Grimm gift

Posted on March 12, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

Grimm Hollywood made me this cool graphic because I’ve been playing POTION CRAFT.

(“Jewelsmith” is my name on YouTube.)

Check out my POTION CRAFT playlist

~ J.L. Hilton

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60-year-old lesson still needs teaching

Posted on March 3, 2023 by J.L. Hilton
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My latest obsession is the TV Western THE RIFLEMAN, which aired for several seasons from 1958-1963.

In the episode “Duel of Honor” the titular character tells his son, “Someone who’s strange or different is often treated with cruelty… that’s wrong.”

Over 60 years later and some folks still haven’t learned.

~ J.L. Hilton

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My Fallout 3 footage featured

Posted on February 27, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

Grimm Hollywood contacted me last year asking if he could use some of my Fallout 3 footage in his video & I said yeah sure. This is that video. It’s good stuff, check it out.

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Better Call Fallout New Vegas

Posted on February 23, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

Watching Better Call Saul s5e8 “Bagman” last night, I was reminded of that time in Fallout New Vegas when I crawled back to Novac, across the Mojave Wasteland, with 37 gold bars from the Sierra Madre casino in the Dead Money DLC. This is exactly what it felt like.

~ J.L. Hilton

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STRAY Cat Lover Giveaway!

Posted on February 20, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

When I finish STRAY later this week I’ll be giving away some cat toys, earrings, buttons like the ones in the game & a $10 donation to the winner’s favorite cat charity!

Watch the video for prizes, rules and information. To enter, comment on any of my STRAY videos and just tell me you want to enter.

See all of my STRAY videos on YouTube

Winner will be drawn and notified after I finish the game.

~ J.L. Hilton

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Try-It Tuesday: MONSTER PROM

Posted on February 7, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

Today’s Try-It Tuesday game is MONSTER PROM, a really weird and wildly inappropriate 2018 PC dating simulator about partying with dudebro werewolves, thespian vampires, well-endowed poltergeists, soul eating demons, snobby gorgons and more.

MONSTER PROM was developed by Beautiful Glitch, based in Barcelona, Spain. I played alone but it’s possible to play with up to four people.

Don’t let the “prom” in the name fool you – this is not an innocent game about innocent teenagers.

I didn’t expect to like it but had a good time and would actually like to play it again.

Rated “M” for mature audiences, due to drug references, sexual themes and strong language.

~ J.L. Hilton

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Try-It Tuesday POTION CRAFT

Posted on January 17, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

I played the free Steam demo of POTION CRAFT: ALCHEMIST SIMULATOR and its Feast of Winter Cone update in 2021, and I loved it.

Now, I’m starting over with a new playthrough of the recent 1.0 release, which adds a bunch of quests, characters, potion requests, haggling mechanics and more.

POTION CRAFT is a singleplayer game developed by niceplay games and published by tinyBuild. Development is ongoing, with updates planned for the future.

It’s available on PC and Xbox, with releases on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch planned for sometime in Spring 2023.

The game appears to be rated E 10+ for “everyone age 10 and up” but parents should know that there are references to sexual activity, including libido potions and mention of a brothel, as well as refererences to drinking and violence. Some characters and potion requests are downright evil, asking for help to poison someone or burn down a neighbor’s house, for example.

More info at PotionCraft.com

~ J.L. Hilton

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“I want to pet it with my sword”

Posted on January 10, 2023 by J.L. Hilton
My daughter said, “I want to pet it with my sword,” when we met Cathulhu during CAT QUEST II
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January 2023 Update

Posted on January 1, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

I started the new year with a return to FALLOUT 3 to find Ruzka’s lair, an unmarked location I missed in Point Lookout, and wrapped up 2022 with a Fallout Holiday Giveaway. Congrats to Dangerous Toxicated Monsters for winning the Official Vault Dweller’s Advent Calendar, Nuka Cola stocking and Women of Fallout ornament set! 

GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK also wrapped up at the end of the year, and this week I will complete my second playthrough of THE OUTER WORLDS. 

There are two new videos edited from my livestreams of THE OUTER WORLDS. One is about the Mega Ice Queen boss in Peril on Gorgon, and the other is about how I got the DLC to work in the first place. I reckoned if I had problems, then others might have problems, too, so I wanted to share how I got them fixed. 

The very last video of CAT QUEST II with Baby Jewels will be available on “Caturday” the 7th. 

I will probably play STRAY on my PC next, since Baby Jewels already owns the game on Steam and I won’t have to buy it, but I need to see if my laptop can handle the game. 

CALICO and POTION CRAFT are two more PC games I plan to revisit, with videos coming to YouTube later this month. Both have had big updates and I want to check out the new content. If you missed those games, I have a CALICO playlist and you can check out the Winter 2021 update of Potion Craft, which for some reason is one of the most popular videos on my channel! 

There are a ton of little PC indie games that I want to check out, too, so be on the lookout for more Try-It Tuesday videos this year, and if I can figure out how to livestream from my new Xbox X, then I might play PENTIMENT with game pass. 

Have a healthy and happy new year!

~ J.L. Hilton

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Happy Holidays from the Capital Wasteland

Posted on December 18, 2022 by J.L. Hilton

Here’s a little video greeting card of me trying to put an “elf” on a shelf in Fallout 3. 

Whether you celebrate Hanukah, Christmas, Solstice, Yuletide, Kwanzaa, New Year’s, all of the above or none at all, I wish you health and good cheer. 

If you’re struggling at this time of year, or buckling under the strain of world events, I want you to know that I care about you and there is help. 

Suicidepreventionlifeline.org 1-800-273-8255
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Domestic Violence TheHotline.org 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Free emotional support & low-cost online therapy 7cups.com 

Or you can use Google Maps to find services in your area.

We all need a little help sometimes, and this year has been tough. 

Yours truly,

J.L. Hilton

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