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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MomoCon 2015 Opens in Atlanta in May

Last year I posted, fairly briefly about MomoCon 2014. You can find the post here if you wanted to refresh your knowledge. Well, seeing it’s now 2015, it’s time to talk about MomoCon 2015, and some of the stuff that…

It’s My ZergID Party, and I’ll Cry if Want to

You’ve probably heard me mention ZergID before. There has been the odd press release I’ve posted about. Well, in short it’s a rather fast growing social network for MMO and MMPORG gamers. It was designed to help make grouping and…

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Simpsons Tapped Out Juggler Swarm

You think Springfield is a good place to live? All those buildings you’ve put down and streets you’ve laid in Simpsons Tapped Out are safe? Well, beware the jugglers people, they swarm…   Simpsons Tapped Out Juggler swarm

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Hand of Fate Review

I’ve mentioned Hand of Fate, the game that takes a card game and a traditional rpg and squashes them together, a couple of times before right here on Zombiechimp and now I’ve got my hands on a copy. The premise…

Windward Setting Sail in Q2

I have never played a boat or ship related computer game. Of course they have featured in huge amounts of games, but never as the main part. How did I avoid them for so long? It’s probably because out of…

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Nebulous, Space Puzzle Madness

Imagine if you will, if you cross Mouse Trap (The board game of course not the Agatha Christie Murder) with space travel. It’s a difficult combination to imagine I know, but that Namazu Studios have managed it, and squashed it…

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Mekazoo, Animal Platform Romp Heading your Way

Hands up if you remember a game called The Lost Vikings? Well you should. After all it’s a classic. Well The Lost Vikings was a Super Nintendo game released in the early nineties. The premise being that you had three…

PoxNora, New Ronin Expansion Released

Sometimes in the modern gaming world of big budget MMO‘s like World of Warcraft, Eve Online, and Elder Scrolls Online it can be easy to forget just how loyal players can be to other MMO’s; MMO’s that have run nearly…

A Stellar Performance

I’ve just heard news about Stellar, a rogue-like space shooter featuring 2D and 3D dog-fighting that y’all may be rather interested in. Kurt Hollowell, CEO, Dog Eat Dog Games the developers behind Stellar says “Like many of my generation I…

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ZergID Social Networking for Gamers

We live in a world where being social and contacting people is in the heart of pretty much everything we do. You can’t use your toaster without being asked if you want to tweet or post about your toast making…