"The Way I Live My Life" from Iris Disconnect. I finally picked up a CD copy of Iris's excellent debut album.

"Around and Around" - Fiction 8

Espermachine

Carbon Based Lifeforms Seeker (CD & digital, Bandcamp) Carbon Based Lifeforms Stochastic (CD & digital, Bandcamp) I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Original Soundtrack) (digital, Steam) Cubanate Cyberia (CD, Discogs) Cubanate Barbarossa (CD, Discogs) De/Vision Digital Dream EP (CD, Discogs) De/Vision...

"Seeker" from Carbon Based Lifeforms Seeker

I've started out the year playing I Was a Teenage Exocolonist which the developer describes as a "narrative RPG," though I've been thinking of it as more like a visual novel with stats-raising and a deck-building component. Regardless of labels, it's a rather unique game and the "narrative" part...

"The Child You Were" by Frances Aravel from I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Original Soundtrack) I've been playing the hell out of this visual novel for a little over a week. This track pops first pops up during a memorable scene between the protagonist and who I feel is the most interesting of...

"In Every Corner of the World" - davaNtage

Android Lust

"Control" from mind.in.a.box Revelations This has been my favorite song for the decade since this album was released. The lyrics just feel so relevant to different parts of my life.

"Dinner Without Grace" from De/Vision World Without End De/Vision's debut album is one of the best synthpop albums of the 90s and it holds up very well 3 decades after its release. Both its opening and closing tracks are among the best tracks they've ever released.

"Hey Mister" - Run Level Zero

"Consolation" from davaNtage Blinders I somehow missed that a couple years ago they released their first new album in well over a decade. I'm very glad I was still able to get a CD copy.

"How's It Gonna Be?" - Rein

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