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Author Archives: J.L. Hilton
Try-It Tuesday WYTCHWOOD
This week, I played the free Steam demo of WYTCHWOOD, a game developed by Toronto-based Alientrap and published by Whitethorn Games. Whitethorn also published two other recent Try-It Tuesday titles, Calico and Teacup. With little time to play video games lately, … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Video games
Tagged indie games, Try-It Tuesday, Whitethorn Games, Wytchwood
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FALLOWEEN Photo Challenge 2021: Week One
FALLOUT (video game franchise) + HALLOWEEN (holiday) = “FALLOWEEN“ The FALLOWEEN photo challenge was issued by Mrs P on Twitter. There were spooky prompts for each day of October, inspiring players to take screenshots in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Science Fiction, Video games
Tagged Fallout, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout New Vegas, Fallout Shelter, Falloween, Halloween
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Try-It Tuesday: TEACUP
TEACUP is a short and sweet narrative adventure game about a shy frog who collects herbs, sugar, honey and cookies for an upcoming tea party. It released September 23, 2021, for PC, Switch, Xbox and PlayStation, at a price of $9.99. I played a … Continue reading
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Tagged indie games, Try-It Tuesday, Video Games, Whitethorn Games
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Try-It Tuesday: POTION CRAFT Alchemist Simulator
POTION CRAFT: ALCHEMIST SIMULATOR is available in early access on Steam today for only $13.49, 10% off its list price of $14.99. If you love alchemy in Skyrim, you might like this. I tried a free demo back in July (that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, News & misc, Video games
Tagged jewelry, Potion Craft, Try-It Tuesday, Video Games
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Fallout 4 IRL
I started a website called FALLOUT 4 IRL as a way for me to keep track of information about places I want to visit when I travel to Boston someday, but I’ve found so much interesting information that I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in News & misc, Video games
Tagged Fallout, Fallout 4, Video Games
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Mixtape #10 – 1996 “The Ocean, the Stone & Samhain”
I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is labeled “The Ocean, the Stone & Samhain.” In 1996, my divorce was final and I’d moved to Twentynine Palms, California, a Mojave Desert town of 14,000 people … Continue reading
Mixtape #9 – 1995 “The Blue Year”
I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. I made this one in 1995 and labeled it “The Blue Year.” Because I didn’t just have a Blue Christmas, I had a whole damn blue year. … Continue reading
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Mixtape #8 – 1994
I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is from 1994, the year I finished my bachelor’s degree and married Lance (remember him from Mixtape #3?). I left Los Angeles and moved back to the … Continue reading
Mixtape #7 – 1993
I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is labeled “Mike’s tape” and it marks the point my life where I’d broken up with Ron and started dating a guy named Mike. In … Continue reading
Mixtape #6 – 1992
I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is from 1992, when I attended California State University, Long Beach, working on a degree in psychology. Bill Clinton was elected president that year. It was … Continue reading