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Billed as an action role playing game, it might be better described as an action-adventure thriller.
Bart Motes: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Bart Motes 2011
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Billed as an action role playing game, it might be better described as an action-adventure thriller.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Bart Motes 2011
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The point was liven up an ongoing series by going more whole-hog gaming action-adventure with it.
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(Side note two: Is anyone else surprised that Activision hasn't yet announced an action-adventure game based on Paradise Lost?)
Welcome To Hell SVGL 2009
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This picture is the best of the lot of ST films because this one is an action-adventure story with heart, a tale in which the humanity of the characters means more than any of the technical aspects of the futuristic backdrop.
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The critic used words like "ingenious" and "timely" to describe the book, but she clearly wasn't a fan of action-adventure novels.
MIND MELD: Shrewd Writing Advice From Some of Science Fiction's & Fantasy's Best Writers 2009
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Cory Doctorow's "To Go Boldly" is exactly what you'd expect if Doctorow wrote space opera: a combination of traditional action-adventure and pop-culture geekery.
REVIEW: The New Space Opera 2 edited by Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan 2009
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The action-adventure authors that have inspired Tony - James Rollins, Clive Cussler (plus Indiana Jones movies).
Podcast: Tony Eldridge on Adventure Novels and Book Marketing | The Creative Penn 2009
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We definitely have a good balance between that action-adventure medical component and fun relationship stuff that's going on.
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Tony Eldridge is the author of action-adventure novel “The Samson Effect”, endorsed by Clive Cussler and optioned for a movie deal.
Podcast: Tony Eldridge on Adventure Novels and Book Marketing | The Creative Penn 2009
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