180-181 - 01/11/09-01/18/09 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Console Attack Ads, Lots Of Goodbyes

In the first episode:

• UGO purchased 1up and 30 former 1up staffers lost their jobs, including one All Games Radio alum, and Electronic Gaming Monthly is no more. Check out RebelFM.
• Bob, creator of Bob's Game, goes insane waiting for Nintendo to approve his SDK request.
• Georgia-based action MMO Global Agenda is starting to accept closed beta applications.
• Sony releases an ad (press release) touting how much of a better deal the top-tier PS3 is than the low-tier Xbox 360.
• Then we take calls about 1up, EGM, and Bob's Game.

In the second episode, we say goodbye to many things:

• The Gamerscore Blog was shut down by Microsoft. This was recorded before Microsoft announced the massive layoffs, so we still assumed that the team would stay employed.
• Circuit City is liquidating the rest of their stores.
• Age of Conan is closing half of their servers.
• Gametap is getting rid of many games from their free service, enticing people to subscribe.
• Then we take calls about Nintendo not being on Gametap, Community outreach from the console companies, and what games we play when we're trying to relax.