Author Archives: J.L. Hilton

Try-It Tuesday: ENIGMATIS 3 The Shadow of Karkhala

Private investigators search the Karakorum Mountains for a way to stop the demon Asmodai from returning to the world in ENIGMATIS 3: THE SHADOW OF KARKHALA, a 2016 point-and-click puzzle-solving supernatural adventure developed by Artifex Mundi. Click here for Enigmatis: The Ghosts of … Continue reading

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Try-It Tuesday: ENIGMATIS 2 The Mists of Ravenwood

The search for an evil preacher leads a detective to a haunted nature preserve and a missing family in ENIGMATIS 2: THE MISTS OF RAVENWOOD. This 2013 point-and-click puzzle-solving supernatural thriller is the sequel to Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek, which I played back … Continue reading

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Mrs. Potts drawing challenge

Someone joked on Twitter about Mrs. Potts being impossible to draw without looking like some sort of demonic elephant, and they invited people to try it. This is my attempt, sketched in about 10 minutes from a reference pic. Not … Continue reading

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Duke University Medical Center

Duke University Medical Center is like a castle, huge and labyrinthine. Perfect setting for a video game. Something creepy, post-apocalyptic or zombies, maybe. While taking pictures, someone asked me what was “photoworthy.” I said, “This beautiful building.” He said, “It is, isn’t … Continue reading

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Try-It Tuesday: BATMAN Arkham Knight

MY RATING: 3/5 KAPOWS! BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT is a 2015 third-person action-adventure game offered free to PlayStation+ members in September 2019. Developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, it’s based (if you hadn’t already guessed) on the DC … Continue reading

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Try-It Tuesday: A PLAGUE TALE Innocence

MY RATING: 1000 DEAD RATS A PLAGUE TALE: INNOCENCE is a third-person stealth horror game developed by Asobo Studio and released by Focus Home Interactive in May 2019. It’s available for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. I played the free trial this week. In … Continue reading

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Try-It Tuesday: STARDEW VALLEY

My family’s been after me to play STARDEW VALLEY for months. I avoided the game because I thought it would be another Farmville. Wow, was I wrong. STARDEW VALLEY looks like a cute little gardening simulator, but there’s also fishing, foraging, crafting, ranching, cooking, adventuring, brewing, … Continue reading

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Fall is here!

Took this picture at Trader Joe’s today!

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GOD OF WAR: The Jötunheim Wall of Prophecy

I recently finished the main story in GOD OF WAR. Near the end of their journey, Kratos and Atreus enter Jötunheim and discover a wall carved with runes and images. Some depict Kratos’ wife and Atreus’ mother Faye. Others show … Continue reading

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Fallout New Vegas fanfiction: “Special Delivery in Jacobstown”

Artwork by of-devils-and-drawings.tumblr.com ADULTS ONLY. This is a steamy story about Lacy the Mojave courier and Marcus the mutant mayor of Jacobstown. Based on my playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas. Contains explicit sexual content, language and romance. May also be … Continue reading

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