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
OnJuly 4, 2016

Dark Fear Review

I’ve been contacted recently by Arif Games who asked if I’d like to review their new survival horror game Dark Fear. Firstly, I never turn down free games no matter what the source and secondly and more importantly, I love…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 30, 2016

My Top 3 Overwatch Characters

I’ve been playing Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainments’ foray into the First person Shooter world now for a couple of weeks. I’m not exactly an expert; in fact some of the matches I’ve been in have been downright laughable, without many laughs.…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 29, 2016

Civilization 6 Preview

I’ve been a massive fan of the Civilization games for a long time. I think it was something about being able to re-write history, at least virtually. I loved the idea of creating a war-mongering Gandhi or a cultured and…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 23, 2016

Contraptions Fallout 4 DLC

Contraptions is the next piece of Fallout 4 downloadable content released by Bethesda Softworks. In a similar vein to Wasteland Workshop, Contraptions provides you with more gubbins and inventions for your settlements. At just under $5 / £4 it’s not…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 22, 2016

Overwatch Review

Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainments latest in a long line of games is already gaining huge popularity since its release on the 24th May. This popularity is not only with fans of FPS but anyone familiar with how Blizzard do things, we’ve…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 14, 2016

Quest Hunter Greenlit by Steam

Fresh off the bat from been greenlit by the Steam community is Quest Hunter a light-hearted RPG about treasure hunting and the skillful use of shovels during the night-time. Yes, shovels at night. You heard me. Quest Hunter by 2…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 13, 2016

Fallout 4 DLC Announced at E3 2016

When Bethesda spoke at E3 2016 they showed trailers of the next three Fallout 4 DLC’s that will be available over the next few months. The trailer below shows just what’s in store for our lone survivor, and seem to…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 13, 2016

PC Gaming Show E3 2016 Coverage

Being a PC Gamer, the PC Gaming Show has always been one of my favourite parts of E3, it always gives me so much information about all the new games and MMO’s and the PC Gaming Show at E3 this…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 10, 2016

Chronicles of Elyria MMO News

Chronicles of Elyria, a new MMO on the horizon looks to handle a major MMO component in a different way. Despite the great variety in MMO’s all of them, at least to my knowledge has one thing in common. Death…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 9, 2016

Fallout 4 Settlement Building – Power

You remember a few days ago a little post that dealt with all the basics of building a settlement in Fallout 4. It dealt with the basic structure, so bolting together those bits of wood and metal to build a…