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1:15:53
"One of them wears an eye patch, probably because Nadine also wore one in Twin Peaks"
Or you know, because Odin, the god the god the guy is named after, an actual god of Asgard, only had one eye?
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It's strange that you never mentioned John Carpenter's 'In the Mouth of Madness' as another likely inspiration, as it also features an author whose writing alters reality.
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INCREDIBLY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER
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I don't know how you keep missing the blatantly obvious references to Odin in a game that prominently features a band called THE OLD GODS OF ASGARD.
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In Praise of Shadows uploads a video about cult classic video game 'Alan Wake' with a title sure to attract attention.
He has inspired some us to go back and replay it, despite its flaws. Such an occurrence could only happen... in Night Springs
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1:15:56 while the eyepatch may be partly inspired by Twin Peaks, it is also a reference to the mythical figure the character is named after. Odin traded one of his eyes for wisdom.
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Not done with the video yet, only 20 minutes in.
Have you considered that maybe all those pop culture references from Remedy are simply a love letter to, I don't know what to call it, fantasy Americana?
They are a Finnish company, and while many of their devs might not be familiar with the US, they are familiar with its shows. Specially those that show parts of the US that are frequently not represented in media.
As someone who is also not in the US, I see this all the time when the US tries to represent a country without really understanding it, and so it shows very specific or popular aspects of it. Like, Japan being nothing but neon signs, anime, samurais and overworked salarymen.
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Good criticism about the gameplay (which is pretty mediocre tbh) But damm dude did you just miss a the point of the story/plot and stuff that is literally written on manuscript pages found in game
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Yeah, I get the complaints, but I still love the game and wouldn't consider it an outright bad game. I liked the clunky campy plot elements, and I thought a lot of it was still pretty creative and fun. But that's just me.
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Kinda odd to put in footage from The Return as a way to criticize Alan Wake’s plot stealing from TP as if S3 didn’t release 7 years after this game.
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It doesn't really have an ending yet because the planned sequel died with remedy being taken off their deal with microsoft, but they also didn't release the rights back to remedy until now. they have been hinting at alan canonically being in the dark place trying to use his creative power there to find an escape for the last decade through american nightmare and now control. now remedy has full rights and creative control back i'm excited to see what they do with the sequel they're finally allowed to make.
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I don't think I've ever seen such a bitter review of anything in my life. Nothing is immune from criticism but at the very least it needs to be constructive. I hear several complaints about how Remedy games should be something that you like in theory but I didn't hear anything approaching what you would have done differently. It sounds like you have a great understanding of storytelling but next to no understanding of what that means in the context of making a game.
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The incongruous sprinkling of guns along Alan's path is explained in the game.
Alan wrote them into the story while he was writing the manuscript, in order to help his future self out. Also the police officer is willing to be more on Alan's side because she's aware of the dark presence and is actively on the lookout for it as part of a secret club that's basically the Bookhouse Boys from Twin Peaks.
I'm not sure about the first one, but the second one isn't explained in supplementary materials, she literally tells you this out loud during the game in an unskippable cutscene and asks Barry to telephone the other members.
You can eschew the presented objectives and stand there listening to him call each individual member for like 5-10 minutes, for some reason. I like that they went that extra mile.
I love your channel and your videos, and I have to say you're usually more diligent than this.
Alan wake isn't amazing but it deserves more credit than someone not listening to it and then claiming it never spoke.
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Woah woah woah woah hold the fucking phone Zane. You didn’t play the old hunter dlc?
I’m not gonna be the only to tell you this but you need to play it. If you love Bloodborne, you have to play it
Not because it answers questions or anything like that
But it’s another part of bloodborne that shows how perfect it’s Lovecraft narrative is
It uses even more tropes of the elf rich horror that it could be a game on its own
Please please play it. I respect your stand on DLC cause most of them are shit
But the old hunters DLC is the one if the few that actually stands on its own
Thank you so much for your work🖤🖤🖤
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As fun as playing the Twin Peaks stinger every few seconds is, the guy with the eyepatch is named Odin. In Norse Mythology, Odin sacrifices an eye for knowledge, which is why Odin is so often seen with one eye.
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Soooo. Those hanging stick structures in the new trailer aren’t from Blair Witch. They’re from Witchcraft/Voodoo. Basically stick hexes. True Detective S1 did something similar, but of an original design. It’s almost like a totem, an item for focusing magic into for various purposes.
They’ve been a thing for at least hundreds of years.
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I appreciate your channel, but I'm curious if, by chance, you've ever viewed Gaming University's channel, which has hours of the Remedyverse analysis, to see if it might help provide some deeper insight into Alan Wake. I'm not saying that they know everything, and I don't believe they profess to be the gatekeepers of understanding for the series, but their perspective certainly led me to change my opinion of the depth and unique qualities of Alan Wake when I had a similar view to your own upon my first playthrough ages ago; I now have a greater appreciation for the game and looking forward to the sequel.
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I once again heavily recommend Deadly Premonition. When it comes to being a well made game, it fails, but it has such a vision and a real passion of vision behind it. I also recommend Swery's J.J. Macfield, and The Island of Memories.
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This video actually convinced me to watch Twin Peaks and then again play Alan Wake.
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