Jim Franklin

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.
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Monument Valley IOS Review

I cross paths with plenty of iOS mobile games on a day-to-day basis, but it’s fairly rare that one gives me the ‘Oh, this is actually rather good’ feeling, but Monument Valley by developers UsTwo does just this. Monument Valley…

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Beep Boop Bot Review

A few days ago, I was contacted by Psycho Robot Studios an indie game development studio asking little old for my opinion on Beep Boop Bot. Firstly, this is great because I love hearing the sound of my own virtual…

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Fallout 4 Unexpectations

Fallout 4 has been out for a few weeks now. Is it a few weeks? It feels like it, but time can go so quickly when you’re wandering the Boston nuclear wasteland, scavenging for adhesive and fending off super-mutants and…

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My Top Ten Fallout 4 Hints and Tips

  The release of Bethesda’s smash sequel Fallout 4 last week, has taken up every bit of spare time I have. Fallout 4 is much bigger than all of its predecessors, and there is so much to do and many…

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Fallout My Favourite Bits

Fallout 4, the latest in the franchise is due to be released tonight at midnight for PC, Xbox1 and PS4. While I wait, impatiently, lactating at the prospect of more wasteland RPG goodness, I thought it would be good to…

Hearthstone Mages bug me?

The past few posts have been about Hearthstone, so there’s no reason to change that. But rather than discuss my favourite cards or strategies, I’m going to talk about why I hate playing against mages and what it is about…

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My Top Five Shaman Hearthstone Cards

A few days ago, I let you know which of the Hunter Hearthstone cards are the ones I simply have to use, and today it’s the Shaman’s turn. The Shaman, Master of the Elements, and totem-flinger extraordinaire gets its chance…

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My Top Five Hunter Hearthstone Cards

Ah Hearthstone, thank you for getting rid of the time on all those pesky bus journey’s to work. I don’t know what I would have done without you. Well, ok. Maybe I would have found another game, but then I’d…

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Adventure Capitalist Mobile Game Review

Adventure Capitalist. Ah, If only making real life money is that easy. Well, not for everybody of course, just for me otherwise inflation will be insane. Sorry, you’re probably wondering what I’m talking about. Well, it’s a game I stumbled…

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What am I Playing Now (Sept)

July seems so long ago now, those beautiful sunny days that could be glimpsed from my gaming room window as I battled Hearthstone players, and the cold darker days of Autumn seemed so far away. But did this change of season…