Month: June 2021

  • Scruffy Bumps – The Theme Song, The Legend

    Dear Insane Children,  One of the side projects we’re working on that I’m really excited about is “Scruffy Bumps” the revenge-murder-cat. He fits into a category I’ve started calling “Educational Horror” and is designed to teach people (children) to be nice to animals… OR ELSE! You can watch us talk about Scruffy Bumps during the…

  • Hatter’s Lab in Umbraland & Live Stream

    Dear Insane Children,  A quick reminder that there will be a Live Stream in a few hours…  And the best place to join is over on my Twitch Channel: twitch.tv/americanmcgee  If you miss the stream live or don’t have Twitch, you can also check it out live or view the post-stream recording over on YouTube: …

  • The Livestream Train is Approaching

    Dear Insane Children,  All aboard! Or… all under-board? What do you call a train that rides… on you? Justice?  That reminds me of one of those old “In Soviet Russia, trains ride you!” jokes.  Anyway, we’ll ponder all this and more during the Live Stream later this week! Live Stream Woo WOo! The usual time…

  • A Reflection on the Nature of Shadows

    Dear Insane Children, Over the course of pre-production on Alice: Asylum we’ve frequently made reference to Shadow Alice, the arch-nemesis of Child Alice and the force of darkness threatening to destroy Wonderland. And we’ve also seen a variety of interpretations of this aspect of Alice’s character. A few of those are shared below…  This burnt-face…

  • Beethoven? Chopin? Melancholy?

    Dear Insane Children,  What is your favorite piece of dark or moody classical music? As I am writing the end of the Alice: Asylum narrative, I am listening to a mix of Chopin and Beethoven – Nocturne No. 20 and Moonlight Sonata specifically. And I’m thinking about how music from these artists – and others…

  • Lost In Umbraland

    Dear Insane Children,  Normally we’d have a Live Stream tomorrow at the usual time – we try to host them every other week. But I’d like to request that we skip this one. Why? Well, Yan is taking Lucky and Grandma on a short trip to nearby Suzhou. Martin is apartment hunting. And I am…