The Bobby Blackwolf Show
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.
Episodes
August 24, 2025 • 53 mins
I will be at Dragon Con on Labor Day weekend - and I couldn't talk about my schedule as we were recording, but its out now if you go look.
Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development team successfully formed a union!
Gamescom is bigger than it ever has been before, and it's a model that ESA should have tried with E3.
Then we talk more about Dragon Con and why it's different than other conventions.
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August 21, 2025 • 55 mins
Sony has announced that the PS5 has sold over 80 million units, which is better than anyone expected.
Sony also said that live service games were not going so great, but they are pushing ahead with their plans.
Nintendo has denied speedrunning marathon RTA In Japan permission to showcase any Nintendo games.
Then we talk to Rob about UFO 50 and Nintendo's survey about why people like physical games (and did not offer my reason as...
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We first hear from a viewer about the Microsoft Movies & TV store going away and why they are particularly disappointed in its removal.
Itch.io is currently seeking new payment processors to replace the ones who are forcing content guidelines on their service.
Itch.io has started to reindex free content that they originally pulled, since you don't need a payment processor to distribute that content.
Nintendo is raising hardware ...
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July 24, 2005 was when the first episode of this podcast was broadcast live via Shoutcast internet radio, so we spend some time looking at how the last 20 years have been with this show.
Itch.io has deindexed every title that had sensitive content on its storefront, in response to payment processors who have given in to very small activist groups.
Xbox has announced that some titles that were going to be $80 will now be $70 inste...
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I was at ATL Comic Convention and hosted a panel with the actors from Red Dead Redemption 2!
Steam has banned many adult games due to guidelines from credit card processors.
Microsoft has abruptly killed their Movies and TV store on Windows and Xbox.
Then we talk to Rob about buying movies and TV shows directly from consoles rather than streaming.
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I'm going to be at ATL Comic Convention on Saturday, July 19th, running a panel with the performance actors from Red Dead Redemption 2 at 2PM!
Last week, I was at Summer Games Done Quick 2025, reading donations and helping raise over $2.4million for Doctors Without Borders.
The SAG-AFTRA strike against video game companies is now officially over, and everyone is back to work with better pay and more AI protections.
Subnautica 2 ...
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I will be hosting at Summer Games Done Quick 2025 on Thursday and Saturday! I'll be hosting a Super Metroid race, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Super Mario 3, and a Kirby Super Star Ultra TAS!
I will also be at the ATL Comic Convention on July 19th to moderate a panel with the performance actors of Red Dead Redemption.
I was at Southern-Fried Gaming Expo and played some games (including a dual screen Commodore 128 game!), helped run a pan...
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I'll be at the Southern-Fried Gaming Expo speaking on a panel about obscure games and hosting a panel with video game voice actors!
A PSA if you have a Nintendo Switch 2 - update your controllers firmware! There is a firmware update and the console does NOT automatically update your controllers.
The Switch 2 is now officially Nintendo's fastest selling device, and is most likely the fastest selling video game console ever.
The S...
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June 15, 2025 • 68 mins
We attempt to do two hours of gaming talk in one hour, so buckle up!
The ROG Xbox Ally is the handheld Xbox, announced at Summer Game Fest.
Geoff Keighley misled at the Summer Game Fest Kickoff Showcase by claiming that dev teams were smaller than they actually were - erasing the many outsourced parts of the game development process.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is coming from Digital Eclipse, but is not Gold Master Series #...
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I was at MomoCon working with the Momentum 2025 speedrun marathon!
I will be back at Summer Games Done Quick 2025 as a host!
SAG-AFTRA is now pushing back over Fortnite's use of James Earl Jones' voice to say generative AI voice lines instead of trying to work with existing voice actors who have taken over the Darth Vader character in other games.
There are a few games that can't run on the Switch 2, but it's really not as surpr...
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We start off remembering friend of the network Kurt Boutin, who went by "VOByKurt" in our community and on TikTok.
Fortnite introduced Darth Vader and utilized an AI trained on James Earl Jones's voice with permission - however this made Vader say some very naughty things.
Hideo Kojima wants a game that forgets what it was doing the longer you step away from it as a player.
Then we talk to Rob about forgetting things after putti...
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We start talking about what was actually leaked regarding the internet cult film Kung Fury, and why you shouldn't be holding your breath for it to come to theaters anytime soon.
Giant Bomb has bought itself from Fandom and has become an independently owned media outlet once again.
Nintendo has released a new EULA that gives them more power to go after people who engage with piracy.
Then we talk to Rob about Super Nintendo World ...
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I spent a week on the Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady cruise ship, which actually has an impressive board game collection on board.
Grand Theft Auto VI has been delayed to May of 2026 in a tradition that has been happening since GTA3.
EA lays off 300 employees and cancelled the upcoming game in the Titanfall universe.
Polygon has been sold from Vox Media to Valnet, and lays off 2/3rd of their staff. Valnet claims that it will still ...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders will finally go live, and while the console hasn't gone up in price, the accessories have.
Greater Than Games, the producer of the board games Sentinels of the Multiverse and Spirit Island, is suspending operations in the face of tariff uncertainty in the US.
An Atlanta-area game developer is finally entering early access with their retro-styled platform brawler, so take a look at Elemensional Rift...
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Nintendo is assessing the tariff situation, and made a statement that the Switch 2 price was not made with the tariffs in mind. The 46% tariffs on Vietnam were paused for 90 days, but the 10% tariff went into effect.
If you ask Google and Reddit, the physical version of Mario Kart World is $90 in the US - however, if you ask Nintendo, it is only $80. The confusion is because the internet is broken.
Then we ask the multi-million d...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 was announced on the same day the United States announced sweeping tariffs across every other nation on the planet. This caused the initial pre-orders for the Switch 2 to be delayed in the US.
Vietnam, where Nintendo moved production to from China, had come to the negotiating table as of the recording of this show, and after recording this show, the reciprocal 46% tariff has been paused for 90 days (however t...
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Before the Switch 2 reveal, Nintendo revealed the Virtual Game Card system, a solution to a problem not many people were having - which caused confusion. We break down who it's for and why it might not be something you would use, since you can opt out of it.
Game Informer is back! At least the magazine and staff is - thanks to a crypto company. No word on the amazing Game Informer Vault, though.
Sony is preserving PlayStation his...
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Yakuza is leaving Game Pass and it's all one of our listener's fault.
The United Videogame Workers union has started to help the game industry unionize.
Standard accessibility labels are coming across several online storefronts.
SNES's are faster now, and it's because of Nintendo skimping on a resonator, so it speeds up over time.
Portal is getting a new pinball machine courtesy of the Multimorphic P3 platform.
Then we talk to...
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March 23, 2025 • 63 mins
Discord is in talks to go public, which means that we're nearing the time when the platform might become less usable as profits will become more necessary.
Forza Horizon 5 on the PlayStation 5 will require an Xbox account linked to your PSN account to play.
Classic game publisher Acclaim is returning! While everyone is talking about which games they could resurrect, the reality is only the trademark was purchased, and the new com...
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We start off talking about preservation of television video from the late 90's and 2000's - and why it looks a lot worse today than we remember when it first aired.
PEGI has reclassified Balatro and Luck Be A Landlord down to a PEGI-12 rating from a PEGI-18, which was given because it had elements of gambling. PEGI's statement described how it was modifying its rating rules to account for "fantastical elements" in games like Balat...
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