In Olympics?

I start off by talking a little bit more about PSVR2 and my attempt to use eye tracking with a severe astigmatism. Microsoft has been granted access to Sony documents regarding their third party contracts to see what their exclusivity deals are like. Meta has dropped the price of the Quest Pro and the 256GB Quest 2 because nobody was buying them. The International Olympic Committee is doing Esports again - but some of the games are ones that nobody plays but happen to be owned by IOC officials. ...

Mar 12, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 842

841 - 02/26/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - PlayStation VR2 Setup Fun In A Room Designed To Be Dark

This episode is all about PlayStation VR2 - a great piece of hardware that I really hope gets a large enough software library (with GOOD software) that can compliment it. I discuss trying to set it up in a dark room, because the inside-out tracking needs a bright room with things in it so it can work. There is a somewhat hidden setting that improves the tracking by putting a border on the TV screen which can help when your game is being paused constantly because the headset momentarily loses tra...

Mar 04, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 841

840 - 02/19/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Theatrhythm Final Bar Line Impressions, Possible Future Collaborations?

This episode is all about Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, the new rhythm game filled with Final Fantasy music. It's fantastic. While Square says that this is the last Theatrhythm Final Fantasy title, the developers did tell Spanish-speaking media that they are open to doing Theatrhythm style games for other franchises like Nintendo and the Tales series. Earthworm Jim 4 has been supposedly cancelled, putting yet another nail in the Intellivision Amico coffin. Then we talk to Rob about finding a PS5 i...

Feb 25, 2023•58 min•Ep. 840
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