Author Archives: J.L. Hilton

Try-It Tuesday: SUDOCATS

Posted on April 18, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

SUDOCATS is a single-player puzzle game released in March 2022 and created by DevCats, the developers behind Building Full of Cats and Castle Full of Cats. I played on my Windows 10 laptop but the game is also available for … Continue reading →

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Game Night: BODY ON THE BOARDWALK

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

My family played BODY ON THE BOARDWALK yesterday. It’s a tabletop game similar to an escape room experience where you get a box full of clues – actual news clippings, letters, fliers, photos, misc small items – and use them … Continue reading →

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Game Night: SNAKE OIL

Posted on April 15, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

Picked up a game called SNAKE OIL at the thrift store for $4 and played it with the family tonight. Turned out to be a lot of laughs. SNAKE OIL is not a card game like Uno or Fluxx (two … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: ZODIACATS

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

ZODIACATS is a tile-swapping puzzle game developed and published by Devcats and released on Steam in January 2022. I played on my laptop. The game is also available on Nintendo Switch. I posted on Twitter that cat games often get … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: A BUILDING FULL OF CATS

Posted on April 4, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

I enjoyed A Castle Full of Cats so much, I decided to play A BUILDING FULL OF CATS from the same developers, the DevCats. A BUILDING FULL OF CATS is a hidden object puzzle game where all of the objects … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: Innkeeper Month

Posted on March 29, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

March was Innkeeper Month, with four Try-It Tuesday games that revolved around rustic rest stops. To kick off, I tried TRAVELLERS REST on March 7, 2023, a fantasy tavern management game for PC. Next, I played TAVERN MASTER, a 2021 … Continue reading →

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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 Connect, support, comment or contact the author here 

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60-year-old lesson still needs teaching

Posted on March 3, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

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.” … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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