Sam Lake plays a character written by Alan Wake written by Sam Lake

[@AFGuidesHD]

Thanks to Remedy Entertainment and Epic Games for a copy of Alan Wake 2

[@hdrpointer4143]

Its so huge that Sam Lake exactly knows what the "Max Payne" face means for us, and he sneaks it in into every Remedy game possible.

[@masterexploder9668]

He knows it will pay off well, but their games are good enough to stand as their own titles. Not like I mind to see the references, McCaffrey's voice and Sam Lake's constipated face do work their nostalgia magic.

[@WeCareAlot4693]

Sam Lake plays a character named Sam Lake, a character written by Alan Wake a character written by Sam Lake, who portrays a character named Alex Casey who is a character written by Alan Wake based on a real man named Alex Casey played by Sam Lake, the fictional Casey being based on a character written by Sam Lake and performed by Sam Lake as Sam Lake as Alex Casey.

[@ReadyPlayerTomVR]

Exactly what I was trying to explain to my wife while we were playing... I don't understand what she wasn't getting.

[@srai5333]

thats a mouthful

[@Dr.Yakub22]

​@ReadyPlayerTomVR it's easy to understand all it takes is 250 IQ and a Fundamental understanding of quantum physics

[@ReadyPlayerTomVR]

​@@Dr.Yakub22 🤣

[@CrystalWings12]

​@@Dr.Yakub22For one second I thought you said 'Quantum Break', that's another game made by Remedy, lol.

[@dantheman1998]

There is so many layers of meta its ridiculous.

[@joshcottrell4853]

When I played this scene in the game, I thought to myself "OK, am I even real, or am I just another character written by Sam Lake"

[@videogamecapivara]

​@@joshcottrell4853Maybe we all are.

[@LOW_natL]

​@@videogamecapivaraI'm eyeing the painkiller cabinet.

[@619great]

It could be its own book of how many metas we’re seeing 😂😂😂

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

More like remedyculous.

[@fonkwindy1990]

Whenever I see him I can't help but smile. His energy is so overwhelming.

[@AFGuidesHD]

and him just sat there smiling lol 2:43

[@datatsushi2016]

Dude likes himself too much.

[@Dbdrblackgf]

​@@datatsushi2016bcus he's a dilf

[@owenjones7522]

​@@datatsushi2016no

[@pressstart8738]

Uncanny

[@supermariofan03]

Sam Lake is like the Finnish Hideo Kojima. Self referential, and incorporating previous projects in another project, whether or not he’s trying to be subtle.

[@AFGuidesHD]

its not really subtle most of remedy games are related or in the same universe

[@Galaxy-o2e]

Unlike Hideo Kojima, he actually tries to follow the "show dont tell" principle in writing

[@iamrightyouarewrong6730]

kojima is the japanese sam lake

[@scotchmaple]

Nah, He doesn't have the bloated ego that Kojima does lol

[@kida4313]

Unlike Kojima, Sam Lake can write female characters with more than one dimension

[@SleepyMook]

I like how they referenced the Max Payne film in this and Sam’s feelings about it.

[@AFGuidesHD]

very meta 😂

[@NTWoo95]

Ohhh I didn’t even clock that! That’s great, if it was the intention

[@liaz477]

i fukin knew it

[@rahul-qm9fi]

me neither haha that is great @@NTWoo95

[@SeriousDragonify]

Except the movie was garbage and was heavily criticized for being terrible. Didn't have any Max Payne feeling. But rather absurd Fast & Furious ridiculousness.

[@tommyboulet]

I'm just glad that Max Payne finally got over the death of his wife and kid and managed to be a successful detective after all.

[@abhinavranjith8086]

Tbh that is how Max Payne 2 ended. With him getting over his dead wife. But then he is once again a drunken mess in Max Payne 3 which is a plot hole ig.

[@Darkdiver28]

@@abhinavranjith8086 I feel Rockstar wanted to reboot. I don’t consider it canon since it wasnt made by Remedy

[@nosome]

​@@Darkdiver28 I headcanon Max Payne 3 as an alternate timeline after Max Payne where he just lost his job and lives in Jersey lol

[@Darkdiver28]

@@nosome is max payne 3 canon? I don’t consider since its not a remedy game.

[@nosome]

@@Darkdiver28 Hm. I don't know. It doesn't really fit in the Remedy timeline.

[@mashedpotatoes77]

Sam Lake is having too much fun in this game. Hope the Max Payne remakes goes smoothly for Sam and the team at Remedy

[@CVoYager]

James Mcaffrey doesn't get enough appreciation for Alan Wake 2, he is the perfect voice for Alex Casey/Max Payne and he kills it, I loved listening Casey's monologues.

[@Caden.]

This aged well

[@CVoYager]

@@Caden. I learned about his death early this day, I never felt about an actor dying like this before.

[@anthonsay7211]

​@@CVoYagerlife sucks :(

[@margarethmichelina5146]

R.I.P James Mcaffrey a.k.a Max Payne and Alex Casey

[@SpringrazorAzrael]

he was amazing as Zachariah Trench too

[@dimitri91]

Max Payne iconic face lol

[@Spieledota1995]

R.I.P James McCaffrey. We will ever remember you.

[@DarthDimmadome]

Rip James Mccaffrey. You will and are forever immortalized.

[@JorgeDaher]

Miss this guy as Max Payne. The first game was really good, this guy needs to come back in a new franchise

[@icarus6563]

Well, considering that Remedy made a deal with Rockstar for permission to remake Max Payne 1 & 2, I'd say the chances of Sam playing Max again are good.

[@FakeCMD28]

Alex Casey

[@ShrimpsSteele]

I kinda lowkey hope they use James Mccaffreys look again for the remakes

[@themadtitan7603]

​@Garland846 Yeah, I'd like a consistent face across the trilogy this time. James McCaffery's face is more fitting than Sam's imo. But I still like Sam's Max look in its own way and if they add it to the remakes, I hope he resembles Alex Casey's model or the recent Max Payne 3 face mod.

[@big_bird8597]

and use him as the face model again unlike max 2 and 3

[@MrSandManBringMeADream]

i just can't stop smiling. the coolest man on earth

[@NecroMoz]

You've missed off most of it. Alan's in a liminal talk show with David Harewood playing someone called "Mr Door", they're lipsyncing an American voice actor over a Finnish actor while they're playing the Max Payne voice actor pretending to be the game developer Sam Lake pretending to be an actor called Sam Lake pretending to be Alex Casey (who is really just Max Payne) over closeup video footage of game developer Sam Lake pretending to be an actor called Sam Lake pretending to be a live action version of a book character named Alex Casey (who is really just a videogame character named Max Payne) superimposed over wide-shot video footage of game developer Sam Lake pretending to be an actor called Sam Lake pretending to be Alex Casey pretending to be Max Payne and doing the Max Payne face for a joke.

[@RandomYoutubeEnjoyer]

Bro confused tf out of me, but yeah I get it😅

[@viperdmk1483]

0:48 when that happened I just couldn’t stop laughing😂. Sam Lake did the Max Payne Lightskin Stare. When I first saw Casey when I played this I was like “Wait this guy looks Genuinely familiar” Took me a while to process until I eventually figured out that not only did this guy work on Alan Wake 2 Writing, Directing, and Even acting in it… *He also played Max Payne in 1 and 2* All the more reason why Sam Lake along with Ilkka Villi(Alan) are my fav actors. Both did a very good job in the game overall.

[@RolandTheLight]

He only played Max Payne in 1st game, for a 2nd they changed an actor. But Sam were still in some shows and all that along the game process.

[@emiami458]

Uhh the essence of Max Payne is the voice played by James McCaffrey and imo they should just use the voice actor's face for the next MP game because it fits way better with his voice and looks the part. Also a lot more rugged and better looking than lake.

[@ZedQue]

@@emiami458they should reuse Alex Casey’s player model for the remake, they probably will.

[@themadtitan7603]

​@@emiami458 A huge part of me wishes that James McCaffery was the facial mocap model in all 3 games. Not only because I think the Max Payne character and voice matches him the best but also for the consistency. There's a video that shows James' face in one of the first Max Payne's comic cutscenes and I think it looks great. In the remakes, I hope they go that route and include Sam's Max as an alternate option.

[@kristiankoski3908]

​@@themadtitan7603I hope it's Sam but would be cool if they made it optional, so you could use any of the 3.

[@oybek1207]

Rip James McCaffrey the best voice in gaming history 😪😪😪

[@ciasma_xavi]

Mark my words, this scene right here is going to be remembered as one of the most iconic scenes in gaming history. Alan Wake and Max Payne in one frame! Two of my fav game characters

[@sammy17bst]

Man, they share the dance floor together later on, it gets even better lol. I do love this moment though, lowkey might have been my favorite part in the game, I love me some Max Payne, and when he busted out the scrunch face was just too damn funny.

[@evlogiy]

That moment when he's doing the face... I have goosebumps all over the body.

[@PabelekPL]

It is impossible not to like this guy, Lake is a legend.

[@Wilson2005WAW]

Quoting style is still poetic. Max Payne as it is still.

[@TonberryChuck]

Wish this Max was in 3

[@Wilson2005WAW]

@@TonberryChuck I wish for that too.

[@Red-nl4lk]

Voiced by James Mcaffrey who voiced Max Payne written by Sam Lake, who Sam Lake gave his face for. Which is supposed to be a parody of Max Payne. Written and Played by Sam Lake and Max Payne

[@piehead678]

And the fact that Casey is clearly a nod to Max Payne(voice and all) is just the icing on top

[@AmadeyAzalin]

Imagine if Remedy still had rights to Max Payne

[@MrRockleyend]

Casey is Max, is just that they can no longer use the name.

[@ghostmane8018]

0:49 i will never forget this face 😂😂😂

[@poppysgtspanky]

The max Payne face 😂

[@snramadhan]

Crowbcat

[@rhetiq9989]

Let’s be real, Sam Lake does sound a LOT like a Remedy game character name

[@AFGuidesHD]

Alan Wake, Sam Lake

[@omgwtfcake]

It's a pen name so technically it is

[@scribejay]

Yes, the man who writes the Remedy games uses a stage name that sounds like a character in a Remedy game. The funniest part is that it's just his real name translated into English. His real name is Sami Antero Järvi and Järvi is the Finnish word for lake.

[@ralalbatross]

I love that they somehow inserted Max Payne into this. What a magnificent bit of self aware writing. And that fucking eyebrow gets me every time.

[@oybek1207]

Sam Lake is a legend 😊

[@js1zzle]

idk how they got Ilka to perfect mimic what Poretta is saying for Alan.. for so long i thought there was just one actor for Wake, really nice work remedy and to all the actors

[@JRoc407]

I think it’s the other way around. They filmed this first and then Matthew dubbed it.

[@travisbickle4360]

Dude, it is not Rocket science. Movies are usually shot first and then actor have to dub it again in studio. Thats how movies used to be made for decades and even now they have to dub it for action and imax sequences

[@barmbailey6934]

It's awesome and hilarious; that Sam Lake does his Max Payne( Errm sry; ALEX CASEY) facial impromptus when given an opportunity. You can tell he's both humbled and grateful that fans alike appreciate the stories he's interwoven.

[@mostafaelmasry5252]

Alex casey written by alan wake written by Thomas Zane written by sam lake

[@ashish_sunny]

next level of meta

[@Jjbf006]

is this a representation of his opinion about the Mark Wahlberg live action adaptation of Max Payne?

[@superwhizz114]

Yeah, pretty sure it is

[@henrysarson7417]

talking about Max Payne 3 in a round about way is crazy kind of meta commentary.

[@An_Addict_Gamer]

And they also mentioned the max Payne film with mark walhberg.

[@reboomer8369]

I thought of that, hearing older McCaffrey actually speak noir poetry things after all the shitpost quotes from MP3 felt surreal

[@henrysarson7417]

@@reboomer8369 for real man cant wait for the Max remakes. hope remedy does something special with them and its not a phoned in remake like Metal Gear just got

[@reboomer8369]

@@henrysarson7417 MP2 could have hiccups but Max Payne 1 should be an "easy" 8.5 or 9 in presentation/gameplay

[@DarkPhantom-zt9gk]

I want to see a Max Payne Vs John Wick fight.

[@darkman7009]

max payne was a tragic character, his wife got killed, his baby got killed, his partner, his girlfriend, his chief police, his new boss in brazil with wife, even his friend become main villain on second game. while john wick was lucky bastard his wife die in peace and most of his friend was still alive, although his dog got killed

[@AFGuidesHD]

bulletproof suit vs painkillers. the fight will be legendary

[@darkman7009]

@@AFGuidesHD gun kata vs bullet time

[@MrPolicekarim]

Who would win though?@@AFGuidesHD

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@MrPolicekarim good question

[@void-creature]

Sam lake who is a writer plays a character called sam lake who is an actor written by sam lake, who plays a character called Alex Casey who is a detective who is written by Alan Wake who is a writer who is written by Sam lake who is a writer.

[@ahsantehabari]

I love this man.

[@ForelliBoy]

You know the resemblance to the Joker talk show set was intentional

[@RunnyElephant44]

a fourth wall break inside a fourth wall break that's like... sixteen walls

[@tylertheguy3160]

Sam Lake is like if Hideo Kojima and David Lynch had a baby.

[@darky9999]

that's obviously Max Payne being interviewed as Alex Casey , his Alias.. Max's best friend's name is Alex, apparently we are seeing through crevices of Max's life through Alan Wake., Before the fall when he was just working for the FBI, ... before he was Payne to the max, he was just Max being Maximumly notorious.. a Dead Eye that became the fall guy, that's why all the criminals he shoot dodges into know who he is, it's how they tracked him down...it's how Max Payne 1 started...This is how Max Payne got played into becoming the fall guy.. The Fall of Max Payne..the Wake of Alan Wake, Manipulation at it's best

[@Shageru47]

Did anyone else imagine Alex Casey to look exactly like this as well? Did Sam Lake read the minds of people and say "wow these guys actually think I need to be Casey. I was planning someone else but I can't argue with what the people want."

[@TheUnholyHandGrenade]

SAM LAKE YOU HACK -Bricky

[@dilegox]

1:54 my man Max!!!!

[@babygiraffeman]

Fxcking weird seeing two game characters in live-action.

[@Ipavaiva]

The Dark place was actually created by the massive shade this scene throws at the Max Payne movie

[@dragondelsur5156]

It wasn't a Max Payne movie, it was pain to the max.

[@anderskorsback4104]

We have reached levels of meta that nobody thought possible.

[@ParisPK]

Sam Lake is the Christopher Nolan of video games

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

he's hideo kojima if hideeo kojima was consistent in telling a story and had some reason in his ideas. not just outrageous ideas like in death stranding

[@williamlarner6852]

Very meta indeed

[@Graeko]

Sam Lake you hack!

[@arenkai]

Sam Lake is like a more humble down to earth Kojima with a dash of Lynch.

[@Clockwork935]

It gets even more confusing and funny when you realise Alan Wake was written info existence by Thomas Zane, who was another character by Sam Lake

[@lambda-m1676]

If they still had the rights to Max Payne they would've called The Dark Place "Noir York City" and MP1-3 (if remedy made MP3) would be connected

[@divineblue4580]

I like how Sam somehow took some pieces of popular horror games like Resident Evil and Evil Within and put them in this game. It’s incredible!

[@Scallycowell]

“Does he look like Casey to you?” Casey: **Max Payne squint**

[@gundamgames6092]

Imagine the absolute mindfuckery that would be a collab between Lake and Kojima

[@wolfymo]

That would rip open a hole in the multiverse

[@АбараВлад]

Damn, Mccaffrey’s voice. It’s like Mozart to ears

[@jonathanhersey8313]

I officially need to play all of the Alan Wake games now. Holy crap.

[@VandelayH]

Max Payne is based on Sam Lake who is named after a real lake that appears in Alan Wake.

[@Abueliito]

This dude is really something special

[@absp2006]

SAM LAKE, YOU HACK!!!

[@itshuego]

Sam Lake is Sam Lake in this scene lmao

[@MrRockleyend]

I wish they use his face for the remake of the first game. Max was my idol when I was a kid and Sam was his face❤

[@R3TR0J4N]

Alan Wake 3 deserve dynamic narrative and writing, thay would be peak

[@matthewb4343]

In some alternate reality, Lance Reddick is Mr. Door, not just Martin Hatch. R.I.P

[@RetepAdam]

Sam Lake plays the actor Sam Lake playing the character Alex Casey modeled after the real Alex Casey - who was portrayed by Sam Lake - and written by Alan Wake who was written by Thomas Zane who was written by Sam Lake.

[@Maluzitto]

And it loops forever...

[@Wahinies]

This is beyond the fourth dimension wow

[@Wiki-cq6fc]

He's doing it and he loves doing it

[@basbas63]

Even the damn Max Payne face xD

[@creativeroom1218]

I will miss James voice so much in Max Payne Remake 😢

[@SuperAp0calypse]

Have to wonder if this was all a dream for Sam Lake. Just like Clay Steward.

[@thesidneychan]

Sam Lake plays a fictional, meta version of himself. - that's how I'm gonna explain in the a simplest terms.

[@Sxm101]

0:50 bro mogged all of us

[@MagicBoxInt]

surprised sam lake doesnt do "same lake christmas boogie" at this point

[@drnemesis0047]

I wonder how keanu reeves would fit in the role of alan wake if a live adaption ever happens

[@mrhat1073]

I would love an April Fools expansion/DLC where it's Sam Lake going on a power trip and screwing with the cast of AW2. using his God-like power of being the creator of the series, he could do anything.

[@archon7105]

Bro…that’s literally Sam Ocean. Going crazy and using his finger guns

[@cezarstefanseghjucan]

Thanks for informing me of my lack of attention, as this is David Harewood, so my initial comment is rather tragically funny: "The swan song of Lance Reddick. It is truly the most honorable outing."

[@tmas47]

WDYM? That's not Lance Reddick.

[@cezarstefanseghjucan]

@@tmas47 Who is it then?

[@AmazingKingXman]

The actor’s name is David Harewood.

[@cezarstefanseghjucan]

@@AmazingKingXman My bad, then, they look like brothers.

[@AFGuidesHD]

So I only just found out but it seems Lance Reddick did actually play Mr. Door in Quantum Break. So maybe that's what you're thinking of.

[@Asterisk-hj4lx]

I feel like Ilkka Villi looks confused a lot as an intentional part of these videos, because during all of these we can see he looks frightened and confused because he doesnt seem to gain consciousness until Alan tunes into the TV

[@Asterisk-hj4lx]

Thats why in the music video of herald of darkness he seems to be out of it, no real emotion in his eyes or facial expressions other than singing

[@cpt.iceman4880]

I genuinely belive if rights for "Max Payne" had still belong to Remedy, Alex Casey character would be named Max Payne.

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

This is so meta that the Universe imploded

[@handsomemug3342]

sam lake you hak

[@LLPTV]

I guess it doesn't matter if they have the licence or not... just act like they do.

[@musicsyndrome1413]

"funny as hell it was the most horrible thing I could think of"

[@taq154]

Sam Lake plays Sam Lake playing Alex Casey written by Alan Wake written by Sam Lake

[@oldschool1222]

Did anyone take a look at outside city? isn't it New York from Max Payne 1?

[@dragondelsur5156]

New York is New York, that's the same location the Oldest House can be found, and where Alan originally used to live.

[@oldschool1222]

@@dragondelsur5156 good job little n...

[@EcchiRevenge]

"I'm the dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!"

[@HokutoShinkenSuccessor]

Sam must really like Inception or like his own writing for that matter lol

[@ryosaeba566]

He was before inception Max payne had this shizophrenia things He created all the good things Max payne quantum break control alan wake but in the end all play in same multiversum this how Genius this man is

[@LewdSCP1471A]

They've cited inception as a source of inspiration previously

[@spacedootboy]

omg this is about the max payne movie how did i not see that

[@Aethelion]

Hes not Sam Lake.... Hes Sam Ocean!

[@Eskaroots]

This is a meta-critic to story like what happend with The Witcher and how Netflix adapted the content. Or Even Halo with How Paramount adapted the content.

[@belisauriusfish9406]

It’s a common thing in a lot movie adaptation of books, not just the recent ones. The original authors have reservations, because they’re not being involved and decisions are being made that stray too far from the original story for their comfort. For some a little further back, look at world war z, the lightning thief, literally any adaptation of Dracula, though Bram Stoker was dead before any of those were made.

[@cchristianjeremy]

I love that video title lmaooo

[@chris_player2995]

i love when the game gets weird like this

[@legbot124]

Genuinely can’t tell if this is real footage or gameplay

[@lowliet1095]

What a character, what a game, daaamn

[@Lprn43]

what if alex casey writes a character and alan wake plays it

[@shanthoshsomasunthar]

Is this about the Max Payne film or Max Payne 3 or both?

[@mr.andrew7820]

Max Payne Film,Sam Lake worked on Max Payne 3

[@jeanribeiro1675]

1:52 Teaser Max Payne Remake ❤

[@narayanamurthybabu7302]

This is the place where Arthur transforms into joker right