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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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Gimpy updates on his game progress and the boys go over the time they worked together on the GDEVELOP Jam last year, the struggles of working as a team and managing personalities.

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Chip is back to playing games, his long drought is over. He tells us about his takes on Balatro and Ninja Gaiden, The guys then touch on the current state of the “Stop Killing Games” initiative.

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

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Chip and Gimpy are back, Gimpy was under the weather, they discuss the steam sale a bit, and catch up on things like Splitgate 2. Very Casual episode to catch up.

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Chip and Gimpy discuss the switch 2 a little bit, neither of us bought it. Chip picked up a tablet and has been practicing “flip book” animation. Chip goes in on his rediscovery of an often looked over resource, the public library.

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Chip and Gimpy haven't spoke since last week, so a quick update on our personal lives then Gimpy discusses his experience with Doom Dark Ages, and dives a little in to how they giving the keys to difficulty to the player. It could be the start of an interesting trend of letting the player tailor their gaming experience themselves.

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Doom from the enemies perspective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp6CmdxeqKQ

Chip and Gimpy took an unplanned break, both being sick, and mothers day plans made meeting up to do the pod difficult. We are back and catching up with each other and we discuss the latest Bungie drama.

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Chip started digging into the business side of AI and doesn't believe its sustainable, not to mention the ethical concerns. The guys discuss the Oblivion remaster surprise drop and if these AAA surprise releases steal the thunder from smaller games. They also discuss their thoughts on remakes vs remasters and their place in the scene.

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Gimpy updates us on his pig game progress (with a screenshot), Chip speaks about finally starting to realize his dream card game and putting his idea through its paces in a Monte Carlo simulation. The guys then talk about Lords Of The Fallen 2.0 and their huge re-haul does it move the needle?

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Super Galaxy Start Busters

https://gamejolt.com/games/super-galaxy-start-busters/62929

Lords Of The Fallen 2.0 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQ3S2JzA9s

Gimpy shares his plans of relaxing on his porch, The Minecraft movie hate being overblown, and shares his handling of pop culture with his children. Chip has been diving into local AI models and is compiling them all to form Voltron.

Chips Web Novel

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/91361/the-multitasking-mage

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