I recently moved to Summit on android and have been very happy with it. It’s extremely customizable so I can configure it exactly as I wanted.

I used to use Infinity for reddit and someone forked it to replace all reddit references with lemmy references (called it Eternity). I loved that one but the dev kinda disappeared and abandoned it. I was able to configure Summit to be basically the same as Eternity, which I couldn’t really replicate in any of the other app choices.

Last time I went to DefCon, the SLNT Bags were petty popular. I didn’t buy one myself so I can’t speak to their effectiveness, but if the DefCon crowd trusts them I think they’re probably at least worth looking into.

Hopefully we can be the exception to the rule!

Yep, this is why posting memes is so tempting. It’s an easy way to get those sweet internet points if that’s all you care about. Not a great way to start discussions though…

Sweet Caroline. It’s impossible for the audience to resist shouting “BOP BOP BAAAAA” during that song.

Also, I think I’ve only heard that song during karaoke. I never hear it anywhere else…

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If you’re new, I definitely recommend checking out https://lemmyverse.net/communities for finding new communities to subscribe to, rather than just browsing “all”. There are a lot of weird communities out there when you just browse “all”…

Have you tried using the Mullvad Browser then? It’s literally just the Tor Browser with the Tor parts removed. So it has all the security and anti-fingerprinting stuff but doesn’t connect to the Tor network.

Unless I misunderstood and you’re still connecting to the Tor network…

SpamBlocker on fdroid can block any numbers not saved to your address book. It can even make exceptions for any repeated numbers that aren’t in your contacts but call multiple times within some time period (5min, 30min, whatever). And it can temporarily whitelist a number you dialed recently in case you’re expecting a call-back.

It also has the ability to download spam phone number databases from the internet if you want, but to be honest, I tried setting up that feature and couldn’t figure it out. So while it can use a 3rd party, it isn’t required.

I’m pretty sure this will be fixed in the next release:

https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Eternity/commit/767e75b7989768d0349fc8f5ea6384505a7ea795

The dev for Raccoon also had a Lemmy community to announce updates and things (he also deleted that community). Before he deleted it, he said that post about markdown support was the last straw and he was done with it. He announced he was going to delete everything related to Raccoon and it was all gone within like 12 hours of him saying that. He said any of the forks of his app can continue development, but since he deleted the entire repo with very little warning I don’t know if any of those forks were current with the latest commit before the parent repo disappeared.

Rodent is exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

I’m going to keep adding more items as I think of them in case others might be interested in this type of game.

There’s a free game on steam called Nightmare Kart which started out as a Bloodborne Mario Kart but the developer was getting too much attention so he removed all the explicit Bloodborne references that might get him sued and released the game as a vaguely Bloodborne-ish kart racing game. It features PS1 style graphics.

Also, for anyone into arcade (MAME) games, there’s a horror-themed beat 'em up called Night Slashers which is pretty fun.

Apparently this game is getting a remake on steam, called Night Slashers: Remake. I actually had no idea this game was being made until I googled for the arcade game’s cover art just now.

I totally agree that good horror needs to gradually ramp up the tension. But that’s why I’m not looking for horror games, I’m just looking for some fun spooky games i can jump into real quick without really dedicating a lot of time to it.

I’ve never even heard of this! Looks like it’s a turn-based RPG though. Those are typically pretty rough on the NES. Do you like the game?

Just to throw another item into the list, there’s a VirtualBoy game called Jack Bros which should perfectly fit my criteria:

Unfortunately, the game is really boring (in my opinion). You just wander around a maze collecting keys so that you can… move onto the next maze to collect more keys. You have a basic attack but the range is so short that it isn’t exactly fun. I had really high hopes when I learned of its existence too…

I’m not so much concerned with the gore or being too scary, it’s the slowness of the SH games that I don’t have the patience for right now. I’m not looking for a game I need to spend hours immersing myself into, I’m hoping to find some fun games I can jump into for 20 minutes at a time.

Ghost n Goblins is a good call, although I’m terrible at that game. I’ll definitely need to checkout Rusty, I’ve played all the Castlevania games so Rusty sounds perfect.

MedEvil definitely fits my criteria, although I find that game too clunky. There’s a new(ish) game called Pumpkin Jack which was heavily inspired by MedEvil but uses more modern game mechanics. It’s a fun one.

Luigi’s Mansion leans a bit too far into the cutesy/silly territory for me, but it’s definitely a good choice.

I didn’t realize Dead By Daylight had a bunch of characters from various horror franchises, that’s really cool! I think I’m probably more likely to play Left4Dead if I wanted an action-y spooky multiplayer game but I’ll definitely give Dead By Daylight more attention.

I’ve never heard of Pascal’s Wager and the reviews on steam don’t look great, but I’ll look into it.

Thanks for the list with so many varied options!

You’re right, Maniac Mansion definitely has the vibe I’m looking for but there’s no way I’ve got the patience for a point-and-click game.

Well that looks perfect, thanks!

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