Author Archives: J.L. Hilton

The value of happiness

At times it is difficult to see the value of my work as an author, artist and content creator. With the world so full of cruelty, ignorance, injustice and pain, the thought of writing a story, making jewelry or livestreaming a video game … Continue reading

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Fallout 3 Holiday Special

Season’s greetings!  In this very special video, my lone wanderer Charity plays Santa Claus and delivers holiday cheer to the children of the Capital Wasteland, while Fawkes plays Krampus.  This turned out unintentionally hilarious due to the children’s cynical dialogue. … Continue reading

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Movies: The Guns of Navarone

I recently watched The Guns of Navarone (1961), a movie that inspired the FALLOUT 3 Operation: Anchorage DLC (2009), specifically the “Guns of Anchorage” quest, and the original CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN (1981) video game by Silas Warner and Muse Software for … Continue reading

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I won the “Narrate Your Own Twilight Zone Competition 2021”

My entry “Memory Lane” tied for 1st place in the NARRATE YOUR OWN TWILIGHT ZONE COMPETITION 2021 sponsored by the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation! Winning entries will be performed by actor and Rod Serling impersonator Stephen Dexter. I only found out … Continue reading

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Christmas creep

Anyone who thinks there’s a “war on Christmas” has clearly not been on hold with Best Buy customer service listening to Jingle Bells for 12 minutes & 44 seconds on November fucking 12th

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Happy 10th birthday, Skyrim!

To celebrate 10 years of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, I thought I’d share pics of several Skyrim items around my house.  These include my Dibella shrine, bowl of moon sugar, the Stone of Barenziah beside my bed, a Teldryn … Continue reading

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Making marbles = not a euphemism

While watching a YouTube video about the making of glass marbles, the narrator just said “the senior blower is back at the glory hole with his rod…” and I’m dying. “That is a very important lubricant for the blowers hot … Continue reading

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Movie Night: DUNE & THE GREEN KNIGHT

I watched Dune and The Green Knight this weekend. They were both visually stunning films with intense, compelling lead actors, and both based on stories I read years ago. But one of them I liked much more than the other. … Continue reading

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Fallout Scavenger Hunt 2021 winner

Congratulations to the winner of the Fallout Scavenger Hunt 2021, EZEFallout! He took his winning screenshot in FALLOUT 4 with all of the required items: an animal the color orange a toy a super mutant (dead or alive) a food … Continue reading

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FALLOWEEN Photo Challenge 2021: Week Four

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

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