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
OnNovember 27, 2015

Fallout 4 Unexpectations

Fallout 4 has been out for a few weeks now. Is it a few weeks? It feels like it, but time can go so quickly when you’re wandering the Boston nuclear wasteland, scavenging for adhesive and fending off super-mutants and…

ByJim Franklin
OnNovember 16, 2015

My Top Ten Fallout 4 Hints and Tips

The release of Bethesda’s smash sequel Fallout 4 last week, has taken up every bit of spare time I have. Fallout 4 is much bigger than all of its predecessors, and there is so much to do and many…

ByJim Franklin
OnNovember 9, 2015

Fallout My Favourite Bits

Fallout 4, the latest in the franchise is due to be released tonight at midnight for PC, Xbox1 and PS4. While I wait, impatiently, lactating at the prospect of more wasteland RPG goodness, I thought it would be good to…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 29, 2015

Hearthstone Mages bug me?

The past few posts have been about Hearthstone, so there’s no reason to change that. But rather than discuss my favourite cards or strategies, I’m going to talk about why I hate playing against mages and what it is about…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 21, 2015

My Top Five Shaman Hearthstone Cards

A few days ago, I let you know which of the Hunter Hearthstone cards are the ones I simply have to use, and today it’s the Shaman’s turn. The Shaman, Master of the Elements, and totem-flinger extraordinaire gets its chance…

ByJim Franklin
OnOctober 19, 2015

My Top Five Hunter Hearthstone Cards

Ah Hearthstone, thank you for getting rid of the time on all those pesky bus journey’s to work. I don’t know what I would have done without you. Well, ok. Maybe I would have found another game, but then I’d…

ByJim Franklin
OnSeptember 17, 2015

What am I Playing Now (Sept)

July seems so long ago now, those beautiful sunny days that could be glimpsed from my gaming room window as I battled Hearthstone players, and the cold darker days of Autumn seemed so far away. But did this change of season…

ByJim Franklin
OnSeptember 3, 2015

Armello Released on PS4

A few weeks ago now, you may remember me telling you about Armello, which is a Kickstarter-funded fantasy digital board game, well it’s now available for the PlayStation 4, as well as Windows, Mac and Linux. With the latest release of…

ByJim Franklin
OnAugust 28, 2015

BIC Announces Lineup of 80 Games

If you’re in Busan, Korea on the 11th and 12 September then you’re in the right place to visit Korea’s first independent game festival. BIC will feature the best in Indie Talent from Korea and the rest of the world,…

ByJim Franklin
OnAugust 26, 2015

Death of the Arcades

Many things have changed for gaming over the past thirty or so years. Consoles and computers have become infinitely more powerful, games have moved on from using a long rectangle to bat a square across a white line, to games…