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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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00:22:01

1H1D #192: The Case of the Golden Idol

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2024/09/19

Put your sleuthing skills to the test!The advantage of using the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button to select the games for this podcast is that our hosts are exposed to many titles they might have otherwise overlooked. Case in point, this point-and-click mystery where the player must investigate scenes for clues and words to correctly fill in the blanks on a key phrase that summarizes an important moment in the plot. Developed by a pair of Latvian brothers as the debut title for their studio

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00:21:13

1H1D #191: Inkulinati

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2024/09/12

Medieval manuscript meets mindful melee.The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has spoken and its selection for this episode is an unusual one. From a small Polish studio dubbed Yaza Games comes a turn-based strategy game ripped from the literal pages of medieval manuscripts. Proving that our ancestors enjoyed memes as much as we do, this game has all manner of armed animals and lowbrow humor. With an animation direction that is decidedly Monty Pythonesque, this title seems well poised to capture

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00:24:16

1H1D #190: Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy

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2024/09/05

N.Sane in the Neo Cortex!For this episode, our duo tackles a collection of remasters of the first three entries in the famous platformer series originally developed by Naughty Dog. Revitalized by Vicarious Visions and now available on Xbox Game Pass, it is finally time for our hosts to take them for a spin. Tom is a fan of both developers and Chris even interned at Vicarious Visions, so it seems both of them will be challenged to fight back some personal bias with this one. On the other hand, Tom

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00:19:25

1H1D #189: Unravel

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2024/08/29

Swing, swing from the tangles of your yarn body.Our hosts travel back in time to 2016 to experience the puzzle platformer crafted by the Swedish developer Coldwood Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. Both Tom and Chris have played their fair share of puzzle games, and both have extensive experience with platformers, but this title managed to slip past them. The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has been alerted to this oversight and has taken the necessary steps to correct it

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00:24:29

1H1D #188: Neon White

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2024/08/22

It's vivid and you float like a noble gas.The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has foisted another curious title upon our hosts. For this episode, they have been tasked with investigating the first-person shooter-platformer developed by Angel Matrix and published by Annapurna Interactive. In this game focused on spreedrunning, the player takes on the role of the titular protagonist and must utilize powers granted by cards to quickly traverse each level, destroying demons on their way to the

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00:23:13

1H1D #187: Trailmakers

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2024/08/15

Where they're going, they don't need roads.Developed and published in Denmark by Flashbulb Games, this game tasks the player with building vehicles out of blocks that sure do look like the famous ones from another Danish company. We are confident that's just a coincidence! In any case, it was the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button that chose this physics-based vehicle construction sandbox for the episode, so Tom and Chris can't be blamed either way. With multiple game

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00:23:10

1H1D #186: Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

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2024/08/08

Watch for Yokai, defend Yorshiro.It took more than four years for Capcom to develop this action-strategy game, but it has finally been released! Like most of Capcom's newest titles, it runs off their proprietary RE Engine. Unlike those other titles, this one plays in alternating phases that shift between daily preparation and nightly action. Will the game loop prove more entertaining than the seemingly similar Orcs Must Die 3? Will the inspiration of Japanese folklore provide a more serious and

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00:22:19

1H1D #185: Keplerth

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2024/08/01

Surviving another alien world, but with one less dimension.For this episode, the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has chosen the 2D sandbox RPG developed by TARO and published by Gamera Games. With no seeming relation to the tea or the turtle, this choice further surprised our hosts by being a PC exclusive. Usually this would spell doom for Tom, but the small demands of this retro-inspired game mean that it ran smoothly on his computer, which means it will certainly run on yours too! Take the

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00:20:02

1H1D #184: Superliminal

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2024/07/25

Seeing things from a different perspective.The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has challenged our hosts to really use their noggins with this selection. Developed by Pillow Castle Games and formerly known as Museum of Simulation Technology, this first-person puzzle game is all about optical illusions and forced perspective. The mechanics can be deceptively described as picking things up and putting them down, but shifts in perspective mean the results of those seemingly minor interactions can

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00:32:57

1H1D #183: Call of the Wild: The Angler

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2024/07/18

We once caught a fish this big!Randomly selected by the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button, this gone fishin' simulator was developed by Expansive Worlds, part of the Avalanche Studios Group. Speaking of expanding the group, Tom and Chris have brought along CJ of Player One Podcast for this episode. As a game developer himself, CJ will bring along a unique perspective when it's time to discuss the details of everyone's first hour angling those simulated fish. With only minimal real world fishing

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00:22:44

1H1D #182: Open Roads

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2024/07/11

Is this technically even a game?Developed by Open Roads Team and published by Annapurna Interactive, this walking simulator was randomly selected by the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button. As a consequence, Tom and Chris must dedicate an hour of their lives to begin unraveling the mystery centered on a skeleton in grandma's closet. Thankfully the skeleton is not literal, though the closet is, and so are a bunch of drawers and armoires and other such places that one's grandparents may elect to

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00:29:25

1H1D #181: Assassin's Creed: Origins

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2024/07/04

The franchise heads to ancient Egypt!This assassin sure does have a lot of creeds! There are so many, in fact, that the publisher gave up on numbering them. This particular entry is considered an action RPG and was developed by Ubisoft Montreal, though (to be fair) several of her sister studios had their hands in development as well. With a massive open environment to explore and tons of side missions to complete, our hosts will only just scratch the surface of its many offerings in their

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00:22:39

1H1D #180: Orcs Must Die! 3

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2024/06/27

The first two attempts clearly failed.Developed and published by Robot Entertainment, this fourth(!) entry in the action-tower defense franchise was randomly selected by the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button. Following their standard procedure, Tom and Chris must spend an hour behind the controls and then decide if they will continue playing afterwards. With Chris on the PC and Tom on the Xbox Series S, how divergent will their experiences be due to the genre? Will slaying countless hordes of

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00:26:41

1H1D #179: Immortals of Aveum

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2024/06/20

Trade in your bullets for magic missiles.Chris is pleased that he and Tom were tasked with an atypical first-person shooter for this episode. Developed as the debut title of Ascendant Studios, former Dead Space and Call of Duty game designers have taken those gun-toting mechanics and transformed them into firing magical spells instead. Were they successful in the conversion or was the essence lost in translation? We know Chris must be a little biased, but perhaps that will just balance out Tom's

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00:24:03

1H1D #178: The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales

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2024/06/13

Is this guy's head seriously a book?For this episode, the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has chosen the unconventional puzzle adventure game developed by Russian indie developer duo Do My Best! Our hosts step into the shoes of Etienne Quist, a writer that has lost his ability to write as punishment for his crimes. In order to free himself from his shackles, Etienne must dive into several works of fiction and recover the marvelous items contained within them. Curiously, this ability to

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00:32:50

1H1D #177: Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

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2024/06/06

Can we still call it random if Chris demands it?Determined to play a series in order, Chris has decided that this episode will focus on a certain action-adventure game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Xbox Game Studios. After being dispatched to play Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice for an earlier episode of the podcast, Chris found his first hour so enjoyable that he was motivated to finish the whole game! With the sequel now out and available to play on Game Pass, his desire was clear

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00:28:15

1H1D #176: Have a Nice Death

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2024/05/30

It seems bad until you consider the alternative.For this episode, the Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has selected the side-scrolling platformer with roguelite elements developed by Magic Design Studios! In this title, Death started by outsourcing the reaping of souls, but things got out of control quickly and now he finds himself buried in mountains of monotonous paperwork. Equipping your cloak and scythe, you step into the titular role and hack and slash your way through obstacles looking to

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00:23:34

1H1D #175: While the Iron's Hot

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2024/05/23

Sounds like you better strike...Looking for something different? The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has delivered with this crafting game developed by the newly-minted Bontemps Games and published by the prolific Humble Games. While it looks like a side-scrolling adventure game from yester-year, this title is surprisingly free of any combat. Instead, the entire game revolves around exploring and completing quests for various townsfolk, mostly by heading back to your forge and crafting the

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00:28:27

1H1D #174: GRID Legends

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2024/05/16

The fifth in the franchise! Who knew? The Xbox Game Pass "Surprise Me" button has put Tom and Chris behind the wheel once again, this time in Codemaster's 2022 racer. For the first time in franchise history, this model comes loaded with a story-focused career mode! Will suiting up as the curiously named Driver 22 complete the package, or will our hosts discover that those resources could have been better spent elsewhere? With over 100 vehicles to drive and over 130 tracks to race, there's no way

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00:19:23

1H1D #173: Harold Halibut

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2024/05/09

A fairly fishy mystery is afoot. For this episode, Tom and Chris take on the narrative adventure game developed and published by Slow Bros. The titular protagonist lives aboard a spaceship that fled Earth centuries ago seeking an idyllic new planet, but that dream died when the ship crashed on a decidedly subpar aquatic world. The chief scientist hasn't given up hope, though, and as her slow-witted lab assistant, you must do your best to help her turn things around. With an art style lifted from

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