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Comfort, nostalgia,& limited hours

Video games, anime, and music, from a 90s kid with the little one finally asleep. No hype, no scores.

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Nightcap 001 — The Champloo Wind-Down

A cozy farm, a samurai road trip, and a Nujabes beat. The exact crossroads this whole place sits on.

Game: Stardew Valley
Anime: Samurai Champloo
Track: Nujabes — Aruarian Dance

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The Backlog

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His second record, made at twenty-one, mostly by himself. It is not the one anybody names. It is the one where you can hear him building the toolkit.

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The Problem With Baldur's Gate 3 Isn't the Hours

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Respect Due

In Living Color — They Held the Door Open

The show that turned a sketch stage into a launch pad — and lived the whole hold-the-door-open thesis before we had words for it.

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