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Good websites to track movies / shows / games? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I like to sort the media I consume, and am currently using

IMDB (movies and shows)
myanimelist (anime movies and shows)
GameFAQs (games)

I love the design of myanimelist, you can easily view prequels and sequels, different seasons, specials and adaptations. I especially like that it has notifications about upcoming seasons / movies of stuff I watched. Sometimes it seems I am living under a rock and I only notice that a season 2 of some show I watched came out, long after it aired. Rarely happens with anime.

GameFAQs is not perfect, but I like seeing my ratings in a list. One friend of mine is always whining about having no games to play and then it's time (again) to send him my very subjective list of "good games" and offer to pirate and send him twilight princess.

IMDB is self explanatory, not a good website and full of annoyances but I found no replacement until now.

What I need is: Website with some data about the media (if I get a myanimelist-like for regular shows and games I would be happy), ratings, at best some user reviews. And I'd love to just go onto the site, go to notifications and see "the show you planned to watch is airing soon". And from time to time I want to sift through my ratings, be it nostalgia / wanting to rewatch / replay something or wanting to give out recommendations to a friend

So I am asking y'all: What are you using if you like to sort your shit like I do? A .txt document on your desktop? A great website you want to share? Some sort of launcher having this integrated? Something self-hosted? Feel free to share it all.

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I like Launchbox, but the entries are generally built around having a, uh..."digital collection".

But I like it because you don't have to worry about GameFAQs shutting down or changing what they offer. Launchbox is a desktop app (and a more-limited mobile app) that allows you to save your collection's metadata locally. Then just back it up to the cloud from there!

It also supports Steam and other digital storefronts.

Check it out! It's completely free, and optionally upgradeable with either a subscription or a lifetime purchase. Completely usable for free though.