Two Guys, One Video Game: Episode 10

Beasley Digital

4/17/2025

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00:00A revolution is a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way that something works.

00:04At Spexhoward School of Media Arts, we've been an active part of the media revolution for over 45 years.

00:10Even today, with our hybrid courses in graphic design, digital, or broadcast media arts,

00:14we recognize that not all of your time can be spent in the classroom.

00:18That's why our 12-month program requires only two days a week on campus,

00:22during the day or at night, and the rest is completed at home.

00:24Digital media is taking over, and whatever your passion may be,

00:28you can be a part of the revolution.

00:30Okay.

00:33Oh, dude, his fly's totally down.

00:35No, it's not.

00:37It is.

00:39Dude, that looks awesome.

00:40Oh, it's perfect.

00:41Great job, Jew.

00:42Uh-oh.

00:44The bomb line.

00:45The bomb line?

00:46Hello?

00:49Okay, we got this.

00:51James, a sick son of a bitch just dropped a bomb at the Rift.

00:54We gotta go defuse this bomb.

00:55Let's do it.

00:56Move out.

00:57Suit up.

01:00Somebody called about a bomb?

01:13You guys need to go check that out.

01:15Oh, my God, it's Rift Rockville, Kayla.

01:24Oh, she's the one who dropped the bomb.

01:26James, I'm in position.

01:27Oh, you're in position.

01:28Okay.

01:29Describe what you're seeing.

01:30Oh, my.

01:31I don't know.

01:32I haven't seen one of these in years.

01:35It's got some flaps.

01:36Flaps.

01:36Okay, big flaps, little flaps.

01:38No, like medium flaps.

01:40Okay, flaps.

01:41Okay.

01:41I don't see a button anywhere.

01:43I've never been able to find the button.

01:45I don't know what I'm doing, James.

01:47What else?

01:48Do you see anything else?

01:49There's another button.

01:50Another button?

01:51It's brown.

01:53The brown button?

01:54Yeah.

01:54Okay, Jesse.

01:55I don't think I should go near it.

01:57There's no wires on it, but...

01:59Well, it's really hairy.

02:02Okay, James, I'm really poking it.

02:05Am I going to die, James?

02:07I might have to come in and take a look at that.

02:09Five, four, three, two, one.

02:14Hey, what's up?

02:36It is James and Chuck the Freak, of course from Dave and Chuck the Freak, and two guys, one

02:41video game, this time we're going to review Keep Talking, and Nobody Explodes.

02:49Had to get that correct.

02:50What it is, what's a PC game that's available to play on Steam?

02:54Is that what it's called?

02:54Steam, yep, Steam.

02:55On Steam, you can download it onto a Mac and on PC, but essentially what it is, it's a puzzle

03:00game.

03:00It's a two-player puzzle game where you have to defuse a bomb, but in order to defuse the

03:04bomb, you have three to six or even maybe more little mini puzzles that you have to solve.

03:09But now the catch is only one person can see the bomb and the puzzles, and the other person

03:15can only see the bomb defusing a manual.

03:20So then you guys have to communicate amongst yourselves to describe the bomb, describe the

03:25puzzle, and then the other person has to take that information from the person who sees the

03:29bomb and use that to navigate them through the puzzles and the mazes and the different

03:33things to actually defuse the bomb.

03:35Which is way harder than you could ever imagine.

03:40You know, we've played it a few times now, and James seemed to be much better at the actual

03:46reading of information and translating it to me than I was, because I was like getting

03:52us blown up countless numbers of times, because I was like, I don't know, it's red wire, and

03:59when you had the manual, we definitely blew up way more times than when I had the manual.

04:04So, but it's difficult, because the puzzles are, I think when you first start playing, you're

04:09not familiar with the puzzle, you don't really know exactly what's going to happen, and you

04:14don't really know where to look in the manual.

04:16It's not like all spelled out to you, it's more like, here's the concept, here's the game,

04:21here's the manual, go have fun.

04:23Yeah.

04:23And actually, it is a lot of fun.

04:25It was fun.

04:26It was a blast, like trying to figure out the stuff, and then there was one where the person

04:31has to navigate you through a maze, and we were looking at the wrong coordinates to figure

04:35out which maze we actually were in, so we ended up blowing up.

04:40We also ended up blowing up, there's like a Simon game, you know, where you gotta hit the

04:43colors and remember, well there's like different ways to put the codes in, and we couldn't figure

04:47that out, and we blew up.

04:49Yeah, but the coolest one was when we solved a bomb with one second left.

04:55Literally one second.

04:56So it felt like, it almost felt like a movie.

04:58Yeah.

04:58We were like pumped, I was like, oh, we live!

05:02I feel like this game should open up doors or lead the way to other companies that are

05:06trying to teach team building skills.

05:09Dude, this mustache is making me sneeze!

05:12It looks good on you.

05:13Yeah, matches your eyebrows real nice.

05:15Thanks.

05:16Yeah, you look very handsome.

05:19Companies should use this game as a basis to like build, like teamwork.

05:23Team building!

05:23Yeah, it's like a big team building exercise.

05:26You know, I could see a bunch of people sort of playing it together.

05:29Yeah.

05:29You know?

05:29It could be a good party game, you know, because people always break off into the little

05:33clicks of the party, and you'd have the game that are available, so people might sit

05:37down and play it.

05:37I personally, I would love to play it, like, if I was going on a trip and I'm traveling,

05:41I got on the airplane, and I put...

05:43Okay, well, airplane may be not the best thing, but to me, it's a great game to use to kill

05:48some time.

05:49Cut the wire of the bomb, James!

05:51Yeah, that might actually get you arrested or get your flights, you'd have to take an

05:56emergency landing.

05:57So maybe playing it on a plane is not the best idea.

06:00As for something I could see maybe being bad with the game, don't you feel like it could

06:07get repetitive?

06:08Yes.

06:08Maybe you'd play this game three or four times, but then...

06:12Yeah, you'll know the puzzles, and it'll be quick and easy to where you'll remember,

06:16okay, I have a blue button that says abort, I know that I have to click on it and wait

06:20for, like, the light to turn yellow and then stop it at a certain time within the countdown.

06:25But I will say that you can tell online, like, when you get the manual, it has a certain

06:30number, and they're obviously going to update the manual and update the bombs, and that

06:36way the game will continuously change.

06:38But it is sort of...

06:39It's kind of like playing a board game, you know?

06:44Yeah, very much so.

06:45It's a certain style of game.

06:47It's a digitally electronic board game, kind of.

06:50Which, I hate board games.

06:51Like, I don't want to sit around and play Monopoly, I don't want to play Uno, I don't want to

06:55play those games, okay?

06:57Like, but this version of a board game, I love.

07:00It's a fun game.

07:01I'm glad they tweeted it to the show for us to actually review it.

07:06And try out and play.

07:07I'm glad to have it on my computer.

07:09Like, it's a fun game.

07:10Yeah, plus I got the manual for free, because I printed it all off at work.

07:13Woo!

07:14So take that.

07:15Don't say that.

07:15Or you can also play the manual on your phone, iPad, whatever.

07:19It's there digitally, it's there for you to print out.

07:22You just go to the website, bombmanual, or something like that, like .com, and it's right

07:26there for you.

07:28Yeah, so listen, we love reviewing these games.

07:31We love that you're checking them out.

07:32And if you have any ideas for Two Guys, One Video Game, send us an email, daveandchuckthefreak.com.

07:41You want to send that email to daveandchuckthefreak at wrf.com.

07:44What did I just say?

07:46daveandchuckthefreak.com.

07:47Oh.

07:47You put them to the website.

07:49I don't really know what I'm doing.

07:50You're not going to be able to actually, you can find the email there.

07:53Yeah.

07:53You know, email us.

07:55You want to redo the outro?

07:57No.

07:57No?

07:58Okay.

07:59Well, that's it for this edition of Two Guys, One Video Game, and we'll see you soon with

08:05the next video game review.

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