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by Martin Mulrooney | 09/02/2012 · 11:33 pm

GAME REVIEW – Girl with a Heart of (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Girl With a Heart of

Girl with a Heart of is ‘an experimental interactive narrative’ from indie developer Bent Spoon Games. The player takes control of Raven, an 11 year old girl who is a member of the Dark race, a race that is constantly at war with Light’s army. Born without a heart in the Dark city of Underfoot, she only lives because John Blackbeard, a mysterious wizard with hidden motivations of his own, magically placed an artificial heart within her body. As Raven will soon discover, it is this very same heart that could be the key to finally ending the war between Light and Dark…

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by Martin Mulrooney | 31/01/2012 · 5:30 pm

Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection Limited Edition Unboxing (PlayStation 3, Zavvi.com Exclusive)

By Marty Mulrooney

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Limited Edition

In anticipation of the upcoming release of the Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the UK, Alternative Magazine Online is proud to present an unboxing video of the Limited Edition PlayStation 3 version of the game, which is exclusively available from zavvi.com.

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by Martin Mulrooney | 27/01/2012 · 8:00 pm

FILM REVIEW – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

By Marty Mulrooney

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol Poster

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is the fourth instalment in the Mission: Impossible film series. Tom Cruise once again reprises his role as IMF (Impossible Mission Force) agent Ethan Hunt, in an action film that will see him escaping from a Moscow prison before teaming up with faces both familiar – Simon Pegg as IMF technical field agent Benji Dunn – and new – Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton as IMF team members William Brandt and Jane Carter – to tackle nuclear terrorist Kurt Hendricks (Michael Nyqvist). Ghost Protocol marks director Brad Bird’s (The Incredibles) first live-action film.

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BOOK REVIEW – FOOTPRINTS #3 & #4 by Joey Esposito and Jonathan Moore (Comic)

By Marty Mulrooney

FOOTPRINTS #3 & #4

FOOTPRINTS is a creator-owned comic book mini-series written by Joey Esposito (the Comics Editor for IGN) with art from Jonathan Moore (FUBAR). An inventive twist on the noir genre, FOOTPRINTS stars Mr Foot, aka Bigfoot, as a world-weary detective trying to find out who killed his brother, Yeti, in a cryptozoological mystery that spans decades. FOOTPRINTS #3 & #4 comprise the penultimate and final instalments of the comic book series that AMO recently pronounced Best Comic/Graphic Novel of 2011.

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