A Story Analysis of Alan Wake

When my daughter was younger I played Alan Wake once while she was watching. She got so into it that it became a sort of highlight to our hangouts. She told my Mom about it and I ended up playing it for them during Halloween. And now I play it for them every Halloween. No other game has had that impact and I can’t think of another game that this would happen.

It's heavily implied that Alan is a clairvoyant and that he can also see a few things outside the dark place for brief moments. That's how he possibly knows about Jesse, Polaris and the FBC. If I'm not mistaken he was also considered a parautilitarian with some potential.

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alan wake's story is so insane that i cant help but love it, its on a metal gear solid level story-wise for me. i cant wait for AW 2

Alan is implied to have Clairvoyance in that he "sees" things happening in the real world but just chalks it up to inspiration or story elements. He is not writing things into existence like you said but using preexisting knowledge to "nudge" things into place.

It's hard to find such quality content. Keep up the great work Gingy!

My personal theory regarding Alex Casey: I am not sure where but it was said somewhere that Alan even before interacting with the power of the Dark Place always had a dream power. Even without realizing it, he was able to get insparations for stories from his dreams. I think he talks about this in one of the Qr code videos. So I belive that FBI agent Alex Casey was always a real man, Alan even though he doesnt remember happened to see him in his dreams and used this insparation to create hard-boiled noir detective Alex Casey.

hey: fun fact in Max Payne 2 you have a reference to a similar story to American Nightmare, in one of the cut-scenes on Max's TV "I was trapped in a nightmare, my evil double had taken my girlfriend" "Following him I had somehow slipped into a twisted alternate reality, Noir York City."

Look after your health bud! Love your videos and the effort and writing you put into them is unmatched. Would LOVE to to see one of your videos on CONTROL. Keep up the great work (don’t don’t over work yourself)!

Great Video, thank you <3 I think there is a connection to Alan Wake in the main game of Control too. When you meet Dylan, he tells you "In one world, there's a writer who wrote a story about a cop. In another world, the cop was real.". Maybe they teased us back then, without us knowing they are preparing for Alan Wake 2.

I never liked the gameplay of Alan wake or control, but the story enthralled me, can't wait to watch the video!

Honestly, from everything I've played and read about Wake and Control, the FBC more and more seems influenced by Alan, especially given that it's heavily hinted that the Hiss is a villain either created or spread by Alan with the possible purpose of creating Jesse's story and, eventually, freeing himself and keeping the Dark Place in check.

A couple of issues: The quantum suicide episode summary had a few innacuracies: it was a crowd of journalists, not peers, and it was a journalist who accidentally unplugged the machine. Thomas Zane and Barbara Jagger are never stated to be married, just lovers, and they weren't in Bright Falls for a holiday, they lived there, and Emil was Zane's assistant. While the diving suit is the Bright Presence, he also seems to have some of Zane's personality traits. The Alan Wake Files explains exactly why Nightingale is such a dick: his partner in the FBI was having dreams where he saw Alan, and eventually died. The two were noted for being very clean, they neither drank nor smoked, and did everything by the books. After his partner's sudden death, Nightingale starts drinking, gets fired, and starts having nightmares where he saw Alan. He remembers what his partner described and thinks that if he finds Alan he'll have his revenge.

I decided to play this through when you announced you would be talking about it. Thank you for your always clear explanation! Can’t wait for this sequel!

Great vid! Your breakdown, analysis, and personal analogies were very well composed.

needed this today. thank you so much for being you and making what you do. you’re deeply appreciated.

Thanks for the well done recap. I loved experiencing this in high school as it was a gateway in to the world of writing, Stephen king, and twin peaks. Glad to see that it’s getting its well earned sequel

Can't wait for the control video too, I recently fully beated it and I need to see your take on it, great vid

Your channel is criminally underrated, always looking forward to your next project 🙌🏾

Great job as always. We can tell for certain you're the best at expressing your own insights.