Original Soundchat

THIS WEEK: Peter runs through an anti-utopian city through first-person parkour with Solar Fields' work in Mirror's Edge and Joe threads seven narratives together across seven time periods in a previously Japanese-exclusive RPG in Live A Live.

THIS WEEK: Joe creates the cat café of his dreams alongside other animals in a pastel-filled magical girl world with Slide20XX's work in Calico and Peter experiences deviancy as CyberLife androids start to think for themselves and gain civil rights in Detroit: Become Human.

THIS WEEK: Peter sails across open deserts to find his lineage and true connection to the Swarm alien hive with Ramin Djawadi's work in Gears 5 and Joe loads up on dual-wielded weapons to take new perspectives in shooting baddies in Contra III: The Alien Wars.

THIS WEEK: Joe investigates a serial killer case where the victims are missing their left eyes by going into dreams in AI: The Somnium Files and Peter decides whether to ally with or betray teammates in the Nonary Game after solving escape rooms with Ryoma Nakamura's work in Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward.

THIS WEEK: Joe and Peter strive to make Good Futures in the Rounds on Little Planet, along with the two totally different soundtracks that represent the adventure, with Naofumi Hataya and Spencer Nilsen's work in Sonic CD.

THIS WEEK: Joe attends funerals after battles for the creatures he summoned through metadata on CD-ROM discs in Monster Rancher 2 and Peter takes on the Y Twins in a beat-em-up sequel 26 years in the making with Olivier Deriviere's work in Streets of Rage 4.

THIS WEEK: Peter charges up racquet swings for special shots while avoiding the perils of gimmick courts in Mario Power Tennis and Joe swings for the fences in a tropical-themed baseball kingdom with Ayako Yamaguchi's work in Mario Super Sluggers.

THIS WEEK: Joe takes up the Belmont whip alongside some companions to stop the Count's notoriously fiendish crusade across Europe in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and Peter alters his appearance through morality while getting revenge for the death of his older sister with Danny Elfman's work in Fable II.

THIS WEEK: Joe explores 3D platforming in a land of dots and fruits to reclaim the haunted island of an escaped ghost king with David Logan's work in Pac-Man World 2.

THIS WEEK: Joe grabs his water gun and 3D glasses to save nearby citizens from ghoulish threats in Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Peter escapes prison through boss fights along with a mysterious man in a purple rabbit mask with Carpenter Brut's work in Furi.