Combo Wombo

Latest Episodes:

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 54 – Hard games are for me not you Feb 20, 2022

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Chip and Gimpy discuss game difficulty, a conversation topic that comes up every few years whenever a new Fromsoft game comes out, this time spurred on by the release of Sifu. The guys get into their thoughts on difficult games and if we need difficulty modes.

youtube available at:

https://youtu.be/sJF2o8WTYgs

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 53 – Kickstarter A Vow Of Poverty? Feb 13, 2022

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Chip gives us his final thoughts on his dice game, then the guys get into the topic of Kickstarter games still being underfunded and backers being upset on where their money is going.

youtube available at:

https://youtu.be/_FheRVEwMUQ

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 52 – Video Games Are Not Violent Feb 06, 2022

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Chip and Gimpy discuss the misconception that “all popular games are violent” news flash they aren’t

youtube available at:

https://youtu.be/L4fFgRnC1jI

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 51 – Microsoft Buying Everything! Jan 30, 2022

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Chip and Gimpy discuss their current solo game dev journey and discuss their thoughts on the big Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard.

youtube available at:

https://youtu.be/-2Ti9LgLPjk

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 50 - Mods saving games again Jan 23, 2022

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Chip and Gimpy praise the people who take the time to mod games, create new content, restore content and house custom servers to keep games going well past the lifecycle determined by the devs and publishers. We speak on Titanfall 2, Battlefront 2 and others

youtube available at:

https://youtu.be/6GWf0piJrzU

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 49 – Solo Dev updates and VR hardware updates Jan 16, 2022

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Chip and Gimpy discuss their development process, and learning through tutorials and expanding upon them, the boys also go over the current state of VR hardware in the industry.

youtube available:

https://youtu.be/msINstzoBBY

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 48 – Genres we don’t like Jan 09, 2022

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Chip starts us off with an unorthodox method he is learning on making 2d assets, then we shift to Gimpy sharing his distaste for survival games and Chip shares his distaste for sports games, the guys discuss why.

youtube available at:

https://youtu.be/k_4LW190xwc

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 47 - Chip's Game Dev Vacation Jan 02, 2022

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Chip took some time off of work to just focus on creating games, we discuss his process and the tool he chose (G Develop).

Check out Chips Game:

https://chippedmonk.itch.io/dice-demo

youtube available at:

https://youtu.be/E87AyV5el_s

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 46 – New Years Resolutions Dec 26, 2021

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Chip and Gimpy discuss the year of 2021 and share their resolutions for 2021, gaming, game dev, wants for the industry, personal growth and goals for the pod. Happy New Years everyone! See you in 2022!

youtube available at:

https://youtu.be/MmOGYlnKvZ0

Combo Wombo Podcast Ep 45 - GOTY 2021 Dec 19, 2021

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Its that time of the year, Chip and Gimpy go over their top 5 games of the year of 2021!

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https://youtu.be/grdmbZyG-wM