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Episode 44: Sam Lake (Max Payne, Alan Wa...

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Longtime Remedy Entertainment writer Sam Lake sat down to discuss his unexpected career, from how helping a friend led to writing Max Payne, creating Alan Wake, the elusive Alan Wake 2, lessons learned from Quantum Break, and how it's all led to Remedy's new game, Control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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