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: 792

post: 664
reviews: 127

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 23, 2016

Contraptions Fallout 4 DLC

Contraptions is the next piece of Fallout 4 downloadable content released by Bethesda Softworks. In a similar vein to Wasteland Workshop, Contraptions provides you with more gubbins and inventions for your settlements. At just under $5 / £4 it’s not…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 14, 2016

Quest Hunter Greenlit by Steam

Fresh off the bat from been greenlit by the Steam community is Quest Hunter a light-hearted RPG about treasure hunting and the skillful use of shovels during the night-time. Yes, shovels at night. You heard me. Quest Hunter by 2…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 13, 2016

PC Gaming Show E3 2016 Coverage

Being a PC Gamer, the PC Gaming Show has always been one of my favourite parts of E3, it always gives me so much information about all the new games and MMO’s and the PC Gaming Show at E3 this…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 13, 2016

Fallout 4 DLC Announced at E3 2016

When Bethesda spoke at E3 2016 they showed trailers of the next three Fallout 4 DLC’s that will be available over the next few months. The trailer below shows just what’s in store for our lone survivor, and seem to…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 10, 2016

Chronicles of Elyria MMO News

Chronicles of Elyria, a new MMO on the horizon looks to handle a major MMO component in a different way. Despite the great variety in MMO’s all of them, at least to my knowledge has one thing in common. Death…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 9, 2016

Fallout 4 Settlement Building – Power

You remember a few days ago a little post that dealt with all the basics of building a settlement in Fallout 4. It dealt with the basic structure, so bolting together those bits of wood and metal to build a…

ByJim Franklin
OnJune 9, 2016

Fallout 4 Settlement Building – Power

ByJim Franklin
OnMay 31, 2016

Fallout 4 Settlement Building – Structures

Unless, you’ve been living under a rock, or not visited this site before, both of which are unfathomably unthinkable, you may have noticed that I absolutely love Fallout 4. One area in particular is the settlement building, but Bethesda hasn’t…

ByJim Franklin
OnMay 18, 2016

Aika Online Biggest Update this May

This morning I was emailed by Redbana , the producers of Aika Online about their latest update, which by all accounts is pretty damn massive and set to be released on 25th May. So it just goes to show that…

ByJim Franklin
OnMay 12, 2016

Making Fallout 4 Survival Mode More Realistic

I’m a big fan of Fallout 4 Survival Mode. Survival Mode forces you to think tactically, take your time and make every bullet, purified water, and scrap of metal count. Although it is a lot more lifelike there are ways…