The Art of Alice: Madness Returns takes the reader through the making of the sequel to American McGee's hauntingly beautiful video game Alice which just came out this month (June 2011). Full page i I received a copy of this e-book through NetGalley for a fair review. While I have yet to play the game myself, I have always been a fan of the artwork, style, and story telling of this creepy version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. I received a copy of this e-book through NetGalley for a fair review. It should be one of the best for 2011.more Some of the artists involved in the book are Ken Wong, Sun Guoliang, Luis Melo, Hong Lei, Wu Yuehan, Ben Kerslake, Nako, Tyler Lockett, Fellipe Martins, Pu Jinsong, Wang Shenghua, Yuan Shaofeng, Jin Lei. It gives a nice idea of how such a strange game came about. There's also plenty to read with the little captions that describe the designs, characters and stories. The landscape is ever changing along the game. It looks like some gothic Victorian hell that Alice is treading through. The environment and set designs are amazing. There are lots of mix and matches for things that shouldn't go together. You can see crows with baby faces, Jack the Ripper with tentacles, Alice helping a mother giving birth to a load of kids (gruesome concept), an angler fish with human legs, cow birds, steampunk-like contraptions, a Chinese Humpty Dumpty, flying pig noses, embellished pieces of weaponry, etc. A world so dangerous Alice has to be equipped with a kitchen knife at all times or sometimes a Bazooka firing hammer (yes, hammer) or a teapot cannon.Д®very page brings a little element of surprise and twist. When you mix a classic like Alice in Wonderland with pop culture, video game designers, concept artists and throw in a Victorian-gothic theme, you get very strange new world. Also included are discarded ideas that didn't make it - usually the too abstract. There are out-of-the-world background paintings, character designs, props, weapons and gruesome creations. The book's a 184 page hardcover published by Dark Horse. The Art of Alice: Madness Returns is a video game art book. Also included are discarded ideas that didn't make it - usually the too ( More pictures at ) The Art of Alice: Madness Returns is a video game art book. Featuring an introduction by McGee, The Art of Alice: Madness Returns offers an intimate look into the stunning and terrifying artwork behind this blockbuster reinterpretation of Lewis Carroll's enduring masterpiece.more Just in time for Alice: Madness Returns, Dark Horse and Spicy Horse Games invite Alice fans to take a journey through the wonderland of American McGee's imagination for an unprecedented look at this creation of this magnificent and disturbing world. Eleven years later, McGee returns with a sequel just as groundbreaking as his critically acclaimed classic - Alice: Madness Returns! Eleven years later, McGee returns with a sequel just as groundbreaking as his critically acclaimed classic - Alice: Madness Returns! Just in time for Alice: Madness Returns, Dark Horse and Spicy Horse Games invite Alice fans to take a journey throug Legendary game designer American McGee created one of the most visually arresting games of all time in American McGee's Alice. Legendary game designer American McGee created one of the most visually arresting games of all time in American McGee's Alice.

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