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 are cats, with hand drawn art and lots of hidden secrets and surprises, including a reference to the Fallout games.

Some of the “cats” are little more than two pointy ears and two dots for eyes, peeking out from the scenery, or they’re hidden inside of drawers and behind objects that must be clicked to open, so it’s quite a challenge!

The game is only $1.99 on Steam and worth every penny for about an hour of cat-filled fun. It’s also available on Nintendo Switch.

~ J.L. Hilton

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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 game where players expand and manage a medieval tavern.

Does a cemetery count as a rest stop? Well, this month it does! GRAVEYARD KEEPER is a twisted medieval cemetery management game available on PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS4, iOS and Android.

And for the last Try-It Tuesday of the month, I played BEAR & BREAKFAST, a laid-back management adventure game about a bear and his woodland friends who build and operate a network of bed and breakfasts for humans.

~ J.L. Hilton

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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