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    Alan Wake

    Game » consists of 14 releases. Released May 14, 2010

    When famous novelist Alan Wake goes on vacation with his wife Alice, he has no idea that the idyllic town of Bright Falls will soon be the site of a terrible battle between light and dark that could threaten everything, even Wake's own sanity.

    Possible massive Alan Wake spoiler on Xbox Marketplace!!!

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    #1  Edited By Jeust

    Well i was curious to see if there were anything up on Marketplace for Alan Wake, and i saw a theme for it. The name is 
     

     
    If this is really part of the plot of the game, it is a great way to spoil the game after so much care into keeping the plot under wraps.  
     
    I hope it's only a reference to Remedy's nordic origins... if it isn't it ain't pretty! 
     
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    #2  Edited By The_A_Drain

    I am not even gonna look o_o  
     
    But thanks for telling me to steer clear of the marketplace tab for Alan Wake just incase it is a spoiler.

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    #3  Edited By OllyOxenFree

    I believe it's a fictional band in the game where there do some songs that are heard in the game.  It's not a spoiler IMO.  You can listen to the songs in YouTube.

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    #4  Edited By shirogane

    Er, really? Just from that name i'm not getting anything. Though i havn't played any of the game yet, and i don't know all that much about it.
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    #5  Edited By faustyn

    just a name of a fictional band in the game. you don't have to worry about that ruining your experience :)

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    #6  Edited By RichardLOlson

    Just a fictional band in the game.

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    #7  Edited By Jeust

    hummm weird though... considering that its name is in a theme with no direct relationship to them. Thanks for clarifying guys!

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    #8  Edited By The_A_Drain

    Having finished the game now I can confirm, it's not a spoiler at all. Not in the very least. Phew! :D After having Bioshock's twist ruined for me literally 5 mins before I started playing it on release day, was not eager for that to happen again :P

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    #9  Edited By Emiel

    How is that a spoiler?

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    #10  Edited By AlwaysAngry
    @The_A_Drain said:
    " Having finished the game now I can confirm, it's not a spoiler at all. Not in the very least. Phew! :D After having Bioshock's twist ruined for me literally 5 mins before I started playing it on release day, was not eager for that to happen again :P "
    I've had MGS4, Killzone 2, Gears of War 2, Modern Warfare 2, and other games spoiled for me, but thank God BioShock was never spoiled for me. That would have just been devastating.
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    #11  Edited By Jeust
    @Emiel said:
    " How is that a spoiler? "
    it isn't... but could have been if the plot surrounded nordic gods. 
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    #12  Edited By SomethingClever

    I didn't think that was spoiler-ish and I'm glad it isn't.  
     
    However, I've never really understood spoilers.  Maybe I'm in the minority but telling me big plot twists or important details (for instance the murderer in a mystery crime drama) doesn't bother me.  I enjoy the experience of learning these things, experiencing the story as the movie/book/game/show/whatever intends me to experience it.  You can tell me that the main character gets shot and dies at the end of something.  Big deal.  Doesn't mean anything to me.  I don't have anything invested in that character.  While watching/reading/playing that story I stay in the moment, I don't worry about the fact that I know that dude is going to die.   
     
    Hell I'll even forget sometimes.  Take Carlito's Way for instance.  It starts with Al Pacino being shot down but I basically forget that as I am watching the movie until that scene comes back around.  At the start I don't care.  Oh, Al Pacino has been shot.  Whatever.  By the time we get back to that scene I care about Carlito and now it has meaning. 
     
    In short, I am able to block out all my knowledge of the story and just let the story unfold around me.  I'm in fact often drawn to things because of these 'spoilers'.  Someone will say "man I don't want to spoil it but it's awesome" and I'll tell them that telling me the awesome thing will only make me more interested in that thing, not less.   People seem to think I'm crazy for that.

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