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1 Hour 1 Decision (1H1D)

Tom and Chris are college buddies and life-long gamers. Unfortunately, responsibilities of middle-age life are hindering their opportunities to try many of the great games out there! With the help of Xbox Game Pass and its "Surprise Me" button, they play just 60 minutes of a random game and decide if they will keep at it or trash it.

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00:24:22

1H1D #102: Let's Build A Zoo

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2022/12/22

This game is not based on that film with the similar sounding title. The Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” button has decided it is time to manage a zoo once again. This time, however, it has selected the retro-styled simulation sandbox developed by Springloaded. Like the retro zoo simulation games that inspired it, this title has you managing the staff, attractions, and amenities of your own custom-built zoo. Unlike those games, this title also has you breeding rare creatures and, when that’s not

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00:18:01

1H1D #101: Exo One

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2022/12/15

Is this the lost alien child of Journey and Marble Madness? Earning its name, the Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” button has made an eccentric choice for this episode. This dubiously categorized “sci-fi adventure game” developed by Exbleative revolves around an alien spacecraft that must traverse different planets on a journey toward an unclear objective. The worlds themselves are procedurally generated and traversal is left to the player’s discretion, so no two players will have the exact same

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00:23:01

1H1D #100: Vampire Survivors

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2022/12/08

Would you believe surviving is impossible and there are no vampires? The show has reached episode 100 and it seems only fitting that the game chosen for this landmark episode is another roguelike! Can you feel how thrilled Chris must be with this turn of events? The show must go on and in this roguelike side-scroller developed by Luca Galante, the player is tasked with surviving as long as possible as endless waves of non-vampire enemies fill the screen. It’s a bullet hell game, but the enemies are

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00:20:51

1H1D #99: Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery

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2022/12/01

The complete trilogy starring a frog and his trusty magnifying glass. The Xbox Game Pass library is full of indies and oddities that could easily be overlooked. Fortunately for you, dear listener, our hosts are honor bound to investigate these titles when fate selects them. On the docket for this particular episode is the first-person comedy adventure trilogy designed and crafted by Grace Bruxner. Broken up into a series of cases, the player takes on the role of an aptly named amphibious gumshoe

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00:47:13

THRILLING THIRTY-TWO: Volume Two: Part Two

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2022/11/24

The second half of our second thirty-two... so basically the fifth sixteen? Are you ready for part deux? Thirty-two games all at once was sixteen too many, so this time we split the field of competitors in half. On this special episode, we have Eric from The Unlockables joining us to tackle the games that we played from episodes 65 to 80 here on 1H1D. Eric's votes are sure to come in handy when Tom and Chris need a tie breaker... and it seems likely that will happen quite a bit! Which game will be

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00:24:12

1H1D #98: Hardspace: Shipbreaker

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2022/11/18

Breaking ships in space is hard work and apparently also a game. Tom and Chris take on listener request Dave Jackson from Tales From the Backlog and attempt the “action-adventure” simulation developed by Blackbird Interactive for this episode. After their day jobs, they each must boot up their gaming machine of choice and begin their second shift by chopping up spaceships. Will this game loop make for a fun experience, or will it end up feeling more like a literal second job? Unlike their

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00:22:29

1H1D #97: Serious Sam 4

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2022/11/10

This a prequel to a prequel and clearly named ironically. Based on the last couple of picks, the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button must have caught on to Tom's love of alliteration. It also seems to have grown a heart, as this fourth numbered title is actually the first in the timeline of Croteam's first-person shooter franchise. Does this mean that our hosts will get a solid idea of the setting and characters before being thrust into the action? Spoiler Warning: considering the chaotic nature of

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00:26:44

1H1D #96: Dicey Dungeons

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2022/11/03

One of the D's is Dungeons, but the other isn't Dragons. Trust in the almighty Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button and ye shall be rewarded... apparently. The pick for this episode is the deck-building dungeon-crawler developed by Terry Cavanagh that utilizes the most classic random number generator to determine outcomes of its turn-based encounters. The deck-building portion ensures that the game-loop is more complicated than just some six-sided dice rolls, but the premise stays pretty simple. Our

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00:38:52

THRILLING THIRTY-TWO: Volume Two: Part One

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2022/10/27

It's time for another thirty-two... but not all at once! Attempting to recap thirty-two games last time nearly broke us, so this time we are using our noggins by preemptively breaking the field in half and doing sixteen at a time. On this special episode, we have Todd from Secret Friends Unite joining us to tackle the games that we played from episodes 49 to 64 here on 1H1D. Todd may not have played them all, but his votes will break all the ties and keep this tournament moving! Which game will

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00:22:44

1H1D #95: Jetpac Refuelled

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2022/10/20

It’s the Xbox Live Arcade remake of a retro arcade game. One of the benefits of using the Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” button to select a game is that it often picks titles that our hosts have never seen. Despite its age, our hosts were not aware of this arcade shooter remake developed by Rare and (if we are being honest) they were not even familiar with the original or its sequels. Going in with a completely clean slate, how will our hosts feel about the game loop? Will it prove fun enough for the

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00:23:23

1H1D #94: Two Point Campus

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2022/10/13

Our hosts attended college together, but can they manage one? Back in the saddle, the “Surprise Me” button takes the reigns and picks something our hosts definitely would not have picked themselves. On this episode, Tom and Chris have been tasked with playing an hour of the second simulation title developed by Two Point Studios. Unlike the studio’s prior game about running a hospital, this one focuses instead on a college campus. While our hosts have some experience with one of those, they

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00:25:20

1H1D #93: DEATHLOOP

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2022/10/06

Can you break the loop? Are you sure you should? The “Surprise Me” button takes a break this episode as our hosts investigate another listener request. Up for review this time is Arkane Lyon’s first-person shooter about being caught in a time loop. As you may have guessed, this loop is definitely linked to death. More specifically, it resets on the player’s death and can only be broken by assassinating a set of key characters before the day is done. How exactly this is accomplished is left to the

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00:24:31

1H1D #92: Far Cry 5

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2022/09/29

Explore the wilderness, fight animals, maybe join a cult... Against all odds, Tom has somehow managed to avoid a certain Ubisoft developed first-person shooter franchise in its entirety. Considering the number of entries that exist in this popular franchise, it did seem inevitable that he would be playing one of them eventually and the Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” button has decided that now is the time. In classic 1H1D fashion, the game selected is obviously not the first in the series, but

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00:25:15

1H1D #91: Worms W.M.D

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2022/09/22

If they have hands, are they even really worms? The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has selected the most recent iteration of the classic turn-based artillery game for this episode. Developed by Team17, the franchise has been around since 1995 and has had numerous iterations and spin-offs across a plethora of platforms. Video Games have come a long way in the past two decades, though, so there are some questions that need answering. Will this incarnation capture the nostalgia our hosts have for

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00:22:10

1H1D #90: A Plague Tale: Innocence

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2022/09/15

This disease is totally bubonic... and you play as kids. We left the game selection for this episode up to our listeners and they have spoken! The winner of the pole was the action-adventure stealth game developed by Asobo Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive. As the title suggests, it is a game about deadly pathogens and a couple of children who end up caught in the crossfire. Sounds familiar, right? Well, it was released in 2019, so perhaps it was accidentally foreshadowing events to

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00:25:55

1H1D #89: SnowRunner

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2022/09/08

They once ran through the mud, now it's time for snow. Perhaps you will find it fitting that the Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” button has taken this opportunity to bring us back to the beginning of it all. MudRunner was one of the very first titles we explored on 1H1D and now it is time to take a look at the truck driving simulation sequel developed by Saber Interactive. Will their fond memories of MudRunner taint their reaction to this title or will Tom and Chris find the game loop genuinely

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00:25:29

1H1D #88: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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2022/09/01

Journey into Helheim and avoid sharp objects located there. Numerous individuals have recommended this Ninja Theory developed action-adventure title to Chris, so it is only fitting that the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button followed suit and selected it as the game for this episode. With its Norse mythology based narrative and metaphorical exploration of psychosis, this is sure to be a doozy of an experience. Will Tom and Chris find themselves fully immersed in Senua's journey? If so, will they

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00:18:13

1H1D #87: Umurangi Generation Special Edition

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2022/08/25

Feel like taking photos while the world ends around you? When Chris indicated that the Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” button had selected this title for the next episode, Tom was dubious that the string of syllables he had uttered were in fact a game. Well, it turns out Chris is not a liar and there is indeed a first-person photography game developed by Origame Digital available on Xbox Game Pass with that very title. In this simulation style game, the objective is to complete a series of “bounties”

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00:23:24

1H1D #86: PowerWash Simulator

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2022/08/18

When you enjoy cleaning so much that you do it for fun! For this episode, our hosts have been tasked with checking out a first-person simulation title developed by FuturLab and published by Square Enix Collective. This is definitely the kind of game that would generate a cult following, so it makes a certain amount of sense that our listeners would request that Tom and Chris take a crack at it. Will cleaning buildings really feel that satisfying? Will their experience running a virtual power

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00:24:38

1H1D #85: Naraka: Bladepoint

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2022/08/11

It’s a place of torment, but is that figurative or literal? Once again the Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” button is in control of game selection and for this episode it has chosen the battle royale title developed by 24 Entertainment and published by NetEase Games Montreal. With over eighty games reviewed here at 1H1D, we were due for an entry in this increasingly popular genre and it is fitting that this one happens to be a new addition to the Game Pass lineup. With its focus on massive online

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