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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Attack of the Earthlings Announcement Trailer

Aliens can get some pretty bad rap. Sure the odd ones might impregnate you and have their offspring burst out of your stomach. And sure, some may kidnap you for alien experimentation, but have you ever thought that maybe human…

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Aperion Cyberstorm Twin-Stick Shooter Release Trailer

Aperion Cyberstorm a twin-stick shooter developed by Bristol based indie developers APriori Digital has been in development for over four years. All that development time, but it’s now being released and will launch simultaneously on Steam, the Nintendo Switch and…

Video Gaming as a New Parent

Video Gaming as a New Parent

At some point for a great many of you, if not already, you’ll start the tiring and incredibly expensive journey of being a new parent. A time when all thoughts, time, energy and money are devoted towards a small, incomprehensible,…

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Rise of Man Early Access Preview

Buying any Early Access game is a bit of a gamble. On the one hand, you get to experience the game development process, and experience the game sooner than you would normally. Although depending on how far into Early Access…

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Cybernetic Organisms (CyO) added to Starship Corporation

If you’re familiar with the starship building simulator Starship Corporation developed by Coronado Games and published by Iceberg Interactive, then you will be very pleased to hear about the latest update which allows you to manufacture and recruit Cybernetic Organisms…

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Horizon Chase: Turbo Races in with New Teaser Trailer

Aquiris, the developers of Horizon Chase World Tour have released some of the first views of their follow up game Horizon Chase: Turbo at The Playstation Experience (PSX) last weekend, debuting some entirely new gameplay, some tracks and features for…

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Soldiers of the Universe FPS Hits Steam

Rocwise Entertainments first game Soldiers of the Universe is now available to buy on Steam.  SotU is a first person shooter, inspired by Turkey’s ongoing war on terror in the Middle East, and has the distinction of being the first…

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Playstation Anthology Book Release

We’re not all about the virtual and online here. There will always be real value in the real printed word. So, we’re delighted to find out that the printed word has seamlessly merged with our favourite topic, video games in…