Jabberwocky Remix

So I love anything that’s been re-imagined. I’m not sure why, but seeing an idea taken and twisted into something original but familiar triggers something in me. Books that are retellings of classic tales, remixes/covers/mash-ups of great songs, stories of alternate realities, I eat these things up.

So you can imagine how much I would enjoy a video game that was a darker retelling of a literary classic. Especially is that classic was also transformed into a well known and loved children’s movie. I’m talking, of course, of Alice (American McGee’s Alice, but that name is silly).

Alice is the tale of what happens after the Lewis Carroll Books, when Alice is committed and Wonderland is in ruins. Alice somehow returns (it’s been awhile since I played) and has to save Wonderland by basically carving a bloody path through the henchmen of the Red Queen. If this sounds familiar, it’s because Disney co-opted the idea for a movie recently, toning it down a bit for the kids and adding Captain Jack Sparrow as the Mad Hatter.

The game came out years and years ago, and now a sequel is being released. Cue trailer.

Seriously, how twisted does this look? This is awesome. The idea of a young girls dreams becoming more and more nightmares as she descends into madness is just brilliant. It strikes a tone with society (crazy young girls in general do I guess). Just look at recent block buster Sucker Punch. It’s essentially Alice in Wonderland, only they actually let you know it’s all happening in her heard.

Oh, and there are giant samurai. Wonderland with samurai. Brilliant.

~Jones Out