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Author Archives: J.L. Hilton
Spooky time
Correction: The Halloween decorations at my house are not up “too early” they are up “year round.”
Best song about unrequited love
“Language of the Heart” is the first David Wilcox song I ever heard. That was back in 1992, when I was deep into a psych degree at California State University Long Beach and madly in love with a 30-something aerospace … Continue reading
Try-It Tuesday: BALDUR’S GATE 3
This week, I started BALDUR’S GATE 3. I’ve been talking about it for a while and my youngest daughter’s been after me to try it since she completed the game months ago. But I was hesitant because I knew it … Continue reading
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How Livestreaming Improved My Mental Health
This post originally appeared on CheckPointOrg.com in February 2020. CheckPoint was a mental health organization for gamers and the gaming community and is no longer in operation. I started playing Fallout 4 in February 2016. There’s a building component to … Continue reading
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Tagged Mental Health, Skyrim, Video Games
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Gluten-Free Split Pea Soup Review
I have to avoid gluten completely. That means doing a lot of careful mean prep for myself. But sometimes I just don’t have the time, energy or facilities to cook from scratch, and I need to be able to bring … Continue reading
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Tagged Celiac, GF Food Reviews, Gluten Free
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Try-It Tuesday BOXES: LOST FRAGMENTS
Today I played the free demo for BOXES: LOST FRAGMENTS, which included “The Cryptic Chest” and “Wolf and Thunder” puzzles. This game is developed by Big Loop Studios and coming soon on Steam. I loved the art style of the … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday PENTIMENT
PENTIMENT is an unusual 2-D singleplayer narrative adventure game, rich in medieval history, conceived by Josh Sawyer (Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity), and published by Obsidian in 2022. Players take on the role of Andreas Maler, an artist working … Continue reading
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Come forth, spirits of the Dark Time
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Try-It Tuesday CATS IN TIME
CATS IN TIME is a 2021 relaxing puzzle game from Pine Studio that I bought on Steam for only $4.99. It’s kind of a combination hidden object puzzle and escape room, though you’re not really stuck in any particular place … Continue reading
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Tagged Cats, hidden object, puzzles, Try-It Tuesday, Video Games
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