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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

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. youtube available:  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. youtube available: 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. youtube available: 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.  youtube available: https://youtu.be/aYAgXtJT3lc