WULFF DEN Podcast - Weekly Gaming Recap

• Intro 0:00

• New Game Boy Games Added to Nintendo Switch Online 2:18

• Switch 2 Jailbreak and Emulator timeline 5:20

• The Backlog 30:42

• EA Shuts Down BioWare and Cancels New Mass Effect 39:40

• DICE and Respawn Working on Battlefront 3 50:15

• Game Time 52:34

• Cloud Playtime Now Available to Xbox Insiders 55:30

• Sony to End Production of 4K Blu-ray Players 1:02:45

• Arkane's Blade Game Nearly Finished, Needs a Buyer Before November 01:07:15

• Game Pass Coming to T-Mobile 1:13:30

• GTA VI File Size Revealed 1:20:50

• Tweet of the Week 1:29:20

• Q&A 1:31:20

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Originally streamed on October 27, 2026

• Intro 0:00

• Galactic Racer 1:18

• Project Helix Could Cost $1,200–$1,800 3:05

• PS6 Could Cost More Than $1,000 15:02

• Microsoft Is Asking Gamers to Sell Their Xboxes 20:42

• The Backlog [Goonies 2 - NES] 27:55

• Xbox Nano Controller 33:10

• AYN Odin 3 Portal 37:00

• Epic Vibe-Coded Its New Launcher 43:00

• GameTime [NEW SEGMENT] 49:40

• More Xbox Stuff 54:00

• Highlights From Bloomberg’s GTA VI Article 57:30

• GTA VI Eligible for The Game Awards 1:14:18

• Congressman Proposes Game Ownership Legislation 1:16:55

• Analogue Announces Upgraded SNES and Genesis Clone Consoles 1:21:10

• Espresso Machine That Runs Doom 1:24:55

• Lucasfilm Is More Flexible With Star Wars Game Development 1:25:55

• Tweet of the Week 1:29:15

• Q&A 1:29:55

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Originally streamed on October 20, 2026

• Intro 0:00

• Star Wars: Galactic Racer on Amazon Luna 04:31

• U.S. Government Told to Flag Retro Handhelds as “Notorious” 06:38

• THE BACKLOG [The House of the Dead 2 - Dreamcast] 17:45

• GameStop Raises Prices on Used PS5 Pros 24:37

• Xbox Elite Series 3 Controller Leaks 32:13

• Xbox Secures GTA 6 Streaming Rights 37:21

• GTA 6 Coming to PC in Q1 2027 43:18

• New Nintendo Switch Online games 45:55

• Nintendo Has No Plans to Drop Physical Games 47:19

• Wolverine Proves There's Still a Market for Physical Games 48:35

• PS2 Discs Playable on PS5 via Mod 51:39

• Epic Delays Star Wars/Marvel Shooter and Forces Devs to Use AI 59:18

• PS5 Games Now Playable on Xbox Series X 1:04:12

• Microsoft Announces XP Film Studio 1:06:30

• European Regulators Want to Crack Down on Gaming's Oldest Monetization Trick 1:10:00

• Valve Index 1:13:12

• Tweet of the Week 1:15:45

• Q&A 1:16:51

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Originally streamed on October 13, 2026

• Timestamps by Patreon supporter @holy_lettuce 0:00

• October monthly PS+ Games 0:31

• Podcast begins, Russ's podcast (Expedition Handheld) 1:02

• Visiting these companies in China (Russ gives breakdown of his trip and the factories toured) 4:20

• AI Recompilations and Decompilations 11:42

• Front End Slot 17:10• Best Front End? 20:28

• What do you use now to set these up? 21:22

• Will I like the Steam Frame? 24:50

• Steam on Android: When will we have an official Steam Android App? 29:01

• What is the most graphically impressive PC game played on an ARM based device? 36:57

• Do you miss the Z Fold? Are you getting the iPhone Duo? 40:27

• Keeping consoles? Any you miss? 44:31

• What do you reach for when you're not working on a video? 48:30

• What do you think of the rise in popularity of the AYN Thor? 51:53

• Performative Gaming: Taking a picture of the title screen 58:31

• Handheld of the year? 1:05:49

• Steam Machine Update? 1:07:54

• You were a language specialist in the US Navy: is it Mario or Mario? 1:12:43

• How Russ got started on YouTube 1:13:49

• Outro 1:23:46

• TWEET OF THE WEEK, TWEET OF THE WEEK, TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:24:19

• Intro 0:00

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Free on Switch Until 9/30 1:40•

Original NES Castlevania Free on iOS and Android 3:03

• Sony Patents Tap-to-Pay on Controller 4:40

• Microsoft Patents Mid-Game Ad Tech 12:30

• The Backlog [Jetpack Joyride iOS] 21:04

• Will's updated thoughts on Wolverine 26:35

• GTA VI: Game of the Year? 39:06

• Counter-Strike Co-Creator Explains Why Valve Created Steam 46:00

• $400 GTA IV Deluxe Edition Doesn't Come With the Game 49:55

• PlayStation Polling Developers About Going Disc-Less 56:05

• Only 8% of Resident Evil 9 Sales Were on Xbox 59:18

• Microsoft CEO Says Xbox Streamlining Is “Great to See” 1:02:10

• Xbox Reportedly Paying a “Fraction” of the $400 Million Kojima Quoted Sony for Physint 1:06:46

• Xbox Mythic Achievements Roll Out to Insiders 1:09:56

• Tweet of the Week 1:12:59

• Q&A 1:14:03

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Originally streamed on September 29, 2026

• More Xbox Restructuring and Layoffs 0:00

• The Backlog [Braid PC] 31:59

• SNAKE, DO YOU LIKE MY SUNGLASSES??? 39:43

• Bill Skarsgård Cast as the Lead of Kojima Productions' Physint 46:16

• TWEET OF THE WEEK??

• Mads Mikkelsen Cast in Modern Warfare 4 58:23

• Wolverine Sells 2 Million Copies Despite Controversy 1:00:28

• Bungie Announces Plans to Revive Destiny 1:15:40

• Sony Nukes The Last of Us Multiplayer Mod 1:19:41

• MindsEye Dev Shutting Down 1:21:11

• GTA VI Soundtrack Getting Physical Release 1:23:32

• Rockstar Doesn't Want You to Mod GTA 6 1:24:55

• Sega Wanted to Cancel Sonic 1:30:44

• TWEET OF THE WEEK (again) 1:33:57

• Q&A 1:34:16

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Originally streamed on September 22, 2026

• Steam Frame Price and Release Date Confirmed 0:00

• The Backlog 30:50

• Switch 2 Adds VRR Support 37:40

• Nintendo Announces Customer Appreciation Sale 44:09

• Why Sony Dropped Physint 51:30

• Apple Working on a Game Controller Through Beats 1:06:00

• iPhone Duo Emulator DELTA Teased 1:12:15

• Ubisoft Removing Ubisoft Connect Requirement for Steam Games 1:15:45

• Capcom to Revive More Dormant Franchises 1:18:37

• Insomniac Acknowledges Wolverine Criticisms 1:22:35

• PlayStation Boycott Not Doing Much 1:33:07

• Breaking Benjamin Frontman Pauses Concert to Rant About Fallout 4 1:35:40

• Tweet of the Week 1:37:48

• Q&A 1:40:55

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Originally streamed on September 15, 2026

• Intro 0:00

• Madden 27 Game Trial 2:13

• Zelda Direct 9/8 3:13

• Nintendo Direct 9/9 29:44

• The Backlog [Kirby Air Riders, NS2] 57:32

• iPhone DUO (Foldable iPhone) 1:04:47

• State of Play Recap 1:22:21

• Sony Is Making More Money From You Now Than During the PS4 Era 1:28:50

• Hideki Kamiya on Games Preservation 1:31:18

• New Info on Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis 1:33:45

• Sonic Is an Android in Fortnite 1:36:48

• Changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming 1:38:52

• Xbox Partners With TCL to Add Game Pass to TVs 1:43:20

• Not All Publishers Involved in Microsoft's Disc-to-Digital Program 1:43:54

• Tweet of the Week 1:46:58

• Q&A 1:48:37

• BREAKING NEWS: Kojima and PlayStation SPLIT UP 1:56:55

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Originally streamed on September 9, 2026

• Intro 0:00

• September PlayStation Plus 1:16

• GTA VI Details 8:35

• Switch Online Games 3:41

• The Backlog 40:08

• Steam Leak 47:47

• Sony Argues in Court That It's Already Obvious You Don't Own Digital Games 52:50

• Sony Institutes New Harassment Policies, Including Legal Action 58:05

• Sony Shifts Focus Away From Selling Hardware 1:00:30

• Xbox Officially Reveals Disc-to-Digital Plan 1:06:03

• Xbox Disc Drive Supply Chain Is Collapsing 1:11:10

• 25th Anniversary Xbox Comes With a Game 1:14:48

• Devolver Digital Releasing a Game on November 19 1:19:38

• Ubisoft Sells Heroes of Might and Magic Without the Game File 1:23:40

• Tweet of the Week 1:25:02

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Update 1:28:00

• Q&A 1:30:00

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Originally streamed on September 1, 2026

• Intro 0:00

• GTA 6 Leaks 3:03

• U.S. Army Giving Soldiers a 4-Day Pass to Play GTA 6 33:00

• I played The Duskbloods 38:50

• The Backlog [Payday 2, Nintendo Switch] 46:50

• Gamescom Opening Night Live 56:15

• New ASUS Xbox Ally X 1:17:50

• PlayStation Updates Terms of Service at the Worst Possible Time 1:23:22

• Physical Game Sales Fall to Record Lows 1:25:10

• Marvel Tokon Producer Talks About Winning Back PC Players 1:30:30

• Xbox Isn't Sharing Digital Sales Anymore 1:34:45

• Director of Wolverine Responds to the Backlash 1:36:48

• New Switch 2 Bundles and Prices Announced 1:42:30

• RetroTINK-6X-CE 1:45:10

• Double Fine Retains Rights to Its IP, Lets Fans Vote on Next Game 1:47:40

• IKEA Xbox Collection 1:48:26

• Tweet of the Week 1:49:50

• Q&A 1:51:10

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Originally streamed on August 25, 2026

0:00 Intro (Will)

4:34 NerdNest

23:16 AJ (WatchRedirect) Mah-Dry-Bread, and DanCybert

30:50 JerryMeehanJr

34:58 BeatEmUps and FriedBiscuits

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• Intro 0:00

• Nintendo Reports 38.5% of Sales Are Physical 5:22

• 5 Things We Learned About How the Switch 2 Is Doing 21:00

• SteamBoy 32:45

• The Backlog 37:15

• Motherboards Are Going to Get More Expensive 43:03

• Platinum Trophies Are Coming to Xbox 51:40

• Black Ops 1 & 2 Are Outselling Halo on PlayStation 56:45

• Halo: Campaign Evolved Had a Troubled Development 1:08:00

• New PS5 Discs Will Warn About the Digital Future 1:13:30

• Marvel's Wolverine Edition PS5 and DualSense Revealed 1:15:00

• GTA VI Extended Look Coming to Netflix 1:20:21

• Ganon Cast in Zelda Movie, With Sam Neill Also Joining the Cast 1:24:00

• Take-Two Boss Defends the No-Disc Version of GTA 6 1:27:09

• Aliens: Fireteam Elite's Cloud Version Shuts Down, Making the Game Unplayable 1:30:35

• Battlefield 6 Player Gets Refund After 400 Hours of Playtime 1:34:00

• Stop Killing Games Joins Lawsuit Against Sony 1:36:49

• Tweet of the Week 1:38:34

• Q&A 1:39:15

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Originally streamed on August 11, 2026

0:00 Intro

2:13 Will got a Switch

24:13 Everything is too damn expensive

9:46 Pokemon Gen1 Decomp

12:41 Will AAA stop pushing graphics tech?

17:53 Does Nintendo need to worry about graphics tech?

19:37 PlayStation no more Physical Discs

26:27 The BACKLOG: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (GB)

30:11 Will Steam Frame bring back VR?

35:50 Favorite handheld experience?

39:45 How do you plan shooting videos?

42:38 Will there be more AA or Super Indie games now?

46:29 Lies of P on Switch 2? (Switch 2 ports?)

48:11 Why doesn't Nintendo make better graphics?

50:05 When did you find a passion for gaming?

52:28 Should I buy an AYN Thor for Steam games?

54:41 Can the Retro Handhelds compete with consoles?

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Originally recorded on August 7, 2026 at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo

• Intro 0:00

• Super Mario Sunshine Finally Coming to Switch Online 2:26

• Two Unreleased Virtual Boy Games Coming to Switch Online 7:55

• August PlayStation Plus Games Announced 9:30

• Sony Finally Responds to Physical Media Backlash 13:17

• Sony Talking to Retail Partners About the Digital Transition 23:00

• Xbox Disc-to-Digital Roadmap Leaks 28:00

• The Backlog 48:37• GOG Coming to Linux 55:42

• 4GB Graphics Cards Are Back 1:00:52

• Dave Bautista Could Be TV's New Kratos 1:05:40

• Guillermo del Toro Wants More Checkpoints for Older Players 1:12:05

• TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:17:23

• Q&A 1:18:13

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Originally streamed on August 4, 2026

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• Intro [Will gets a Switch 2] 0:00

• Switch 2 Customers Have No Right to Tariff Refunds, Says Nintendo 5:25

• New Joy-Con Images Reveal Removable Batteries 22:10

• The Backlog [Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled] 28:21

• Steam Machines Will Get More Expensive 35:23

• Valve Will Continue Selling Steam Deck LCD Batteries 45:18

• Only Seven PlayStation Games Sold More Than 100,000 Physical Copies This Year 47:05

• Marvel's Wolverine Trailer Hit With Physical Media Backlash 52:30

• Analogue 3D Update 55:15

• GameStop CEO Says Physical Games Don't Matter 58:28

• GameStop Now Owns 10% of eBay 1:00:04

• Xbox Committed to Making Exclusivity More Clear 1:05:05

• PC Gamer Creates Physical Copies of Steam Games 1:10:40

• Todd Howard Comments on Reddit 1:14:30

• TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:20:55

• Q&A 1:25:18

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Originally streamed on July 21, 2021

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• Intro 0:00

• The Legality of Piracy 1:40

• The Backlog (Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow) 29:40

• Obsidian Cancels Avowed 2, Shifts Focus to a New Fallout Game. Halo Multiplayer Project also Canceled 38:15

• id Software Cut in Half, New Game Pitches Rejected 46:35

• Compulsion Games Looking for Work After Escaping Xbox 49:25

• Asha Sharma Named Advisor to U.S. Federal Reserve Productivity Task Force 51:10

• Lenovo Ditches Game Boy-Style Handheld 55:15

• Game Workers Protest Outside MindsEye Studio 1:00:40

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 & 2 Released on PS4/PS5 as Bare-Bones Ports 1:04:05

• Mario Kart Tour Shutting Down 1:08:20

• God of War: Laufey Will Get a Physical Release 1:12:01

• Nintendo Exploring an OLED Switch 2, Concerned About Price 1:13:22

• Switch 2 Game Bundle Discounted by $49 1:16:42

• TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:23:00

• Q&A 1:23:35

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Originally streamed on July 10, 2026

• ​ July PlayStation Plus 0:00
• ​ Sony Ending Physical Game Production 5:25
• ​ Xbox Looking Into Disc-to-Digital Conversion 18:10
• ​ Sony Closing PS3 & PS Vita Stores 28:00
• ​ Sony Tells Developers They Can Still Make Discs for Older Games 35:25
• ​ Kojima Saddened by Sony Going All-Digital 36:50
• ​ Backlog (Mario Bros NES) 41:13
• ​ Switch Online Games 46:28
• ​ Big Restructuring & Layoffs at Xbox 47:30
• ​ Nintendo Announces New Switch 2 Models for Europe 1:01:10
• ​ Nintendo Stops Selling Switch 1 in Europe 1:05:30
• ​ Metroid Ravenous 1:07:42
• ​ Steam Machine Red Light of Death Isn't Serious 1:10:30
• ​ Tweet of the Week 1:13:55
• ​ Q&A 1:16:50

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Originally streamed on July 7, 2026

• Intro 0:00

• GTA 6 Price, Versions, GTA+ Forced Subscription, and More 1:40

• The Backlog [Sonic Gems Collection for GAMECUBE] 27:45

• New Switch 2 Screen 34:43

• Xbox Gets Another Price Hike 39:42

• Xbox Upheaval Summarized 43:17

• PS6 Looking Beyond the Living Room / Won’t Be Sold at a Significant Loss 1:00:07

• Nintendo Raising Employee Salaries by 10% 1:10:00

• Splatoon Raiders Direct 1:10:40

• Lawsuit Brought Against RAM Companies for Colluding 1:11:50

• ESA Claims Minecraft Servers Are Illegal 1:15:00

• GameStop CEO Still Trying to Buy eBay 1:18:52

• Tweet of the Week 1:21:20

• Q&A 1:23:00

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Originally streamed on June 30, 2026

• Steam Machine Prices Revealed 0:00

• Valve Will Let You Build Your Own Steam Machine 29:35

• Backlog 34:56

• Halo Campaign Evolved PS Plus Requirements 42:12

• GTA VI Cover Art / Preorder Date Revealed 48:48

• $3,000 SanDisk SSD for PS5 53:20

• Brand New Day Suit Coming to Spider-Man 2 for Free 58:00

• Epic Games Store Relaunch 1:02:50

• Sega Considered Ending the Sonic Series 1:06:10

• Stop Killing Games Setback 1:09:45

• Dispatch Censorship Changes 1:13:30

• Todd Howard Gives Update on Arkane’s Blade Game 1:18:37

• TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:20:00

• Q&A 1:22:12

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Originally streamed on June 23, 2026