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THIS WEEK: Peter adds dialog trees to revolutionize the point-and-click adventure genre in a pirate adventure through the SCUMM Engine with Michael Land's work in The Secret of Monkey Island.

THIS WEEK: Joe tries to remember his past as a detective while running a range of skill checks and unraveling what's going on in the poverty-ridden district of Martinaise with British Sea Power's work in Disco Elysium.

THIS WEEK: Peter shoots some more ink as a squid during turf wars in a sequel on a much bigger console install base with Splatoon 2 and Joe directs three teens to leave their country so they can be free from an authoritarian government before election day with The Toxic Avenger's work in Road 96.

THIS WEEK: Joe reads a tale about opening doors through time to explore why an idyllic mansion has a terrible curse with Yusuke Tsutsumi's work in The House in Fata Morgana and Peter descends into the underwater city of Rapture to uncover its terrible fate in BioShock.

THIS WEEK: Peter swings out of Harlem with Insomniac's tighter superhero experience at the launch of the PlayStation 5 in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Joe summons his stand to a 3D fighting game featuring characters from a manga franchise across eight parts with Chikayo Fukuda's work in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle.

THIS WEEK: Joe explores the relationship of star-crossed lovers who have fled The Apiary to crash on the uninhabited planet of Source with Danger's work in Haven and Peter delivers packages to connect the apocalyptic United Cities of America to the Chiral Network in Death Stranding.

THIS WEEK: Peter spirals into the annual American football franchise with an installment that was simultaneously its high and low point with Sam Spence's work in Madden NFL 06 and Joe dons a suit of armor in an absurdly difficult lance-throwing arcade platformer in Ghosts 'n Goblins.

THIS WEEK: Joe explores a world powered by salt and designed by hand to fuse Souls-like and Castlevania gameplay with James Silva's work in Salt and Sanctuary.

THIS WEEK: Peter gets blazing with the hard-rock reset for beginners in the original stylish 2D anime fighting game series with Daisuke Ishiwatari's work in Guilty Gear Strive and Joe brings creatures of the night together to have them battle for supremacy and how to name a franchise in Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.

THIS WEEK: Joe slashes his way through a first-person dungeon crawler that has touch-based controls in combat with Yamantaka // Sonic Titan's work in Severed and Peter follows the story of Drivers and Blades searching for the power of the Aegis in the world of Alrest in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.