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In WOTS’ first year back, we’ve seen indie bangers, expanded our Chillers playlist, watched the industry chew up its workers, and stared at a never-ending sea of 8/10 review scores.

#WOTS #VideoGames #Retrospective #YearInReview #IndieGames #WOTSChillers
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of 2025 – A WOTS Year in Review
In WOTS’ first year back, we’ve seen indie bangers, expanded our Chillers playlist, watched the industry chew up its workers, and stared at a never-ending sea of 8/10 review scores. Here’s the Good…
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If forever existed, we’d waste it. If We Were Vampires weighs love against time: Isbell’s quiet confession vs. Kahan & Schultz’s glowing duet. Which one gets your goosebumps?

#Chillers #CoverUp #JasonIsbell #The400Unit #NoahKahan #WesleySchultz #TheLumineers #IndieFolk #SongCovers #WOTSChillers
Chillers – Cover Up
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit turn mortality into urgency on If We Were Vampires — spare, tender, and quietly devastating. Noah Kahan and Wesley Schultz respond with a luminous, harmony-first duet. In this Cover Up, we compare confession vs. glow and pick a winner.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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whatsontheshelf.blog/2025/12/26/w...

In WOTS’ first year back, we’ve seen indie bangers, expanded our Chillers playlist, watched the industry chew up its workers, and stared at a never-ending sea of 8/10 review scores.

#WOTS #VideoGames #Retrospective #YearInReview #IndieGames #WOTSChillers
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of 2025 – A WOTS Year in Review
In WOTS’ first year back, we’ve seen indie bangers, expanded our Chillers playlist, watched the industry chew up its workers, and stared at a never-ending sea of 8/10 review scores. Here’s the Good…
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December 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Kicking off a new WOTS series: Lyrics of Labor.

First up is Woody Guthrie’s “1913 Massacre,” a brutal Christmas Eve in a union hall turned into one of the sharpest labor songs ever written.

#LyricsOfLabor #WoodyGuthrie #LaborHistory #WOTS
Lyrics of Labor – 1913 Massacre by Woody Guthrie
The first entry in Lyrics of Labor digs into Woody Guthrie’s “1913 Massacre,” a stark retelling of the Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan. We walk through the lyrics, the strike behind the song, and how one Christmas Eve tragedy became a lasting indictment of corporate power.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” is a sing-along classic hiding one of the most melancholy barroom stories ever written. A snapshot of shared misery, fading dreams, and the man playing everyone through another Saturday night.

#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #WOTSChillers #ClassicRock
Chillers – Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Billy Joel’s Piano Man blends shared misery, nostalgia, and barroom storytelling into a timeless portrait of lives stuck in place.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Just one more turn… became just one more week. A love letter to Civilization VI, the strategy game that had me hooked like no other.

#CivilizationVI #Civ6 #StrategyGames #WOTS #LoveLetter #Gaming
A Love Letter to Civilization VI
Late to the Civilization party, I found myself falling hard for Civ VI — the game that made “just one more turn” a lifestyle. Even as Civ VII stumbles, my heart belongs to its predecessor.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Part 3 of Race to Git Gud: Lost Kingdoms is live. Sewer sludge, snowy peaks, rude Mind Flayers, and a princess doing fantasy DoorDash on the way to Castle Grayl. ❄️🧠💀

#RaceToGitGud #LostKingdoms #FromSoftware #RetroGaming #WOTS
Race to Git Gud – Lost Kingdoms (Part 3): Sewer Sludge and Snowy Peaks
Katia trudges through one of FromSoftware’s most obnoxious sewers, hunts a not-that-Mind-Flayer, and then gets sent to play fantasy DoorDash in the snowy mountains of Rohbach—all in search of her missing father.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Chillers dives into “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” a haunting folk-rock classic that wrestles with memory, loss, and the complicated weight of history. A song as chilling as the story behind it.

#Chillers #SongOfTheDay #NowPlaying #MusicThatHits #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #FolkRock
Chillers – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (The Band)
A powerful yet complicated folk-rock classic, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” reflects on loss, pride, and the lingering weight of history in the waning days of the Civil War.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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A genre-blending burst of warmth and smooth jazz joy, “Feels So Good” hits straight in the soul. Chuck Mangione’s flugelhorn is pure sunshine.

#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #MusicThatHits #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #JazzMusic
Chillers – Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione)
Chuck Mangione’s “Feels So Good” is a warm blend of jazz fusion, Latin rhythm, and pure musical joy. A soaring flugelhorn leads a track that’s impossible not to sway to, earning its place as a timeless feel-good classic.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Bowie wrote a fever dream. Nirvana made it haunt you. The Man Who Sold the World walks the line between ghost story and confession. Which version chills you more?

#Chillers #CoverUp #DavidBowie #Nirvana #MTVUnplugged #Grunge #SongCovers #WOTSChillers
Chillers – Cover Up
Bowie’s original is a glam-tinged ghost story; Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged cover turns it into an intimate haunting. In this Cover Up, we weigh mirror vs. apparition—and why Nirvana’s raw restraint ultimately wins.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Jumped into the Marvel Token: Fighting Souls beta as a Ms. Marvel main, got zoned to hell, fell in love with jump throws anyway. ArcSys chaos, Marvel flair, and a surprising amount of fun.

#MarvelToken #FightingSouls #FGC #FightingGames #ArcSys #WOTS
Marvel Token: Fighting Souls Beta – Ms. Marvel, Autocombos, and the Future of Marvel Fighters | WOTS Reviews
Hands-on with the Marvel Token: Fighting Souls beta as a Ms. Marvel main. I get zoned out, abuse jump throws, poke at assists and autocombos, and dig into what this ArcSys-built Marvel fighter might mean for the future of Marvel fighting games.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Kicking off a new arc in Race to Git Gud with one of FromSoft’s deepest cuts: Lost Kingdoms on GameCube. Decks, dragons, black fog, and bad decisions. New post up on WOTS. 🐉🃏

#RaceToGitGud #LostKingdoms #FromSoftware #GameCube #RetroGaming #WOTS
Race to Git Gud – 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.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Chillers continues with one of the strangest and most unexpectedly tender closers in modern music. Raw, chaotic, and weirdly sincere — Bound 2 is a messy masterpiece of love + contradiction.

#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #HipHop
Chillers – 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.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The Avett Brothers’ Bring Your Love to Me is a quiet gamble on love—simple lyrics, gentle picking, and a plea to be met halfway.

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Chillers – 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.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Shadow shines, Radical Highway rules, and nostalgia hits hard in Sonic x Shadow Generations.

#WOTS #GameReviews #SonicTheHedgehog
Sonic x Shadow Generations – A Spin Dash Through Time | WOTS Review
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.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Finally got my hands on the Analogue 3D and put it head-to-head with my original N64. Is the fancy FPGA box really worth the price, or should you stick with the old hardware + upscaler struggle?

#Analogue3D #N64 #RetroGaming #WOTS
Analogue 3D – The Best Way to Play N64 in 2025? | WOTS Review
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.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant Massacree is Thanksgiving chaos turned folk epic—funny, sharp & timelessly absurd.

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#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #MusicThatHits #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #FolkMusic
Chillers – 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.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Cast Iron Skillet is storytelling at its most haunting—love, hate & tragedy forged into one timeless, devastating song.

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#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #MusicThatHits #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #Americana
Chillers – 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.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Cohen wrote a prayer. Buckley turned it into a confession. Hallelujah cuts two ways—cathedral and candlelight. Which one gives you chills?

#Chillers #CoverUp #LeonardCohen #JeffBuckley #SongCovers #NowPlaying #WOTSChillers
Chillers – Cover Up
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Dear John is heartbreak written with clarity & bruised grace—tender, biting, and beautifully self-aware.

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#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #MusicThatHits #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #PopBallad
Chillers – 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.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Leanna Firestone’s Becoming Unbecoming is the burnout anthem for the gifted kids all grown up—tender, funny & devastatingly true.

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#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #MusicThatHits #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #IndiePop
Chillers – 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.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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In a world of washed-up heroes, horny coworkers, and terrible life choices, Dispatch somehow makes saving LA feel like working in a call center from hell.

#Dispatch #GameReview #IndieGame #NarrativeGame #SuperheroGame #VisualNovel #WOTS #BacklogBattlers
Dispatch – Sad Boys, Superheroes, and the Z-Team | WOTS Reviews
Dispatch takes Telltale-style storytelling, throws it into a horny, hungover superhero office comedy, and somehow makes it all work. With sharp writing, a surprisingly deep dispatch system, and a cast of lovable disasters, AdHoc’s episodic drama turns saving the world into a full-time HR problem.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Joe Diffie’s John Deere Green is goofy, heartfelt & timeless—a love story painted in all the wrong colors for all the right reasons.

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#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #MusicThatHits #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #90sCountry
Chillers – John Deere Green (Joe Diffie)
Joe Diffie’s John Deere Green is a boot-stomping love story—heartfelt, humorous, and painted in the most unconventional shade of romance.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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What’s Up by 4 Non Blondes is frustration turned into anthem—raw, honest & timeless. We’re all still asking, what’s going on?

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#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #MusicThatHits #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #90sRock
Chillers – What’s Up (4 Non Blondes)
4 Non Blondes’ What’s Up is an anthem of confusion and catharsis—an unforgettable cry of frustration that still echoes decades later.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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From letters in the dark to a Six Flags panic attack, Eminem’s Stan and Tyler, the Creator’s Colossus show two sides of obsessive fandom. How did “stan” go from horror story to hashtag?

#StanCulture #HipHop #Eminem #TylerTheCreator #MusicMeaning #Parasocial #WOTS
From Stan to Colossus: The Evolution of Obsessive Fandom in Hip-Hop
Eminem’s Stan and Tyler, the Creator’s Colossus both tackle obsessive fans, but in very different eras and contexts. Here’s how the meaning of “stan” evolved from dark cautionary tale to playful online slang.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Patsy Cline’s Walking After Midnight turns loneliness into melody—haunting, human & timelessly beautiful.

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#Chillers #NowPlaying #SongOfTheDay #MusicThatHits #WeeklyVibes #WOTSChillers #ClassicCountry
Chillers – Walkin’ After Midnight (Patsy Cline)
Patsy Cline’s Walking After Midnight is a timeless classic—loneliness turned lyrical, carried on one of the most iconic voices in country music.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM