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THIS WEEK: Joe runs into nostalgia with twenty years of a classic and modern hedgehog in Sonic Generations and Peter visits an amusement park in space to free enslaved Wisps with Kenichi Tokoi's work in Sonic Colors.

THIS WEEK: Peter is a kid now and then is subsequently a squid now with Nintendo's entry into multiplayer shooters in Splatoon and Joe assumes the role of six medical professionals to stop the deadly Rosalia epidemic with Ben Franklin's work in Trauma Team.

THIS WEEK: Joe falls into a deep sleep and grows wings to find a portal home with Béatrice Martin's work in Child of Light and Peter eliminates Mongol invaders while struggling with the samurai code of ethics in Ghost of Tsushima.

THIS WEEK: Peter gathers fragments of a light spirit while trying to find a lost baby owl friend with Kristin Naigus' work in Ori and the Will of the Wisps.

THIS WEEK: Joe manages his very own theme park while also enjoying the thrill rides with Alistair Lindsay's work in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.

THIS WEEK: Peter turns into a wolf and teams up with an imp to rid Hyrule of a dark force in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Joe works out with the Ring-con in an exercise-focused RPG with Shinji Ushiroda's work in Ring Fit Adventure.

THIS WEEK: Joe gets really tired as he tries to awaken sleeping Disney worlds with Tsuyoshi Sekito's work in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and Peter saves the titular ape with the side-scrolling SNES monkey-platforming sequel in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.

THIS WEEK: Peter jumps on the mascot platformer craze as an armored opossum with a jetpack in Rocket Knight Adventures and Joe plays noir-set minigames with a paranoid scaly child's family members with 2 Mello's work in Later Alligator.

THIS WEEK: Joe crawls through dungeons to the beat of the music alongside a singing shopkeeper in Crypt of the NecroDancer and Peter grinds through the Musou game that crosses over with The Legend of Zelda with Masato Koike's work in Hyrule Warriors.

THIS WEEK: Peter ends the Human-Covenant war at the cultural apex of Microsoft's first-person shooter series in Halo 3 and Joe changes camera perspectives to challenge a third-person shooter roguelike that increases in difficulty over time with Chris Christodoulou's work in Risk of Rain 2.

THIS WEEK: Joe retrieves a family heirloom by throwing evil pig wizards into bags with Harumi Fujita's work in Tomba! and Peter takes the pitch in a post-apocalyptic world of angry Mushroom Kingdom megastrikes in Mario Strikers Charged.

THIS WEEK: Peter plunges into Gensokyo in the bullet hell shooter about eliminating an evil red mist with Jun'ya Ota's work in Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and Joe opens up his own store to pay off a debt while exploring dungeons for supplies to sell in Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale.

THIS WEEK: Joe designs 3D characters and homes through defining the life simulation game genre in The Sims 2 and Peter collects gems as a little dragon that just wants to save his frozen friends with Stewart Copeland's work in Spyro the Dragon.

THIS WEEK: Peter blasts his arsenal and collects bolts in a remake that is a retelling of an animated Hollywood movie in Ratchet & Clank (2016) and Joe becomes an astronaut to explore the secrets of the universe in a 22-minute time loop with Andrew Prahlow's work in Outer Wilds.

THIS WEEK: Joe returns from a three million day exile to discover who committed mass murder in Perfect 25 with Barry Topping's work in Paradise Killer and Peter is trapped inside Hope's Peak Academy with a killing game run by a sadistic bear in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

THIS WEEK: Peter is trapped inside a theater while drawing maps and meeting too many characters on his way out in Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth and Joe fires up his Gun-PC while recruiting demons as a member of the Spookies with Toshiko Tasaki's work in Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers.

THIS WEEK: Joe dives into the world of Bionicle as the Chronicler in a point-and-click Flash adventure game with Justin Luchter's work in Mata Nui Online Game and Peter uncovers crooked schemes in the Land of the Dead as a travel agent in Grim Fandango.

THIS WEEK: Peter assumes the role of Commander Shepard one more time to unite the galaxy and stop the Reapers in Mass Effect 3 and Joe kicks really hard as the beast in the cave who will topple Mr. Sunshine's capitalism with Calum Bowen's work in Pikuniku.

THIS WEEK: Joe fights the Las Plagas parasite while protecting the president's daughter with Misao Senbongi's work in Resident Evil 4 and Peter teams up bear and bird to collect music notes and puzzle pieces to stop a rhyming witch in Banjo-Kazooie.

THIS WEEK: Peter goes on a road trip with some friends to reclaim his rightful throne from a hostile imperial takeover in Final Fantasy XV and Joe travels to the tropical Alola region to become the area's first ever champion with Minako Adachi's work in Pokémon Sun & Moon.

THIS WEEK: Joe goes on a quest to save his daughter from a dark illness caused by a post-apocalyptic magical spinoff in NieR and Peter discovers a super suit to improve his slithery self in a quest to defeat the evil Queen Slug-For-A-Butt with Tommy Tallarico's work in Earthworm Jim.

THIS WEEK: Peter hops inside a plasma-powered race car to overcome the intense stakes of the Grand Prix at frenetic speeds in F-Zero GX and Joe works it out by racing along and exploring classic Sega platforming levels to vocal pop tunes with Richard Jacques' work in Sonic R.

THIS WEEK: Joe interprets an ancient language while exploring a distant nebula in Heaven's Vault and Peter discovers the Chozo ruins on Tallon IV in a first-person perspective with Kouichi Kyuma's work in Metroid Prime.

THIS WEEK: Peter shifts from a Terminator real-time adventure game to a side-scrolling shooter in Journey to Silius and Joe draws pictures with an NES directional pad while playing mini-games with Tim Follin's work in Pictionary.

THIS WEEK: Joe inherits a farm that requires maintenance while also discovering Heart Events with a lucky gal in Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Peter acquires boons from the Greek pantheon to endlessly try and escape the depths of the Underworld with Daisuke Kurosawa's work in Hades.