OSC 64 - Where the Water Tastes Like Wine & Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Joe travels across the Great Depression United States as a skeleton to find stories in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and Peter didn't ask for the cyberpunk ethics of mechanical human augmentation with Michael McCann's work in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

TIME STAMPS:

2:50 - Composer Headlines

6:19 - GAME 1: WHERE THE WATER TASTES LIKE WINE

30:46 - Composer History: Ryan Ike

36:26 - Critical Track #1

38:17 - Critical Track #2

43:39 - Critical Track #3

45:20 - Critical Track #4

47:56 - Critical Track #5

49:49 - Cutting Room Floor

54:10 - Transition

55:37 - GAME 2: DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION

1:13:05 - Composer History: Michael McCann

1:21:40 - Critical Track #1

1:24:51 - Critical Track #2

1:27:29 - Critical Track #3

1:29:42 - Critical Track #4

1:31:54 - Critical Track #5

1:34:31 - Cutting Room Floor

1:40:52 - Outro

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OSC 63 - Shadow of the Colossus & Final Fantasy VII

THIS WEEK: Peter climbs large behemoths to bring a girl back to life with Kow Otani's work in Shadow of the Colossus and Joe sets the bar high for Japanese role-playing games by becoming an eco-terrorist in Final Fantasy VII.

TIME STAMPS

3:40 - Composer Headlines

7:37 - GAME 1: SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS

25:25 - Composer History: Kow Otani

29:57 - Critical Track #1

33:20 - Critical Track #2

36:16 - Critical Track #3

38:37 - Critical Track #4

41:30 - Critical Track #5

43:35 - Cutting Room Floor

48:57 - Transition

50:22 - GAME 2: FINAL FANTASY VII

1:28:50 - Composer History: Mitsuto Suzuki

1:31:52 - Critical Track #1

1:34:25 - Critical Track #2

1:36:15 - Critical Track #3

1:39:04 - Critical Track #4

1:41:46 - Critical Track #5

1:45:52 - Cutting Room Floor

1:54:22 - Outro

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OSC 62 - Initial D & Cowboy Bebop & Fate/Zero

THIS WEEK: Joe drives the Eight-Six as fast as he possibly can in Initial D, Peter takes bounties across the solar system for the almighty Woolong in Cowboy Bebop, and Matt battles in the Holy Grail War alongside his Servant with Yuki Kajiura's work in Fate/Zero.

TIME STAMPS:

3:12 - ANIME 1: INITIAL D

18:14 - Composer History: Dave Rodgers

20:53 - Critical Track #1

23:19 - Critical Track #2

25:33 - Critical Track #3

28:31 - Critical Track #4

30:38 - Critical Track #5

33:20 - Cutting Room Floor

39:44 - Transition

40:54 - ANIME 2: COWBOY BEBOP

52:47 - Composer History: Yoko Kanno

59:37 - Critical Track #1

1:02:36 - Critical Track #2

1:05:47 - Critical Track #3

1:08:18 - Critical Track #4

1:10:56 - Critical Track #5

1:13:08 - Cutting Room Floor

1:23:53 - Transition

1:24:43 - ANIME 3: FATE/ZERO

1:34:56 - Composer History: Yuki Kajiura

1:41:51 - Critical Track #1

1:45:12 - Critical Track #2

1:47:09 - Critical Track #3

1:49:32 - Critical Track #4

1:52:09 - Critical Track #5

1:55:37 - Cutting Room Floor

2:03:03 - Outro

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OSC 61 - Persona 5 & Persona Q

THIS WEEK: Peter becomes a Phantom Thief to change the hearts of corrupt adults in Persona 5 and Joe explores corridors and makes maps with an Etrian Odyssey flair with Toshiki Konishi's work in Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth.

TIME STAMPS:

3:55 - Composer Headlines

5:28 - GAME 1: PERSONA 5

31:07 - Composer History: Lyn Inaizumi

37:25 - Critical Track #1

40:24 - Critical Track #2

43:10 - Critical Track #3

45:48 - Critical Track #4

48:59 - Critical Track #5

51:39 - Cutting Room Floor

1:02:54 - Transition

1:04:31 - GAME 2: PERSONA Q: SHADOW OF THE LABYRINTH

1:25:26 - Composer History: Toshiki Konishi

1:30:03 - Critical Track #1

1:33:21 - Critical Track #2

1:36:02 - Critical Track #3

1:38:56 - Critical Track #4

1:40:52 - Critical Track #5

1:44:11 - Cutting Room Floor

1:51:08 - Outro

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OSC 60 - Animal Crossing: City Folk & Killer Instinct (2013)

THIS WEEK: Joe takes a bus into town to live out his simulated anthropomorphized life in Animal Crossing: City Folk and Peter delivers an Ultra Combo to the Xbox One's launch-exclusive fighting game with Robin Beanland's work in Killer Instinct (2013).

TIME STAMPS:

4:37 - Composer Headlines

5:28 - GAME 1: ANIMAL CROSSING: CITY FOLK

27:14 - Composer History: Shiho Fujii

32:11 - Critical Track #1

34:25 - Critical Track #2

36:42 - Critical Track #3

39:35 - Critical Track #4

42:46 - Critical Track #5

44:22 - Cutting Room Floor

49:55 - Transition

51:19 - GAME 2: KILLER INSTINCT (2013)

1:06:00 - Composer History: Robin Beanland

1:15:49 - Critical Track #1

1:18:19 - Critical Track #2

1:21:20 - Critical Track #3

1:23:37 - Critical Track #4

1:26:25 - Critical Track #5

1:28:55 - Cutting Room Floor

1:39:46 - Outro

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OSC 59 - Ori and the Blind Forest & Hollow Knight

THIS WEEK: Peter becomes a light spirit to use the power of elements to bring the forest back to life in Ori and the Blind Forest and Joe uses his nail sword to dive into Hallownest and deal with its bug denizens with Christopher Larkin's work in Hollow Knight.

TIME STAMPS:

2:08 - PAX East 2020 Stories

6:56 - Composer Headlines

13:01 - GAME 1: ORI AND THE BLIND FOREST

31:01 - Composer History: Gareth Coker

38:59 - Critical Track #1

41:48 - Critical Track #2

44:48 - Critical Track #3

47:36 - Critical Track #4

50:29 - Critical Track #5

52:46 - Cutting Room Floor

1:00:06 - Transition

1:01:07 - GAME 2: HOLLOW KNIGHT

1:22:06 - Composer History: Christopher Larkin

1:28:58 - Critical Track #1

1:31:06 - Critical Track #2

1:34:06 - Critical Track #3

1:37:21 - Critical Track #4

1:42:22 - Critical Track #5

1:44:17 - Cutting Room Floor

1:51:04 - Outro

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OSC 58 - Donkey Kong Country & Mass Effect 2

THIS WEEK: Joe goes bananas by platforming with 3D models that are compressed into 2D sprites in Donkey Kong Country and Peter comes back from the dead to build a spaceship crew and save humanity with Sam Hulick's work in Mass Effect 2.

TIME STAMPS:

2:53 - GAME 1: DONKEY KONG COUNTRY

26:53 - Composer History: Eveline Fischer

31:46 - Critical Track #1

33:54 - Critical Track #2

35:43 - Critical Track #3

39:05 - Critical Track #4

40:47 - Critical Track #5

44:06 - Cutting Room Floor

51:03 - Transition

52:33 - GAME 2: MASS EFFECT 2

1:12:33 - Composer History: Sam Hulick

1:18:37 - Critical Track #1

1:21:15 - Critical Track #2

1:24:13 - Critical Track #3

1:26:31 - Critical Track #4

1:30:16 - Critical Track #5

1:33:33 - Cutting Room Floor

1:42:35 - Outro

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OSC 57 - Mega Man X & Super Metroid

THIS WEEK: Peter runs and guns his way to hunt down Mavericks in Mega Man X and Joe explores the planet Zebes to reclaim a baby with Kenji Yamamoto's work in Super Metroid.

TIME STAMPS:

2:47 - Composer Headlines

5:47 - GAME 1: MEGA MAN X

21:21 - Composer History: Setsuo Yamamoto

26:30 - Critical Track #1

28:45 - Critical Track #2

30:59 - Critical Track #3

33:10 - Critical Track #4

35:49 - Critical Track #5

38:00 - Cutting Room Floor

43:35 - Transition

45:19 - GAME 2: SUPER METROID

1:04:24 - Composer History: Kenji Yamamoto

1:10:38 - Critical Track #1

1:12:37 - Critical Track #2

1:15:04 - Critical Track #3

1:17:10 - Critical Track #4

1:19:41 - Critical Track #5

1:22:45 - Cutting Room Floor

1:30:47 - Outro

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OSC 56 - Castlevania & Bayonetta

THIS WEEK: Joe whips monsters during a difficult quest to defeat Dracula in Castlevania and Peter channels the powers of the Umbra Witch to defeat the angels of Paradiso with Hiroshi Yamaguchi's work in Bayonetta.

TIME STAMPS:

1:44 - Composer Headlines

7:30 - GAME 1: CASTLEVANIA

25:25 - Composer History: Kinuyo Yamashita

30:11 - Critical Track #1

32:31 - Critical Track #2

34:27 - Critical Track #3

36:22 - Critical Track #4

38:40 - Critical Track #5

43:46 - Transition

44:51 - GAME 2: BAYONETTA

1:01:10 - Composer History: Hiroshi Yamaguchi

1:07:41 - Critical Track #1

1:10:10 - Critical Track #2

1:13:05 - Critical Track #3

1:16:36 - Critical Track #4

1:18:54 - Critical Track #5

1:20:33 - Cutting Room Floor

1:26:12 - Outro

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OSC 55 - Metal Gear Solid V & Pokémon Crystal

Peter sneaks through the flawless gameplay and the incomplete story in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Joe explores the region of Johto and the continuity of capturing monsters with Morikazu Aoki's work in Pokémon Crystal.

TIME STAMPS:

2:07 - GAME 1: METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

23:52 - Composer History: Ludvig Forssell

31:07 - Critical Track #1

33:33 - Critical Track #2

35:48 - Critical Track #3

38:09 - Critical Track #4

40:55 - Critical Track #5

45:31 - Cutting Room Floor

58:35 - Transition

59:50 - GAME 2: POKÉMON CRYSTAL

1:29:58 - Composer History: Morikazu Aoki

1:32:35 - Critical Track #1

1:35:31 - Critical Track #2

1:38:58 - Critical Track #3

1:41:10 - Critical Track #4

1:43:29 - Critical Track #5

1:47:19 - Cutting Room Floor

1:56:08 - Outro

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OSC 54 - Rhythm Heaven Fever & L.A. Noire

Joe obsesses over perfecting the timing of every single button press in Rhythm Heaven Fever and Peter turns over the criminal underbelly of 1940s Los Angeles with Andrew Hale's work in L.A. Noire.

TIME STAMPS:

2:21 - Composer Headlines

3:59 - GAME 1: RHYTHM HEAVEN FEVER

19:43 - Composer History: Mitsuo Terada

26:29 - Critical Track #1

28:56 - Critical Track #2

31:50 - Critical Track #3

33:49 - Critical Track #4

36:07 - Critical Track #5

39:21 - Cutting Room Floor

49:17 - Transition

50:23 - GAME 2: L.A. NOIRE

1:12:20 - Composer History: Andrew Hale

1:17:12 - Critical Track #1

1:19:12 - Critical Track #2

1:22:29 - Critical Track #3

1:24:37 - Critical Track #4

1:27:33 - Critical Track #5

1:29:37 - Cutting Room Floor

1:35:48 - Outro

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OSC 53 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Joe and Peter celebrate the podcast's one-year anniversary by reflecting on a top 10 list for the game that started their friendship and their love of video game music - Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

TIME STAMPS:

4:17 - SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL

24:10 - List of Arrangers

40:25 - Critical Track #10

44:21 - Critical Track #9

47:04 - Critical Track #8

50:42 - Critical Track #7

53:14 - Critical Track #6

56:25 - Critical Track #5

59:21 - Critical Track #4

1:02:35 - Critical Track #3

1:07:05 - Critical Track #2

1:09:55 - Critical Track #1

1:13:15 - Cutting Room Floor

1:28:32 - Outro

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OSC 52 - ActRaiser & Tetris Effect

Joe discovers his godly abilities of city simulation and action platforming in ActRaiser and Peter enters a flow state surrounded by falling tetrominoes with Noboru Mutoh's work in Tetris Effect.

TIME STAMPS:

1:51 - Composer Headlines

5:56 - GAME 1: ACTRAISER

21:42 - Composer History: Yuzo Koshiro

32:27 - Critical Track #1

34:26 - Critical Track #2

36:19 - Critical Track #3

37:56 - Critical Track #4

39:59 - Critical Track #5

41:40 - Cutting Room Floor

44:25 - Transition

45:29 - GAME 2: TETRIS EFFECT

1:01:36 - Composer History: Noboru Mutoh

1:08:57 - Critical Track #1

1:11:56 - Critical Track #2

1:14:12 - Critical Track #3

1:16:40 - Critical Track #4

1:19:24 - Critical Track #5

1:22:52 - Cutting Room Floor

1:27:57 - Outro

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OSC 51 - Gravity Rush & To the Moon

Peter discovers the ability to control the direction of how he falls in Gravity Rush and Joe experiments with fulfilling the wishes of those on their deathbed with Kan Gao's work in To the Moon.

TIME STAMPS:

4:16 - Top 10 Favorite Games of 2019

6:10 - GAME 1: GRAVITY RUSH

27:44 - Composer History: Kohei Tanaka

32:41 - Critical Track #1

35:34 - Critical Track #2

37:39 - Critical Track #3

40:04 - Critical Track #4

42:44 - Critical Track #5

46:09 - Cutting Room Floor

49:39 - Transition 50:51 - GAME 2: TO THE MOON

1:07:07 - Composer History: Kan Gao

1:11:34 - Critical Track #1

1:14:56 - Critical Track #2

1:17:30 - Critical Track #3

1:20:24 - Critical Track #4

1:25:09 - Critical Track #5

1:28:17 - Cutting Room Floor

1:34:51 - Outro

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OSC 50 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE & Xenoblade Chronicles X

Joe gets his start in the Japanese entertainment industry with Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem in Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE and Peter enters a Skell mech while vocals play to uncover the secrets of the planet Mira with Hiroyuki Sawano's work in Xenoblade Chronicles X.

TIME STAMPS:

2:35 - Composer Headlines

4:28 - GAME 1: TOKYO MIRAGE SESSIONS #FE

42:41 - Composer History: Yoshiaki Fujisawa

46:44 - Critical Track #1

49:14 - Critical Track #2

51:37 - Critical Track #3

53:14 - Critical Track #4

55:03 - Critical Track #5

57:24 - Cutting Room Floor

1:00:46 - Transition

1:01:54 - GAME 2: XENOBLADE CHRONICLES X

1:19:09 - Composer History: Hiroyuki Sawano

1:24:34 - Critical Track #1

1:26:30 - Critical Track #2

1:28:56 - Critical Track #3

1:32:26 - Critical Track #4

1:34:32 - Critical Track #5

1:37:05 - Cutting Room Floor

1:41:19 - Outro

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OSC 49 - Best Game OSTs of 2019

Joe and Peter present their combined list of the top 10 best game soundtracks of 2019.

TIME STAMPS:

2:38 - #10

9:16 - #9

16:46 - #8

22:53 - #7

29:18 - #6

37:07 - #5

43:58 - #4

51:10 - #3

58:04 - #2

1:05:36 - Honorable Mentions

1:21:13 - #1

1:29:43 - Goals for 2020

1:34:00 - Outro

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OSC 48 - Minit & Fez

Joe dies every sixty seconds to discover the secrets behind a cursed sword in Minit and Peter discovers the third dimension to unravel the cube-based mysteries of the world with Rich Vreeland's work in Fez.

TIME STAMPS:

2:13 - Composer Headlines

5:02 - GAME 1: MINIT

19:45 - Composer History: Juko Kallio

30:43 - Critical Track #1

32:42 - Critical Track #2

34:37 - Critical Track #3

36:22 - Critical Track #4

39:05 - Critical Track #5

41:36 - Cutting Room Floor

43:10 - Transition

44:40 - GAME 2: FEZ

58:15 - Composer History: Rich Vreeland

1:03:32 - Critical Track #1

1:06:44 - Critical Track #2

1:08:47 - Critical Track #3

1:11:15 - Critical Track #4

1:13:19 - Critical Track #5

1:16:04 - Cutting Room Floor

1:20:45 - Outro

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OSC 47 - Bravely Default & VOEZ

Peter awakens crystals while being floored by a soundtrack that is too good for its platform in Bravely Default and Joe navigates East-Asian music through a touch-based rhythm game with The Night Keepers' work in VOEZ.

TIME STAMPS:

3:54 - Composer Headlines

9:57 - GAME 1: BRAVELY DEFAULT

25:30 - Composer History: Yasuo "Revo" Kamanaka

35:15 - Critical Track #1

37:19 - Critical Track #2

39:50 - Critical Track #3

42:35 - Critical Track #4

45:33 - Critical Track #5

49:05 - Cutting Room Floor

54:34 - Transition

55:02 - GAME 2: VOEZ

1:12:47 - Composer History: The Night Keepers

1:18:18 - Critical Track #1

1:20:25 - Critical Track #2

1:23:15 - Critical Track #3

1:25:36 - Critical Track #4

1:28:54 - Critical Track #5

1:30:22 - Cutting Room Floor

1:35:38 - Outro

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OSC 46 - Final Fantasy X & Halo: Combat Evolved

Joe travels the land of Spira and the explores the mysteries of the Sphere Grid in Final Fantasy X and Peter becomes a Spartan with an AI at his side against the Covenant with Martin O'Donnell's work in Halo: Combat Evolved.

TIME STAMPS:

4:47 - Composer Headlines

6:48 - GAME 1: FINAL FANTASY X

43:54 - Composer History: Masashi Hamauzu

49:50 - Critical Track #1

52:07 - Critical Track #2

54:32 - Critical Track #3

57:17 - Critical Track #4

1:00:41 - Critical Track #5

1:02:52 - Cutting Room Floor

1:10:48 - Transition

1:12:09 - GAME 2: HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED

1:28:02 - Composer History: Martin O'Donnell

1:37:16 - Critical Track #1

1:41:46 - Critical Track #2

1:43:39 - Critical Track #3

1:46:00 - Critical Track #4

1:48:20 - Critical Track #5

1:50:36 - Cutting Room Floor

1:54:31 - Outro

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OSC 45 - Ōkami & The Unfinished Swan

Peter becomes a great wolf deity to bring an ink wash painted Nippon back to life in Ōkami and Joe throws ink around a white canvas to solve a painting's mystery with Joel Corelitz's work in The Unfinished Swan.

TIME STAMPS:

1:56 - GAME 1: ŌKAMI

22:26 - Composer History: Masami Ueda

28:35 - Critical Track #1

31:15 - Critical Track #2

33:45 - Critical Track #3

36:08 - Critical Track #4

38:10 - Critical Track #5

40:26 - Cutting Room Floor

44:18 - Transition

45:15 - GAME 2: THE UNFINISHED SWAN

58:46 - Composer History: Joel Corelitz

1:03:58 - Critical Track #1

1:05:50 - Critical Track #2

1:08:15 - Critical Track #3

1:10:41 - Critical Track #4

1:12:09 - Critical Track #5

1:14:09 - Cutting Room Floor

1:18:31 - Outro

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