INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Melissa Hutchison (Clementine, The Walking Dead: The Game)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Alternative Magazine Online has extensively covered The Walking Dead by Telltale Games since its episodic launch in April 2012 – our review of Episode 1 explained how “the bond between Lee and Clementine is so accomplished that it already brings to mind another iconic gaming duo, Ico and Yorda.” Following on from our recent interviews with The Walking Dead voice actors Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett), Adam Harrington (Andrew St. John) and Nicki Rapp (Lilly Caul), AMO is proud to present yet another exclusive online interview – this time with the lovely Melissa Hutchison, the voice of Clementine!

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BOOK REVIEW – The Killing by David Hewson

By Marty Mulrooney

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The Killing is a crime novel written by British author David Hewson, based upon the first series of the critically acclaimed Danish TV drama of the same name. The story follows Detective Inspector Sarah Lund as she investigates the brutal rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman named Nanna Birk Larsen. Author David Hewson researched the project by travelling to Copenhagen and consulting with The Killing writer and creator Søren Sveistrup. The result is a novelisation that offers a rich retelling of the hit TV series and includes an explosive final plot twist all of its own…

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GAME REVIEW – To The Moon (PC, UK Retail Edition)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Alternative Magazine Online reviewed indie RPG/adventure game To The Moon towards the end of last year, describing it as “yet another shining example of an indie developer, free from the shackles of a mainstream gaming studio, weaving pure magic.” Created by Kan Gao and Freebird Games, the game tasks players with controlling two doctors – Dr. Eva Rosalene and Dr. Neil Watts – as they rewrite the memory of an elderly man named Johnny, whose dying wish is to go to the moon… On the 6th July 2012, Lace Mamba Global released the retail edition of To The Moon throughout the UK and Ireland. Priced at a recommended retail price of £14.99, this beautifully packaged retail edition also includes the full game soundtrack on CD.

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FILM REVIEW – The Dark Knight Rises (IMAX)

By Marty Mulrooney

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The Dark Knight Rises is the third and final instalment of director Christopher Nolan’s epic Batman film trilogy, following on from Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). Christian Bale once again reprises his role as Batman, this time opposite Tom Hardy as the villain Bane, a terrorist hell-bent on destroying Gotham City. Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman also return, alongside newcomers Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway.

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