923 - 01/26/25 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Physical Game Spending Halved Since 2021, Video Game History Foundation Library Online
- The first part of the podcast is actually about me getting two new kittens! It takes up the first 15 or so minutes.
- EA is retiring the Origin PC client, which means that they are no longer supporting DRM for titles on 32-bit PC's, so older computers won't be able to launch The Sims anymore.
- US spending on physical video games has halved since 2021, spelling doom for people who don't want to lose access to their purchases.
- The Video Game History Foundation has brought most of their library online for research purposes - magazines, dev notebooks, and other things that aren't the games themselves.
- Then we talk to Rob about the Video Game History Foundation and what he'd search for first when it goes online.
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