Wait a second. The very last episode of the first season of the original Twilight Zone "A World of His Own" we follow a playwright who can summon anything to come to life if he speaks it into a specific dictaphone. He has more power than Alan Wake as he can freely make and unmake anything and it is implied in a tongue-in-cheek way that he's the actual creator of the Twilight Zone show, including Rod Serling.
I'll have to go back and rewatch that episode. I did the whole series in my early teens but was too young to really understand it all. Interesting though. We will discuss that idea in a bit. One episode teases the physical process of how the town erupts.
When I finally got into Control and Alan Wake I was delighted to find your channel and I'm even happier knowing that you're one of the few people whose last upload wasn't a year ago.
Oh yeah, I play AW and Control literally once a year (sometimes twice) and I’m always happy to come back and see this channel is still pumping out content on this universe.
It would be cool if we got a spinoff called "Night Springs." It's similar to NMH: Travis Strikes Again where Travis has to beat a series of games in order to escape the Digital realm he finds himself in. So in this case, Alan would get stuck in a season of Night Springs episodes and has to follow the scripts to get out.
I just can’t believe how utterly cool this all is. Remedy has crafted something so intricate and strange, and it’s immensely satisfying to slowly figure out how it all works together. I only started playing these games this year but this franchise has already captivated me more than almost any piece of media ever has. Thank you so much for your channel and the content you put out. I never would have gained this much appreciation for the Remedy-verse without a guiding hand to catch me up on what I’d missed out. Control is the only game I’ve personally played so far but I’m excited to work through Alan Wake here soon and any other games I can find and make time for before the sequel drops.
I haven't played anything from Remedy, but I absolutely adore the idea of "This TV show becomes reality if enough people watch it" Stories like these are a metaphorical treat!
It is a really cool idea from a story perspective. I can't wait to see what they do with it in the future. And dude if you haven't played these there is no better time to start. The series is incredible
This is amazing! I was just rewatching NS episodes wishing there were more. Now suddenly you're doing a series on each episode. Hmmm did my mind bring that about,I wonder?
I remember reading about ,,Night Springs" in Control. It was some sort of a suggestion if I'm not mistaken. Something like ,,hey, we should use this Night Springs show and put AWE in there, so when people ,,claim" they saw a paranormal activity, others will be like ,,oh yeah, you seen that on TV.. you seen that in Nights Springs, it didn't really happen" while it did happen. I don't remember this so well tho
@@GamingUniversityUoG I think you're downplaying your skill. You clearly have a talent for writing and creating. Not blowing smoke, just calling it how I see it.
I'm not positive but I think it is mentioned by Alan or a manuscript. Yeah basically he was in the cabin when it got spat out into the Arizona desert. Kind of a rough landing so it broke up.
I’m sure you r talked about this before but I just realized the difference in motel names are almost opposites of each other. Dessert shore and ocean view
Thank you so much! I'm honestly considering taking some vacation days when AW2 is released so we can have a party stream. I can't wait to dig my teeth into new Remedy content.
It’s been more than two years since I ended Control and Alan Wake and it’s just so shocking how much information there’s still around. Two years looking into it and it still feels like I haven’t seen nearly half of it. Anyways your work is amazing, keep doing great.
So far the effects of media on the remedyverse have been limited to localized areas. What if a story becomes so well-known that changes on a large scale occur? What if those changes don't reverse back?
This is something minor but I think I know why the name night springs was chosen. Cause those weak points in the world when they erupt, the dark places otherworldly energies flood into our world like a dark tide. Keeping in theme with remedy's use of aquatic Imagery.
I love your video on Remedy games and Psychonauts are some of my favourite analysis videos. Thanks for the effort it takes to make them, and I hope you’re doing well
The Night Springs episode "Over the Threshold, darkly" probably never aired. Alan adapted the story, while he was in the Dark Place, in order to achieve his purpose.
This has gotta be my favorite favorite ingame universe! I really really loved playing control, max payne was pretty awesome back in the day, im definitely gonna have to play alan wake.
Dude play it! As much as Control is the central point in the setting because of the Oldest House, I'd argue Alan Wake is a central part narratively speaking.
How did Alan find out that there is a special place in Arizona? Is he traveling all around the states, while being in the dark ocean - writes transportation, then travels in it?
Really hope to see Night Springs or other fictional pieces of media in Alan Wake II... It could also be Night Spring Like a DLC 🙄🙄 Waiting for your analysis and discussion of each episode of Night Springs. Thanks! Great video...
Watching this really makes me think of the World of Darknesses consensus reality. If enough people believe something to be true then it becomes so and throughout history organisations have deliberately manipulated the consensus to achieve certain results
I truly enjoy the content of this channel. It has allow me to understand more about the Remedy World specially Control. They way you explained everything is amazing.
The origin of Mr. Scratch is verrrry similar to the plot of The Dark Half by Stephen King. Pretty sure they acknowledge this in the letter you cited around 4:40 which ends with AW calling it his dark half
You forgot to mention how the creator of Kimba the White Lion was discussing an adaption of his character with Disney, when he died. And then Disney releases the Lion King. And then claim they've never even heard of Kimba The White Lion.
All i want to know is why is there a split second of Darling from the Dynamite video on Night Springs (it's in the scene where we first see Alan in Control) I really didn't see anyone talking about this.
How would a video game based on night springs even go? what's a connection between the stories in this anthology that would be strong enough to build gameplay around? ...sounds like it's probably some cashgrab minigame collection to me. :)
are you ever going to do a video on fra from control. if so i think i have an idea on how to understand there dialogue and. i think the odd words need to be replaced by associated words. for example: "jello" might mean good or bad and "school bearing boy boy" could mean knowledge bearing man baby
Don't know much about the alan wake/control universe, or night springs, but this does remind me a lot of abandoned by Disney and its shared works. Y'know, with all the "if you can dream it, it can be real" stuff. Inspiring.
@@GamingUniversityUoG not Disney proper, but there's a creepypasta called abandoned by Disney (I don't remember where it can be read) and it's related works. It's primarily focused on a darker side of Disney, with things called "corruptus" that are born out of a group of people's collective belief in something. The most famous example is photo negative mickey, created from the collective traumas and abuses suffered by cast members. It very interesting stuff!!
I always thought that American Nightmare took place in the Dark Place. Are we now saying that it actually is happening in a town in Arizona, in the real world?
@@GamingUniversityUoG Damn. That’s crazy. The idea that characters within the universe could just bump into Alan in the real world as he’s trying to write his escape is insane. I just figured he was permanently in the dark place and couldn’t leave.
@@GamingUniversityUoG It does make you wonder if that means it was him that Alice saw and took a photograph of. I assumed it was Mr. Scratch, but it could well be another failed escape of Alan’s.
You unlock this door with the key of imagination Behind it is another door This door is another dimension A dimension of sound [Crashing noise] A dimension of imagination A dimension of doors You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas and substance of both shadow and ideas of things and- [Crashing noise] A dimension of sound A dimension of mouth A dimension of another dimension Of things and ideas A land of doors You've just crossed over into Mouth Dreams
5:54 and it evolved into meaning an imaginary friend that you post about on /x/ Example: "hey /x/ my 'My Little Pony' tulpa won't stop screaming" "what did you do op?" "I tried to have sex with her and now she won't stop screaming"
Wait a second. The very last episode of the first season of the original Twilight Zone "A World of His Own" we follow a playwright who can summon anything to come to life if he speaks it into a specific dictaphone. He has more power than Alan Wake as he can freely make and unmake anything and it is implied in a tongue-in-cheek way that he's the actual creator of the Twilight Zone show, including Rod Serling.
I'll have to go back and rewatch that episode. I did the whole series in my early teens but was too young to really understand it all. Interesting though. We will discuss that idea in a bit. One episode teases the physical process of how the town erupts.
When I finally got into Control and Alan Wake I was delighted to find your channel and I'm even happier knowing that you're one of the few people whose last upload wasn't a year ago.
True
Great to know you enjoyed the series and found the channel.
And yeah I try to maintain a rigid schedule. Feel bad when I miss a week.
Oh yeah, I play AW and Control literally once a year (sometimes twice) and I’m always happy to come back and see this channel is still pumping out content on this universe.
It would be cool if we got a spinoff called "Night Springs." It's similar to NMH: Travis Strikes Again where Travis has to beat a series of games in order to escape the Digital realm he finds himself in. So in this case, Alan would get stuck in a season of Night Springs episodes and has to follow the scripts to get out.
Well... at the cauldron lake lodge we see a Night Springs video game made by Remedy. Who knows what they are planning
That's in the vicinity of what they did with American Nightmare.
I hope we see Night Springs again
I have a feeling we will see it a lot in the future
I hope so especially that it has appeared in other Remedy games after AW!
I just can’t believe how utterly cool this all is. Remedy has crafted something so intricate and strange, and it’s immensely satisfying to slowly figure out how it all works together. I only started playing these games this year but this franchise has already captivated me more than almost any piece of media ever has. Thank you so much for your channel and the content you put out. I never would have gained this much appreciation for the Remedy-verse without a guiding hand to catch me up on what I’d missed out. Control is the only game I’ve personally played so far but I’m excited to work through Alan Wake here soon and any other games I can find and make time for before the sequel drops.
I haven't played anything from Remedy, but I absolutely adore the idea of "This TV show becomes reality if enough people watch it"
Stories like these are a metaphorical treat!
Dawg you have to play AW and Control. I envy people who get to play Control for the first time lol
It is a really cool idea from a story perspective. I can't wait to see what they do with it in the future.
And dude if you haven't played these there is no better time to start. The series is incredible
@@GamingUniversityUoG I don't have the budget tho :(
@@glyphidbulkdetonator what do you play on? Control constantly goes on sale on the PS store, Xbox Gamepass and Steam
This is amazing! I was just rewatching NS episodes wishing there were more. Now suddenly you're doing a series on each episode. Hmmm did my mind bring that about,I wonder?
I felt some echoes in the force that led me to making this series. IT WAS YOU!
I remember reading about ,,Night Springs" in Control.
It was some sort of a suggestion if I'm not mistaken.
Something like ,,hey, we should use this Night Springs show and put AWE in there, so when people ,,claim" they saw a paranormal activity, others will be like ,,oh yeah, you seen that on TV.. you seen that in Nights Springs, it didn't really happen" while it did happen.
I don't remember this so well tho
Damn, that Bloody Mary jump scare really got me!
Haha sorry!
Always glad to see you uploading. Watched pretty much all of your videos while discussing Remedy lore with my sister. Cheers!
Cheers mate! Cool to hear you have another Remedy fan in the family.
Really love your videos. I absolutely love the Remedyverse games and it's great to find content creators just as passionate.
Glad you enjoy them! At the end of the day I'm a Remedy fanboy and that's what got me doing this
@@GamingUniversityUoG I think you're downplaying your skill. You clearly have a talent for writing and creating. Not blowing smoke, just calling it how I see it.
Anytime someone mentions spooky ambiguous town i always hear the welcome to nightvale theme in my head… but this up there as equally intriguing 🧐
Never heard of that Nightvale either. You guys turn me on to so many new things
interesting how you can see the cauldron lake cabin and it's furniture at the start of each loop in american nightmare
I'm not positive but I think it is mentioned by Alan or a manuscript. Yeah basically he was in the cabin when it got spat out into the Arizona desert. Kind of a rough landing so it broke up.
I’m sure you r talked about this before but I just realized the difference in motel names are almost opposites of each other. Dessert shore and ocean view
There are a lot of ocean and water related references all through out the Remedy series. Quantum Break took place In the town of 'Riverport'.
I don’t know why YT chose this week to finally recommend your channel but better late than never I guess. Amazing content, thanks
Been binging all your videos. They're so well written, I can't wait for the next remedy game😤
Thank you so much! I'm honestly considering taking some vacation days when AW2 is released so we can have a party stream. I can't wait to dig my teeth into new Remedy content.
@@GamingUniversityUoG I'll definitely be there to watch the stream whenever!
The parallels with Twin Peaks never cease to amaze me. Tulpas....wow. Love that.
It’s been more than two years since I ended Control and Alan Wake and it’s just so shocking how much information there’s still around. Two years looking into it and it still feels like I haven’t seen nearly half of it.
Anyways your work is amazing, keep doing great.
Also the way you put the scratch whenever Mr. Scratch is mentioned 🤣 I just can’t.
Love the quality content you make, my friend. Can't wait for the new video series
Appreciate it buddy!
Hey, hope you're doing great ! So happy that you uploaded ! You're really awesome ! Love your videos ! 💞
Doing great thank you! Glad you enjoy these
So far the effects of media on the remedyverse have been limited to localized areas. What if a story becomes so well-known that changes on a large scale occur? What if those changes don't reverse back?
This is something minor but I think I know why the name night springs was chosen. Cause those weak points in the world when they erupt, the dark places otherworldly energies flood into our world like a dark tide. Keeping in theme with remedy's use of aquatic Imagery.
100% night springing forth from below. It also contrasts Bright Falls as well.
@@GamingUniversityUoG well what do you know, thematic symagry. WAIT, I JUST GOT IT! Night springs when bright falls. Hah
I love your video on Remedy games and Psychonauts are some of my favourite analysis videos. Thanks for the effort it takes to make them, and I hope you’re doing well
Doing great thank you! Those two series are a ton of fun to work on. Glad you enjoy them
The Night Springs episode "Over the Threshold, darkly" probably never aired. Alan adapted the story, while he was in the Dark Place, in order to achieve his purpose.
I love your work with Alan Wake and Remedy related works. Thanks for the video.
This has gotta be my favorite favorite ingame universe! I really really loved playing control, max payne was pretty awesome back in the day, im definitely gonna have to play alan wake.
Dude play it! As much as Control is the central point in the setting because of the Oldest House, I'd argue Alan Wake is a central part narratively speaking.
How did Alan find out that there is a special place in Arizona? Is he traveling all around the states, while being in the dark ocean - writes transportation, then travels in it?
Love your videos hoping to catch up on all of them before AW2 comes out.
Man like real talk! You could make anything interesting to listen too man! Thanks 4 the videos
Really hope to see Night Springs or other fictional pieces of media in Alan Wake II... It could also be Night Spring Like a DLC 🙄🙄
Waiting for your analysis and discussion of each episode of Night Springs.
Thanks! Great video...
I need a Night Springs dlc now. Thanks!
Reading this today its like you both have powers like Alan cause, that happened lmao.
@@FullMPTV Yeah 🔥🔥
I cannot wait for your Night Springs episode analysis! Thank you for the time you take to research and share these with the fandom! :)
Watching this really makes me think of the World of Darknesses consensus reality. If enough people believe something to be true then it becomes so and throughout history organisations have deliberately manipulated the consensus to achieve certain results
Even on a less metaphysical level.this is true. Between history and philosophy a consensus reality can be made.
I truly enjoy the content of this channel. It has allow me to understand more about the Remedy World specially Control. They way you explained everything is amazing.
I try to find a balance between under explaining and over explaining so it is good to hear you enjoy these! Thank you so much.
ooh, i'm excited for this series!
Great to hear! New one up shortly
What a cool intro!! Love the blend of your voice into the narrator’s.
We always love having some fun with it
The origin of Mr. Scratch is verrrry similar to the plot of The Dark Half by Stephen King. Pretty sure they acknowledge this in the letter you cited around 4:40 which ends with AW calling it his dark half
Fantastic! I’m really excited to see this, your work is always amazing.
It feels good to be back in my Alan Wake roots. I'm excited to see where this all goes too
Your videos shorten the wait for AW2 a lot, thanks man! Great video, greetings from Germany!
Let's just say because Remedy started posting a lot of AW2 stuff I felt it was my duty to do the same
@@GamingUniversityUoG Which stuff do you mean? On the Remedy YT channel there is just one new video about the Northlight Engine.
Mostly the IG and twitter stuff that the employees are talking about.
Love all this lore, please krep it coming my dude!❤😊
Next one is already in the works!
@@GamingUniversityUoG yay!! 😁
You forgot to mention how the creator of Kimba the White Lion was discussing an adaption of his character with Disney, when he died. And then Disney releases the Lion King. And then claim they've never even heard of Kimba The White Lion.
Looking forward to them! Thank you.
Boys from FBC watch Threshold Kids, while men in Bright Falls enjoy Night Springs
I swear I'd they make Theeshold Kids real it will be true horror show
So Barry Wheeler falls asleep to GU playlists. Relatable.
Can we blame him?
love your content, finally a great Alan wake channel
Thank you so much! I have a feeling we will see some pop up after the sequel. We can only hope. This series deserves far more attention
@@GamingUniversityUoG I hope! I finally found someone I can share my remedy love with, even though not in real life 😀
3:49 Clive Barker's Candyman book and the 1992 film were based on Bloody Mary.
All i want to know is why is there a split second of Darling from the Dynamite video on Night Springs (it's in the scene where we first see Alan in Control)
I really didn't see anyone talking about this.
All aboard the Alan Wake traaaain
I'm all on board!
How would a video game based on night springs even go?
what's a connection between the stories in this anthology that would be strong enough to build gameplay around?
...sounds like it's probably some cashgrab minigame collection to me. :)
That's what we are exploring with this playlist. What could we take from the episodes and make a bigger thing.
Heck yeah
Glad you enjoy!
Night Springs is a interesting concept!
I love it! It is such a huge part of the story but never gets talked about
Awesome!
Thanks!
So Alan probably read the entry on Site 13 before writing Control?
are you ever going to do a video on fra from control.
if so i think i have an idea on how to understand there dialogue and.
i think the odd words need to be replaced by associated words.
for example:
"jello" might mean good or bad
and "school bearing boy boy" could mean knowledge bearing man baby
There is definitely a loose association situation going on with Fra and his speech patterns.
@@GamingUniversityUoG also
if the dark presence can turn myth into reality could cryptids like the wendego exist in the remidyverse
Don't know much about the alan wake/control universe, or night springs, but this does remind me a lot of abandoned by Disney and its shared works. Y'know, with all the "if you can dream it, it can be real" stuff. Inspiring.
And I dont know much about the Disney stuff you refer to. Did thet do something similar?
@@GamingUniversityUoG not Disney proper, but there's a creepypasta called abandoned by Disney (I don't remember where it can be read) and it's related works. It's primarily focused on a darker side of Disney, with things called "corruptus" that are born out of a group of people's collective belief in something. The most famous example is photo negative mickey, created from the collective traumas and abuses suffered by cast members. It very interesting stuff!!
I always thought that American Nightmare took place in the Dark Place.
Are we now saying that it actually is happening in a town in Arizona, in the real world?
Alan explicitly states this in the manuscripts yeah. He pumps out a construct and places it in the Arizona desert.
@@GamingUniversityUoG Damn. That’s crazy. The idea that characters within the universe could just bump into Alan in the real world as he’s trying to write his escape is insane. I just figured he was permanently in the dark place and couldn’t leave.
Considering how it all worked out he kind of is trapped by it. As soon as the story was over he was dragged back in. Can't do anything off the page.
@@GamingUniversityUoG It does make you wonder if that means it was him that Alice saw and took a photograph of.
I assumed it was Mr. Scratch, but it could well be another failed escape of Alan’s.
I’m excited 😊
5:16 watching this video after Night Springs DLC was released. So, bow those 3 story can be real affect reality?
Sounds like another episode of SuperNatural
You unlock this door with the key of imagination
Behind it is another door
This door is another dimension
A dimension of sound
[Crashing noise]
A dimension of imagination
A dimension of doors
You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas and substance of both shadow and ideas of things and-
[Crashing noise]
A dimension of sound
A dimension of mouth
A dimension of another dimension
Of things and ideas
A land of doors
You've just crossed over into
Mouth Dreams
5:54 and it evolved into meaning an imaginary friend that you post about on /x/
Example: "hey /x/ my 'My Little Pony' tulpa won't stop screaming"
"what did you do op?"
"I tried to have sex with her and now she won't stop screaming"
What