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THIS WEEK: Peter travels through Unova to battle with truth and ideals alongside 156 new creatures in Pokémon Black & White and Joe grabs his trusty Belmont whip to take on Dracula with the help of a 12-year-old girl with Tomoko Sano's work in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.

THIS WEEK: Joe points and clicks through a creepy mansion on Super Famicom in order to avoid the Scissorman in Clock Tower and Peter changes careers from a defense attorney to a private detective while solving a serial murder case in Kamurocho with Saori Yoshida's work in Judgment.

THIS WEEK: Peter transcends history and the world with a tale of swords and souls eternally retold in Soulcalibur II and Joe gets hyped to play extreme Pong through the framing of a fighting game with Klaus Veen's work in Lethal League Blaze.

THIS WEEK: Joe takes on the mantle of The Fool to battle the divine arcana alongside pop music with Daniel Olsén's work in Sayonara Wild Hearts and Peter explores planetary platforming physics while changing gravity to grab Power Stars in Super Mario Galaxy.

THIS WEEK: Peter takes the fight against the Aparoids to the ground while his team covers with Arwings in Star Fox: Assault and Joe grabs his camera gear to capture 63 creatures on film throughout the world in Ikuko Mimori's work in Pokémon Snap.

THIS WEEK: Joe makes hot drinks for the fantasy creatures that frequent his Seattle bar in Coffee Talk and Peter learns how to solve Picross puzzles while solving murder mysteries with Masakazu Sugimori and Rod Thomas' work in Murder by Numbers.

Joe and Peter present their combined list of the top 10 best game soundtracks of 2018.

THIS WEEK: Peter watches over the world regeneration quest of becoming an angel through real-time combat in Tales of Symphonia and Joe strings together as many Game Boy Advances and link cables as possible through "world music" with Kumi Tanioka's work in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

THIS WEEK: Joe takes on all challengers in a beat-em-up twist on the damsel-in-distress formula in River City Girls and Peter slows down time to reflect bullets and eliminate all enemies in the room with Bill Kiley's work in Katana Zero.

THIS WEEK: Peter achieves antigravity while inside of a customized vehicle with the best selling game on two Nintendo consoles in Mario Kart 8 and Joe speeds along a hellishly surreal track in pursuit of a giant head with Brian Gibson's work in Thumper.

THIS WEEK: Joe makes a globe-trotting adventure across many kingdoms to reclaim their bridal treasures in Super Mario Odyssey and Peter discovers the secrets of a post-apocalyptic world while clashing with mechanical animals with Joris de Man's work in Horizon Zero Dawn.

THIS WEEK: Peter assembles the largest fighting game roster ever made at the time alongside controversial jazz in Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes and Joe battles characters from Persona 3 & 4 in a new genre spinoff for the franchise with Atsushi Kitajoh's work in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.

THIS WEEK: Joe tangles with the criminal underworld with a game that presents itself as an interactive movie in Late Shift and Peter explores platforming in virtual reality alongside a PlayStation 4 tutorial character with Kenneth Young's work in ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission.

THIS WEEK: Peter gains electrical superpowers and must decide to use them for good or evil in inFAMOUS and Joe collects missing pages from a legendary thief book to restore his family's legacy with Ashif Hakik's work in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus.

THIS WEEK: Joe solves a murder mystery in what is essentially the video game version of The Room's quirkiness in Deadly Premonition and Peter speeds into the seventh generation of consoles with a development story that slowed down the blue blur with Tomoya Ohtani's work in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

THIS WEEK: Peter lives the swashbuckling life of a Caribbean pirate in the eighteenth century to stop Templar plots in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Joe uses a mystical pocket watch to learn the puzzling fates of sixty crew members with Lucas Pope's work in Return of the Obra Dinn.

THIS WEEK: Joe jumps and shoots through eight robot masters with one of the best NES adventures in Mega Man 2 and Peter learns about classic Japanese anime characters in a Wii fighting crossover with Akihiko Narita's work in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.

THIS WEEK: Peter seizes the call for adventure and searches for pirate treasure alongside the brother he thought was dead in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Joe collects Wumpa Fruits in the 3D platformer that gave PlayStation its first big mascot character with Josh Mancell's work in Crash Bandicoot.

THIS WEEK: Joe becomes the Warrior of Light to use Hydaelyn's powers and defend Eorzea from the Primals in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and Peter explores eight stories throughout Orsterra that ultimately converge in a new coat of paint on a classic formula with Yasunori Nishiki's work in Octopath Traveler.

THIS WEEK: Peter discovers the grim fates of cursed family members while exploring a house with playable vignettes in What Remains of Edith Finch and Joe retreats to the woods to find that a simple lookout job has unsettling complications with Chris Remo's work in Firewatch.

THIS WEEK: Joe dances to turn into animals and save genies from turning evil in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and Peter wields a future-sight sword to continue the war that rages on the backs of two titanic gods with Tomori Kudo's work in Xenoblade Chronicles.

THIS WEEK: Peter jumps into a TV and fights through the fog to solve a murder mystery in Persona 4 and Joe needs to raise his stats and find a date for the big event of the school year with Messer Chups' work in Monster Prom.

THIS WEEK: Joe enters a world of claymation to explore a traditional point-and-click adventure in The Neverhood and Peter tries to impress a flower girl through the basics of rap and rhythm with Masaya Matsuura's work in PaRappa the Rapper.

THIS WEEK: Peter dons the animal mask to take out the Russian mafia with synthwave ultraviolence in Hotline Miami and Joe creates characters to use omnipotence and have them suffer unfortunate fates with Steve Jablonsky's work in The Sims 3.

THIS WEEK: Joe has three days to awaken four giants and save the world from a crashing moon in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and Peter jumps off of his bird in the sky to save a friend has fallen to the surface below with Hajime Wakai's work in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.