Hi everyone - wondering what advice you can offer for building something like this. Ideally I’d like to create a simple wiki for creative projects (mostly for content in the DnD campaigns my group has run over the years) and give others editing access, but would prefer something free or low-cost (no more than $10 monthly would be nice). How might one go about doing this? Just bite the bullet and pay for hosting? Maybe use a service like Azure or Linode?
I should add, I would rather avoid Fandom/wikia pages since that platform is an ad-riddled mess and I dislike using it. Most guidance I’ve found online mentions fandom so I’m hoping for different opinions.
I’m moderately tech savvy but have never done self-hosting (though I’d give it a shot if it’s simple enough to build and keep secure). Thanks!
Thanks. Also now realizing that picking just 10 is super hard and looking back at my list there’s like 2 strong honorable mentions for every title in my list (some might even be swappable).
Just off the top of my head, a few others I’d rate as A-tier or S-tier all-time-greats in my personal list:
- Disco Elysium
- Final Fantasy 7
- Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Hades
- Dishonored
- Banjo Kazooie
- Doom (2016)
- Dead Space
- Psychonauts 2 (part 1 is also A-tier)
- GTA 5
- Case of the Golden Idol
- Mass Effect 2
- Paradise Killer
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (both parts are excellent)
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
- Tony Hawk’s Underground
- A Dark Room
- 999 (aka Zero Escape, aka 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors)
- edit: How the hell did I forget Portal?!
Subjectively I’d say definitely yes. I adore cerebral games with interesting stories to tell, and this one has that plus a ton of mystery at its core (mystery is maybe my favorite genre of any fiction). The art style can be a little hard for some to get behind, but if you enjoy similar themes & game elements it’s a phenomenal game that will live in your head rent-free for awhile after you’ve finished. It’s one of only maybe three games I’ve ever legitimately referred to as a masterpiece (one of the others being Outer Wilds).
Not in order:
- Outer Wilds
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- Metal Gear Solid
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Super Metroid
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Stardew Valley
- Undertale
- Starcraft
Worked with a guy once who went dressed in a big cardboard box covered in wrapping paper, with a big bow tied on the outside. There was a tag attached to the outside of the box. The tag read “To: Women, From: God”.
10 that I have enjoyed a lot:
- Kyle Kinane
- Hannibal Buress
- Patton Oswalt
- Mike Birbiglia
- Tig Notaro
- Matt Braunger
- Marc Maron
- Bo Burnham
- Jackie Kashian
- Tim Robinson
- Norm Macdonald
Apologies if this was already asked and answered. I looked through the list but didn’t see anything so I’m sharing info based on my experience so far.
Loving Mlem in general (working great on iPhone 12), but search is still a bit of a hindrance. Right now, the search function seems to be limited to searching for communities only. (Unless I’ve missed something?)
I would love having the ability to search for topics/keywords as well, especially as someone relatively new to the fediverse. It can be a bit difficult to discover communities if you have to already know their names, especially in cases where communities use names that aren’t necessarily intuitive or indicative of their content focus.
I’ve had a few experiences using Mlem where I search for something but no relevant communities pop up in the results - but if I use lemmy on desktop to search the same string I can see several posts with that topic/keyword across multiple communities, making it easier to identify potential communities that I might want to follow & contribute to.
Again, thanks for the work you do & love the app so far. It’s made Lemmy way easier and more fun to use for this humble reddit refugee. ❤️
If you haven’t already tried them, I had a great time with Vampire Survivors and Loop Hero. Both give the player the ability to check out a little bit, though in different ways. Loop Hero is easier to walk away from than VS, but both games require the player to do little to nothing in order to engage in combat. Loop Hero is a little more involved while VS is a bit more arcade-y. Both very fun
Echoing some other suggestions surely, but here are a few that I regularly come back to:
GAMING:
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CallMeKevin (really funny, wholesome Irish guy known for playing games kinda hilariously incorrectly )
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GameGrumps (two best friends playing games and riffing. Usually very funny and wildly inappropriate. Feels like gaming with high school buddies)
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Outside Xbox/Outside Xtra (small team of British friends with lots of quirky, easily digestible “7 things” lists over the years)
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Dungeon Dudes (pretty broad and approachable dives into all things D&D)
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Smooth McGroove (older channel with many delightful a cappella renditions of video game songs)
COOKING:
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Babish Culinary Universe (super approachable, funny, and well-edited cooking tutorials with fun themes and lots of room to be wrong)
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How to Cook That (Ann Reardon is a super knowledgeable, friendly, crazy talented baker, and she does a lot of good work to address and debunk dangerous & stupid trends on social media)
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Joshua Weissman (similar vibes to Babish, but a little more overtly comedic. Does great recreations of fast food classics)
SCIENCE & TECH:
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Technology Connections (deep dives that make mundane things in our lives seem super fascinating)
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OzTalksHw (very wholesome, budget-friendly PC builds with an emphasis on self care.)
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ZeFrank (excellent, accurate, and very funny short nature documentaries)
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NetworkChuck (friendly, well-edited tutorials on lots of IT-related things)
ENTERTAINMENT AND OTHER/MISC:
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Kitboga (fairly wholesome considering the content area. He exposes and confronts phone scammers with hilarious made up character voices and fake websites & accounts, and he teaches people what to look out for in the process. Lots of swearing and shouting from scammers that he regularly pisses off by wasting their time and getting their accounts closed)
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Watcher (Ryan and Shane do a lot of different interesting things, and their banter and chemistry are infinitely watchable. Puppet History is a particular favorite)
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Digging the Greats (really cool deep dives into the makings, origins, and fun facts about all things hip hop)