Author: elizatilton

Life of a Blog

Life of a Blog

Artist-Cory Alexander Tilton When I started this blog, it was focused on gaming. It’s my first one, and I’m slowly learning the inner workings of it. The more time I spend parading around other people’s blogs and tweeting away, I’ve realized a blog doesn’t have to stay constant. It should be changing and evolving, because […]

Posted March 23, 2011 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 3 Comments
YA Highway-Road Trip Wednesday

YA Highway-Road Trip Wednesday

Which book character would you like most as a next door neighbour? Definitely a dwarf. I’d love to have Bruenor from my favorite author R.A Salvatore’s books, but I’ll take Gimli too.  I wouldn’t mind having a hot Legalos, or even a Cullen, but I’m thinking practicality. Dwarf’s are amazing at building and fixing, they’re […]

Posted March 23, 2011 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 12 Comments

SHOW ME THE VOICE contest with Natalie Fischer

Brenda Drakes is holding an awesome blog contest. Post the first 250 words of your finished manuscript. I’ve been battling with my first few chapters for months. I’m excited to see what the response is on the below. Enjoy and make sure to check out all the other entries!           Name: Eliza Tilton Title: Winds […]

Posted March 20, 2011 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 7 Comments

Dragon Age II: First Impressions

Yesterday, I was able to get in a few good hours of game time and man am I psyched! Bioware has done it again. For years, they continue to put out games with immense storylines, full of action. In this sequel, you play as ___ Hawke (you get to choose your own name). You have […]

Posted March 13, 2011 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 1 Comment
The Angry Gamer

The Angry Gamer

After a long day of work, I would love to come home to a quiet household…well, that’s not happening.  My husband is playing the new Marvel vs Capcom for PS3 and screaming at players that can’t hear him (dog ate the headset).  It’s always the same, either the game is cheating or kids are cheating. […]

Posted March 9, 2011 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 1 Comment
Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain

Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain

I have been playing video games for over twenty years and nothing has ever compared to the experience that is Heavy Rain. Heavy Rain is a Choose Your Own Adventure type thriller. The game switches between the point of views of four different characters, all investigating the origami serial killer. Each character has an active […]

Posted March 5, 2011 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 0 Comments
February AW Blog Chain.

February AW Blog Chain.

(Lucino) I’m really beginning to like these chain things, which is odd because I delete every chain e-mail… This month’s chain is 1) describe your antagonist and 2) write a scene about meeting them : ) in 100 words. Lucino is a young, reptilian lord, who is obsessed with pretty girls (he has a private collection […]

Posted March 1, 2011 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 6 Comments
Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption

I can see why it got game of the year, but after about 15 hours, I lost interest.I will say one thing: I learned how to play poker! That at least gives it a few gold stars Below are my pros and cons. pros: riding horses, shooting pretty much anything, the challenges (although I failed […]

Posted February 21, 2011 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 0 Comments