I also have replays of these games planned over the next month or so:

Alan Wake 2
Control
Half-Life: Alyx

Right now I'm leaning more towards Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. I loved part 1 (Remake) and haven't played any of Rebirth yet.

"Forcing" them?

Yeah, like all the tech company CEOs were "forced" to do likewise in months prior. Right.

I used to use Winamp and then Foobar2000 ages ago. Both were excellent and both are still kicking in some form or another these days.

There's a good list here (Techradar) and here (Majorgeeks).

I haven't personally used any in years though outside of YTMusic for streaming.

Oh wow...

I'm really sorry to hear that. I'm wishing you all the best! 🫂

Surprised to hear you sputtered out at 0. It's probably my favorite (though... maybe not the director's cut with the god awful story changes they made).

But definitely worth doing 0-2. 3-5 are very "ehhh". 6 is great. All of the Like a Dragon games (maybe not Ishin) are awesome too.