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by | 08/08/2019 · 11:37 pm

GAME REVIEW – Lorelai (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Lorelai is the third and final chapter in the Devil Came Through Here trilogy, created by auteur horror adventure game designer Remigiusz Michalski. Following on from The Cat Lady  (“a life-affirming experience thickly coated in death that deserves to be received by as wide an audience as possible”) and Downfall Redux (“brilliantly written and beautifully put together”), Lorelai tells the story of a young girl trying to escape her toxic family home while protecting the ones she loves most.

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by | 29/03/2019 · 12:00 am

GAME REVIEW – The Walking Dead: The Final Season – Episode 4: Take Us Back (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Take Us Back is the fourth and final episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season, an episodic adventure originally developed by Telltale Games (Tales from the Borderlands, Guardians of the Galaxy) that has now been completed by Skybound Games. In this final episode, Clementine must protect AJ – and trust him to protect himself – as the walkers close in and time runs out.

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

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by | 24/10/2018 · 10:24 pm

GAME REVIEW – Lamplight City (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Lamplight City is a brand new point-and-click adventure game created by Francisco Gonzalez (Grundislav Games) in partnership with Application Systems Heidelberg. Alternative Magazine Online reviewed Gonzalez’s previous adventure Shardlight in 2016, describing it as “a beautiful game that presents a fresh take on the tried-and-tested post-apocalypse formula.” Yet, while that adventure was set far in the future, Lamplight City is set in an alternative steampunk(ish) Victorian past. As private investigator Miles Fordham, the player must solve a series of increasingly complicated cases while seeking justice for a terrible crime.

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by | 23/10/2018 · 1:09 am

INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Mark Darin (Nick Bounty and the Dame with the Blue Chewed Shoe Kickstarter)

By Marty Mulrooney

Following the upsetting news in recent weeks of mass layoffs at Telltale Games, Alternative Magazine Online couldn’t be happier to present an exclusive online interview with former Telltale designer and writer Mark Darin where we talk all about his new adventure game Nick Bounty and the Dame with the Blue Chewed Shoe!

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by | 27/09/2018 · 10:19 pm

GAME REVIEW – The Walking Dead: The Final Season – Episode 2: Suffer the Children (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Suffer the Children is the second episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season, an episodic adventure from Telltale Games (Tales from the Borderlands, Guardians of the Galaxy). Following the explosive finale of the season’s debut episode, Clementine must find a way to regain the trust of the other children and help AJ find forgiveness.

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by | 05/09/2018 · 8:28 pm

GAME REVIEW – Unavowed (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Unavowed is the new game from Dave Gilbert – creator of the critically acclaimed Blackwell adventure game series – and Wadjet Eye Games (Shardlight, Technobabylon). Described as an ‘urban fantasy adventure’, players take control of the latest member of an underground group of supernatural guardians known as the Unavowed, investigating the unknown and fighting evil in a perpetually rainy New York City.

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by | 08/08/2018 · 10:38 pm

GAME REVIEW – Detective Gallo (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Detective Gallo is a hand-illustrated and hand-animated point-and-click adventure game developed by Footprints Games and published by Adventure Productions. The star of the show is Gallo, a hard-boiled feathered bird detective investigating a string of plant-based murders with his trusty sidekick Thorn the cactus. As Gallo, can you track down the killer and bring them to justice?

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