overview for hellerphant

Best calendar solution? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So overall would you suggest to not use their service and put up with the pain points of proton?

Day 6 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Species: Unknown in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

That’s awesome to hear. I’m planning to get some time with it next week and write something up specifically about it for the newsletter!

Best calendar solution? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There is nothing wrong with FastMail, I just don't like that they are based in Aus and are under the Five Eyes situation. I say this as an Australian who lives in a different country. I would prefer privacy locked, but from their transparency reports, they do seem pretty secure.

Best calendar solution? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m not opposed to it being calendar only, but if it has email also then that is a bonus

Day 5 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Demon Tides in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

I never played the prequel but heard this is a lot more polished so maybe it has what you are looking for. If you do jump in let me know how it goes!

Day 5 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Demon Tides in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

A rare treat these days at this level of production

Day 5 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Demon Tides in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

I’ll keep it going as long as I can!!

Day 4 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Dobbel Dungeon in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

We are approaching 200 games on my Wishlist and I own 1337 games and I’m not making that number up haha

Day 4 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Dobbel Dungeon in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

Ooooh nice going to check it out this weekend! I’ve been so focused on our own demo for next Fest that I haven’t had a chance to play much yet!

Music Monday [Week 09] - What have you been listening to lately? in c/casualconversation@piefed.social

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Never heard of them, but this track rules. Going to check out their catalogue now! Thanks for the recommendo!

Music Monday [Week 09] - What have you been listening to lately? in c/casualconversation@piefed.social

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’ve been spinning the new Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever single Sunburned in London. Can’t wait for the new album.

Also enjoying the newest Joyce Manor release. Doesn’t have as much bite as their early stuff, but it’s a good listen.

What headsets are linux gamers using? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

[–] hellerphant@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

I’m using the Audeze Maxwells right now. Mic isn’t that great but I wanted a great sounding pair of cans for gaming and music, and my friends are the ones who have to put up with the average mic.

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Need a solid daily driver browser that’s good for most things (piefed.social)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by hellerphant@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I am trying to get better with my privacy, and I specifically want to try and avoid big US tech where possible. I know they there are many people saying you should use multiple browsers for better privacy and all that stuff, but I’m also being realistic with myself - I just want a solid browser experience that has decent privacy and i can live with that for the most part. Not opposed to maybe 2 browsers, but I’d like one daily driver, especially for work.

I do a lot of social media management and am using the Steam backend daily as I work for a game studio. I need to use YouTube and Bluesky and all those things, so it needs to handle media.

I’m running Vivaldi at the moment after jumping off Chrome. I don’t need to use Chromium. I was trialing Orion on my Mac but I use a Linux machine at home, a windows PC sometimes at work, having something across all would be nice and once again I know that is not 100% privacy, but it’s better than the average user.

Advice would be super appreciate.

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First time back home in 7 years. Where to get coffee and decent eats (piefed.social)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by hellerphant@piefed.social to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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I left Melbourne 7 years ago to live in Japan. I’m heading back next month with some co-workers to exhibit at The Game Expo. They want good food, good coffee, good beers. I don’t know anything that is open anymore. My old go to spot was Pope Joan and it’s long gone. I don’t even know if Faraday’s Cage is still around, or good.

Please help me be a good host and give me some recommendations. I also plan to go to Very Good Falafel if it’s still there!

Oh, and how much am I looking at for a latte these days? My family say the price of everything has gone up so I’m scared.

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Day 1 of posting an indie game I found that I think it is cool - LOVE ETERNAL (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by hellerphant@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world

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I am an indie dev and former game journo, and I run a newsletter where I share recommendations of cool indies coming out every week. I’m not going to link to it here but I thought I could drop an interesting find on here.

LOVE ETERNAL is a brutal platformer with a psychological horror story behind it. A soft sequel to an insane platformer called LOVE that took 7 years for someone to actually beat it or something like that. This has some of the edges sanded down, and does some really unexpected things. Worth checking out if you love hard platformers.