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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 – Slender Threads (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Slender Threads is a point-and-click thriller adventure developed and published by Blyts, the team behind the ‘genuinely funny, often hilarious’ 2016 comedy adventure Kelvin and the Infamous Machine. In Slender Threads, players must take control of travelling book salesman Harvey Green – himself an aspiring author with writer’s block – as he explores the sleepy seaside town of Villa Ventana. But with death dogging him at every turn, how many people will die before sunrise?

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GAME REVIEW – Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (PlayStation 4 & 5)

By Marty Mulrooney

Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles

Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is a remaster of the side-scrolling action game originally released for PlayStation and Dreamcast in 2000. Now, 25 years later, developer and publisher Aspyr has restored Jedi Power Battles for modern platforms with new controls, bonus characters, couch co-op and more. Like the good old days, players can fight through iconic locations from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, using the power of the Force and their trusty lightsaber to complete the challenging 10-level campaign!

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GAME REVIEW – Loco Motive (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Loco Motive

Loco Motive is a point-and-click comedy adventure developed by Robust Games (an indie team based in London, UK) and published by Chucklefish (also based in London, UK). Set on board the Reuss Express, a 1930s express train, the player must take control of three unlikely heroes as they try to solve the murder of its owner, Lady Unterwald of the Wald-Bahn Rail Company.

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GAME REVIEW – PRIM (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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PRIM is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Common Colors (founded by Jonas Fisch from Frankfurt a.M./Germany) and published by Application Systems Heidelberg (Unforeseen Incidents, LUNA The Shadow Dust). It tells the dark yet humorous story of Prim, a young girl who – after her mother’s passing – discovers that her long-absent father is Death himself…

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