The Bobby Blackwolf Show - October 19, 2025
I spend a lot of time in this episode telling you about Blippo+, the FMV art project originally on the Playdate console but now on Steam and Switch. It's not for everybody, but it might be for you...
But first, we talk a little bit about my time with a (company owned) Meta Quest 3 VR headset, and why I'm still being a sucker and buying the Nintendo Switch Online's Virtual Boy plastic case.
Atari has announced an Intellivision console that will actually ship - the Intellivision Spirit - with 45 games. No cartridge port, though.
Then we talk to Rob about TRON: Ares (we haven't seen it yet) and the Intellivision Spirit.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - October 12, 2025
I give my early impressions of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles after revisiting it for the first time in decades.
Microsoft has stated that they are still committed to making traditional consoles.
Nintendo has sued a moderator of a Switch piracy subreddit.
Then we talk to Rob about Tron: Ares and the upcoming final episode of Orange Lounge Radio.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - October 5, 2025
EA is being purchased by private investors in 2027, and will immediately be saddled with $20billion worth of debt when the deal closes. (EA made $7.5billion in revenue in 2025.)
There is a vulnerability in all games using the Unity Runtime released since 2017, so all of those games must be patched before some systems will be allowed to run them.
Microsoft has changed up the Xbox Game Pass system to incur higher prices, meaning it is no longer the best deal in gaming.
Then we talk to Rob about Game Pass and why it might be a failing of Xbox leadership.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - September 28, 2025
We have an update about the game preservation story from last episode with some more context on why this might not be as big of a disaster as we first claimed.
EA was rumored to be going private by being purchased by several investors representing Saudi Arabia. (This was confirmed the day after we recorded this episode.)
Doug Bowser announced his retirement as the President of Nintendo of America.
Microsoft has announced that there is yet another price increase on Xbox consoles thanks to "macroeconomic conditions."
Then we talk to Rob about the music festival I went to last week and how I'm too out of shape to attend music festivals.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - September 14, 2025
The Virtual Boy is making a comeback on Nintendo Switch Online - but you'll have to buy an expensive piece of plastic or cardboard to use it.
A devkit and prototype game collection was seized by UK police, and preservationists are fighting to get it back. (There's more to this story that came to light after recording this episode.)
Nintendo has been awarded new patents on gameplay revolving around Pokemon battles - but could be used for more general things like summons in JRPG's.
Then we talk to Rob about Donkey Kong: Bananza.
