Jim Franklin

Jim Franklin is a freelance writer, living in Derby UK with his wife and his player 3. When time allows he likes nothing more than losing himself in a multi-hour gaming session. He likes most games and will play anything but prefers MMO's, and sandbox RPG's.

Joined: December 1, 2011
Articles: 757
Comments: 61

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 28, 2016

Starr Mazer Halloween Boss Rush

Well, Halloween is nearly upon us and Imagos Softworks and Pixeljam Games, the Indie development teams behind Starr Mazer DSP are well into the Halloween spirit with their latest update. Starr Mazer DSP is a side-scrolling shoot-em up, with a…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 27, 2016

Spellsworn Arena PvP Game Interview

Frogsong Studios is just about to release the latest update to Spellsworn their Online PvP Arena game, that smashed its way through Steam greenlight and is now barging its way through Early Access. Although for once, I’m not going to…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 26, 2016

Ginger Beyond the Crystal Indie Shout Out

GINGER IS READY: ARE YOU? You may think that crystals are fairly innocuous. They’re kind of pretty and sparkly, and if you believe in Crystal Healing they can kinda make you feel better too. You wouldn’t think that they could…

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ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 20, 2016

Haunting Starring Polterguy Retro Review

It’s time to look back at another gaming classic from my childhood, and with Halloween spooking its way closer and closer, I’m choosing Haunting Starring Polterguy on the Sega Genesis. Storyline You star as Polterguy, a punk teenager who is…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 17, 2016

Zombie Roshambo iOS Indie Shout Out

Imagine if one day you woke up and discovered that all your friends have been turned into hideous zombies. Imagine, how alone and scared you might be. Right, and now imagine that the only way you can truly defeat the…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 14, 2016

Overwatch Halloween Terror Review

Halloween is now a little over two weeks away and as you may imagine all of the Halloween content is starting to slowly dribble out like a weird oozy thing from one of Igor’s jars. Overwatch, the hugely popular FPS…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 12, 2016

Day of the Tentacle Retro Review

If you were a fan of point and click adventures in the early nineties then there is no way you could have avoided (nor wanted to avoid) playing Day of the Tentacle. Just like Monkey Island another Lucasarts franchise, Day…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 6, 2016
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The Top 5 Disappointing Video Games

I can get fairly excited about video games. Sometimes I’m watching an E4 demo or a trailer and suddenly my mind is a whir with all the awesome things that the game is going to do and what a fantastic…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 4, 2016

Paladins FPS Open Beta Review

Paladins is a First Person Shooter released by Hi-Rez Studios that gives you a whole cast of fantasy style characters to play, through various arena style matches. Sound familiar? Well it should, it’s a fairly common type of game. However,…