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Author Archives: J.L. Hilton
Try-It Tuesday: WITCHER 3
SPOILER ALERT: I mention a few plot points but try to be vague and speak in generalizations. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of my favorite games of all time, so THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT is often recommended to … Continue reading
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Fallout 3 coming to Twitch
This week’s Twitch Try-It Tuesday stream will be FALLOUT 3, a game I’ve never been able to play before! My oldest daughter got it working for me on my new Windows 10 laptop. There may be quirks, crashes and bugs … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: DARKARTA A Broken Heart’s Quest
I didn’t find out about DARKARTA: A BROKEN HEART’S QUEST until a representative from Tutti Frutti Interactive offered me a review copy earlier this month. The game came to PC in 2017 but mobile versions in eight languages are now … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: MODERN TALES Age of Invention
Despite its name, MODERN TALES: AGE OF INVENTION is set in the year 1900. As one might expect with steampunk, there are steam trains, airships and crazy gadgets. Emily Patterson is a headstrong, independent and educated female protagonist, who ditches skirts and corsets … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday DREAM DADDY
DREAM DADDY: A DAD DATING SIMULATOR is a visual novel video game released in 2017 for PC. The expanded Dadrector’s Cut was released for PlayStation 4 in 2018 and a Nintendo Switch version in 2019. I heard about DREAM DADDY because … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: THE SECRET ORDER Shadow Breach
This game is called THE SECRET ORDER: SHADOW BREACH on PlayStation, but it’s called The Secret Order 7 on Steam. It definitely felt like part of a series, with references to characters, story and events from, I assume, the past six games I … Continue reading
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Completing the EVENTIDE trilogy
This week I played EVENTIDE 3: LEGACY OF LEGENDS, developed by The House of Fables and published by Artifex Mundi in 2017. I enjoyed the first Eventide game back in January 2018 and I tried the EVENTIDE 3 free demo back in September … Continue reading
Team Trashcake visits the SIMS
The troublesome Team Trashcake trio played Sims 4 today. Well, technically, IceStella played Sims 4 while Sulfur & I visited via headset to help create avatars of ourselves, choose outfits and decorate our rooms. I joined them about halfway through … Continue reading
Try-It Tuesday: EVENTIDE 2 Sorcerer’s Mirror
EVENTIDE 2: SORCERER’S MIRROR is a 2016 point-and-click puzzle-solving adventure developed by the House of Fables and published by Artifex Mundi. I had a good time playing the first game, Eventide: Slavic Fable, back in January 2018, so I wanted to complete the trilogy. The botanist Mary … Continue reading
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It’s not the best choice, it’s … THE OUTER WORLDS
SPOILER ALERT * * * The second half of this article contains major story details * * * THE OUTER WORLDS felt like Firefly fanfiction, complete with twangy guitar riffs, a ragtag crew, old-timey frontier style speech, and an occasional cargo bay full of … Continue reading
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