GAME REVIEW – Back To The Future: The Game – Episode 1: It’s About Time

By Marty Mulrooney

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Back To The Future: The Game is a PC adventure game created by Telltale Games as part of a licensing deal with Universal Pictures. Split into five episodes over the coming months, episode one takes place some time after Back To The Future: Part III, with Marty feeling downhearted as the Doc’s possessions are sold off by the bank in his absence…

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GAME REVIEW – And Yet It Moves (WiiWare)

By Marty Mulrooney

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And Yet It Moves is a single player puzzle platform game developed by indie developer Broken Rules, released on PC in 2009 and WiiWare in 2010. The Wii version adds an updated gameplay rotation mechanic, various control schemes, three extra levels and a slew of bonus modes, and is priced at 1,000 Wii Points.

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FILM REVIEW – Catfish

By Elena Cresci

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We are, without a doubt, the Facebook generation. Nowadays it’s the norm to share almost every aspect of our lives in the name of social networking; the vast majority of us will have revealed a mountain of information about ourselves online. Earlier this year, The Social Network told the tale of how Facebook began. Now, documentary Catfish provides proof of the integral part social networking plays in shaping our perceptions of others, whether we’ve met them in person or not.

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FATHER CHRISTMAS – Another British Christmas Classic

By Marty Mulrooney

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Merry Christmas to all of AMO’s readers! Last year on Christmas Day I did a post about The Snowman, a wonderful British animation from 1982. This year, I thought it would be fun to take a look at its spiritual successor, the 1991 animated film Father Christmas!

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