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GDC 2011: Brad Explores the Madness of Alice

Brad and American get all mimsy as they venture back down the rabbit hole.

Mar. 8 2011

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Alice: Madness Returns

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I wonder what happened to this guy. He canceled his upcoming games and retired after this.

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Edited By skapunker

I absolutely loved the first Alice and am extremely excited for this one to come out.   The game play looks much more thought out and challenging.

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Edited By poofywings

It looks like she has different outfits on. I wonder if they are equip-able or if they are bonus stuff for achievements. It would be pretty cool to equip the different dresses like armor. I'm super excited! :D

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Brad convention beard!!!!

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Edited By CitizenSlug

I absolutely cannot wait for this to come out. I remember when the first one came out back in 2000, I bought it a couple months after it came out because it looked kinda cool. Then it ended up getting put away into my box of older games and forgot about. But mid 2009 I had a weird dream about the game and once I woke up I dug it out of the box, installed it, and from there on out it became one of my most memorable games ever. It's just so strange, twisted, and all fucked up and when paired with, what I thought, excellent mood setting music, it gave me a weird feeling I don't get from many games.
 
Can't wait!

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@SnakeEyes327 said:
" @TurboMan said:
" Still looks like a God of War clone... "
Amazing, since it looks more like the original game. So if that's the case, is God of War an Alice clone? "
Isn't every game just a Pong clone, in the end? 
 
American looks like he's become a normal person.
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Edited By lord_canti

achevement unlocked: weapon  scholar 25g.....at least that's what it looks like the achievement that poped up said

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Edited By Darkraven

interested to see how this comes out.
ps: nice beard brad ;)

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Edited By jimbo_n

Still remember the original VERY fondly. Might turn out to be on of the greatest games of the year.

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They should re-release the first one for XBLA or at least Steam.

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The game looks great, but this guy seems like a bigger buzz kill than Buzz Killington!

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Edited By LobsterCrunk

Hearing that the gameplay is more about puzzles is actually making me interested in this game.  I wasn't that sold on the idea of Alice in a hack'n'slasher or something like that - which is how I had thought the game would be - but I love me some puzzle-platformers.
 
By the way, guys, nice interview :3

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American McGee in China....... the joys of cheap engineering labor.

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@Tordah said:
" @Sanj said:
" Huh, had no idea American McGee was an actual dude's name..  "
Me neither. "

American's mom was a really big hippie and was inspired by a woman she knew in college who named her daughter America. She also thought about naming him Obnard.
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@Toxin066 said:

" @Tordah said:

" @Sanj said:
" Huh, had no idea American McGee was an actual dude's name..  "
Me neither. "
I'm in the same boat. "
He had, a very strange upbringing...to say the least. 
 
Mcgee said this about his name:
"My mom was a hippie, I'm not sure how else to put that... She claims a woman she knew in college, who named her daughter 'America', inspired the name. She also tells me that she was thinking of naming me 'Obnard'. She was and always has been a very eccentric and creative person." 
 
You should read up on his story here on Giantbomb...it's...very enlightening.
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American is a pretty rad dood.  Still sad that he never got that Oz project off the ground.  C'est la vie.  Alice 2 is looking pretty damn boss, and I'm looking forward to checking it out just like everything American does.  He really works best in the land of fairy tales.

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Somebody unlocked an achievement for the game in the background.

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Edited By kerse

I'm really excited for this game and I don't know why, I never even played the first one.

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I really liked the first game and I find myself stoked for this sequel. This American guy seems really cool, by the way.
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he seems like a cool guy.

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Great interview.

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Edited By ptys

Brad's so cool. Love how he asks actual questions and engages with the developer on a more personal level rather than allowing them to rant about how great their game is.

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I really liked the 1st game and I can  not wait for this one to come out.

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Edited By snakeeyes327
@TurboMan said:
" Still looks like a God of War clone... "
Amazing, since it looks more like the original game. So if that's the case, is God of War an Alice clone?
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@Slaker117: 
He's always been a serious, creative dude. I think his name just exemplifies his mother's eccentricity
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@Tordah said:
" @Sanj said:
" Huh, had no idea American McGee was an actual dude's name..  "
Me neither. "
I'm in the same boat.
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It's always nice hearing about game development that was planned out well. 
 
Let's hope the quality shows. No excuses for bugs now eh =P

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I imagine his parents as Bioshock Infinite characters.

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@Sanj said:
" Huh, had no idea American McGee was an actual dude's name..  "
Me neither.
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Really Interested for this. 

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American! what a great name for a person. Spicy Horse! what a great name for a game developer.

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Would like to know what that cut at the end was for... seemed a bit random.
 
Looking forward to this.

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American seems like way too normal of a guy to have that name.

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@Sanj said:
" Huh, had no idea American McGee was an actual dude's name..  "
What exactly did you think the title meant? :P
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American McGhee is a weird dude, not always for the better. But I'll wait and judge the full game first, still not sure.  
 
Did enjoy the first game though. 

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wait, june?? already? aaaah too many cames coming out!! (again)

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@RE_Player92 said:
" @MysteriousBob said:
" I still don't understand why this guy had his name in the first game's title. All I know him from is... American McGee's Alice. I think he also worked on Doom but he isn't exactly the first name you think of when it comes to Doom. "
It wasn't his idea to put his name on the game. The publisher thought it sounded better so he said ok.  "
Gotta agree with the publishers. Putting the name there (especially that name) made it stand out from hundreds of retellings of Alice in other media and the few crappy Alice video games before it.
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Still looks like a God of War clone...

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Still not entirely convinced...

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"domain-specific domains..." - we called it "levels" back in our days.

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Not really feeling it...

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Edited By s-a-n-JR

Huh, had no idea American McGee was an actual dude's name.. 

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Edited By ViciousReiven

Never seen the man himself before, I always thought his name was a gimmick, but that's pretty awesome. 
Anyway the game itself looks amazing, I wasn't a huge fan of the original but I thought it was pretty cool, glad to see a more robust combat system though.

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Looks good.  Anyone know the price point on this? 

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The first game was awesome and something I still remember in great detail to this day, so I am super pumped for the sequel.

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@Beb: The first one was a huge deal when it came out. I'm sure other people could agree that  no one ever saw anything like "Beyond The Wall". that level was insane. Period.
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@endaround said:
" So is American McGee Brad in 10 years? "
Maybe - but I didn't see any buttons on American's shoulders
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Edited By Beb

When Brad is talking about "the fiction" and "the fanbase" does he mean those of the first game, or of the classic story?
 
I get the feeling this is a game we are supposed to care about - but I'm not sure why. I don't remember the first one being a big deal, but maybe I'm wrong.