OSC 201 - Demon Turf & Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

THIS WEEK: Joe wants to topple the Demon King by exuding attitude and shooting fire from his fits with M.R. Miller's work in Demon Turf and Peter gets tangled up in an intergalactic battle for Faith Energy on the way to pay a fine in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.

TIME STAMPS:

7:05 - GAME 1: DEMON TURF

17:36 - Composer History: M.R. Miller

19:41 - Critical Track #1

22:24 - Critical Track #2

24:19 - Critical Track #3

27:32 - Critical Track #4

29:24 - Critical Track #5

33:58 - Cutting Room Floor

38:15 - Transition

39:13 - GAME 2: MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

54:46 - Composer History: Steve Szczepkowski

1:04:18 - Critical Track #1

1:07:05 - Critical Track #2

1:09:25 - Critical Track #3

1:11:31 - Critical Track #4

1:14:06 - Critical Track #5

1:16:45 - Cutting Room Floor

1:22:02 - Outro

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OSC 200 - Best Game OSTs of the 2010s

THIS WEEK: Joe and Peter present their combined list of the top 10 best game soundtracks of the 2010s, as informed by surveyed fan voting regarding games from 2010-2019

TIME STAMPS:

4:42 - #10

11:35 - #9

18:14 - #8

25:10 - #7

32:08 - #6

39:38 - #5

46:13 - #4

52:55 - #3

1:00:23 - #2

1:08:07 - Honorable Mentions

1:28:22 - Honorable Honorable Mentions

1:38:56 - #1

1:47:07 - Q/A

1:58:04 - Outro

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OSC 199 - Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver & Pokémon X/Y

THIS WEEK: Joe reimagines the Generation II heritage of Johto with a best friend following along on Nintendo DS in Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver and Peter steps into the third dimension of Kalos and Generation VI on 3DS with Hideaki Kuroda's work in Pokémon X & Y.

TIME STAMPS:

5:30 - Composer Headlines

13:47 - GAME 1: POKÉMON HEARTGOLD & SOULSILVER

36:17 - Composer History: Takuto Kitsuta

39:26 - Critical Track #1

42:35 - Critical Track #2

46:15 - Critical Track #3

49:00 - Critical Track #4

51:43 - Critical Track #5

54:33 - Cutting Room Floor

1:08:45 - Transition

1:09:55 - GAME 2: POKÉMON X & Y

1:26:49 - Musician History: Hideaki Kuroda

1:31:02 - Critical Track #1

1:33:33 - Critical Track #2

1:35:38 - Critical Track #3

1:37:38 - Critical Track #4

1:40:15 - Critical Track #5

1:42:28 - Cutting Room Floor

1:53:35 - Outro

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OSC 198 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla & Embracelet

THIS WEEK: Peter raids Saxon cities to build up his Viking establishment of Ravensthorpe in Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Joe discovers the history of a magical family heirloom through the exploration of a Norwegian town with Mattis Folkestad's work in Embracelet.

TIME STAMPS:

6:18 - Composer Headlines

12:09 - GAME 1: ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA

34:23 - Composer History: Einar Selvik

40:04 - Critical Track #1

43:44 - Critical Track #2

47:26 - Critical Track #3

49:48 - Critical Track #4

52:29 - Critical Track #5

55:30 - Cutting Room Floor

1:02:47 - Transition

1:03:43 - GAME 2: EMBRACELET

1:09:47 - Composer History: Mattis Folkestad

1:12:02 - Critical Track #1

1:14:42 - Critical Track #2

1:17:38 - Critical Track #3

1:19:44 - Critical Track #4

1:21:58 - Critical Track #5

1:24:08 - Cutting Room Floor

1:30:07 - Outro

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OSC 197 - No Man's Sky

THIS WEEK: Peter mines for materials in a procedurally generated universe that experiences a disastrous debut and a remarkable rebirth with 65daysofstatic's work in No Man's Sky.

TIME STAMPS:

3:09 - GAME: NO MAN'S SKY

20:14 - Composer History: 65daysofstatic

25:24 - Critical Track #1

28:04 - Critical Track #2

30:20 - Critical Track #3

32:34 - Critical Track #4

34:32 - Critical Track #5

36:30 - Cutting Room Floor

41:19 - Outro

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OSC 196 - Bayonetta 2 & Lone Survivor

THIS WEEK: Peter hits the climax again to find the Gates of Hell amidst chaos to save a dear friend in Bayonetta 2 and Joe finds inspiration from that town as he makes his way through a city full of disgusting monsters with Jasper Byrne's work in Lone Survivor.

TIME STAMPS:

6:14 - Composer Headlines

14:42 - GAME 1: BAYONETTA 2

28:50 - Composer History: Naofumi Harada

32:14 - Critical Track #1

35:37 - Critical Track #2

38:24 - Critical Track #3

41:20 - Critical Track #4

44:15 - Critical Track #5

46:25 - Cutting Room Floor

52:10 - Transition

53:30 - GAME 2: LONE SURVIVOR

1:03:54 - Composer History: Jasper Byrne

1:08:43 - Critical Track #1

1:11:07 - Critical Track #2

1:13:05 - Critical Track #3

1:14:55 - Critical Track #4

1:16:50 - Critical Track #5

1:18:55 - Cutting Room Floor

1:24:40 - Outro

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OSC 195 - Haunting Ground & Persona 5 Royal

THIS WEEK: Joe guides a dog through a survival horror journey while being objectified by the creepy inhabitants of a castle with Seiko Kobuchi's work in Haunting Ground and Peter takes your heart with the addition of a third semester to the Phantom Thieves' definitive experience in Persona 5 Royal.

TIME STAMPS:

6:11 - GAME 1: HAUNTING GROUND

26:23 - Composer History: Seiko Kobuchi

30:52 - Critical Track #1

33:41 - Critical Track #2

36:17 - Critical Track #3

39:23 - Critical Track #4

42:25 - Critical Track #5

44:59 - Cutting Room Floor

51:20 - Transition

52:38 - GAME 2: PERSONA 5 ROYAL

1:07:19 - Musician History: Shigeo Komori

1:12:01 - Critical Track #1

1:15:29 - Critical Track #2

1:18:45 - Critical Track #3

1:21:20 - Critical Track #4

1:24:28 - Critical Track #5

1:28:11 - Cutting Room Floor

1:39:34 - Outro

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OSC 194 - Famicom Detective Club II

THIS WEEK: Joe solves the mystery of a murdered high school girl and the possible connection to a rumored ghostly entity that appears at night with Takeshi Abo's work in Famicom Detective Club II: The Girl Who Stands Behind.

TIME STAMPS:

1:23 - Composer Headlines

4:28 - GAME: FAMICOM DETECTIVE CLUB II: THE GIRL WHO STANDS BEHIND

19:49 - Musician History: Takeshi Abo

24:59 - Critical Track #1

26:33 - Critical Track #2

28:20 - Critical Track #3

30:21 - Critical Track #4

31:53 - Critical Track #5

33:52 - Cutting Room Floor

38:28 - Outro

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OSC 193 - Milk Inside/Outside a Bag of Milk & Overwatch

THIS WEEK: Joe helps a sad girl buy some dairy from the grocery store with Nikita Kryukov's work in Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk & Milk Outside a Bag of Milk Outside a Bag of Milk and Peter brings heroes together to deliver the payload and open lootboxes in Overwatch.

TIME STAMPS:

5:41 - Composer Headlines

13:44 - GAME 1: MILK INSIDE/OUTSIDE A BAG OF MILK

25:12 - Musician History: Nikita Kryukov

28:05 - Critical Track #1

30:46 - Critical Track #2

32:39 - Critical Track #3

35:13 - Critical Track #4

37:14 - Critical Track #5

40:42 - Critical Track #6

42:46 - Cutting Room Floor

48:18 - Transition

49:47 - GAME 2: OVERWATCH

1:10:46 - Composer History: Derek Duke

1:14:36 - Critical Track #1

1:17:40 - Critical Track #2

1:20:20 - Critical Track #3

1:22:40 - Critical Track #4

1:25:28 - Critical Track #5

1:27:36 - Cutting Room Floor

1:37:58 - Outro

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OSC 192 - The Secret of Monkey Island

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.

TIME STAMPS:

2:52 - GAME 1: THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND

17:00 - Composer History: Michael Land

21:55 - Critical Track #1

24:22 - Critical Track #2

26:23 - Critical Track #3

28:34 - Critical Track #4

30:32 - Critical Track #5

32:35 - Cutting Room Floor

37:17 - Outro

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OSC 191 - Disco Elysium

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.

TIME STAMPS:

4:46 - GAME 1: DISCO ELYSIUM

26:04 - Composer History: British Sea Power

29:20 - Critical Track #1

31:27 - Critical Track #2

33:35 - Critical Track #3

36:05 - Critical Track #4

40:24 - Critical Track #5

42:34 - Cutting Room Floor

48:17 - Outro

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OSC 190 - Splatoon 2 & Road 96

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.

TIME STAMPS:

5:30 - Composer Headlines

11:58 - GAME 1: SPLATOON 2

28:16 - Musician History: Sachiko Watabe

35:32 - Critical Track #1

39:58 - Critical Track #2

42:36 - Critical Track #3

45:41 - Critical Track #4

50:12 - Critical Track #5

53:24 - Cutting Room Floor

59:30 - Transition

1:01:13 - GAME 2: ROAD 96

1:15:22 - Composer History: The Toxic Avenger

1:17:02 - Critical Track #1

1:19:07 - Critical Track #2

1:21:48 - Critical Track #3

1:24:51 - Critical Track #4

1:27:11 - Critical Track #5

1:30:09 - Cutting Room Floor

1:36:37 - Outro

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OSC 189 - The House in Fata Morgana & Bioshock

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.

TIME STAMPS:

4:41 - Composer Headlines

10:07 - GAME 1: THE HOUSE IN FATA MORGANA

30:30 - Composer History: Yusuke Tsutsumi

34:33 - Critical Track #1

37:42 - Critical Track #2

40:30 - Critical Track #3

43:32 - Critical Track #4

46:29 - Critical Track #5

50:10 - Cutting Room Floor

1:05:06 - Transition

1:06:20 - GAME 2: BIOSHOCK

1:30:21 - Musician History: Martin Chalifour

1:35:55 - Critical Track #1

1:38:16 - Critical Track #2

1:41:26 - Critical Track #3

1:44:04 - Critical Track #4

1:46:13 - Critical Track #5

1:49:02 - Cutting Room Floor

1:56:21 - Outro

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OSC 188 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales & Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

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.

TIME STAMPS:

3:18 - Composer Headlines

9:15 - GAME 1: MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES

28:22 - Musician History: Jaden Smith

34:56 - Critical Track #1

37:55 - Critical Track #2

40:46 - Critical Track #3

44:47 - Critical Track #4

48:53 - Critical Track #5

51:42 - Cutting Room Floor

57:48 - Transition

59:23 - GAME 2: JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: ALL-STAR BATTLE

1:19:55 - Composer History: Chikayo Fukuda

1:23:08 - Critical Track #1

1:25:18 - Critical Track #2

1:28:13 - Critical Track #3

1:33:17 - Critical Track #4

1:36:36 - Critical Track #5

1:39:11 - Cutting Room Floor

1:48:25 - Outro

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OSC 187 - Haven & Death Stranding

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.

TIME STAMPS:

6:52 - GAME 1: HAVEN

20:44 - Composer History: Danger

26:59 - Critical Track #1

29:51 - Critical Track #2

31:41 - Critical Track #3

34:14 - Critical Track #4

37:14 - Critical Track #5

39:52 - Cutting Room Floor

47:03 - Transition

48:54 - GAME 2: DEATH STRANDING

1:09:56 - Musician History: Lauren Mayberry

1:14:35 - Critical Track #1

1:18:32 - Critical Track #2

1:21:25 - Critical Track #3

1:24:03 - Critical Track #4

1:27:00 - Critical Track #5

1:30:41 - Cutting Room Floor

1:37:01 - Outro

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OSC 186 - Madden NFL 06 & Ghosts 'n Goblins

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.

TIME STAMPS:

6:08 - GAME 1: MADDEN NFL 06

25:44 - Composer History: Sam Spence

33:03 - Critical Track #1

36:44 - Critical Track #2

40:48 - Critical Track #3

43:21 - Critical Track #4

45:36 - Critical Track #5

48:11 - Cutting Room Floor

56:27 - Transition

57:51 - GAME 2: GHOSTS 'N GOBLINS

1:08:02 - Composer History: Ayako Mori

1:13:47 - Critical Track #1

1:17:36 - Critical Track #2

1:19:40 - Critical Track #3

1:21:42 - Critical Track #4

1:23:20 - Critical Track #5

1:25:39 - Cutting Room Floor

1:33:45 - Outro

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OSC 185 - Salt and Sanctuary

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.

TIME STAMPS:

4:00 - Composer Headlines

7:16 - GAME 1: SALT AND SANCTUARY

15:30 - Composer History: James Silva

17:20 - Critical Track #1

19:11 - Critical Track #2

20:33 - Critical Track #3

22:09 - Critical Track #4

24:08 - Critical Track #5

26:06 - Cutting Room Floor

29:42 - Outro

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OSC 184 - Guilty Gear Strive & Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors

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.

TIME STAMPS:

9:12 - Composer Headlines

17:36 - GAME 1: GUILTY GEAR STRIVE

29:36 - Composer History: Daisuke Ishiwatari

32:40 - Critical Track #1

35:54 - Critical Track #2

39:30 - Critical Track #3

42:11 - Critical Track #4

44:31 - Critical Track #5

46:45 - Cutting Room Floor

52:24 - Transition

53:44 - GAME 2: DARKSTALKERS: THE NIGHT WARRIORS

1:13:15 - Composer History: Takayuki Iwai

1:17:51 - Critical Track #1

1:20:25 - Critical Track #2

1:23:12 - Critical Track #3

1:25:22 - Critical Track #4

1:28:16 - Critical Track #5

1:30:16 - Cutting Room Floor

1:36:28 - Outro

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OSC 183 - Severed & Xenoblade Chronicles 2

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.

TIME STAMPS:

5:18 - GAME 1: SEVERED

17:11 - Composer History: Yamantaka // Sonic Titan

21:46 - Critical Track #1

23:29 - Critical Track #2

26:14 - Critical Track #3

29:01 - Critical Track #4

30:50 - Critical Track #5

33:11 - Cutting Room Floor

39:03 - Transition

40:37 - GAME 2: XENOBLADE CHRONICLES

58:34 - Composer History: Kenji Hiramatsu

1:04:46 - Critical Track #1

1:07:23 - Critical Track #2

1:10:16 - Critical Track #3

1:13:06 - Critical Track #4

1:16:04 - Critical Track #5

1:18:27 - Cutting Room Floor

1:28:17 - Outro

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OSC 182 - Mirror's Edge & Live A Live

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.

TIME STAMPS:

8:12 - Composer Headlines

14:27 - GAME 1: MIRROR'S EDGE

30:45 - Composer History: Solar Fields

34:16 - Critical Track #1

36:49 - Critical Track #2

39:05 - Critical Track #3

41:08 - Critical Track #4

44:13 - Critical Track #5

47:29 - Cutting Room Floor

53:40 - Transition

55:06 - GAME 2: LIVE A LIVE

1:12:20 - Composer History: Kimitaka Matsumae

1:17:29 - Critical Track #1

1:20:08 - Critical Track #2

1:21:45 - Critical Track #3

1:24:54 - Critical Track #4

1:26:53 - Critical Track #5

1:28:48 - Cutting Room Floor

1:39:25 - Outro

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