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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).