By Marty Mulrooney
Ecko Rising is a science fiction/fantasy epic and the debut novel of Danie Ware. It tells the story of Ecko, a cybernetically enhanced rebel/assassin who is recruited into a resistance group in a dystopian future where the population are controlled via mind-altering drugs. During a reconnaissance mission, Ecko takes a fatal plunge and ends up landing in a fantasy realm. But is this brave new world real or all just in Ecko’s head?
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By Marty Mulrooney
Tony Warriner is a video game designer and programmer who wrote his first game when he was still at school. In 1990 he co-founded Revolution Software with Charles Cecil, Noirin Carmody and David Sykes and together they went on to create some of the greatest adventure games of all time, including Beneath a Steel Sky (1994) and Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (1996). Broken Sword: The Serpent’s Curse was recently announced and the support from fans has been overwhelming – Alternative Magazine Online is therefore proud to present an exclusive online interview with Mr Warriner, where we discuss Broken Sword 5 and the history of Revolution Software in depth.
Filed under Alternative Musings, Games
By Marty Mulrooney
The recently announced Broken Sword 5 Kickstarter yesterday reached its funding goal of $400,000 after just two short weeks. The project currently has over $430,000 pledged, with over 8,000 backers and over 9,000 comments. To celebrate, Revolution Software has announced ‘stretch goals’ that prove when it comes to adventure game fans, the steel sky is the limit…
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By Marty Mulrooney
The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelisation by Greg Cox adapts Christopher Nolan’s epic conclusion to the Dark Knight Trilogy to the written page. Just like the film it is based upon, it tells the story of Batman facing his most dangerous adversary yet: Bane, a terrorist hell-bent on destroying Gotham City.
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