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Author Archives: J.L. Hilton
Try-It Tuesday: STRANGE ANTIQUITIES
STRANGE ANTIQUITIES is part puzzle game, part escape room, part Gothic horror, set in the Victorian village of Undermere. I played the free demo and had such a good time, I went straight to Steam and bought the full game. … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: HAPPY GAME
HAPPY GAME is a 2021 singleplayer point-and-click horror adventure by Amanita Design, makers of Machinarium, Chuchel and Pilgrims, all games I’ve played and enjoyed in the past. I love their unique, creative style of gameplay and graphics. “Happy Game is … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: HIDDEN CATS ZOMBIE HUNTER
The neighborhood is overrun with zombie cats in HIDDEN CATS: ZOMBIE HUNTER, a 2025 hidden object game by Sons of Welder and FM Simple Games Studio. I love hidden object games and I’ve played several where the hidden objects are … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: DATE EVERYTHING!
DATE EVERYTHING! came out in June 2025, and is the first game developed by Sassy Chap Games, a studio formed by professional voice actors Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond and Max Mittelman. It includes over 11,000 hand-drawn art assets and an ensemble … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: THE FORGOTTEN CITY
THE FORGOTTEN CITY has been out since 2021, and it was a Skyrim mod before that, but my youngest daughter’s been after me to play it so today’s the day. Now I’m completely hooked and loving it. It’s a narrative-driven … Continue reading
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World diddling championships 1974
“Diddling” is the gentle euphemism my parents used for “masturbation” when I was a kid in the 1970s. So you can imagine the hilarity when I first watched this video. “Warming up are some of Britain’s champion diddlers…” “This man … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: TRUE FEAR PART 3
TRUE FEAR: FORSAKEN SOULS PART 3 is the third and final game in a trilogy ten years in the making. All three games feature protagonist Holly Stonehouse uncovering family secrets in various creepy places including a crumbling childhood home, haunted … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: MACHINARIUM
MACHINARIUM is a 2009 singleplayer point-and-click puzzle adventure by Amanita Design, makers of the game Chuchel that I played earlier this month. I’ve been wanting to play it for several years, but for one reason or another, never got around … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: CHUCHEL
This week’s Try-It Tuesday falls on April Fool’s Day, so I wanted to play something fun and silly. CHUCHEL is a 2018 point-and-click comedy adventure game that reminded me a bit of Alice in Wonderland, Adventure Time, Loco Roco, Spongebob, … Continue reading
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Try-It Tuesday: URBAN JUNGLE
URBAN JUNGLE is a singleplayer cozy houseplant gardening simulator and puzzle game developed by three-person team Kylyk Games and released in March 2025. Similar to Unpacking, URBAN JUNGLE is an object placement game that progresses through the stages of someone’s … Continue reading
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