This is where I list some of my favorite things.
Updated January 29, 2021
Misc
- 70s Sci-Fi Art – huge repository of retro and retro-inspired imagery
- Alamo Drafthouse – the only movie theater I go to anymore
- Dreamhost – the host for this site, very happy with them!
- Font Squirrel – download free (and some open-license) fonts
- Freesound – large collection of Creative Commons Licensed sounds
- iFixit – repair guides for computers and more
- Uses This – read what people use for their work and hobbies
RPG
- Basic Fantasy RPG – free and open-source OSR RPG
- Chaosium – publishers of Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, and other RPGs
- Delta Green – a modern-day Cthulhu RPG
- The Design Mechanism – publishers of Mythras (formerly RuneQuest 6E) and other RPGs
- DriveThruRPG – PDFs and Print-on-Demand RPGs
- Dungeons & Dragons – the grand old fantasy RPG
- Dyson’s Dodecahedron – excellent RPG maps, many released under a free-to-use commercial license
- Onyx Path – publishers of games set in the World of Darkness, Chronicles of Darkness, and other RPGs
- RPGnet – forums, reviews, and news for RPGs
Software
- Audacity – free and open-source cross-platform audio recording and editing
- Dropbox – free (and paid) cross-platform file syncing and back-up
- Eric’s Movie DataBase – free movie database software for Windows
- Fade In – cross-platform screenwriting software
- Firefox – free and open-source cross-platform web browser
- foobar2000 – free lightweight music manager and player for Windows
- Handbrake – free and open-course cross-platform video transcoder
- KeePassXC – free and open-source password manager for Mac, Windows, and Linux
- LibreOffice – free and open-source cross-platform office suite
- Ninite – easily install/update multiple programs for Windows
- paint.net – free image editor for Windows
- Python – cross-platform interpreted programming language
- Reaper – cross-platform digital audio workstation
- Surge – free and open-source cross-platform software synthesizer
- Visual Studio Code – free cross-platform text editor from Microsoft
- Valhalla – free and paid software delay and reverb plug-ins
- VLC – free and open-source cross-platform media player