The Bobby Blackwolf Show - October 25, 2026
I got the Steam Frame Ergonomic Kit and it really should have been just included in the first place. (Since this was recorded, I did get the wrist straps on the controllers feeling a LOT better!)
A vulnerability in the PHP programming language found by researchers using generative AI affected 70% of the internet, including many game servers as well as the VOG Network's own infrastructure.
EA's new Saudi Arabia owners closed down the exact studio everyone thought they would - BioWare. The new Mass Effect game was also cancelled, and a trailer that had been done for months was leaked to the public.
A report has come out stating that the next Xbox console is coming out in 2028 and will cost between $1200 and $1800, which means maybe they should rethink their strategy.
Then we talk to Jamie about having enthusiasm for the gaming industry in 2026.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - October 18, 2026
A major community around decompiling old games has shut down its public site because generative AI users have removed the need for a community where people share knowledge.
Epic Games has declared that "Programming Is Hard" so it has announced that it has ceased to do that, and instead used generative AI to create a new Epic Games Store launcher.
Then we talk to Jamie from OLR about generative AI in the workplace.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - October 11, 2026
Surprise! I got a Steam Frame after all thanks to a listener who was able to get into the reservation queue when I was merely wait listed.
I give my impressions of the Steam Frame, the controllers, the upsides, and the downsides compared to other VR headsets.
Sony has sold many of their XR related patents to Meta, indicating that they are getting out of the VR space.
Wing Commander 3 is getting a remaster because a producer at EA found the original FMV recordings while going through EA's video archive.
Richard Garriott, aka Lord British, has informed EA that he will be reclaiming the rights to the Ultima series thanks to a little-known US Copyright law.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - September 27, 2026
Xbox is continuing their "streamlining" by moving studios under Activision and Bethesda and rehoming the Halo franchise with Call of Duty developers.
Meta has announced the Meta VR Glasses, their cheaper competitor to the Apple Vision Pro.
Sony has been issued a patent to place a credit card chip reader into a game controller.
We hop on the JimSally train as he calls in to be the Official Spokesman For Halo on The Bobby Blackwolf Show.
Then we talk to Jamie from OLR about Xbox's streamlining.
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.
