OSC 181 - Calico & Detroit: Become Human

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.

TIME STAMPS:

5:21 - Composer Headlines

12:06 - GAME 1: CALICO

18:19 - Composer History: Slide20XX

21:17 - Critical Track #1

23:34 - Critical Track #2

25:45 - Critical Track #3

27:34 - Critical Track #4

29:23 - Critical Track #5

31:23 - Cutting Room Floor

35:38 - Transition

37:04 - GAME 2: DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN

57:38 - Composer History: Philip Sheppard

1:02:38 - Critical Track #1

1:06:49 - Critical Track #2

1:09:15 - Critical Track #3

1:12:52 - Critical Track #4

1:15:56 - Critical Track #5

1:19:18 - Cutting Room Floor

1:26:35 - Outro

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OSC 180 - Gears 5 & Contra III: The Alien Wars

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.

TIME STAMPS:

4:20 - Composer Headlines

14:07 - GAME 1: GEARS 5

31:18 - Composer History: Ramin Djawadi

38:49 - Critical Track #1

41:07 - Critical Track #2

43:32 - Critical Track #3

45:49 - Critical Track #4

50:09 - Critical Track #5

52:06 - Cutting Room Floor

56:45 - Transition

57:51 - GAME 2: CONTRA III: THE ALIEN WARS

1:11:58 - Composer History: Miki Higashino

1:15:40 - Critical Track #1

1:18:35 - Critical Track #2

1:20:35 - Critical Track #3

1:22:43 - Critical Track #4

1:24:56 - Critical Track #5

1:27:23 - Cutting Room Floor

1:32:33 - Outro

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OSC 179 - AI: The Somnium Files & Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

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.

TIME STAMPS:

4:44 - Composer Headlines

9:32 - GAME 1: AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES

29:05 - Musician History: Nao Shiraki

31:40 - Critical Track #1

34:47 - Critical Track #2

37:54 - Critical Track #3

40:35 - Critical Track #4

43:31 - Critical Track #5

47:55 - Cutting Room Floor

53:44 - Transition

55:02 - GAME 2: ZERO ESCAPE: VIRTUE'S LAST REWARD

1:19:56 - Composer History: Ryoma Nakamura

1:25:36 - Critical Track #1

1:28:46 - Critical Track #2

1:32:14 - Critical Track #3

1:35:34 - Critical Track #4

1:38:05 - Critical Track #5

1:41:06 - Cutting Room Floor

1:48:41 - Outro

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OSC 178 - Sonic CD (JP & US)

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.

TIME STAMPS:

6:45 - GAME: SONIC CD

28:53 - JP Composer History: Naofumi Hataya

34:45 - Critical Track #1

37:42 - Critical Track #2

40:25 - Critical Track #3

44:23 - Critical Track #4

47:11 - Critical Track #5

50:07 - Cutting Room Floor

1:00:53 - Transition

1:02:11 - US Composer History: Spencer Nilsen

1:11:32 - Critical Track #1

1:15:31 - Critical Track #2

1:18:59 - Critical Track #3

1:21:34 - Critical Track #4

1:24:19 - Critical Track #5

1:27:21 - Cutting Room Floor

1:36:40 - Outro

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OSC 177 - Monster Rancher 2 & Streets of Rage 4

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.

TIME STAMPS:

5:49 - Composer Headlines

14:59 - GAME 1: MONSTER RANCHER 2

34:01 - Composer History: Yutaka Fujishima

35:59 - Critical Track #1

38:33 - Critical Track #2

41:12 - Critical Track #3

43:37 - Critical Track #4

46:01 - Critical Track #5

48:33 - Cutting Room Floor

54:03 - Transition

55:41 - GAME 2: STREETS OF RAGE 4

1:09:21 - Composer History: Olivier Deriviere

1:17:22 - Critical Track #1

1:19:51 - Critical Track #2

1:22:23 - Critical Track #3

1:24:59 - Critical Track #4

1:27:41 - Critical Track #5

1:30:03 - Cutting Room Floor

1:38:26 - Outro

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OSC 176 - Mario Power Tennis & Mario Super Sluggers

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.

TIME STAMPS:

4:20 - Composer Headlines

14:51 - GAME 1: MARIO POWER TENNIS

29:01 - Musician History: Masaaki Uno

32:31 - Critical Track #1

35:13 - Critical Track #2

37:43 - Critical Track #3

40:41 - Critical Track #4

43:21 - Critical Track #5

45:30 - Cutting Room Floor

51:57 - Transition

53:24 - GAME 2: MARIO SUPER SLUGGERS

1:11:07 - Composer History: Ayako Yamaguchi

1:14:07 - Critical Track #1

1:16:58 - Critical Track #2

1:19:32 - Critical Track #3

1:22:24 - Critical Track #4

1:25:38 - Critical Track #5

1:28:07 - Cutting Room Floor

1:33:27 - Outro

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OSC 175 - Castlevania III & Fable II

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.

TIME STAMPS:

6:14 - Composer Headlines

14:57 - GAME 1: CASTLEVANIA III: DRACULA'S CURSE

26:14 - Composer History: Hidenori Maezawa

32:49 - Critical Track #1

35:33 - Critical Track #2

37:37 - Critical Track #3

39:48 - Critical Track #4

42:10 - Critical Track #5

44:23 - Cutting Room Floor

52:05 - Transition

53:21 - GAME 2: FABLE II

1:09:43 - Composer History: Danny Elfman

1:19:41 - Critical Track #1

1:23:06 - Critical Track #2

1:25:56 - Critical Track #3

1:28:07 - Critical Track #4

1:30:34 - Critical Track #5

1:32:58 - Cutting Room Floor

1:39:05 - Outro

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OSC 174 - Pac-Man World 2

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.

TIME STAMPS:

4:08 - GAME: PAC-MAN WORLD 2

11:21 - Composer History: David Logan

13:10 - Critical Track #1

14:58 - Critical Track #2

16:28 - Critical Track #3

18:22 - Critical Track #4

19:50 - Critical Track #5

21:37 - Cutting Room Floor

25:19 - Outro

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OSC 173 - Zombies Ate My Neighbors & Furi

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.

TIME STAMPS:

4:04 - Composer Headlines

14:09 - GAME 1: ZOMBIES ATE MY NEIGHBORS

26:16 - Composer History: Joe McDermott

32:23 - Critical Track #1

35:05 - Critical Track #2

37:53 - Critical Track #3

39:36 - Critical Track #4

41:49 - Critical Track #5

43:57 - Cutting Room Floor

49:43 - Transition

51:01 - GAME 2: FURI

1:02:37 - Composer History: Carpenter Brut

1:08:11 - Critical Track #1

1:11:19 - Critical Track #2

1:13:59 - Critical Track #3

1:16:56 - Critical Track #4

1:20:03 - Critical Track #5

1:23:38 - Cutting Room Floor

1:29:41 - Outro

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OSC 172 - Metal Gear Solid & Dandy Dungeon

THIS WEEK: Peter questions if love can bloom on the battlefield while sneaking through Shadow Moses Island in Metal Gear Solid and Joe creates a video game to get back at his employer and woo the girl of his dreams with Keiichi Sugiyama's work in Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada.

TIME STAMPS:

5:17 - Composer Headlines

12:39 - GAME 1: METAL GEAR SOLID

30:40 - Composer History: Tappi Iwase

36:47 - Critical Track #1

39:46 - Critical Track #2

42:41 - Critical Track #3

45:28 - Critical Track #4

48:33 - Critical Track #5

51:29 - Cutting Room Floor

57:46 - Transition

59:03 - GAME 2: DANDY DUNGEON: LEGEND OF BRAVE YAMADA

1:11:12 - Composer History: Keiichi Sugiyama

1:14:02 - Critical Track #1

1:16:48 - Critical Track #2

1:19:06 - Critical Track #3

1:21:11 - Critical Track #4

1:23:54 - Critical Track #5

1:26:21 - Cutting Room Floor

1:31:48 - Outro

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OSC 171 - Shenmue

THIS WEEK: Peter drives forklifts and activates quick time events while asking neighbors what they witnessed when Lan Di changed everything with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi's work in Shenmue.

TIME STAMPS:

3:40 - Composer Headlines

6:57 - GAME 1: SHENMUE

22:42 - Composer History: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

30:19 - Critical Track #1

32:43 - Critical Track #2

34:51 - Critical Track #3

37:19 - Critical Track #4

39:38 - Critical Track #5

41:28 - Cutting Room Floor

45:33 - Outro

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OSC 170 - Wii Sports & Bugsnax

THIS WEEK: Peter breaks out the motion-controlled pack-in title that revolutionized house parties with bowling and other activities in Wii Sports and Joe hunts for a story on Snaktooth Island involving a Grumpus expedition team and the nearby critters with Kero Kero Bonito's work in Bugsnax.

TIME STAMPS:

5:32 - Composer Headlines

14:34 - GAME 1: WII SPORTS

33:07 - Musician History: Taro Bando

39:15 - Critical Track #1

42:19 - Critical Track #2

44:26 - Critical Track #3

47:37 - Critical Track #4

50:39 - Critical Track #5

53:37 - Cutting Room Floor

1:01:00 - Transition

1:02:04 - GAME 2: BUGSNAX

1:14:11 - Composer History: Kero Kero Bonito

1:18:49 - Critical Track #1

1:21:46 - Critical Track #2

1:23:55 - Critical Track #3

1:26:53 - Critical Track #4

1:29:41 - Critical Track #5

1:32:18 - Cutting Room Floor

1:38:27 - Outro

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OSC 169 - Sumire & Ocarina of Time

THIS WEEK: Joe shows his new sentient flower friend the perfect day so he can see his grandmother again with TOW's work in Sumire and Peter steps out onto Hyrule Field with a fairy in order to keep the Triforce out of Ganondorf's evil clutches in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

TIME STAMPS:

7:31 - Composer Headlines

10:31 - GAME 1: SUMIRE

18:36 - Composer History: TOW

21:17 - Critical Track #1

23:38 - Critical Track #2

26:20 - Critical Track #3

29:26 - Critical Track #4

33:01 - Critical Track #5

36:04 - Cutting Room Floor

40:27 - Transition

42:37 - GAME 2: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME

1:03:55 - Musician History: Taizo Takemoto

1:12:44 - Critical Track #1

1:15:36 - Critical Track #2

1:18:34 - Critical Track #3

1:21:23 - Critical Track #4

1:24:26 - Critical Track #5

1:27:14 - Cutting Room Floor

1:38:44 - Outro

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OSC 168 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations

THIS WEEK: Peter concludes the original courtroom-based trilogy with a showdown against a prosecutor that holds a deep love for black coffee with Yoshihiko Ando's work in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations.

TIME STAMPS:

2:49 - Composer Headlines

5:04 - GAME 1: PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY - TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

22:51 - Musician History: Yoshihiko Ando

28:02 - Critical Track #1

30:03 - Critical Track #2

32:09 - Critical Track #3

34:22 - Critical Track #4

36:23 - Critical Track #5

38:08 - Cutting Room Floor

43:43 - Outro

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OSC 167 - Chrono Cross

THIS WEEK: Joe finds himself in an alternate timeline where he has been dead for ten years in what is explicitly not a sequel to a legendary game with Noriko Mitose's work in Chrono Cross.

TIME STAMPS:

3:50 - Composer Headlines

8:40 - GAME 1: CHRONO CROSS

33:05 - Musician History: Noriko Mitose

37:42 - Critical Track #1

39:35 - Critical Track #2

41:26 - Critical Track #3

43:05 - Critical Track #4

44:54 - Critical Track #5

48:08 - Cutting Room Floor

52:20 - Outro

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OSC 166 - Disney's Aladdin & Oogie's Revenge

THIS WEEK: Peter creates havoc in the streets of Agrabah to foil Jafar's magic lamp ambitions in Disney's Aladdin and Joe returns to Halloween Town to deal with the return of an insect-filled sentient burlap sack with Kengo Hagiwara's work in The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge.

TIME STAMPS:

4:37 - GAME 1: DISNEY'S ALADDIN

16:14 - Composer History: Donald Griffin

21:43 - Critical Track #1

24:25 - Critical Track #2

27:20 - Critical Track #3

29:56 - Critical Track #4

32:57 - Critical Track #5

35:55 - Cutting Room Floor

41:18 - Transition

42:48 - GAME 2: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: OOGIE'S REVENGE

52:40 - Composer History: Kengo Hagiwara

54:55 - Critical Track #1

58:05 - Critical Track #2

1:00:34 - Critical Track #3

1:03:23 - Critical Track #4

1:05:53 - Critical Track #5

1:08:21 - Cutting Room Floor

1:13:32 - Outro

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OSC 165 - Kirby's Adventure & Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

THIS WEEK: Joe copies abilities in the installment that truly defined the pink puffball's characteristics in Kirby's Adventure and Peter uncovers what happened when the townspeople of Yaughton encountered a pattern of light with Jessica Curry's work in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

TIME STAMPS:

4:17 - Composer Headlines

8:46 - GAME 1: KIRBY'S ADVENTURE

24:26 - Composer History: Hirokazu Ando

27:21 - Critical Track #1

29:15 - Critical Track #2

31:39 - Critical Track #3

33:42 - Critical Track #4

36:29 - Critical Track #5

39:42 - Cutting Room Floor

43:33 - Transition

44:48 - GAME 2: EVERYBODY'S GONE TO THE RAPTURE

56:44 - Composer History: Jessica Curry

1:03:42 - Critical Track #1

1:06:46 - Critical Track #2

1:09:31 - Critical Track #3

1:12:56 - Critical Track #4

1:15:24 - Critical Track #5

1:18:10 - Cutting Room Floor

1:24:12 - Outro

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OSC 164 - Portal & Final Fantasy IX

THIS WEEK: Peter uses physics to pass some fundamental tests under the watchful eye of a sinister AI with Kelly Bailey's work in Portal and Joe searches for the meaning of home while trying to discover the motives behind the queen of Alexandria in Final Fantasy IX.

TIME STAMPS:

4:28 - Composer Headlines

11:00 - GAME 1: PORTAL

31:39 - Composer History: Kelly Bailey

34:28 - Critical Track #1

37:28 - Critical Track #2

39:59 - Critical Track #3

43:28 - Critical Track #4

46:14 - Critical Track #5

51:09 - Cutting Room Floor

57:59 - Transition

59:01 - GAME 2: FINAL FANTASY IX

1:22:07 - Musician History: Emiko Shiratori

1:26:34 - Critical Track #1

1:29:04 - Critical Track #2

1:32:12 - Critical Track #3

1:34:14 - Critical Track #4

1:36:50 - Critical Track #5

1:40:04 - Cutting Room Floor

1:49:36 - Outro

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OSC 163 - Axiom Verge & Star Fox 64

THIS WEEK: Joe wakes up in the ruined high-tech world of Sudra to revive the giant mechanical guardians known as the Rusalki with Thomas Happ's work in Axiom Verge and Peter does a barrel roll and rumbles along from Corneria to Venom to stop the evil Andross in Star Fox 64.

TIME STAMPS:

3:38 - Composer Headlines

11:53 - GAME 1: AXIOM VERGE

19:15 - Composer History: Thomas Happ

20:43 - Critical Track #1

23:25 - Critical Track #2

26:01 - Critical Track #3

27:53 - Critical Track #4

29:58 - Critical Track #5

31:40 - Cutting Room Floor

35:02 - Transition

36:07 - GAME 2: STAR FOX 64

54:00 - Composer History: Satomi Terui

56:19 - Critical Track #1

58:22 - Critical Track #2

1:01:21 - Critical Track #3

1:03:49 - Critical Track #4

1:06:28 - Critical Track #5

1:09:53 - Cutting Room Floor

1:21:05 - Outro

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OSC 162 - Batman: The Telltale Series & Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

THIS WEEK: Peter dons the cowl to make tough choices with Gotham's first season of a point-and-click adventure in Batman: The Telltale Series and Joe mysteriously finds himself in the world of Ivalice and struggles with the idea of returning home with Hitoshi Sakimoto's work in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.

TIME STAMPS:

7:37 - GAME 1: BATMAN: THE TELLTALE SERIES

24:01 - Composer History: Jared Emerson-Johnson

27:54 - Critical Track #1

31:06 - Critical Track #2

33:24 - Critical Track #3

35:48 - Critical Track #4

39:31 - Critical Track #5

41:53 - Cutting Room Floor

46:12 - Transition

47:23 - GAME 2: FINAL FANTASY TACTICS ADVANCE

1:02:35 - Composer History: Hitoshi Sakimoto

1:09:48 - Critical Track #1

1:12:20 - Critical Track #2

1:14:28 - Critical Track #3

1:16:56 - Critical Track #4

1:19:30 - Critical Track #5

1:22:00 - Cutting Room Floor

1:27:22 - Outro

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