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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Framed – Indie Classic Lookback

Video games can be a very fleeting experience. You buy them, play them, hopefully complete them and then they languish at the back of your video game collection left forgotten or traded in for something else never to be played…

Iris.Fall Announced with Reveal Trailer

NEXT Studios, the developers of Death Coming have just released the reveal trailer for their latest dark, Wonderlandesque puzzle game, Iris.Fall. NEXT Studios and the Chinese video game indie publisher Zodiac Interactive, announced that the dark fairy tale adventure puzzle…

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New Ways to Play Rimworld

Yes, I am still playing Rimworld. Yes, I know “Not another Rimworld Post” I hear you all cry. But as it is quite simply one of the best survival / resource management storytelling games out there, it’s going to get…

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PUBG Mobile Content Update Brings In New Sanhok Map

In all-new update, Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile (PUBG MOBILE) is now offering the much-anticipated Sanhok map.  Set in a dense jungle with varying landscape, Sanhok offers players a smaller map for more tense combat scenarios and gun battles, adding to…

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Circle Empires Releases Massive Content Patch

Circle Empires, the circular island based, real-time strategy PC game developed by Luminous and Iceberg Interactive has just received a massive content patch.  Like most Circle Empires patches, this one is jam-packed with changes and improvements but also includes new…

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HyperParasite Switch Trailer Released

HyperParasite is the latest addition to the ever-increasing release schedule, of the UK Indie publisher HoundPicked Games. The fast and frenzied twin-stick brawler, developed by the Spanish studio Troglobytes Games is already being developed on the PC, and now it…

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Oriental Empires Update Brings in Scenario Editor

A few months back now, I took a look at a turn-based strategy game, called Oriental Empires. Developed by Shining Pixel Studios, Oriental Empires set’s your strategic mind to Ancient China, as you rule a clan wisely to ensure its…

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Hearthstone Puzzle Labs – What is it?

It’s been over a week since the latest Hearthstone expansion, The Boomsday Project was released. The latest expansion brings in not only 135 new cards demonstrating the weird and wonderful constructions of Dr Boom, but a new card mechanic, Magnetic…

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Mislead Indie Shout Out

Have you ever thought what would happen if you threw soda and candy down the drain? Ever imagined the candy-soda mix gaining sentience and using its new-found intelligence to escape the bonds of this world, and travelling through portals to…