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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.

GAME REVIEW – Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror – Remastered (PC Digital Download)

By Marty Mulrooney

Broken Sword II - Remastered

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror is a point-and-click adventure game that was originally released on PC in 1997 by Revolution Software. Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror – Remastered takes the original game and updates it to run on new operating systems, as well as adding character portraits drawn by legendary English comic book artist Dave Gibbons.

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GAME REVIEW – Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (PSN)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is an exclusive downloadable PlayStation Network title for PlayStation 3, created by independent publisher and developer Ratloop Asia. The game builds upon the critically acclaimed browser-based game Rocketbirds: Revolution! with brand new weapons and levels, as well as enhanced visuals and controls. Can our chicken hero Hardboiled bring down the totalitarian Penguin regime that has oppressed Albatropolis for so long?

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BOOK REVIEW – Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder

By Marty Mulrooney

Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets is the latest book in international bestseller Joseph Finder’s new series featuring private corporate investigator Nick Heller. Heller hasn’t long returned home to Boston to start his own agency before family friend and hedge fund titan Marshall Marcus reaches out for help – his daughter, Alexandra Marcus, has been kidnapped. But this is no ordinary kidnapping. Alexandra has been buried alive in an underground casket, her desperate cries for help streaming via live video feed over the internet. Time is quickly running out…

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GAME REVIEW – Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (PC/Mac, UK Retail Edition)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Telltale Games. Originally released digitally via the Telltale Games website in 2010, this new UK retail edition from publisher Lace Mamba Global includes all five episodes of the game, as well as five collectible badges and an art poster by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell!

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