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

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ByJim Franklin
OnApril 18, 2013

Arcane Legends New Icy Expansion

The next, in what is quickly becoming a very long line of expansions to the increasingly popular mobile MMO Arcane Legends is soon to be released. Spacetime Studios have given us so much extra content in previous expansions, from dragon…

ByJim Franklin
OnMarch 20, 2013

Stinky Footboard Kickstarting soon

For gamers, having to deal with multiple simultaneous gaming controls is just something you learn to deal with. Using the WASD keys to move, mouse to look around, space to jump, TAB to open inventory, CTRL+G to go to the…

ByJim Franklin
OnMarch 15, 2013

SimCity Review – good city building is back

If there is anyone out there reading this, which I admit is probably not a great many people then you may be wondering where I am. Of course, as I said, It’s far more likely that you neither know nor…

ByJim Franklin
OnFebruary 21, 2013

Arcane Legends Goes all Pirate

If you can accuse Spacetime Studios of anything it certainly isn’t sitting on their hands. Scarcely a month after their last Arcane Legends update which lobbed in a load of new PVP maps, modes and items, The guys and gals…

ByJim Franklin
OnFebruary 19, 2013

Heavy Gear Assault brings Mech PvP

If there’s anyone out there who doesn’t know what a mech is, think of a giant bipedal robot with large amounts of weaponry. Think ED-209 from Robocop, or at a pinch those human-operated robot things continuously firing at all the…

ByJim Franklin
OnFebruary 12, 2013

Indiecade East and Spacewar! go to New York

Indiecade, the International Festival of Independent Games is heading to the east coast for the first time, the east coast of America of course, not England for those few people inexplicably confused there. If you do happen to be lucky…

ByJim Franklin
OnFebruary 5, 2013

The Walking Dead a Surprisingly Awesome iPhone Game

I am going to come right out and say it, I think that mobile games on the whole are no way near as good as their console and computer counterparts. This is mostly because they are designed for different audiences.…

ByJim Franklin
OnJanuary 23, 2013

Skyrim Mods, my favourites

There could be many reasons why you like Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V Skyrim, the beautiful graphics the in-depth stories, the non-linear gameplay, the near infinite ways that you can create and evolve your character, the list is long. Don’t get…

ByJim Franklin
OnJanuary 20, 2013

Arcane Legends gets a PvP Update

The New Year has been well and truly ushered in and Spacetime Studios have started 2013 by introducing player vs. player (PvP) combat to their 4 million player strong, mobile MMO Arcane Legends. The first PvP mode to be introduced…

ByJim Franklin
OnDecember 28, 2012
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ZombieChimp’s Best Game of 2012

With the end of 2012 in sight, what better time is there to look back over the year and decide on the game that beats all other games of 2012. Now when I say top games of 2012, they may…