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THIS WEEK: Joe explores the relationship of star-crossed lovers who have fled The Apiary to crash on the uninhabited planet of Source with Danger's work in Haven and Peter delivers packages to connect the apocalyptic United Cities of America to the Chiral Network in Death Stranding.

THIS WEEK: Peter spirals into the annual American football franchise with an installment that was simultaneously its high and low point with Sam Spence's work in Madden NFL 06 and Joe dons a suit of armor in an absurdly difficult lance-throwing arcade platformer in Ghosts 'n Goblins.

THIS WEEK: Joe explores a world powered by salt and designed by hand to fuse Souls-like and Castlevania gameplay with James Silva's work in Salt and Sanctuary.

THIS WEEK: Peter gets blazing with the hard-rock reset for beginners in the original stylish 2D anime fighting game series with Daisuke Ishiwatari's work in Guilty Gear Strive and Joe brings creatures of the night together to have them battle for supremacy and how to name a franchise in Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.

THIS WEEK: Joe slashes his way through a first-person dungeon crawler that has touch-based controls in combat with Yamantaka // Sonic Titan's work in Severed and Peter follows the story of Drivers and Blades searching for the power of the Aegis in the world of Alrest in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

THIS WEEK: Peter runs through an anti-utopian city through first-person parkour with Solar Fields' work in Mirror's Edge and Joe threads seven narratives together across seven time periods in a previously Japanese-exclusive RPG in Live A Live.

THIS WEEK: Joe creates the cat café of his dreams alongside other animals in a pastel-filled magical girl world with Slide20XX's work in Calico and Peter experiences deviancy as CyberLife androids start to think for themselves and gain civil rights in Detroit: Become Human.

THIS WEEK: Peter sails across open deserts to find his lineage and true connection to the Swarm alien hive with Ramin Djawadi's work in Gears 5 and Joe loads up on dual-wielded weapons to take new perspectives in shooting baddies in Contra III: The Alien Wars.

THIS WEEK: Joe investigates a serial killer case where the victims are missing their left eyes by going into dreams in AI: The Somnium Files and Peter decides whether to ally with or betray teammates in the Nonary Game after solving escape rooms with Ryoma Nakamura's work in Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward.

THIS WEEK: Joe and Peter strive to make Good Futures in the Rounds on Little Planet, along with the two totally different soundtracks that represent the adventure, with Naofumi Hataya and Spencer Nilsen's work in Sonic CD.

THIS WEEK: Joe attends funerals after battles for the creatures he summoned through metadata on CD-ROM discs in Monster Rancher 2 and Peter takes on the Y Twins in a beat-em-up sequel 26 years in the making with Olivier Deriviere's work in Streets of Rage 4.

THIS WEEK: Peter charges up racquet swings for special shots while avoiding the perils of gimmick courts in Mario Power Tennis and Joe swings for the fences in a tropical-themed baseball kingdom with Ayako Yamaguchi's work in Mario Super Sluggers.

THIS WEEK: Joe takes up the Belmont whip alongside some companions to stop the Count's notoriously fiendish crusade across Europe in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and Peter alters his appearance through morality while getting revenge for the death of his older sister with Danny Elfman's work in Fable II.

THIS WEEK: Joe explores 3D platforming in a land of dots and fruits to reclaim the haunted island of an escaped ghost king with David Logan's work in Pac-Man World 2.

THIS WEEK: Joe grabs his water gun and 3D glasses to save nearby citizens from ghoulish threats in Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Peter escapes prison through boss fights along with a mysterious man in a purple rabbit mask with Carpenter Brut's work in Furi.

THIS WEEK: Peter questions if love can bloom on the battlefield while sneaking through Shadow Moses Island in Metal Gear Solid and Joe creates a video game to get back at his employer and woo the girl of his dreams with Keiichi Sugiyama's work in Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada.

THIS WEEK: Peter drives forklifts and activates quick time events while asking neighbors what they witnessed when Lan Di changed everything with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi's work in Shenmue.

THIS WEEK: Peter breaks out the motion-controlled pack-in title that revolutionized house parties with bowling and other activities in Wii Sports and Joe hunts for a story on Snaktooth Island involving a Grumpus expedition team and the nearby critters with Kero Kero Bonito's work in Bugsnax.

THIS WEEK: Joe shows his new sentient flower friend the perfect day so he can see his grandmother again with TOW's work in Sumire and Peter steps out onto Hyrule Field with a fairy in order to keep the Triforce out of Ganondorf's evil clutches in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

THIS WEEK: Peter concludes the original courtroom-based trilogy with a showdown against a prosecutor that holds a deep love for black coffee with Yoshihiko Ando's work in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations.

THIS WEEK: Joe finds himself in an alternate timeline where he has been dead for ten years in what is explicitly not a sequel to a legendary game with Noriko Mitose's work in Chrono Cross.

THIS WEEK: Peter creates havoc in the streets of Agrabah to foil Jafar's magic lamp ambitions in Disney's Aladdin and Joe returns to Halloween Town to deal with the return of an insect-filled sentient burlap sack with Kengo Hagiwara's work in The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge.

THIS WEEK: Joe copies abilities in the installment that truly defined the pink puffball's characteristics in Kirby's Adventure and Peter uncovers what happened when the townspeople of Yaughton encountered a pattern of light with Jessica Curry's work in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

THIS WEEK: Peter uses physics to pass some fundamental tests under the watchful eye of a sinister AI with Kelly Bailey's work in Portal and Joe searches for the meaning of home while trying to discover the motives behind the queen of Alexandria in Final Fantasy IX.

THIS WEEK: Joe wakes up in the ruined high-tech world of Sudra to revive the giant mechanical guardians known as the Rusalki with Thomas Happ's work in Axiom Verge and Peter does a barrel roll and rumbles along from Corneria to Venom to stop the evil Andross in Star Fox 64.