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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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00:21:15

1H1D #84: Nuclear Throne

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2022/08/04

We wouldn't recommend getting near one, never mind sitting on one. When it's not picking Annapurna games, we can trust the ole "Surprise Me" button to pick a roguelike instead. For this episode, it has selected the top-down twin-stick shooter roguelike developed and published by Vlambeer. With an expanding roster of playable characters and a multitude of weapons and mutations to locate through play, the real question will be if the core mechanics are fun enough to keep our hosts fully engaged for

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00:20:41

1H1D #83: Outer Wilds

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2022/07/28

We get this one and Outer Worlds mixed up a lot. The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button sure does like to pick games published by Annapurna Interactive. This one is the first-person adventure game developed by Mobius Digital where you play as an explorer traveling through your solar system to learn secrets of an ancient alien race and discover why they mysteriously disappeared. With a focus on exploration and a mechanic where your character retains all knowledge upon their death, this game seems

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00:28:37

1H1D #82: Octopath Traveler

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2022/07/22

Pick one of the eight starting characters and then start traveling. In this role-playing game developed by Square Enix and Acquire, the first choice you must make is which story you'd like to hear. With eight different characters to choose, what are the odds that both our hosts pick the same one? Don't worry, that's a rhetorical question, we don't need you to figure out the percentage. With the "HD-2D" twist on classic sprite-based RPGs of yesteryear, this title walks the line of something that

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00:20:05

1H1D #81: Gorogoa

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2022/07/14

The title is a made-up word, which explains why you don't know it. Play enough games on Xbox Game Pass and you will surely find something unlike anything you have ever played before. If you doubt the veracity of this statement, simply check out this puzzle game developed by Jason Roberts and published by Annapurna Interactive. It plays like an interactive graphic novel, but it is curiously devoid of words. In addition, advancing the plot requires solving a series of puzzles that live on a

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00:20:36

1H1D #80: Disc Room

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2022/07/07

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge multiple spinning blades of death... right? This title is listed as an action puzzle game and that seems pretty appropriate. Developed by Terri, Dose, Kitty, and JW, this is just one of many quirky indie titles published by Devolver Digital. The premise is fairly simple, your objective is to dodge an endless array of different spinning discs long enough to unlock access to additional rooms. Death is a constant, inevitable companion and a necessary component

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00:24:43

1H1D #79: The Forgotten City

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2022/06/30

When your Skyrim mod is so involved that it just becomes its own game. Who doesn't love a good mystery? Well, truthfully the inhabitants of this idyllic Roman city aren't big fans, but they do have a compelling reason. You see, if any citizen commits a sin in their little paradise, the whole town pays with their lives. Your job is to travel back in time to figure out who dunnit... but unlike Clue, you wanna solve this crime before it actually happens. Yeah, we agree it is pretty trippy, but the

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00:18:29

1H1D #78: Going Under

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2022/06/23

It has nothing to do with Australia or a medical procedure. Uh oh! It looks like our hosts are back to playing roguelikes again! For this episode, our duo has been tasked with playing an action RPG variant developed by Aggro Crab and published by Team17. Will this title's focus on humor and its bright color palette set it apart from the many other roguelikes they have already encountered? Will a plot focusing on an unpaid intern forced to battle the ghosts of failed startups resonate with our

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00:21:45

1H1D #77: This War of Mine

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2022/06/16

Imagine if The Sims had a wartime expansion… Instead of focusing on the front-line combatants, this war survival game developed and published by 11 bit studios focuses on the civilian experience. Hunger and sleep deprivation are your biggest threats in a city torn apart by conflict that asks the player to manage their homebase during the day and go out foraging for supplies when night falls. This one is definitely a departure from most of the other games this show has tackled on Xbox Game Pass, so

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01:50:29

BONUS: Xbox 2022 Showcase Reaction!

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2022/06/13

Wait a minute, this isn't just ONE game on Xbox GamePass but MANY games! Chris is joined by friends of the show Eric from the Game Positive podcast and Nave from Gaming Together podcast. Check out their reactions as Xbox shows off all the stuff coming out throughout 2022, 2023, and beyond! What do you think? Let us know! Hit us up on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tc1h1d Drop us an email at tc.1h1d(at)outlook[dot]com Check out our fancy site: https://quitthebuild.com/1h1d Check out Eric's stuff

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00:24:01

1H1D #76: Prey

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2022/06/09

Not the religious kind, the kind where things try to eat you. This first-person shooter developed by Arkane Studios has very little in common with its 2006 namesake. Well, in both games you are being hunted by aliens, but that’s basically the beginning and end of the similarities. Of course, this led to some concerns as fans looking forward to “Prey 2” received this very different game instead. With no prior experience to the franchise, will any of this matter to our hosts? How will they react to

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00:20:15

1H1D #75: We Happy Few

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2022/06/02

If you aren’t literally full of joy, the other citizens will take notice… and kill you. On this episode, we hand control back over to the Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” button and find ourselves faced with an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Compulsion Games. Chris appears to have been extra targeted this time because the game allegedly has roguelike elements as well. If you ask us, that’s a lot of genre-splicing and it makes us wonder if the execution will live up to the

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00:22:24

1H1D #74: Bugsnax

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2022/05/26

Would you rather eat a snack bug or a bug snack? The mere premise of this first-person adventure game sounds absurd… and then you find out that it comes from the same zany studio that brought you Octodad. The team over at Young Horses combined bugs and snacks into the game’s eponymous creatures and now a listener has tasked our hosts with sampling this unusual offering. Will the colorful art style and unique premise prove delectable, or will it leave a bad taste in their mouths? Historically, games

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00:25:37

1H1D #73: Greedfall

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2022/05/19

The wiki says this game was developed by spiders… The Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” button is back in control and it has selected an action role-playing game developed by Spiders for this episode! Okay, so it turns out that “Spiders” refers to a French game developer and not a group of arachnids that have achieved sentience and the capacity to program a video game. This is probably good news for our hosts, especially after all that time they spent killing virtual spiders a few episodes ago

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00:18:39

1H1D #72: Cities: Skylines

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2022/05/12

SimCity may be gone, but that left a vacancy for a spiritual successor. Once upon a time, a game called SimCity was synonymous with the sim game genre. Of course, that was before its final entry totally bombed, souring the brand recognition of a storied franchise. Seizing their opportunity, this power vacuum in the city sim space was filled by a certain city-building game developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive. Will this 2015 title be able activate the nostalgia centers in

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00:22:58

1H1D #71: Battlefield Hardline: Ultimate Edition

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2022/05/05

We head to Miami to tackle a different kind of war... the one on crime. Imagine our surprise to learn that the subject of this episode would be a Battlefield title that wasn't set during a world war. As their final contribution to the world of video games before receiving their marching orders from EA, Visceral Games developed and released this First Person Shooter all about being a cop and immersing yourself in one of those great TV crime dramas that your dad probably likes to watch. The question

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00:18:16

1H1D #70: Kill It With Fire

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2022/04/28

Spiders? Why’d it have to be spiders? Generally speaking, we would not advocate killing critters of any kind, but there’s no pacifist playthrough for this first-person action game developed by tinyBuild. In fact, killing bugs is just a small piece of the utter mayhem that Tom and Chris were tasked with committing for their mandated hour with this title. Will these virtual spiders prove as difficult to catch as their real-world counterparts? More importantly, will the missions feel different enough

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00:21:27

1H1D #69: Art of Rally

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2022/04/21

Some say racing is an art form, this game seeks to prove it. It’s been a little while since our hosts were last behind the wheel and the Xbox Gamepass “Surprise Me” Button is looking to correct that oversight. On this episode, our dynamic duo takes on the stylized racing sim developed by Funselektor Labs. With plenty of cars to choose from and even more stages to drive, it seems likely that Tom and Chris will each have a favorite combination that is unique to their playstyle. What will that look

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00:27:47

1H1D #68: Weird West

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2022/04/14

It’s like Ultima or Fallout, except it’s a western with fantasy and horror elements. Game requested by friend of the show WanderingDutch! Apparently this game takes its name from a term used to describe the hybrid genres of fantasy Western, horror Western and sci-fi Western. To be honest, this whole concept is news to our hosts, but that won’t stop them from trying out this action role-playing game developed by WolfEye Studios. With bounty hunters at the forefront of the narrative and parallels to

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00:24:18

1H1D #67: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

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2022/04/07

The final chapter of a trilogy that they never started. When you let the Xbox Game Pass “Surprise Me” Button randomly pick the games, you are bound to play some sequels. On this episode, the button ramps up the absurdity by making our hosts play the final game in the action role-playing game trilogy developed by Square Enix. Will Tom and Chris stand any chance of enjoying this game with two full games of lore missing from their collective consciousness? Will the gameplay mechanics be engaging

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00:23:38

1H1D #66: The Riftbreaker

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2022/03/31

It's basically the combination of two of our favorite childhood things. If you grew up playing games in the 90's, then you are probably familiar with Starcraft. If you watched cartoons in the 90's, then you probably also know about Exosquad. While this base-building, survival game developed by EXOR Studios has no official ties to either of those properties, it sure does evoke fond memories of both. Will an hour of gameplay prove this game worthy of those feelings? Now that their guard is down, will

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