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INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Remigiusz Michalski (Harvester Games, The Cat Lady)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Alternative Magazine Online reviewed horror adventure PC game The Cat Lady in early 2013, describing it as “a life-affirming experience thickly coated in death that deserves to be received by as wide an audience as possible.” The game’s creator, Remigiusz Michalski, thinks the following interview is one of the best he’s ever written – after reading his incredibly detailed, frank and insightful answers, it’s hard to disagree. AMO is therefore proud to present an exclusive online interview with auteur adventure game designer Remigiusz Michalski!

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INTERVIEW – In Converstation With Doug TenNapel (Armikrog Kickstarter)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Armikrog is a clay and puppet animated adventure game currently being developed by Doug TenNapel (creator of Earthworm Jim and The Neverhood) and Pencil Test Studios. The team hope to raise $900,000 via Kickstarter to fund the game by the 27th June 2013. Alternative Magazine Online interviewed Doug in 2010 and Power Up was also chosen as one of AMO’s best books/graphic novels of 2009, with TenNapel described as: “One of the great graphic novelists of our time.” AMO is therefore proud to present an exclusive online interview with prolific graphic novelist and talented video game designer Doug TenNapel!

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AMO COMPETITION – Stephen King’s Joyland Online Carnival Tour

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Step right up! Step right up! Talk “the Talk” @TitanBooks to Win Money-Can’t-Buy Prizes! Best-selling author Stephen King returns with a breathtaking tale of love – and loss – set in a 1970s North Carolina amusement park. Read Alternative Magazine Online’s review here.

Celebrating the release of this bittersweet coming-of-age novel, Titan Books and Hard Case Crime are teaming up with a series of digital partners (including AMO) to host competitions to win free copies of Joyland and a limited run of exclusive Joyland canvas prints of Glen Orbik’s cover painting.

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BOOK NEWS – Doug TenNapel Sketchbook Archives (Video)

 By Marty Mulrooney

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Following the successfully funded Kickstarter campaign that took place at the end of last year, The Doug TenNapel Sketchbook Archives has finally arrived! Alternative Magazine Online interviewed legendary video game designer (Earthworm Jim, The Neverhood) and graphic novelist (Creature Tech, Cardboard) Doug TenNapel in 2010 and Power Up was also chosen as one of AMO’s best books/graphic novels of 2009, with TenNapel described as: “One of the great graphic novelists of our time.” AMO is therefore proud to present an exclusive video reveal of the Doug TenNapel Sketchbook Archives!

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