Chipped Monk & Mister Gimpy

Combo Wombo

Leisure EN ↓ 218 episodes

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.

Author

Chipped Monk & Mister Gimpy

Category

Leisure

Podcast website

redcircle.com

Latest episode

Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 43 - Lackluster Black Friday 05.12.2021

Chip and Gimpy discuss their thanksgiving and Gimpys kids causing damage to his home, Pivoting From that the boys go into what they are looking forward to on black friday. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/RoUocvUQ7h0

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 42 - Halo Surprise Launch 28.11.2021

Halo Infinite MP came out early, Gimpy shirked all responsibilities and did nothing but played it. The boys go in on their experiences with the game, including any issues they have. Happy 20 years of Xbox youtube available at: https://youtu.be/NrKZkw3TvzE .

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 41 – The Generation Refresh 21.11.2021

 Chip and Gimpy discuss the current console generation refresh, and delve a little into Chips streaming and content creation endeavors. We discuss current big releases, and upcoming and how this generation is bringing back classic Genres under represented In the last generation. Whats Old is new again. youtube available at:  https://youtu.be/wO3i1ieGeHw

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 40 - The Institution of COD 14.11.2021

 The boys start off talking about Chip’s investment into Warhammer 40k figures without ever playing the game, Then we deep dive into Call of Duty, its place in the industry and its masterclass in being a game with mass casual appeal. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/FhUzYNiFUEs

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 39 - The Week Late Spooktacular 07.11.2021

Gimpy's favorite time of year, dragging Chip into talks about Horror Movie's / games the weekend has passed us by and we discuss the genre, where it started, where it went, does coop work? join us and find out. Let us know your favorite Horror Game and Horror Movie in the comments below youtube available at: https://youtu.be/mcqEu-BkHws

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 38 - Metroidvania Appreciation 31.10.2021

Gimpy finally gets his wish of talking about metroidvania’s after Metroid: Dread has been out for a few weeks now, join us as we speak on sequence breaking and get some recommendations for other games to play in the same genre. The guys also go in on the competitive mindset on “trolling” in their respective competitive games (Overwatch and Valorant) youtube available at: https://youtu.be/1XzdldKoQ...

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 37 - Final Set or Final Boss? 24.10.2021

Chip and Gimpy catch up after a week and jump into the discussion of what happened to Final Bosses? Games are more leaning to final giant set pieces with no final fight at the end. We get into it and ask which approach do we think is better. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/hmXQow15Its

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 36 - Overcoming Mental Hurdles 17.10.2021

 Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 36 – Overcoming Mental Hurdles Chip and Gimpy discuss how we overcome roadblocks in our game development endeavors and share things we have learned that hopefully will help you in your game development journey. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/QsIemResFq0

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 35 - Knowing When To Quit 10.10.2021

Chip shocks Gimpy with the question, How do you know when to quit? Check it out as the guys discuss a uncomfortable topic for anyone in the creative field. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/8hieQZHZ8wI

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 34 – RIP Local Gaming 03.10.2021

Chip and Gimpy got to hang out in person over the weekend and touched on the Halo Infinite Beta, and couch gaming with a group. Here are the highs and lows of our eventful weekend. what started out as excitement in playing games in person turned to the realization that everything sucks. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/S3aFTU7VkNQ

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 33 – Anything you can do, I Create a Genre 26.09.2021

 With the recent release of Deathloop Gimpy’s wish for a FPS with invasion mechanics is finally a reality. The boys go in on games that took another games concept and created new genres. We also speak on Microsoft developer acquisition oddity's include A Xbox Exclusive PS5 game. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/Q3nc6ks18A8

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 32 - Emulation and You 19.09.2021

Todays podcast we talk about game emulation, and the importance of preserving gaming history. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/JXGc3PBEoeg

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 31 - Forcing Players To Have Fun 12.09.2021

Gimpy starts us off today telling us that he is is starting work on a new solo game project. His first in years. Todays episode Chip and Gimpy discuss great gameplay loops and how the developers through gameplay force players to play the game their way, and force the players to have fun. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/sEaQjngZAcc

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 30 – Shh Don’t make a sound Stealth Games! 05.09.2021

Chip and Gimpy discuss a little gamescom news some exciting, and one piece of news that's incredibly disappointing. Then we dive into an almost forgotten genre, stealth games, join us and jump into the history of stealth games, and where we go from here. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/zmazJyPm8Hg

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 29 – Fans Vs Konami 29.08.2021

Chip and Gimpy discuss the Diablo 2 remastered beta, and then jump into the fall of Konami, We go into how/why the company decided to seemingly shoot themselves in the foot and abandon gaming. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/dxciTI6-pb0

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 28 – Gaming update, Tech Update Free Talk Day 22.08.2021

Chip and Gimpy go in on alcoholic beverages of choice to start this free flowing update episode. Then we dive into our experience playing Splitgate the FPS that combines Halo with Portal. We wrap with Gimpy screaming at the Konami cloud in the sky. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/4fIWh4G-qkA

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 27 - Guess Who Got A PS5? 15.08.2021

Gimpy shares the good news that after months of trying he finally was lucky enough to get a PS5 (disc version) he shares his thoughts so far after 1 ½ weeks of owning it. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/7zN5SqMlUog

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 26 – The Steam Deck 08.08.2021

Kicking off season 2 Chipped Monk and Mr. Gimpy go through valves previous hardware announcements and go over the newest announcement of the Steam Deck. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/tD_uXX2NuFE

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 25 – Season Finale 01.08.2021

Chipped Monk and Mister Gimpy discuss the past 24 episodes, the difficulties and successes, they speak on what it takes to keep a podcast going for its first 24 hours of content on video games ranging from a budding developer standpoint, to whats going on in the industry we also revisit the “are games art debate” Happy Season 1 thanks for sticking with us, Season 2 will be even better! youtube ava...

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 24 - IRL Degeneracy and The Decline of User Mods 25.07.2021

Chipped Monk and Gimpy discuss some of the best community created mods, and ponder what happened to developers opening up their games to tinker with. youtube available: https://youtu.be/g1-tQ3kVFy4

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 23 - Game Jam Experiences 18.07.2021

Chipped Monk and Mister Gimpy discuss their experiences doing game jams along with the highs and the lows of pursuing game dev. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/FFIfK6J9rJ0 Chipped Monk Game Mentioned https://chippedmonk.itch.io/click-click-hero Gimpy (part of Danger Kings) game mentioned https://gamejolt.com/games/super-galaxy-start-busters/62929

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 22 - Video Game Crossovers 11.07.2021

Video Game Crossovers happen all the time now, Chipped Monk And Mister Gimpy Discuss some great crossovers and what we hope is the next great crossover in the future. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/vJYRjA2BcYE

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 21 – E3 2021 Our Highlights 04.07.2021

Chipped Monk and Mister Gimpy go over their favorite points of this years E3, hopefully we don’t cause too much….CHAOS youtube available at: https://youtu.be/2-q_Gt1poD0

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 20 - Fan Made Games Pushing The Industry Forward 27.06.2021

Chipped Monk and Mister Gimpy go through some great fan games that get made into commercial projects or push the original devs to do better. youtube available at: https://youtu.be/Q2AHztSRNQ4

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 19 - Games As A Service 20.06.2021

Chipped Monk and Mister Gimpy discuss the current state of gaming and how everything is moving to "service based" plans. youtube available at:  https://youtu.be/wOqzPNfWDUs

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