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archibalduk

archibalduk is founder and webmaster of The Blue Line, an Eastside Hockey Manager community and resource which he has been running since 2004. He has been a tester for the Eastside Hockey Manager and Franchise Hockey Manager series of games for a number of years now. When he's not working on roster updates and editors, he's usually at a rink or arena somewhere in the UK watching a hockey game. archibalduk also has a love of soccer and has been a big fan of the Football Manager series by Sports Interactive since the mid 1990s.



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Review of Franchise Hockey Manager 2 – What a difference two years makes!

After two years, OOTP Developments are back with a brand new release of Franchise Hockey Manager. Unlike the previous two iterations (namely FHM 2013 beta and FHM 2014), this latest version drops the year from its name and is simply called FHM 2. This might seem like a very minor thing, but it marks something more significant and very positive for hockey sim fans: Finally, we have a game which liv...[Read More]

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Review of Eastside Hockey Manager – Well worth the eight year wait

More than eight years after the Eastside Hockey Manager series was put on indefinite hold, the undisputed king of ice hockey management is back. A lot has changed since EHM 2007 was released in September 2006; not least the rise of the likes of Steam and social media. These platforms make niche games cheaper to launch and easier to market. Indeed, Eastside Hockey Manager: Early Access (or EHM:EA f...[Read More]