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A Reflection on the Nature of Shadows
Dear Insane Children, Over the course of pre-production on Alice: Asylum we’ve frequently made reference to Shadow Alice, the arch-nemesis of Child Alice and the force of darkness threatening to destroy Wonderland. And we’ve also seen a variety of interpretations of this aspect of Alice’s character. A few of those are shared below… This burnt-face…
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Beethoven? Chopin? Melancholy?
Dear Insane Children, What is your favorite piece of dark or moody classical music? As I am writing the end of the Alice: Asylum narrative, I am listening to a mix of Chopin and Beethoven – Nocturne No. 20 and Moonlight Sonata specifically. And I’m thinking about how music from these artists – and others…
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Umbra Hatter’s Domain
Dear Insane Children, A new image from Omri showing the Umbraland version of Hatter’s Domain! The Alice: Asylum pre-production team continues to explore ideas related to what we’re calling “Umbraland” – the result of Shadow Alice taking over Wonderland. Child Alice arrives in this place after years “under glass” – kept in stasis inside Snow…
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The Depths of Memory
Dear Insane Children, Joey has turned in another beautiful illustration from the world of Alice’s imagination. This image captures some of the ideas we’ve discussed for the Memory Mines “maw” section – a place where recycled memories are pulled up into the roots of a tree… The Tree of Imagination perhaps. And those memories are…
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Fortress of The Mind
Dear Insane Children, Did you know that once a person convinces themselves of a thing, it is nearly impossible to change their mind on that thing… even if you present them with solid evidence to prove their position is wrong? This same mental block can be seen when people cling to toxic relationships, excuse bad…
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Memories of Insanity
Dear Insane Children, More amazing artwork from Adam Narozanski (follow him on Instagram) from the section where Alice is exploring scenes from the past (future?) in the Memory Mines. Alex jumped in on this one and suggested the blood splatter around the screws – since that was something we featured in Alice: Madness Returns. Seeing…