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  • Time in a Bottle – Jim Croce

    Jim Croce’s Time in a Bottle is a haunting meditation on love, mortality, and the wish for more time with the person who matters most.

  • Astro Bot – PlayStation’s New Platforming Legend

    What looked like a PlayStation tech demo became one of the biggest surprises of the generation. Astro Bot is a joyful collectathon packed with creativity, nostalgia, and some of the best platforming in years.

  • Allen Stone – Consider Me

    Allen Stone turns a simple request to be considered into a soaring declaration of devotion, vulnerability, and the terrifying uncertainty of asking someone to choose you.

  • drivers license – Olivia Rodrigo

    Olivia Rodrigo transforms a new driver’s license into a monument to a shared future that never arrived, taking the long way through young love, heartbreak, and memories that refuse to stay buried.

  • Star Fox (N64) – Back in the Arwing

    Star Fox 64 remains one of Nintendo’s finest arcade shooters, combining memorable characters, branching missions, and an endlessly satisfying gameplay loop.

  • Sam Stone – John Prine

    John Prine’s Sam Stone tells the heartbreaking story of a veteran returning home with wounds that never truly healed. Wrapped in warm acoustic instrumentation, it’s one of the most devastating and beautifully written songs ever recorded.

  • Grounded – Big Problems in a Small Yard

    Grounded starts as another survival grind before spiders, teamwork, and one terrible hole turn the backyard into something worth keeping on the shelf.

  • I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton vs. Whitney Houston

    Dolly Parton wrote it. Whitney Houston redefined it. Two versions of I Will Always Love You pull in different emotional directions—one intimate, one explosive. But when they collide, which one comes out on top?

  • A Love Letter to Physical Media, or What’s NOT on the Shelf

    Sony’s decision to end new physical PlayStation releases in 2028 feels like the inevitable next step in gaming’s slow march away from ownership. A Love Letter—and a eulogy—for discs, cartridges, and the media we can actually hold.

  • Maine – Noah Kahan

    A reflective pull between memory and longing, Maine captures the quiet desire to return—not just to a place, but to a simpler version of life that still lingers beneath the surface.