We begin by issuing a contest to receive an Xbox 360 Xtendplay - the accessory that assists with your long gameplay sessions. Find out how to win!
Bobby finally got his hands on the Rock Band 3 MIDI Pro Adapter and put it through its paces on his Roland V-Drums TD-20-S drumset. We find out if it's really a good way to learn how to play drums, or if it's better to just use the game controller.
We take a hard look at the Game Developers Conference and what should and shouldn't be at the show.
Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata had some choice things to say about smartphones and how they are devaluing the video game industry. Does he have a point?
Then we take calls about the Sony PS3 hacking, Magicka: Vietnam, and we talk about Radiant Historia a little bit more.
NEXT WEEK, we have a LIVE INTERVIEW with Grammy award winner CHRISTOPHER TIN! Tune in LIVE to submit a question!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.
The show does not work without YOUR live interaction, and each chatter is thanked personally at the conclusion of each episode. Come join us on Sundays at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific at the VOG (Voice of Geeks) Network Twitch Channel!
We begin by issuing a contest to receive an Xbox 360 Xtendplay - the accessory that assists with your long gameplay sessions. Find out how to win!
Bobby finally got his hands on the Rock Band 3 MIDI Pro Adapter and put it through its paces on his Roland V-Drums TD-20-S drumset. We find out if it's really a good way to learn how to play drums, or if it's better to just use the game controller.
We take a hard look at the Game Developers Conference and what should and shouldn't be at the show.
Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata had some choice things to say about smartphones and how they are devaluing the video game industry. Does he have a point?
Then we take calls about the Sony PS3 hacking, Magicka: Vietnam, and we talk about Radiant Historia a little bit more.
NEXT WEEK, we have a LIVE INTERVIEW with Grammy award winner CHRISTOPHER TIN! Tune in LIVE to submit a question!We start off by giving our impressions of the Xtendplay, an accessory for either the Xbox 360 or PS3 that gives your hands better posture on the controller and claims to lessen fatigue and cramping.
Then we take a look at Radiant Historia for the DS, which many are saying is this generation's Chrono Trigger. With Chrono Trigger being Bobby's favorite game, does this live up?
Two Xbox 360 Community Sites closed down this week - 360Junkies and MyGamercard.net. MGC's farewell letter opened a lot of people's eyes to how Microsoft treats the community after setting such a good example several years ago.
Then we take phone calls about why you should support community sites, the Nintendo 3DS Japanese launch, Radiant Historia, and why everyone is pushing 3DTV.We begin by giving our review of the PC RPG Magicka. It's an indie title developed by Swedish students, can it play with the big boys?
Then we delve into a hot issue - Sony's PS3 jailbreaking woes. Sony has announced that they will ban consoles from PSN if they are jailbroken, and have sued the man who brought the code out. He's taking donations for his legal fund, and is trying to get the suit dismissed.
This also leads to a very interesting email, which sounds like a veiled threat.
Then we take calls about the PS3 and Magicka.Gaming history has been made - Christopher Tin won a GRAMMY for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)" for his song "Baba Yetu" which originally served as the main menu music from "Sid Meier's Civilization IV" - this is the first time a song from a video game has ever won a Grammy. Congratulations!!!!
We take a look at You Don't Know Jack for the Xbox 360. The amazing trivia game from the 90's is back, and we tell you if it lives up to our memories of the original.
A beta build of Crysis 2 for the PC has leaked onto torrent sites, and you won't believe who is upset at who over it!
Activision has shut down the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises, as well as several others, and since we love our music games here, we have to talk about it.
Then we take calls on Guitar Hero, Rock Band 3, and LittleBigPlanet 2.
One of the things NOT discussed in this podcast is about the new rules for sites applying for press badges at E3. That is covered extensively in a blog post on my website BobbyBlackwolf.com - feel free to go over there and check it out if you want my thoughts!This is a non-live episode due to not wanting to compete with the big football game going on in the US on this particular Sunday. So, we're re-airing interviews during our live-only hiatus in 2010!
The first interview is with Cesar Bittar, Michael Fortunado, and Katie Hallahan from Phoenix Online Studios, creators of The Silver Lining, the King's Quest fan continuation.
The second interview is with Phrogg from MechCorps, one of the many companies offering the BattleTech Pod experience to the current generation of gamers.
Check out this episode's page at BobbyBlackwolf.com to see Bobby in a Superbowl Halftime Show!We start off by giving our review of Two Worlds II for the Xbox 360. Find out if it makes up for the first game as well as why it was one of the most difficult titles for Bobby to review.
Sony announced the successor to the PSP - working title "NGP" (Next Generation Portable) - this week in Japan.
Mainstream media is bashing Microsoft for banning an 11 year old autistic child from Xbox Live for cheating, because the mother insists he's just "that good" at games. Find out the truth.
Then we take calls about the NGP, both in Next Generation Portable form as well as Neo Geo Pocket form.This week, we give our review of LittleBigPlanet 2...Does the return to the world of Sackboy have the same charm as the original?
Valve has announced that if you purchase Portal 2 on the PS3, you get a code to get the PC version on Steam for free, along with cross-platform multiplayer.
Duke Nukem Forever has a release date, as does a surprising sequel - Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Nintendo announced the launch date, price, and lineup of the Nintendo 3DS.
Then we take calls about LittleBigPlanet 2 and Final Fantasy XIII-2.We give our review of Back To The Future: Episode One - It's About Time by Telltale Games for the PC. Is it worth going 88 miles per hour for?
Capcom has released an iPhone game much like Xbox Live Arcade hit 'Splosion Man, and now is very saddened by being caught.
Then, in our callers/chat segment, we talk about Super Mario All Stars, time travel games like Singularity and somehow Forza 3 (don't try to make sense of it), and the upcoming DS RPG Radiant Historia.THE PODCAST IS BACK, and there is a new website - BobbyBlackwolf.com! We're sorry we were gone so long!
The Consumer Electronics Show was this week, and we talk about some of the gaming announcements, mainly Avatar Kinect.
Turbine's Lord Of The Rings Online went free-to-play, and their revenues tripled.
A patent troll is suing Activision and Zynga over doing tournaments in their games...This after they sued Facebook for trying to protect your privacy.
Then we take calls about cereal boxes (from CES) and why the original Goldeneye 64 was never made available on either Xbox Live or Wii Virtual Console.We begin 2011 by giving our impressions of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit.
The PS3 has been cracked wide open by hackers, and there's next to nothing Sony can do about it.
Nintendo issued a health warning saying that prolonged exposure to the 3D effects in the 3DS is bad for kids' eyes...Duh?
Then we take calls about Fallout: New Vegas, Jade Raymond, and gaming "celebrities."
