Category Archives: Video games

Try-It Tuesday: APICO free Steam demo

APICO is a casual-sim game about collecting, breeding and maintaining bees. It features farm building, crafting and resource gathering, similar to Terraria or Stardew Valley, but there are no enemies to fight and even the bees won’t sting you! Beekeeping … Continue reading

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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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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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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

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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FALLOUT SCAVENGER HUNT 2021 FAQ

What is a scavenger hunt? It’s a game in which players gather items on a list. Sometimes the game is played in teams, with the winner(s) being those who collect the most items within a time limit, or those who collect … Continue reading

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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

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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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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

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