Posts by Matt Riel
In our current environment your data is priceless currency that is being freely distributed to make wealthy companies wealthier. I'm taking steps towards taking back my data from data brokers. An old guide but still very relevant blog.incogni.com/opt-out-guid...
I finished Pipstrello and the Cursed Yo-Yo a little bit ago. Finally wrote a review on what I thought. A game I would recommend to any fan of top down Zelda games with a a little metroidvania flare backloggd.com/u/madyss/rev...
Trying something out. I just deleted all social media from my phone. No Instagram, no bluesky, no mastodon, and no reddit. I think I'm ok with it on my iPad but I don't need it on my phone. Let's see how it goes!
Trying to only play games Iโve bought already and finished my first one, Metroid Prime 4! Wrote a short spoil free review on my backloggd if you want to check it out. TLDR if you donโt: I found it fun but didnโt quite live up to a 15 year expectation backloggd.com/u/madyss/rev...
I've caught a bit of the game jam bug and signed up for my 2nd game jam! Making a platformer using Phaser JS with the theme...Balance. My goal is to at least make 1-2 levels with full intro and story. Deadline, 4/26/25 10:00 AM ๐ฎโ
fun! We took a leather making class at the Chicago School of Shoemaking. It was great but yeah everyone was better than it than me ๐คทโโ๏ธ
This is a very cool project. A great idea to merge tech, journalism, and games, to help gamers. Love it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
PC laptop mouse touchpads are the worst. Even on a "highend" Razer gaming laptop. I hate it. I just want to preload Monster Hunter Wilds ๐ฆ๐คบ
I feel like in person interviews are a rare occurrence these days. It does feel different and more personal. Does it give the interviewee an advantage? ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Contemplating on spinning my own pixelfed just for family ๐ง would probably use it more than insta pixelfed.org
Finished playing crypt custodian. A really good metroidvania/zelda game. Word of advice though, donโt play it while your cat is not doing well ๐ข store.steampowered.com/app/2394650/...
Itโs not just meta, all tech companies are doing something to get into the good graces of the next regime. Tim Cook is donating to the inauguration
I love my steam deck. Itโs become my main gaming console for over 2 years now. So itโs no surprise Iโm very interested in this upgrade. Though it looks like itโs a big undertaking www.crowdsupply.com/shade-techni...
Been out of the tech engineer game for a couple of years. Want to get back into it. Started taking refresher classes on Scrimba. Super tough market right now. Gotta keep learning though ๐ช๐ฝ scrimba.com/home
Good open source hardware and software is hard to find. So when one pops up, gotta know more docs.banana-pi.org/en/OpenWRT-O...
Not an advocate for Black Friday but saving money for your future, I canโt argue with. Some tech/dev deals Iโm considering: @sofahq.social is 50% off/year at $14.99 and @proton.me standard notes is 50% off/year at $60
So many good games on sale for Steam. In my cart is metaphor, nine sols, and crypt custodian