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One again the larger conversation of owning digital media is upon us, this time in the US, as a “Power To The Players” bill is introduced Chip and Gimpy discuss. youtube available: https://youtu.be/YZmIqAJq98U

Chip has released a small project onto itch.io called “pyramid” we discuss his inspiration in making it and thoughts on the latest gaming developments, including the status of Halo. Play Pyramid https://chippedmonk.itch.io/pyramid youtube available: https://youtu.be/FUorkWBoDbg

Chip has released a small project onto itch.io called “Node Survivor” we discuss his inspiration in making it and the next thing he is working on Play Node Survivor https://chippedmonk.itch.io/nodesurvivor youtube available:  https://youtu.be/OgdM5xPF40Y

Chip and Gimpy discuss voice acting and the coming of AI, what we would prefer regarding replacements or people keeping the role forever. youtube available:  https://youtu.be/3cp9Pw79wD0

Gimpy discusses a bit about Quake and the impact that it has had on the industry, and the gaming world as a whole. youtube available: https://youtu.be/TwZELW7m8ec

Gimpy and Chip remember Hercules and Xena, Chip discusses the experiments he is trying with his home server, using a local LLM to make “game” prototypes and continue help organizing his life, Gimpy enjoying Starfox on the switch asks Chip what franchises we want to see again. youtube available:   https://youtu.be/NYGGueD7k-E

Gimpy and Chip return from work / vacation and update each other on what's going on in their lives, Chip has a home server now, and has stopped all of his collabs, Gimpy is working on a new project and Pig game continues. youtube available:  https://youtu.be/OCyNBn0yY_A

Chip’s new venture is searching for a NAS, Gimpy updates on the status of Pig Squeal and Startbusters and gushes about Forza Horizon 6, the guys discuss a big about Godots new asset store launching and give their opinions on what engine to start with. youtube available:   https://youtu.be/GekFYzTBWuA

Chip talks about his fitness journey / goals for the summer, Gimpy updates on the current state of pig game, and announces a fun project he didn’t expect to go back to. youtube available: https://youtu.be/MvzHBWaw2eQ

The guys talk about the lackluster Wrestlemania build-up and after being distracted finally talk about some game dev related things, including Valve releasing FEX to the public and Chip commiting to giving it a try, and How AI has effected things. youtube available: https://youtu.be/RbkXcvaoKNs

Chip updates us on his community collabs, Gimpy came down with a sickness so was out of commission, the guys update each other on their progress. Chip is currently in the prototype phase of each project. youtube available: https://youtu.be/ut6bpN5pyKE

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. youtube available: 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 youtube available: 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...

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. youtube available: 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 youtube available: 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. youtube available: 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 youtube available:  https://youtu.be/6BZ8YK7_svc

Chip updates on the results of his experimentation with arduino boards and organizational tricks he discovered. youtube available: 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/ youtube available:  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. youtube available: https://youtu.be/u2uA-1gkCyw

The guys catch up after Gimpy’s work trip, Then discuss Valve’s big hardware announcement. youtube available: https://youtu.be/7DqN3XFBcyM

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. youtube available: 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. youtube available: 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. youtube available:  https://youtu.be/GvxSU4tPokU