The Bobby Blackwolf Show - September 20, 2026
I give my big Dragon Con recap of the panels I hosted. While I didn't get to do much else, I did go into the arcade once and got to play some games. We also talk about why the biggest cosplay group was not from a movie or TV series, but from a book.
The Steam Frame has finally gone on sale - for some buyers. A reservation system was used and sadly I did not win the lottery to give Valve my money, and probably won't for a year or so, as there is definitely not enough supply to meet demand, even with the price being higher than many people wanted to pay.
Recompilations are becoming the new Generative AI battleground, as many people who did not want to take the time to learn how to develop software now use Generative AI tools to develop the software that they want - like making old games run on current hardware with different art and sounds. Some groups are fighting against this, and the Donkey Kong 64 Randomizer community is creating DK64 Recompiled without using GenAI.
This leads to a discussion about GenAI usage in hobbyist development, as people who merely had ideas and dreams can now actually execute those ideas without dealing with knowledgeable people.
We talk about one restoration team in Commodore 64 history now credits Claude with their project working at all, and they state that their restoration would not exist without GenAI - despite having an original developer from 1986 on the team. (He also uses Claude exclusively today.)
We do touch on the doomerism of "AI will kill us all" (it won't) and that the majority is actually perfectly fine with Generative AI usage.
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.
