Video Games · 2010
It's not a lake, it's an ocean.
— Alan Wake · Alan Wake
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Alan realises that the place he has entered is far larger and less containable than he understood. The change from lake to ocean expresses the scale of the mystery, leaving his apparent conclusion open to a deeper uncertainty.
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