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One two, Freddy's coming for you, three four, better lock your door.  Five.. er... wrong scary movie!  Our intrepid hosts decided to brave the new Friday the 13th game available on Steam.  A little bit of information on the game from it's Wikipedia entry:

Friday the 13th: The Game is a survival horrorvideo game developed by IllFonic, and published by Gun Media. It is based on the film franchise of the same name owned by Paramount Pictures. It was released on May 26, 2017[1] for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game is an asymmetrical multiplayer game, pitting up to seven players controlling Camp Crystal Lake counselors against one player controlling Jason Voorhees. It is a semi-open world game, with players able to explore it further.[2]

The excitement started right off the bat as Joker was able to play as Jason right away.  He tried his best but wasn't very successful.  Then came the dry spell where none of our hosts were able to be Jason.  It also meant there was a lot of high pitched screaming and general skittishness as our hosts become Jason fodder over and over.  Our hosts probably played 4-5 games in a row where they all died one right after the other.  They aren't too good at being Councillors.  In fact, most of the time aCe could be seen on the Facebook stream spending most of his time hiding away in random places instead of running around trying to find items and survive.
The premise of the game is that up to 8 Councillors are trying to work semi-together to save themselves from the random player who was chosen to be Jason.  There are special items littered across the landscape that can be used to accomplish this.  Keys, gas, and battery to use for the car.  Pipe wrenches, bats, shotguns, pots and pans among many other items to use for protection.  And of course what game wouldn't be complete without bear traps to use along with flare guns and fireworks to distract Jason from choking the life out of you.  Or breaking your back.  Or ramming a metal pipe through your skull or any other number of ways he can kill you.
Once the game gets going there's not a TON of action, but you are on the edge of your seat the entire time.  The sound track significantly helps with that, and adds random "kill,kill,kill" sounds randomly through out the round to make sure that you're on the edge of your seat and wits.
All in all, our hosts had a great time, and I'm sure there will be another future episode of this game!

In this episode of Two Dudes 1P, our hosts initially decided to do some alien catching in Elite Dangerous.  However after noticing that it would be between 30 to 80 jumps to get to the area where aliens have been seen, it was quickly decided to instead buggy around on a planet.
A bit about Elite: Dangerous from the Wikipedia entry:

Elite: Dangerous is a space adventure, trading, and combat simulation video game developed and published by Frontier Developments. 

So, while trying to land Jahner managed to blow up is ship crash landing, and when he finally did land, he did the one thing you really shouldn't do... Shoot the drones.  That led to our hosts being chased away from their ships, Jahner loosing his buggy, and then loosing another ship because it crashed into the planet after being damaged from the drones.  All while aCe laughed!
After they played some Elite: Dangerous they decided to play some Star Citizen.  A little bit about the game from their Wikipedia entry:

Star Citizen is an upcoming space sim video game for Microsoft Windows and Linux.
A strong focus will be placed on player interaction, with player behavior influencing and being influenced by a dynamic economy system.[12]

So our hosts decided to play some space mode stuff, where they fight wave's of enemies.  Initially it was pretty fun, but they quickly realized their starter ships barely damaged the enemy ships.  They also noticed that the AI of the enemy ships was a little wonky at times, where they would only fly in circles.
All in all, it wasn't the most exciting episode, but it's one for the books, and gets our hosts back on the track of recording!

In this episode of TwoDudes1P our intrepid hosts are once again joined by Zer0. They decided to play some Black Desert Online. A little bit about the game from the Wikipedia entry:
 
Black Desert Online (Korean: 검은사막) is a sandbox-oriented massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Korean video game developer Pearl Abyss.[1][2] The game has been in development since 2010, and entered closed beta testing (CBT) in October 2013.[3][4][5][6]Black Desert Online uses Pearl Abyss' own "Black Desert" engine specifically created to handle the fast rendering required for its seamless world and large-scale castle sieges.[7][8] It was released in Korea in 2014, Japan and Russia in 2015, and North America and Europe in 2016. Black Desert Online uses a free-to-play model in Korea, Japan and Russia,[1][9][10] while in Europe and North America the game uses a buy-to-play model.
This episode starts out with everybody making fun of aCe's in game name of "Ahsteen" because his normal choice of "Astien" was already taken. Of course an episode wouldn't be complete without Jahner almost immediately becoming separated from the group. Of course, aCe wasn't much better, as about 20 minutes into the show, he forgot that we had already started. Shortly thereafter the adventurers discovered that the horses didn't' have all the pieces that they were supposed to have in the undercarriage area. That was quickly followed up by a couple great references to "rims" and other such great things.
After a bunch of standing around, our gamers decided to finally go and kill some mobs. Of course that leads to some pretty quick deaths and rescues from the veteran player Zero. All in all, a great time was had, and this is another episode you don't want to miss!

In this 2nd Episode of Season 2, our intrepid explorers, and their special guests "Zero" and "Concentus" decided to revisit Ark: Survival Evolved.  There was tons of fun to be had as our hosts guest Zero hadn't played Ark at all before.  Of course, our hosts had to teach her how to Poop on command which in turn led to its own 15 minutes of shenanigans.  Jahner was always getting separated and dying, Zero was running around trying to figure out how to put clothes on, and Concentus was the first person to have all the things before everybody since he's so hardcore.
Our hosts have played this game before, last season and that episode can be viewed here: [Season 1: Bro's before Dino's].  This game continues to get better and better with every update.   Although currently there is some issues floating around with a lawsuit.  Here's an excerpt from a Kotaku article which can be found here:  Game Studios Enter Legal Battle Over The Making Of Ark: Survival Evolved

In court filings obtained by Kotaku this week, Trendy’s lawyers allege that Stieglitz had violated contractual agreements not to compete with his former company and “not to solicit Trendy employees.” They also accuse Wildcard of “tortious interference” with those contractual agreements, claiming that these acts “have had a devastating impact on Trendy’s business” and arguing that Ark is directly competing with Dungeon Defenders both for players and developer talent.
The lawsuit, which is ongoing, is filled with allegations about Stieglitz and his involvement with Ark: Survival Evolved. Wildcard’s leadership has denied that Stieglitz played a major role in the game’s creation, but Trendy argues otherwise, and they’ve filed for “injunctive relief and damages” in the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida. On April 27, the court will hear arguments on Trendy’s most recent motion, which asks for a temporary injunction until the case is settled. If granted, the injunction could temporarily halt development on Ark: Survival Evolved and even force Wildcard to pull the game from Steam as the lawsuit continues.

Either way we hope things work out as this has been one of our hosts more favorite games to play.  Check out the links below to see all the action!

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!  That's right the boys are back, and better than ever!  In this first episode of the second season the boys sat down and played some Need For Speed: Most Wanted.  A little bit of info about the game from Wikipedia:  

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is set in an open world environment. The game takes on the gameplay style of the first Most Wanted title in the Need for Speed franchise. Most Wanted allows players to select one car and compete against other racers in three types of events: Sprint races, which involves traveling from one point of the city to another, Circuit races, each having two or three laps total and Speed runs, which involve traversing through a course in the highest average speed possible. There are also Ambushraces, where the player starts surrounded by cops and must evade their pursuit as quickly as possible.

Overall they had a fun time, but compared to some of the other racing games out there, the different modes seemed to be limited.  That didn't stop them however, from crashing into each other over and over, and doing some crazy stunts.  Overall the crew had a fun time as usual, and you should enjoy the show!
 

In this season finale episode of Two Dudes One Podcast, our trio of hosts decided two things.  1.  Play for a couple of hours since it's going to the season finale episode. 2.  Play one or more of their favorite games from this past season.  Well, the vote was unanimous and the game was GTA V.

When a young street hustler, a retired bank robber and a terrifying psychopath find themselves entangled with some of the most frightening and deranged elements of the criminal underworld, the U.S. government and the entertainment industry, they must pull off a series of dangerous heists to survive in a ruthless city in which they can trust nobody, least of all each other.

While their former GTA V episode was not the most fast paced episode, it did keep our hosts busy, and entertained the most.  That was the deciding factor for all three of our hosts when decidding what game to play for the night.  Right off the bat, our hosts earned a quick 3 stars by killing some innocent bystanders, and subsequently the cops that showed up thereafter.  It was then decided to drive around and stay alive as long as possible.  Best line of the night comes right in the start of the show from Jahner; "Oh Shit, swat cars with people on the side!".  Between multiple deaths, squad cars stuck in walls, a couple of cheaters on one server, and death by flare gun, this is an exciting episode you won't want to miss.