Category Archives: Video games

Try-It Tuesday: NIER:AUTOMATA

Posted on January 10, 2018 by J.L. Hilton

I played NIER:AUTOMATA for three reasons: 1) There’s a free demo for PS4 2) Viewer requests 3) Jim Sterling included the game in his “Game of the Year Awards 2017” video The music and gameplay gave me a warm fuzzy flashback to Kingdom Hearts on the old … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: EVENTIDE Slavic Fable

Posted on January 9, 2018 by J.L. Hilton

After playing Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink, I wanted to do another Artifex Mundi demo so this week I tried EVENTIDE: SLAVIC FABLE. Clockwork Tales was inspired by steampunk, and EVENTIDE by Slavic myth. You are a botanist, Dr. Mary Gilbert, whose … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: 7 DAYS TO DIE

Posted on December 27, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

7 DAYS TO DIE is a survival horror sandbox game developed by The Fun Pimps. Alpha 1.0 released on PC in December 2013. The most recent version, Alpha 16, released in June 2017. The game became available for PS4 and Xbox One in June 2016. With a post-apocalyptic … Continue reading →

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MacCready’s 12 Days of Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

Sung to the tune of the classic “12 Days of Christmas” On the twelfth day of Christmas, MacCready sniped for me…Twelve Gunners gunningEleven raiders raidingTen super mutantsNine sentry robotsEight mongrels growlingSeven bloatflies flyingSix shaggy yao guaiFive radroachesFour mirelurksThree moleratsTwo feral ghoulsAnd … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: OVERCOOKED The Festive Seasoning DLC

Posted on December 20, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

Trying to find a Christmas-themed video game is not easy! Halloween offers a variety of spooky, monster and madness games like Amnesia, Murdered: Soul Suspect, The Deadly Tower of Monsters, The Town of Light, and Until Dawn: Rush of Blood. … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: SOUTH PARK The Fractured But Whole

Posted on December 6, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

SOUTH PARK: THE FRACTURED BUT WHOLE just came out in October and there’s a free demo on Playstation 4. I didn’t play Stick of Truth, but I’ve been watching South Park since I first saw Mr. Hanky in 1997, so I … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: THIEF

Posted on November 29, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

I typically try out games I’ve never played before, but this week was a “Try-It AGAIN Tuesday” with THIEF, the reboot developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix. I played this game on Playstation 3 and wrote about it back in … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: FORTNITE BATTLE ROYALE

Posted on November 24, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

I don’t usually play games like FORTNITE BATTLE ROYALE, a third-person shooter PvP MMOG (that’s “Player vs Player Massively Multiplayer Online Game” for the uninitiated). But getting out of my comfort zone and trying new things is what Try-It Tuesday is all about. … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: CLOCKWORK TALES Of Glass and Ink

Posted on November 16, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

This week I tried a game called CLOCKWORK TALES: Of Glass and Ink, a throwback to my days of playing point-and-click puzzle adventures on the PC. A decade or so ago, when my kids were little and I didn’t have a lot … Continue reading →

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111 Kisses: The Story of Granny’s Kiss

Posted on November 11, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

To celebrated the 111th livestream of my Rose the Raider playthrough of Fallout 4, I made a very special video called “111 KISSES: The Story of Granny’s Kiss” about the evolution of Rose’s favorite weapon, from its discovery by Dogmeat … Continue reading →

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