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.

Overwatch Year of the Rooster Event on Jan 24th

For those of us still pining over the finish of the last Overwatch Event, Winter Wonderland there is some news out of the Blizzard camp. The next event for those plucky and let’s be honest fairly murderous Overwatch heroes is…

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Novus Inceptio Playthrough – Episode 2

A few days ago I took my first tentative steps into the unknown world of Novus Inceptio. In short, and you can read the post here, I ran around scavenging items and made a rudimentary (and at that time incomplete)…

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Novus Inceptio Playthrough – Episode 1

There really is nothing like the feeling of exploring the unknown, foraging for food and building a house with your own two hands. Nope, no feeling like it, and that feeling is exhaustion. It all seems way too tiring for…

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eTABU Word Search Indie Shout Out

There are some puzzles that are timeless, Crosswords, Dot-to-Dots, Spot the Difference and Word Searches. So don’t go thinking that just because we’re living in an age of advanced technology that there isn’t enough time to start finding words in…

How Long Does Overwatch Have Left?

Overwatch has now been out for over half a year and it shows no signs of either stopping or losing its popularity. But, as nothing lasts forever just how long does Overwatch have before we all move on to something…

Top 5 Point and Click Adventure Games

Top 5 Point and Click Adventure Games

When I was a wee nipper (That’s Scottish for young boy) I could not get enough of point & click adventure games. I spent so many hours going from overly pixellated room to overly pixellated room trying to use every…

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Zombie Chimps Top Posts of 2016

2016 has come and gone, and what a year it’s been.  2016 was year filled with some excellent and truly top-notch games and gaming experiences. As we stride off into a brand new 2017, I think it’s time to look…

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Favourite Overwatch Heroes Update

When I first bought Overwatch, over six months ago I wrote this post explaining which of the three Overwatch heroes are my favourite and why. Well, I thought it would be fun to go through which three Overwatch heroes are…

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The Legacy of the 2D Games that Started it All

Modern gaming is an incredible blend of highly advanced technological breakthroughs, slowly blurring the lines between virtual reality and real life. Programs like Unity, Maya, Harmony and others allow artists to develop worlds that range from incredibly realistic universes to…

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Five New Overwatch Brawl Ideas

The new Overwatch brawls are, in my opinion the most fun that I have in Overwatch. I’ve already written a post on why I prefer the Mystery Heroes brawl, but it got me thinking about other possible ideas for brawl…