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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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The guys catch up after Gimpy’s work trip, Then discuss Valve’s big hardware announcement.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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?

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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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