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THIS WEEK: Peter dons the cowl to make tough choices with Gotham's first season of a point-and-click adventure in Batman: The Telltale Series and Joe mysteriously finds himself in the world of Ivalice and struggles with the idea of returning home with Hitoshi Sakimoto's work in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.

THIS WEEK: Joe ventures into Lordran with the influentially bleak and brutal action game that created its own subgenre in Dark Souls and Peter bounces on a cane like a pogo stick to increase his wealth with Hiroshige Tonomura's work in DuckTales.

THIS WEEK: Peter treads the path of the World Warrior in a heavily influential 2D fighting game with Isao Abe's work in Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Joe brawls in 3v3 team combat before tag fighting games hit the scene in The King of Fighters '95.

THIS WEEK: Joe loads his mind into Vitalia to interact with spirits in a virtual reality-inspired visual novel with Chase Bethea's work in < /Reality > and Peter gushes over cartridge lock-on technology while uncovering one of game music's most legendary stories with the King of Pop in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

THIS WEEK: Joe and Peter celebrate the podcast's three-year anniversary by reflecting on a top 10 list for a game in the series that started their friendship and their love of video game music - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

THIS WEEK: Joe mashes up everyone's favorite monster collecting franchise with a strategy RPG about historical Japanese warfare in Pokémon Conquest and Peter travels to the Orre region to free creatures with corrupted hearts through double battles and no wild encounters with Tsukasa Tawada's work in Pokémon Colosseum.

THIS WEEK: Peter takes the reins of an iconic first-person shooter franchise to push it into a new generation without its original creators with Neil Davidge's work in Halo 4.

THIS WEEK: Joe starts a rhythmic rock revolution in a city that is taken over by EDM with Andy Tunstall's work in No Straight Roads and Peter discovers the subgenre of character action to fill his dark soul with light in Devil May Cry.

THIS WEEK: Peter becomes a Shardbinder to reimagine Castlevania gameplay through a Kickstarter-backed spiritual successor with Keisuke Ito's work in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Joe needs to find things to do at home when a downpour ruins the day's plans in Rainy Season.

THIS WEEK: Joe and Peter present their combined list of the top 10 best game soundtracks of 2021