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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.