Jim Franklin

Margaret and Chase were the first to wake. The high quality of the beds meant that they’d had enough sleep by 4am. Margaret walked over to the computers, logged on and started chatting to someone; probably an insomniac at that…

The first day of the Sim Brother Experiment. ***** Almost across the board, the first thing the house-guests did was to start gaping and gasping at the objects of the house. From the windows down to the big-screen television, the…

Akin to the popular reality TV program, Big Brother, I’m setting up a little Sims 3 experiment. I’ve created eight stereotypical Sims, I’ve turned up the AI and now I’m going to throw them in to a large house together…

Well, the answer is usually a lot further back than you might think. Nearly all games these days are released with the assumption that they will be further embellished by add-on packs, downloadable content or DLC, and all the other…

I’m a big fan of Bioware games; from Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights through to the Mass Effect Trilogy, and The Dragon Age’s; I’ve even got their new MMO ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic‘ on pre-order. So this isn’t really…

Below are the screenshots of the Sim Brother house  in all its glory. I hope I haven’t left anything out. Once I start the experiment, there’s not much I can do.

My Sim Brother Experiment involves these eight lucky (or unlucky) Sims.

Lionheads Fable III has more emphasis on making large amounts of money than any of it’s predecessors. Whilst Fable and Fable II were certainly made a lot easier by accumulating money. In Fable III millions of lives can depend on…

Everyone has points in their life that are so significant that they completely change the way they think and act. Events so monumental in nature that you can’t ever imagine not having experienced them. Well my top ten games run…