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Write letters to the press. Ripped from Control:

Dear New York Tribune,

Airplanes aren’t real. I figured out how they do it.

The windows are TV screens. The whole thing moves on big tracks like a rollercoaster that moves through underground tunnels in the Earth. Airports are more like train stations.

They do this because the sky is full of monsters that they don’t want us to know about. The planes we see in the sky are the monsters. The government made the Earth-trains look like the monsters so they could lie to us better.

Don’t contact me.

Not real, obviously, but clearly the most effective tactic when no one takes your 100% legit theories seriously.

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Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
AMAZING game. The Dead Letters department might be my favorite section of The Oldest House

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- Hazmatastic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Absolutely, although I’m a Containment/Panopticon fan myself. Langston’s dialogue is great, especially in the AWE dlc. Dead Letters is close behind though. The fish letter is excellent.
  
  Playing AW2 right now after having watched a Quantum Break playthrough, so I’ve got the Remedyverse on my mind constantly and see it in everything. Such a dope company, can’t wait for the next control. I think it’s next on their development list, so hopefully soon!
  
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  - Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Totally valid. The AWE DLC is the only one I didn’t fully complete. I wasn’t as into Alan Wake at the time (although AW2 fucking changed that). I own the ultimate edition on PC now anyway (originally started on PS4) so I might as well. Sam Lake is my gaming development god…
    
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    Hazmatastic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I find the best lore raises more questions than it answers, and Lake and his team do that in spades. And you absolutely should give it a play with some more Alan Wake under your belt. Even outside the DLC they have lore connecting the two games all over. And of course, it only leaves me with more questions than I had. Another dead letter:
    
    To the Esteemed Members of the American Psychiatric Council,
    
    I am writing you to inquire about the significance of dreams in relation to one’s mental health? I am aware that there are many books purporting to contain the True meanings of dreams, but I have reservations about their legitimacy.
    
    I understand that this is not usually done, but if I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on my Condition. Ever since I was young, I have had intensely-vivid dreams. They only occur sporadically, but in them I witness very strange events. I understand dreams can seem real at the time, but these feel markedly different. They do not occur often, perhaps only one or two a year.
    
    Last night I had one. I saw a small, empty town. It was utterly dark. There was a Lake at its center. Shadows of people moved around me, muttering odd things. A bright light woke me up. I was screaming in my sleep. My wife had been shaking me for minutes before I woke.
    
    Because of this recent incident, I have decided to seek help. The doctor says I am physically fine, but I wanted to consult your Expertise. Thank you for your valuable time.
    
    Yours Very Sincerely,
    
    Richard Bowker
    
    Like, how many people did this event affect? It clearly wasn’t limited to Bright Falls and close associates of the artists the Dark Presence is feeding off of. This is some unrelated schmuck living who knows where, and he’s having dreams of the Bright Falls event. And this wasn’t even in the DLC. The Lovecraftian web of influence of other planes of existence in these fictional games fascinate me so damn much.
    
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- buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That makes me want to go listen to REM.
  
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- stevedice@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Kind of a lackluster ending, though. I don’t know why, but it kinda felt like very much not an ending.
  
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  - Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Oh we had different opinions there. I was blown away
    
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    stevedice@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Guess it was just me. The game is amazing either way, though.
    
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pulsey@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
You convinced me.

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bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
All the flavor text in Control is fantastic.

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- Hazmatastic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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