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  • Lost Kingdoms (Part 1) – Decks, Dragons, and Depressing Fog

    Kicking off a new Race to Git Gud series with one of FromSoftware’s forgotten GameCube oddities, Lost Kingdoms—part card game, part action RPG, and all black fog, skeletons, and questionable random encounters.

  • Bound 2 – Ye

    Bound 2 is one of the strangest and most unexpectedly tender closers in modern music. A chaotic blend of chopped soul, humor, and raw honesty, it captures a messy, magnetic kind of love that somehow hits harder than any polished ballad.

  • Bring Your Love to Me – The Avett Brothers

    The Avett Brothers’ Bring Your Love to Me is a gentle plea wrapped in simple lyrics and quiet bluegrass beauty—a gamble on love that feels both fragile and brave.

  • Sonic x Shadow Generations – A Spin Dash Through Time

    A slick remaster meets a sharp new spotlight: Sonic’s greatest hits collide with Shadow’s edgier set pieces in a fast, funny, occasionally janky tour through the series’ past. The 2D/3D split still divides, but Radical Highway steals the show — and Shadow quietly runs away with the game.

  • Analogue 3D – The Best Way to Play N64 in 2025?

    The Analogue 3D promises a premium, modern way to play your old N64 cartridges without the blurry mess and input lag of original hardware on modern TVs. After unboxing it, wiring it up, and revisiting games like Pokémon Snap, I’m convinced: this might be the best way to play N64 in 2025.

  • Alice’s Restaurant Massacree – Arlo Guthrie

    Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant Massacree turns Thanksgiving chaos into satire—a 20-minute folk epic about life, justice, and absurdity.

  • Cast Iron Skillet – Jason Isbell

    Cast Iron Skillet is a lyrical gut punch—Jason Isbell’s haunting storytelling weaves love, hate, and tragedy into something timeless.

  • Hallelujah — Leonard Cohen vs. Jeff Buckley

    Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah is solemn and layered, his baritone framed by synths and choir. Jeff Buckley’s cover pares it back to guitar and a lone, elastic voice—intimate and devastating. In this Cover Up, we weigh cathedral versus candlelight and pick a winner.

  • Dear John – Taylor Swift

    Dear John is heartbreak written with surgical precision—tender, bitter, and brutally self-aware, it’s Taylor Swift at her most vulnerable.

  • Becoming Unbecoming – Leanna Firestone

    Leanna Firestone’s Becoming Unbecoming is a raw reflection of burnout and lost innocence—a haunting mirror for the gifted kids all grown up.