Author Archives: J.L. Hilton

World diddling championships 1974

Posted on May 24, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

“Diddling” is the gentle euphemism my parents used for “masturbation” when I was a kid in the 1970s. So you can imagine the hilarity when I first watched this video. “Warming up are some of Britain’s champion diddlers…” “This man … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: TRUE FEAR PART 3

Posted on April 29, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

TRUE FEAR: FORSAKEN SOULS PART 3 is the third and final game in a trilogy ten years in the making. All three games feature protagonist Holly Stonehouse uncovering family secrets in various creepy places including a crumbling childhood home, haunted … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: MACHINARIUM

Posted on April 25, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

MACHINARIUM is a 2009 singleplayer point-and-click puzzle adventure by Amanita Design, makers of the game Chuchel that I played earlier this month. I’ve been wanting to play it for several years, but for one reason or another, never got around … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: CHUCHEL

Posted on April 1, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

This week’s Try-It Tuesday falls on April Fool’s Day, so I wanted to play something fun and silly. CHUCHEL is a 2018 point-and-click comedy adventure game that reminded me a bit of Alice in Wonderland, Adventure Time, Loco Roco, Spongebob, … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: URBAN JUNGLE

Posted on March 25, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

URBAN JUNGLE is a singleplayer cozy houseplant gardening simulator and puzzle game developed by three-person team Kylyk Games and released in March 2025. Similar to Unpacking, URBAN JUNGLE is an object placement game that progresses through the stages of someone’s … Continue reading →

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FALLOUT prop replicas

Posted on March 22, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

All of these were made or assembled by me, unless otherwise noted. I pasted a Nuka Quantum label over a bottle of Jones berry lemon soda for my Mississippi Quantum Pie video, Sugar Bombs bowl is official Bethesda merch ~ … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: TINY GLADE

Posted on March 18, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

TINY GLADE is a cozy, sandbox building game where players can construct fantasy castles, ancient ruins, medieval inns, fairy villages and more. Developed by Swedish indie studio Pounce Light and released in September 2024 for Windows. My friend Herman bought … Continue reading →

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Hide & Seek: Where’s Buddy?

Posted on February 28, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

Our cat Buddy loves to explore the house, from the depths of dark closets to the heights of the kitchen cabinets. See if you can find him in this photo of our kitchen pantry. ~ J.L. Hilton Connect, support, comment … Continue reading →

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Mojave memories

Posted on January 24, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

I danced to this song after midnight in a dingy little Mojave Desert bar, back in 1993, with a bunch of wastelanders, raiders & Brotherhood of Steel … I mean, a bunch of locals, bikers & Marines. Good times. Still … Continue reading →

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Ermahgerd SKYRIM!

Posted on January 22, 2025 by J.L. Hilton

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