Original Soundchat

THIS WEEK: Peter uses a legendary sword to unseal eight seeds and change the world in Secret of Mana and Joe performs The Rites through strategic wizard basketball with Ashley Barrett's work in Pyre.

Joe travels across the Great Depression United States as a skeleton to find stories in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and Peter didn't ask for the cyberpunk ethics of mechanical human augmentation with Michael McCann's work in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

THIS WEEK: Peter climbs large behemoths to bring a girl back to life with Kow Otani's work in Shadow of the Colossus and Joe sets the bar high for Japanese role-playing games by becoming an eco-terrorist in Final Fantasy VII.

THIS WEEK: Joe drives the Eight-Six as fast as he possibly can in Initial D, Peter takes bounties across the solar system for the almighty Woolong in Cowboy Bebop, and Matt battles in the Holy Grail War alongside his Servant with Yuki Kajiura's work in Fate/Zero.

THIS WEEK: Peter becomes a Phantom Thief to change the hearts of corrupt adults in Persona 5 and Joe explores corridors and makes maps with an Etrian Odyssey flair with Toshiki Konishi's work in Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth.

THIS WEEK: Joe takes a bus into town to live out his simulated anthropomorphized life in Animal Crossing: City Folk and Peter delivers an Ultra Combo to the Xbox One's launch-exclusive fighting game with Robin Beanland's work in Killer Instinct (2013).

THIS WEEK: Peter becomes a light spirit to use the power of elements to bring the forest back to life in Ori and the Blind Forest and Joe uses his nail sword to dive into Hallownest and deal with its bug denizens with Christopher Larkin's work in Hollow Knight.

THIS WEEK: Joe goes bananas by platforming with 3D models that are compressed into 2D sprites in Donkey Kong Country and Peter comes back from the dead to build a spaceship crew and save humanity with Sam Hulick's work in Mass Effect 2.

THIS WEEK: Peter runs and guns his way to hunt down Mavericks in Mega Man X and Joe explores the planet Zebes to reclaim a baby with Kenji Yamamoto's work in Super Metroid.

THIS WEEK: Joe whips monsters during a difficult quest to defeat Dracula in Castlevania and Peter channels the powers of the Umbra Witch to defeat the angels of Paradiso with Hiroshi Yamaguchi's work in Bayonetta.

Peter sneaks through the flawless gameplay and the incomplete story in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Joe explores the region of Johto and the continuity of capturing monsters with Morikazu Aoki's work in Pokémon Crystal.

Joe obsesses over perfecting the timing of every single button press in Rhythm Heaven Fever and Peter turns over the criminal underbelly of 1940s Los Angeles with Andrew Hale's work in L.A. Noire.

Joe and Peter celebrate the podcast's one-year anniversary by reflecting on a top 10 list for the game that started their friendship and their love of video game music - Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Joe discovers his godly abilities of city simulation and action platforming in ActRaiser and Peter enters a flow state surrounded by falling tetrominoes with Noboru Mutoh's work in Tetris Effect.

Peter discovers the ability to control the direction of how he falls in Gravity Rush and Joe experiments with fulfilling the wishes of those on their deathbed with Kan Gao's work in To the Moon.

Joe gets his start in the Japanese entertainment industry with Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem in Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE and Peter enters a Skell mech while vocals play to uncover the secrets of the planet Mira with Hiroyuki Sawano's work in Xenoblade Chronicles X.

Joe and Peter present their combined list of the top 10 best game soundtracks of 2019.

Joe dies every sixty seconds to discover the secrets behind a cursed sword in Minit and Peter discovers the third dimension to unravel the cube-based mysteries of the world with Rich Vreeland's work in Fez.

Peter awakens crystals while being floored by a soundtrack that is too good for its platform in Bravely Default and Joe navigates East-Asian music through a touch-based rhythm game with The Night Keepers' work in VOEZ.

Joe travels the land of Spira and the explores the mysteries of the Sphere Grid in Final Fantasy X and Peter becomes a Spartan with an AI at his side against the Covenant with Martin O'Donnell's work in Halo: Combat Evolved.

Peter becomes a great wolf deity to bring an ink wash painted Nippon back to life in Ōkami and Joe throws ink around a white canvas to solve a painting's mystery with Joel Corelitz's work in The Unfinished Swan.

Joe and Peter take a Thanksgiving break from dissecting game soundtracks and the critical five songs within them, in order to answer some questions that have been asked by listeners

Peter manages the pre-launch hype and rights management that comes with the fate of two worlds in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (and its Ultimate re-release) and Joe goes head-to-head with the Japanese crime series' best villain in the Dragon of Kansai with Norihiko Hibino's work in Yakuza 2 (and its Kiwami remake).

Joe relishes in the game concept of his dreams with a Pocket Monsters fighting game in Pokkén Tournament and Peter explores the worldwide phenomenon of the first video game he owned with Junichi Masuda's work in Pokémon Red & Blue.

Peter dives into the open world of the Western frontier in order to see his family again in Red Dead Redemption and Joe joins stealthy anthropomorphic animal friends to retrieve robotic owl body parts with Peter McConnell's work in Sly 2: Band of Thieves.