Category Archives: Video games

Try-It Tuesday: STARDEW VALLEY

Posted on September 18, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

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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GOD OF WAR: The Jötunheim Wall of Prophecy

Posted on August 24, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

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”

Posted on July 23, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

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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Now streaming GOD OF WAR on Twitch

Posted on July 16, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

I tried GOD OF WAR in January (watch here) and I loved it! But I wanted to finish Horizon Zero Dawn, my husband needed back surgery, and then we moved, so it took me awhile to get back to the badass dad … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS

Posted on July 10, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

I played SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS this week because my daughter had a copy of the 2018 remake for PlayStation 4. She bought it because she’s studying video game design in college, and the original 2005 version is considered a classic, influencing many games that came … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: FE

Posted on July 3, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

FE is a 2018 release from Zoink, the makers of Zombie Vikings and Flipping Death. I loved Zombie Vikings and played all the way through last summer. I wanted to like Flipping Death but did one live stream and couldn’t get into it. So I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: TITANFALL 2

Posted on June 20, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

This week I played TITANFALL 2, a first-person shooter developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It’s a 2016 sequel to the game Titanfall (2014), available for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. I spent most of my time in the tutorial, learning the … Continue reading →

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Thrift store find: Silver oak leaf pin

Posted on June 19, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

I plucked this gem from piles of cheap costume jewelry for only $2. It’s a Beau Sterling rhodium-plated oak leaf pin from the 1960s, according to Internet sources selling them for $35 online. My husband asked if I could do … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: FISHING MASTER

Posted on April 17, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

This week’s game is dedicated to one of my viewers who’s become a good friend, “Michael” aka Jesikebiking. He has a YouTube channel where he shares his real-life steampunk bicycles and his Fallout 4 settlement builds. I know how much he likes … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: NIGHTMARES FROM THE DEEP The Cursed Heart

Posted on April 10, 2019 by J.L. Hilton

This week I played another gem from Artifex Mundi, NIGHTMARES FROM THE DEEP: THE CURSED HEART. This is the first game in the Nightmares From the Deep series, released in 2012. In THE CURSED HEART, modern-day museum curator Sarah Black … Continue reading →

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