E3 2014 is over, and it's time to talk about our Interactive Coverage and what we saw at the show - and how we almost got kicked out...
A big rundown of the Sony Morpheus VR headset and comparisons to the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 really start off the wrapup.
I spent more time with The Big Three this year, which yielded different results.
I also talked about some other games from other developers, such as This War of Mine, World of Speed, Rollers of the Realm, and Elite: Dangerous.
One of the highlights was the Virtual Pinball cabinet from VPCabs.com in the Telltale Games booth playing the Walking Dead table from Zen Pinball 2.
Is E3 still relevant? Would I go back? Find out in the OLR call...The Bobby Blackwolf Show
The Bobby Blackwolf Show is 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. The show began in October of 2004 as an internet radio only show, taking a hiatus in December of that year. It relaunched on July 24, 2005 and has been broadcasting new content every weekend ever since. On December 18, 2018, it moved from radio to video on Twitch.
While the show focuses on recent news and events in the gaming industry, frequently it delves into the independent or barely mentioned gaming scene, as well as discussing gaming's history with classic games.
The show has covered six E3's, two GDC's and Independent Games Festivals, four Penny Arcade Expos and multiple Dragon Cons, as well as other gaming events in the southeast, like SIEGE and the Southern Fried Gaming Expo.
Some guests of the show during its long run have been: Video Games Live, Homestar Runner, Atari Flashback 2, Beggar Prince, MechCorps, The Silver Lining, PlayStation Home, Gearbox Software, Devolver Digital, Telltale Games, and the IGDA. Bobby has also interviewed voice actors AJ LoCascio (Back To The Future), Jessie Seely (Double Dragon Neon), Ellen McClain (GLaDOS), John Patrick Lowrie (Team Fortress 2 Sniper), and Jennifer Hale (Mass Effect FemShep), as well as musicians Tommy Tallarico (Everything), Ken Allen (Sierra On-Line), Jake "Virt" Kaufman (Shovel Knight and DuckTales Remastered), and GRAMMY award winner Christopher Tin.
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E3 2014 is over, and it's time to talk about our Interactive Coverage and what we saw at the show - and how we almost got kicked out...
A big rundown of the Sony Morpheus VR headset and comparisons to the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 really start off the wrapup.
I spent more time with The Big Three this year, which yielded different results.
I also talked about some other games from other developers, such as This War of Mine, World of Speed, Rollers of the Realm, and Elite: Dangerous.
One of the highlights was the Virtual Pinball cabinet from VPCabs.com in the Telltale Games booth playing the Walking Dead table from Zen Pinball 2.
Is E3 still relevant? Would I go back? Find out in the OLR call...E3 2014 is THIS WEEK - be sure to check out VOG's Interactive Coverage and ask YOUR questions!
Tomodachi Life came out for the 3DS over the weekend, and it's weird.
The June SDK for the Xbox One allows developers to turn off the Kinect functionality for a 10% boost in GPU power.
Then we take calls about E3 predictions and Tomodachi Life.VOG's Interactive Coverage returns for E3 2014! Ask YOUR questions into any booth and we'll try to get an answer!
Mario Kart 8 is now out, and we talk about how great it is.
Nintendo is now offering an affiliate partner program for YouTubers to share revenues.
There's going to be free Mercedes DLC in Japan for Mario Kart 8.
Nintendo is releasing a Gamecube Adapter for Super Smash Bros. Wii to make the Fighting Game Community happy.
Amplitude was funded, but 37 people still lost their jobs at Harmonix...It could have been more.
Then we take calls about Watch_Dogs, E3, and Mario Kart 8.This weekend, I attended Momocon, an anime and gaming festival here in Atlanta. It has gotten quite huge and has vastly expanded its gaming footprint.
I will also be attending the Southern Fried Gameroom Expo in late June in Atlanta, featuring many pinball tables, a bunch of arcade cabinets, and one Billy Mitchell.
Zenimax finally served their lawsuit against Oculus, claiming that Palmer Luckey is stupid and that they own John Carmack's brain.
Blizzard has sued the creators of a Starcraft II hack that circumvents their Warden security system by allowing people to cheat in online matches.
Then we take calls about Super Time Force, Tomodachi Life, and Kirby Triple Deluxe.Breaking news a few hours before we went on the air - Google/YouTube agreed to buy Twitch for $1 billion! We discuss the good parts of this, and the possible bad stuff.
Microsoft announced a cheaper Xbox One that has no Kinect, and they changed Xbox Live Gold to make more sense with regards to other paid services.
Then we take calls about Mario Golf and how we got accepted to E3 to repeat our Interactive Coverage.Harmonix recently announced a Kickstarter to fund a remake of Amplitude, and...a lot of people are really upset over it.
Epic announced that they are making a new Unreal Tournament and it will be completely free, and subscribers of Unreal Engine 4 can make and sell mods for it on an in-game marketplace.
Then we take calls about Amplitude and the Christopher Tin interview that Orange Lounge Radio had following this show.A comment on a previous episode invoked more about CCP Games dropping the World of Darkness, so it leads into CCP's management philosophy and the announcement of a new MMO that upsets more of its current userbase.
The latest PS4 update included SHAREFactory, a free video editing tool that is surprisingly deep.
Zenimax has sued Oculus, claiming that John Carmack's knowledge that he gained while working at Zenimax is their IP and Oculus needs to pay up.
This leads into a discussion about "Ownership of Development" clauses in employee agreements - from personal experience.
Microsoft has claimed that they want to bring interactive experiences like 1 vs. 100 to Xbox One - and that they can do it a lot better this time.
Then, we take calls about SHAREFactory, 1 vs. 100, Mario Kart 8, and the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 2.0.Did you hear? They found all those E.T. cartridges buried in a New Mexico landfill! Why aren't they looking for the GREATEST video game urban legend, though?
Gamasutra claims that Nintendo won't allow their director of indie outreach to talk in public...A remnant of their old-school corporate philosophy?
Then we take calls about YouTube fanboys, Nintendo, and Tabletop Simulator.
Back the Technolust Kickstarter! Cyberpunk VR!CCP cancelled the World of Darkness MMO after eight years in development in order to concentrate more on EVE Online's properties.
I finally played Artemis: The Spaceship Bridge Simulator with a real group, and I'll tell you why you need to find a real in-person group to play with.
Marty O'Donnell was "terminated without cause" by Bungie - he was the audio director for all of their games, even pre-Halo.
Then we take calls about Artemis, World of Darkness, and new PC's.An audience member at a Microsoft conference asked about backwards compatibility for the Xbox One to play 360 games, and they didn't exactly say no...
PAX East just concluded, but they just announced PAX South, and all three US PAX's next year overlap with another gaming/geek convention.
GaymerX will no longer take place after this year's second iteration, because it just costs too much to run.
Then we take a calls about PAX East, MAGFest, GaymerX, and Final Fantasy XIV.
