Alternative Magazine Online

Owner / Founder / Lead Writer – Marty Mulrooney

Marty Mulrooney recently graduated with a BA Degree in Media and Film, specialising in Print Journalism and Advanced Screenwriting. He just wishes the British job market could accommodate him somewhere along the line! Still, in the meantime he has no plans to stop writing. He is a writer for adventureclassicgaming.com and hardydev.com, as well as running his own site, Alternative Magazine Online. He created his own magazine in University and enjoyed it so much that he decided to keep it alive online!  A keen writer, Marty has a passion for anything  with a good story. If that is a game, graphic novel or even a song, then so be it. His aim is to share all of these wonderful stories with the readers of this site, so they too can make informed decisions on what is worth their time and hard-earned cash. He also hopes that maybe one day someone will notice him via the site… supermarket work is not his calling, trust me (whoops, I mean him!). Particular areas of interest include point n’ click adventures, indie gaming, Playstation gaming, films, books and of course, creative writing.

Writer / Contributor – Matt Armstrong

Matt Armstrong studied at Deakin University  and is a fully qualified Division 1 Registered Nurse. His passion for gaming, literature and creative writing has led him toward writing reviews for Alternative Magazine Online. He is an avid reader of fantasy novels and wouldn’t be caught dead without his iPhone: indeed, several reviews on this site were written and emailed to Marty upon it! He is also a dab hand at Magic: The Gathering Online… with over 28,000 cards bought and won to his name, he may one day cash them all in and live a life of luxury! Particular areas of interest include fantasy literature, classic gaming and the iPhone.

Writer / Contributor – Duncan Voice

Duncan Voice is a nerd from the UK, but hides it well under a pair of gold-rimmed Ray Bans and low slung jeans. A former Sega child, he now forgoes pointless, heated debates about which is the better console in favour of trying to find that perfect gaming experience. Currently a keen Xbox gamer, he has yet to win the battle with his missus to allow an arrival of a PS3, although is happy as long as he has a bottle of strawberry cider and an adventure game to crack on with. His favourite game is the little known Little Big Adventure 2, followed closely by Beyond Good and Evil. With redundancy looming followed by a swift psychological kick up the arse and writing about games being a long-term goal (including writing his own Superhero novel, learning the banjo, getting fit, learning to cook and becoming an internet celebrity – oh wait, done that one!) he is grateful for the opportunity given to him by this ace site, and hopes that it might lead somewhere. Preferably to the pub. Particular areas of interest include Xbox 360 gaming, comic books (especially Batman) and RPG’s/ MMO’s.

Writer / Contributor – Stewie Sutherland

Stewie Sutherland is an Australian Wii lover (sounds worse than it is!) who  would like to visit the States and get work in voice acting for animation or games and maybe help contribute with regards to their writing as well. His dream career would to be a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: it’s his favourite programme! As far as games are concerned, he plays anything fun. His favourite games of all time are the Banjo Kazooie series. Consoles work best for Stewie because he’s used to owning a PC that’s little better than being a paper weight with internet access: at least with consoles there are no messy installs/compatibility checks. Reading is one of his favourite things to do: every night he will read a few fanfics from his favourite games/ animes on the Internet channel on his Wii. Particular areas of interest include Wii gaming, films and comedy.

Writer / Contributor – Joseph Viney

Joseph Viney is a perennial depressive from the UK. After studying hard and breaking both back and fingers for a BA Hons in English Literature he finds himself trapped in an office job from hell. As such, writing (the dream, nay, the ambition) is one of the only things keeping him sane. He is an avid fan of all sorts of literature and admires such talent as Hunter S. Thompson, Philip K. Dick, William S. Burroughs, Mark E. Smith as well as writers who don’t have an initialled middle name. Joseph’s other interests lie in music, of which he has an encyclopaedic but ultimately useless knowledge of, and film, as exhibited by the alarming backlog of DVDs in the ‘to watch’ pile. Joseph also enjoys gaming having spent many pounds and much time since the days of the NES immersed in alternate realities. After the marathon of Fallout 3 and all of its relevant add-ons he is now looking for a new gaming challenge. Particular areas of interest include music, various literary works, films and press/creative writing.