Ayyyyyyyy! It was a pleasure guesting for this video, talking about my bread and butter.

Holly shit, the john mira thing is basically the plot for alan’s story in AWII

As a huge, huge Alan Wake fan, I have to personally thank you for for saying Mr. Scratch appropriately by using the sound effect. I've never seen/heard another video that has done that when talking about that particular character. Bravo sir! It's the details.

If you want to be whole, you have to acknowledge those things about yourself you'd rather not think about. Shadow work is hard but necessary. Otherwise, those things you hide will lash out, uncontrollable, when you least expect it. You have to accept and absorb who you are and move forward, making new choices now that you are fully aware of yourself. You cannot change the past, you cannot change who you were, but you can understand why you were that person. There is a place for negative emotions, rage, fear but they must be tempered and focused so they do not rule you. Rage spurs people to action, fear prevents foolish actions but either can easily become all you think about. Either of them can be addictive because they provide a sense of power and control over our uncertain world. Being a human is complicated.

"Beyond the shadow you settle for, there is a miracle illuminated." -Thomas Zane I had some ideas about it, but I never fully understood this verse until now. This video is just brilliant!

Ah, a sneaky colab. Wasn't expecting this today.

Pool is loop backwards. I see some meaning there.

Wow these latest couple of videos have both been amazing. great job! I still get major goosebumps when I hear how Alan imagines Alice blames all of this on him. No matter how absurd they are, sometimes our minds just want to believe the worst case scenario and just give in.

Balance really does slay the demon! And I guess until you learn to live with both sides to yourself in harmony then you will never find peace of mind. We're often afraid of taking a good look at our own shadow for the shame and embarrassment that might come along with our own mistakes. But the only thing we should fear is not looking at it, for our denial of the shadow is exactly what fuels it. I've wondered if the whole story really is a elaborate metaphor for Alans writers block. I'm expecting him to Wake up on the boat having never left his car!

Great work fellas! Glad to see you two working together on a collab. It's cool to see these themes echo across Remedy's games even as far back as Max Payne 1, laying the thematic groundwork for the future shared universe. If I remember right, even back in MP1 during one of the dream sequences Max ends up shooting a version of himself as well. Remedy do love their doppelgangers

With AWE expansion of Control, we see signs of a Third Aspect of Alan Wake's Shadow... a Thomas Zane, not the poet, an New? Thomas Zane, just as eager to escape the Dark Place... but while Alan KNEW Mr. Scratch needed to be stopped/destroyed, Thomas Zane makes Alan upset, violently upset, when he reveals he was "dealing with" Mr. Scratch. Alan doesn't destroy "Thomas Zane" in AWE, but what does he represent that Alan dislikes but otherwise doesn't destroy about himself? Compromise perhaps?

This channel is criminally under rated.

Is Max Derrat your shadow persona? You both seem like 2 sides of the same coin, keep up the awesome content!

That was a brilliant presentation between you and Max. I hope if Sam Lake ever sees one of your videos, that it's this one. I think he would be flattered. To add to what you discussed, in Quantum Break, I found Paul Serene to be an excellent example of a man who surrendered to his own "John Mirra" or "Mr. Scratch". Speaking of Mirra, the debut song for Poets of the Fall, "Late Goodbye", mentions him near the end, and earlier in the song the words "staring wild eyes" (inspiration for Essej's personality?).

I kinda wish the games played more with the shadow being kinda-good, or having aspects that are useful. In a place where everything is trying to crush your spirit, your individual self, that anger could be honed into a weapon to defend yourself. Just knowing there is something inside you that is driven to Fight Back, can be enough to move forward. Also knowing where that shadow comes from isn't fully explored either. Alot our shadows is from an inner child that got beaten down and hurt. Some part of yourself that just wanted love, and didn't get it.

This is so well done! Deserves a lot more praise.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you, Dean. I look forward to your future work! Have a great one.

My two favorite theory youtubers, in one video!? Hearing Max was a total surprise!

Dear Dean, thank you for all your Videos. I played Control the last days and just needed some extra input and watched your videos in one go on this topic. Alan Wake is one of my most loved games. AND I can't say how much I appreciate your videos with this in depth analysis. And also thanks to Max Derrat for this amazing insight! Just a big thank you Gaming University and keep on with your good work! A new Fan.

Top notch content, as always! And thank you for introducing me to Max's work, I'll suscribe to his channel now!

A fascinating video as always. I'll definitely check out Max Derrat. Thanks for the knowledge :)

Needs more attention. It's better than other so called game theory videos because here we are talking about facts and diving deeper. Most other channels talk hogwash for views and their theories never become real.

Hello, I am obsessed with your control coverage! If you could possibly do some videos deep diving into the different world altering events I would really enjoy it! Also quick 2 minute videos for each object of power explaining their backgrounds and powers would be great binge watching content! Looking forward for the future of this channel!

Alan Wake 2 actually made Alan's story a lot more similar to Address Unknown

Love these videos! And the lil chrono trigger call back, at the end, got me to subscribe 😁 nicely played

This was a great analysis keep up the good work 100%

So Alan Wake 2. That's a thing now! It's taken 12 years but we finally are getting it. Look forward to watching some of your videos on that game when it comes out. That said I think you have some of the best videos about the lore it's about the lore of Alan wade that I've seen on KZfaq.

yesss YESSSSS MAX DERRAT AND GAMING UNIVERSITY IN ONE VIDEO AND ITS ON CONTROL!!!!!!I AMMMM INNNN HEAVENNNNNNNNN

Omg awesomest collaboration 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

You just perfectly explain Persona 4 with this video as well!

I believe Control was also heavily inspired by Stephen King's writing as well, particularly the Dark Tower series. The Dark Tower is located in End World, a location that exists outside of space and time (Similar to the dark place) and has many floors which are essentially doorways into alternate realities. Similarly, the Dark Tower reveals that almost all of Stephen King's books are connected through the tower. The Oceanview motel is essentially Remedy's version of the Dark Tower.

The next thing you know, Mira shows up in Vanguard, fighting off aliens by destroying hollow stone spheres. And I love Remedy for it.

Put control and the games asside this is a very powerfull and a very good life lesson and a kind of motivational video, if we want succes first we gotta understand ourselves to be able to pull the maximum in whatever we are doing, i love your videos keep the good work up.

The mountains reflection in the lake also looks like an upside down black pyramid. Don’t that is relevant but cool I’m my mind

These Remedy verse explained videos are ones of your best , Excellent video ... Now if i may suggest a good game which you can eventually play and maybe do some videos on , it'd be Death Stranding ,the game is full of symbolism and philosophical ; psychological references which may be very interesting to analyze

Thanks for this.

The Remedy Shared Universe is fascinating ... but it's too subtle and artsy for its own good. Most reviews just scratch the surface and talk about "easter eggs" without realizing the layers of world building ... I just hope Remedy makes just enough money to stay somewhat independant and true to their vision. if they do, maybe, in another decade, people might realize how cool it all was.

Thanks/gratitude for/because the video/work.

Do you think the mirrors in Alan Wake 2 have a less clear reflection on purpose, or do you think this is a technical issue remedy hasn’t been able to fully hash out with today’s tech?

The second I saw a new video I got my notebook and pen ready

Love your work, and this is so trippy. Mind how poor my writing was (I wrote this when I was 15 for an English task) but this was a poem I wrote years ago. Essentially a piece based on Jekyll and Hyde. If you get a chance let me know what you think. Don't think it's aged very well. Haha Everyday I see it. The mirror. The unconsciousness sitting, planting in my mind. If I were asleep, will it run rampant? Does it run rampant? Would I know? Does it matter. Does it scare you? I scare myself sometimes. Is it strange that I notice? You look back, same me, same guy. But no, it's unconscious. Your not there, but you wanna be. You see the conscious me, the normal me. The me that takes control. You wanna ride? Take the reigns, be in charge? Sick of the backseat, want to feel alive, just the thought suduces you right? Maybe while I sleep, shifting, thinking of you, what you might do to me, the real me. Me. They'll think you're me. We know that's not true. Your reflection will be muddy. You're like the ocean. It looks pretty, reflections of a sky, perfect blue. But we all know, draining the water would show the true unrelenting you. Empty, dark, murky. Unconscious me. Part of me? Yes, but you can't be seen, not by this world. It's not ready, neither am I. My lover, my partner, my new world you wouldn't understand. The unconscious me must stay that way, blind, unnoticed, trivial. You wouldn't lie to me right? You stay put, like the seeds in a garden nobody sees grow. I'm the finished product, the produce she bought. The roots never leave the garden, they stay put. In the soil, deep, dark, burried. That's why you're the unconscious mind, your my ticket to unholy depths, you'll stay there, never be heard, I won't let you be heard. She deserves better, I am better, she won't know. No one will. You died with her. Not listening, I'm done listening. I can't hear you anymore.. The other side of the mirror, is it dark? Does it scare you? Are there cracks? Let me see. One more time, just one more, let me touch it. Let me.......................... Is it dark?

I didn't know about Mirra, I probably saw that message and didn't think anything of it, when I played Alan Wake earlier this year. Although does this mean that in the Remedyverse there's a John Mirra running around during the events of Control? Alongside other supernatural entities like Chester Bless and the Blessed Group? And the Taken/Shaded around Cauldron Lake and if Quantum Break is confirmed as being in this shared universe, we've got anomalous individuals that can mess with Time, like Paul Serene and Martin Hatch? (I highly suspect Paul isn't truly dead, but who knows what getting close to the Countermeasure could have done to him. I mean the man sprang back to life once, I'm not ruling it out.) I eagerly look forward to your video on Emil Hartman and his transformation and the events of Expansion 2: AWE

This scared the shit out of me but I have to know more about the shadow

9:37 John Mirra in SlideScape36

Great job

Then Saga Anderson confronts his own darkness when he looks at the photo of other Saga?

You really should do videos like these on the Persona series.

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain..." - Alan Wake, probably 😅

I think mr scratch is mixtures of all the antagonists that Alex Casey have fought and alan wake darker side which gave birth to serial killer which easily explains why mr scratch uses tools like hammer and knifes and not too much his superpowers

What do you think about a theory that Dylan is actually Jesse's animus that has been made into a real person by the power of the slide projector? He mentioned that he had a dream where he relived the events of the Ordinary AWE, but in this dream he was the only child, a girl named Jesse Dylan Faden.

Reinstall Paul Gaming University and Max Derrat , you guys took gaming theory to another level !

That intro ;D

Oh hey Max Derrat

If I had a doppelganger he/it might be named, nitsua.

If you can explain whos the mister that when you say the name the sound goes to static, ps great videos.

"When you gaze into that abyss, it gazes back" Nietsche

Maligula: Hi, I'm SpongeBob!

I wonder where these concepts come up in Quantum Break?

If the events of Cauldron Lake were cyclical, wonder what would happen if the likes of say David Goggins were to enter?

Kinda cool)

Wait, does Sam play Mira? This makes.. a lot of sense.

LOL im a derp, i played every remedy game, love alan wake and only now realize A.WAKE = AWAKE.... wow i feel stupid.

In further conclusion: While both Freud's triune brain and Jung's archetypes are a good, fun, and interesting way of analysing media, they are not at all accurate to our modern understanding of psychology and the brain, and you shouldn't take them seriously in that regard.

What if John and John Mira exist in another universe where the tv show is real? 🧐

An issue with this overarching theory, and with Max Derrat's frequent application of Jungian theory in his own videos, is that Jungian theory is frequently used as the "superimposed and self-referential image of man over the vast and terribly defined reality beyond our categorical understanding" - Control and media like it are better representations of the futility of Jungian thought than they are examples of it. The characters in such media, as in Control and Alan Wake, believe in and apply Jungian analysis even while the world defies their full comprehension or categorization - with some standout characters pushing back against the common canon and fan analysis, such as Emily Pope's own rejection of such antiquated and myopic definition.

Welp.

I see, for I am (A)lan WAKE. Haha.

well isnt that funny, remedy made thr story of address unkwon into an entire game (aw 2)

2:54: "the prime example of Jungian influence has to be the games produced by remedy" *Laughs in persona fan*

God dammit. Jordan fucking Peterson? I'm out.