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2 Hobbyist game dev dreamers discuss trials and tribulations concerning the game industry, and learn a little bit of something about life along the way. Sit back grab a cup of coffee and join us for the ride.
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The guys catch up after Gimpy’s work trip, Then discuss Valve’s big hardware announcement.
youtube available:
https://youtu.be/7DqN3XFBcyM
The guys look ahead in 2026 and see that it is the start of a giant onslaught of video game movies, from Super Mario Galaxy, to a new Resident Evil attempt. Chip and Gimpy discuss how they would like video game movies to be made.
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https://youtu.be/nh2LCVVqARw
The guys talk about the horrid AI slop look of DLSS 5, later they discuss Crimson Desert completely locking INTEL ARC users out of their game. The Steam spring sale is upon us, and finally they give an update on the status of their solo projects
DLSS 5 Announcement Trailer
https://youtu.be/dJACkKbN-Eo?si=S_Hvhs3paGD9SWGS
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https://youtu.be/oRrku-Y7UCA
Gimpy has behaviors working in his pig game, he shares the current progress, Chip is learning LOVE2D and built a train toybox you can test out yourself, the guys talk about their progress what has worked for them and the current status of everything they are working on.
Chips Train Toybox
https://chippedmonk.itch.io/trains-and-vibes
Megacrit’s Gamejam game
https://megacrit.itch.io/dancing-duelists
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https://youtu.be/sa0zKnnq2zk
Chip and Gimpy update everyone on what they are currently working on, Chip is disenchanted with the FPS genre as a whole, Gimpy is back to working on his mobile pig game and shares some progress. The guys also touch on NVIDIA not making any new cards in 2026 and on the Xbox CEO shakeup.
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https://youtu.be/dlqknGeet5k
Gimpy and Chip dive into the current state of Ubisoft, 6 games canceled, workers voting to strike, they can’t keep out of the news cycle
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https://youtu.be/XBLPCofhWlY
Gimpy and Chip discuss the news of Meta shuttering 3 first party studios, canceling games, and seemingly starting the process to abandon VR.
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https://youtu.be/pJPlPoaM0Bs
Gimpy and Chip look forward to 2026, share what they are looking forward to and look back on what they worked on this past year.
Chips Homebox Results: https://youtu.be/emJIhDXe7Ys?si=Kppb6uVDbNbfxIAh
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https://youtu.be/6BZ8YK7_svc
Chip updates on the results of his experimentation with arduino boards and organizational tricks he discovered.
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https://youtu.be/D-BO8mHRPkM
Gimpy and Chip reconnect after the Thanksgiving holiday, each states what they are up to and the status of their own projects / hobbies.
Chip’s inspiration to exploring arduino boards and hardware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjAXGJEqgG4
Chip trying out Homebox for inventory management
https://homebox.software/en/
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https://youtu.be/jSPieYfCLGY
The guys share what they are going to get this black Friday, in this slow gaming season, also small update on Gimpy’s Pig game progress, with a quick discussion on the upcoming game awards GOTY picks.
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https://youtu.be/u2uA-1gkCyw
Gimpy shares his excitement for TimeSplitters – Rewind this November, Chip fills us in on his own voxel engine and his plans to get back into the unity grind. They also discuss Microsoft waiving the white flag in the console wars.
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https://youtu.be/Nj1iX7lp7y4
Gimpy’s encounter with natural gas buildup (hes ok) Chip threw his back out, so time to Game I guess, its a weekend of battlefield with BF6 and forefront VR open beta happening, Gimpy gives his first thoughts. Chip touches on software updates (Godot, Defold, Cave Engine, BlockBench) Gimpy updates on the pig game.
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https://youtu.be/OsBRUJFqktw
Chip shares the progress of his zine comic, then the boys discuss the latest news of Microsoft and Sony raising current gen console prices. They also discuss what happened to cultural landmarks and how software as a service has infiltrated everything.
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https://youtu.be/GvxSU4tPokU
Chip shares his daily drawing habit with Gimpy and how it has allowed him to continually get better and master the basics, Gimpy discusses his excitement on the gaming front for October and his 3D Printer headaches. The boys then dive into the habits they formed to allow them to continue their hobbies of game development.
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https://youtu.be/mBD7RXmNjZI
Gimpy and Chip talk about the recent news regarding Valve’s latest filings for ‘Steam Frame.’ They discuss the state of VR and if they think Valve is too late to stop META.
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https://youtu.be/DrRXD7YdkGw
Gimpy and Chip talk about the console wars potentially ending with Sony and Xbox embracing collaboration, Helldivers 2, Forza, Gears, The Show all going multi platform, the guys reminisce about their memories of the console battlefield. They also discuss googles new AI world building model and chip drops conspiracy tidbits.
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https://youtu.be/nIEYGNF2z2M
Links referenced:
Google Genie 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDKhUknuQDg
Chips conspiracy source - https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/09/11/221402021/court-decision-means-another-look-at-google-street-view-case
Gimpy and Chip talk about the Battlefield 6 beta, and the news that BF6 will be the first AAA game to require Secure Boot, with COD following shortly after. Is it too much?
youtube available:
https://youtu.be/0xA69554y7w
Gimpy and Chip go over the latest Splitgate 2 news that the game is going back into the beta oven yet remaining playable while the team works on it.
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https://youtu.be/aYAgXtJT3lc
Gimpy and Chip discuss the state of Ubisoft after the announcement that the Ceo’s son will be heading a subsidiary responsible for shepherding new entries in the Assassins Creed, Far Cry and Rainbowsix franchises.
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https://youtu.be/hTmbfFHwllU
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