- American McGee's Alice is a 2000 third-person action-adventure video game developed by Rogue Entertainment under the direction of designer American McGee and published by Electronic Arts (EA). The game was originally released for personal computers running Microsoft Windows and Mac OS.Although a planned PlayStation 2 port was cancelled, the game was later released digitally for the.
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American McGee's Alice is a third-person action-adventure developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts in 2000.
Year | 2000 |
Genre | Action |
Rating | 85/100 based on 5 Editorial reviews. Add your vote |
Publisher | Electronic Arts |
Developer | Rogue Entertainment |
OS supported | Windows XP, 2000 & Windows 7 |
Updated | 24 June 2020 |
Alice's Wonderland 3: Shackles of Time Mac Game Detaileds Description. Big City Lab brings us the next amazing adventure in the Alice’s Wonderland series! Complete fun time management levels with a fairytale setting and beloved Wonderland characters! Our heroine Alice is at a crossroads. Alice Awakening You’re in really good relationships with Alice, live together and helping each other in daily routine. Once you noticed an opened door to her room, It’s strange, because she was always closing it. You decided to check her, but in a couple of minutes your passion went over head You done some things you are not allowed to do, and you’ll pay for it You hear a whisper.
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American McGee's Alice is a third-person action-adventure developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts in 2000.
This entry is named after its renowned director and designer, American James McGee, who also worked on the Doom, Wolfenstein, Hexen, and Quake sagas. Also, he was in charge of directing the highly successful sequel Alice: Madness returns and is currently working on the third part called Alice: Asylum.
The game is based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, novels written by Lewis Caroll in 1865 and 1871. Unlike the lighthearted tone of the source texts, this version has a much darker setting. Shortly after the original story, Alice is the sole survivor of a mysterious fire that takes her family and home, making her an orphan. This strongly traumatizes the protagonist, who enters a deep depressive well and becomes catatonic. She is later taken to the Rutledge psychiatric hospital, where she is constantly abused by its workers.
Ten years later, Alice is once again summoned to wonderland by the white rabbit, who tells her that only she can save it from the tyranny of the queen of hearts. Being torn by its distorted psyche, this place is not the same as it was before, but a twisted and macabre version of it. Very similar to the story of Silent Hill 2, the characters in this universe are a representation of Alice's emotions, so many of them return as enemies. Thus, only with the help of the white rabbit and the Cheshire Cat, the heroine embarks on a dangerous mission where violence is the only way to solve the problems.
At the beginning of the adventure, Alice must visit 9 provinces, now dystopian versions of the places she used to happily frequent. To finish with their inhabitants, she has several toys modified to serve as weapons, such as dices, cards, or surprise boxes. On the sides of the screen, there are two big bars, one red and the other blue. The red bar represents the sanity of the protagonist, which will be reduced when Alice is attacked and will kill her when emptied. On the right, the blue bar symbolizes her will, which is necessary to carry out special attacks. Both bars can also be filled as the player collects the essence of their corresponding color.
American McGee's Alice was developed using the so-called id Tech 3 game engine with ÜberTools, a modification and improvement of the id Software's id Tech 3 engine (used in Quake III: Arena).
The game works like a classic 3D action-adventure, with platforming elements. In her visits to the different worlds, the heroine must defeat several enemies to be able to advance and confront the different bosses at the end of each level. Besides, the path is full of traps and floating platforms, so the combat is not the only aspect that is focused on the title.
American McGee's Alice stands out in the graphics. This universe is sunk in a gothic aesthetic where, apart from the sidebars and the essence, no color is allowed to shine. The palette may be diverse, but there is a predominance of different shades of gray and, to a lesser extent, reds that suit the dark nature of the story. On the other hand, some segments deviate totally from this idea and present aesthetics that leave horror aside to carry more psychedelic and mysterious themes.
The excellent soundtrack was directed by Chris Vrenna, winner of a Grammy award with the band Nine Inch Nails, led by Trent Reznor. The sounds were generally composed of toys and voices of women and children. Altered by a great editing process, the title achieved macabre and uncanny music that accompanies the player during the adventure.
The game received positive reviews by critics and high acceptance by the fans. The main points to highlight were its audiovisual resources, which present an innovative and distorted aesthetics concerning the original source.
After being only known as a good title at the time of its release, today, it is considered a cult game. Not only is it a fun, challenging adventure, but it is also a work of art that gave rise to Alice: Madness Returns, a sequel that also achieved a resounding success. For all this and much more, American McGee's Alice should not be on the pending list of any fan of the genre, who should give it at least a chance.
The Secret World of Alex Mack | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Thomas W. Lynch Ken Lipman |
Starring | Larisa Oleynik Darris Love Meredith Bishop Michael Blakley Dorian Lopinto |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producer(s) | David Brookwell Sean McNamara Matt Dearborn Gary L. Stephenson Greg A. Hampson |
Production location(s) | Valencia, California |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production company(s) | Lynch Entertainment RHI Entertainment Hallmark Entertainment Nickelodeon Productions |
Distributor | RHI Entertainment/Hallmark Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | Nickelodeon |
Original release | October 8, 1994 – January 15, 1998 |
The Secret World of Alex Mack is an Americantelevision series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994 to January 15, 1998, replacing Clarissa Explains It All on the SNICK line-up.[1][2] It also aired on YTV in Canada, Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and NHK in Japan, and was a staple in the children's weekday line-up for much of the mid-to-late 1990s on the ABC in Australia. Repeats of the series aired in 2003 on The N, but it was soon replaced there. The series was produced by Thomas Lynch and John Lynch of Lynch Entertainment, produced by RHI Entertainment, Hallmark Entertainment, and Nickelodeon Productions, and was co-created by Tom Lynch and Ken Lipman.
Plot[edit]
Alex Mack is an ordinary teenage girl, living with her parents, George and Barbara, and older sister, Annie, in the town of Paradise Valley, Arizona. While walking home after her first day of junior high school, she is nearly hit by a truck from a chemical plant, and during the incident, she is accidentally drenched with a top secret chemical called GC-161. She soon discovers that it has given her strange powers, such as telekinesis, shooting electricity from her fingers, and the ability to dissolve into a mobile puddle of water. However, her powers prove to be unpredictable (such as when her skin starts glowing brightly when she is nervous). She confides only in Annie and her best friend Ray, choosing to keep her powers a secret from everyone else, including her parents, for fear of what the chemical plant CEO, Danielle Atron, will do to her if she finds out.
Characters[edit]
Main[edit]
- Alexandra 'Alex' Mack (played by Larisa Oleynik) - Alex is an average teenager in Paradise Valley. While walking home from school, she is nearly hit by a truck carrying GC-161 and is doused with it, thus; giving her extraordinary powers.[3][4][5][6] Among them are telekinesis, the ability to generate electricity from her hands and the ability to liquify/travel from place to place in the form of a puddle of water.
- Raymond 'Ray' Alvarado (played by Darris Love) – Alex's best friend and next door neighbor, and the only one besides Annie to know about Alex's powers.
- Annie Mack (played by Meredith Bishop) – Alex's older sister, and a scientific genius in her own right. Next to Ray, she is the only one who originally knows about Alex's powers.[7] She administers various scientific tests to ensure Alex's safety. She also hopes to one day present her research, in an effort to stop Danielle Atron.
- George Mack (played by Michael Blakley) – Annie and Alex's father. He is a brilliant chemist who works for Danielle Atron at the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant.
- Barbara Mack (played by Dorian Lopinto) – Annie and Alex's mother. She is a more down-to-earth woman who works in a public relations firm.
Recurring[edit]
- Louis Driscoll (played by Benjamin Kimball Smith) – Alex and Ray's abrasive friend. At first Alex is jealous of Louis, but they eventually become friends.
- David 'Dave' Watt (played by John Nielsen) – The dim witted truck driver who was driving the truck that accidentally dumped the GC-161 chemical on Alex. As the only witness to the accident, Dave is often forced to serve as a partner to Vince Carter (see below) in trying to capture Alex. After seeing Alex using her powers while she was in high school, Dave keeps it a secret from Danielle to protect her as he knew what kind of horrible experiments Danielle had planned for her.
- Scott Greene (played by Jason Strickland) – Alex's junior high crush.
- Jessica (played by Jessica Alba) – Scott's first girlfriend and Alex's first school rival.
- Kelly Phillips (played by Hilary Salvatore) – Scott's second girlfriend and Alex's second school rival. Kelly deviously discredits Alex at every given turn, much to Alex's dismay.
- Robyn Russo (played by Natanya Ross) – One of Alex and Ray's neighborhood friends. Though she possesses a sardonic sense of humor and is fun to be around, she suffers from low self-esteem.
- Nicole Wilson (played by Alexis Fields) – Another of Alex and Ray's friends. An opposite personality to Robyn, has a take-charge attitude and strong-willed demeanor.
- Danielle Atron (played by Louan Gideon) – The owner/CEO of the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant who is the main antagonist of the series. She wants to market GC-161 as a radical new weight-loss drug, and has made it her mission to find the GC-161 child (who she does not know is Alex) and capture her, as both a test subject and a threat to the secrecy of her plans.
- Vincent 'Vince' Carter (played by John Marzilli) – The maniacal head of security at the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant, he makes it his obsession to find the GC-161 child (even after he gets fired from the Plant).
- Lars Frederickson (played by Kevin Quigley) – A skilled chemist hailing from the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant's foreign branch in Vienna. He becomes Danielle Atron's chief subordinate after Vince gets fired. He is named after one of the members of punk rock group Rancid.
- Hunter Reeves (played by Will Estes) – Hunter comes to Paradise Valley with an agenda concerning the disappearance of his father in relation to GC-161.
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Episodes[edit]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 13 | October 8, 1994 | February 4, 1995 | ||
2 | 20 | October 14, 1995 | September 28, 1996 | ||
3 | 25 | October 5, 1996 | March 4, 1997 | ||
4 | 20 | September 23, 1997 | January 15, 1998 |
Filming locations[edit]
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The series was filmed in Valencia, California and the Santa Clarita Valley. The Mack home and Paradise Valley Chemical Plant interiors were filmed in a converted warehouse used as a soundstage. The junior high scenes were filmed at Charles Helmers and James Foster Elementary Schools. Castaic Middle School was used for senior high scenes.[8] The house, used for exterior shots, is located in the Westford Place neighborhood of Valencia.
Availability[edit]
The show's first season (consisting of 13 episodes on two discs) was released by Genius Entertainment on DVD format on October 2, 2007.[9] The set is noteworthy for giving Jessica Alba top billing on the package, most likely in an effort to sell more copies, even though she actually only appears in a supporting role, and only in a few episodes. This was then released in Region 2 on April 2, 2012 and in Region 4 on June 6, 2012.
The first and second seasons are available through Amazon.com's Instant Video section and through iTunes. Episodes of the series have been seen on a sporadic basis on TeenNick's 1990s-oriented block, The '90s Are All That.
Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series on DVD for the very first time on August 1, 2017.[10]
Book series[edit]
A book series aimed at young readers was released along with the series. The first and last books of the series were novelizations of the first and last episodes, respectively. The rest of the series consisted of completely original stories, tied into the main series through the mentioning of various plot points from the TV episodes.
References[edit]
- ^'SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : Larisa Oleynik finds the secret is to have fun as 'Alex Mack''. The Los Angeles Times. 1994-10-02. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- ^Mangan, Jennifer (1994-10-05). 'Magic `Mack''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^'Morphing Magic'. Sun Sentinel. 1996-08-03. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^'`Alex Mack' Star Just An Ordinary Teen'. Chicago Tribune. 1995-10-19. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^'Zap! You're Famous; Tv Show Turns Actress Into A Star'. Chicago Tribune. 1995-08-01. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^'Mack Attack For The Star Of The Secret World Of Alex Mack, Life Is More Than Being A Puddle Of Goo'. Sun Sentinel. 1995-08-22. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^'Morphing Teen Plays To Kids' Fantasies In `Alex Mack''. Chicago Tribune. 1996-06-10. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^Schubert, Mary. 'NICKELODEON SHOW `ALEX MACK' FEELS RIGHT AT HOME'. The Los Angeles Daily News. March 23, 1997, accessed March 15, 2011.
- ^'Secret World of Alex Mack - Season 1'. DVD Talk. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
- ^'The Secret World of Alex Mack - SCOOP: Press Release Announces 'The Complete Series' on DVD!'. TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
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