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About Martin Mulrooney

I am a professional writer and editor from the UK. I graduated with a B.A. (Hons) degree in Media and Film in 2009, specialising in Print Journalism and Advanced Screenwriting. I created Alternative Magazine Online soon after.

BOOK REVIEW – Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer and the Great Puppet Theatre by Dusty Higgins and Van Jensen (Graphic Novel)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer and the Great Puppet Theatre is the much anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed graphic novel Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer. Presented as a horror-themed follow-up to the original story by Carlo Collodi, this series presents Pinocchio as a vampire-slaying badass who uses his nose as a stake to kill the blood-sucking undead.

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BOOK REVIEW – Trick or Treat by Sally Anne Morris

By Marty Mulrooney

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Trick or Treat by Sally Anne Morris is a comedic romance novel with a supernatural twist. Lucy Diamond (Lucy Michelle Eleanor Jude Rita Diamond to be exact) is an average girl with an average life, until one day she starts hearing voices and seeing the dead. But just how successfully can she juggle her troubled love life and high maintenance friends alongside her newfound psychic abilities? Happy Halloween to all of Alternative Magazine Online’s readers!

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AMO COMPETITION – Win The Book of Unwritten Tales (PC)!

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To celebrate today’s release of The Book of Unwritten Tales (PC), AMO has teamed up with publisher Lace Mamba Global to offer our readers the chance to win a free copy! The game has a recommended retail price of £24.99 and includes a 36 page art book, a soundtrack CD and a double-sided A2 artwork poster! Read on to find out more!

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GAME REVIEW – Duke Nukem Forever (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Duke Nukem Forever is a first-person shooter originally developed by 3D Realms and Triptych Games, before being completed by Gearbox Software and Piranha Games. Development began in 1996 after the release of Duke Nukem 3D – over the intervening years Duke Nukem Forever has been shown in various different forms – but the game didn’t see its final release until June 2011. Fifteen turbulent years in the making, was it even possible that Duke Nukem Forever could live up to all the hype?

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