cAthy凱西貓

最近看完電影「羊男的迷宮」，不禁讓我聯想到以前玩過的電玩遊戲，好像是2000年出版的，是凱西和吳老爺在倫敦市區逛HMV時，發現店裡有一尊與人同高的愛麗絲模型，穿著藍洋裝白圍裙，不同於以往迪士尼卡通裡金髮碧眼帶點俏皮的形象，這位褐髮的愛麗絲，有著一張削瘦蒼白的臉龐，咄咄逼人的眼神，手裡握著沾血的利刃，圍裙上更是血跡斑斑，相當怵目驚心。最可怕的是身旁那隻右耳戴著耳環的無毛怪貓，咧嘴露出滿是血漬的牙齒，那抹詭異的笑，讓人不寒而慄。
人性都有其黑暗面，凱西對這個恐怖的愛麗絲產生了興趣，不過，由於場景太過血腥，每次都得讓老爺陪在一旁才敢玩。

American McGee's Alice

American McGee is best known for his work on shooters like Quake III, but he split off from id Software recently and his first effort is Alice, a twisted romp through his own version of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland. The trick is that Alice, now older, is the lone survivor of a house fire that kills her family. She's stuck in an asylum and must regain her own sanity by returning to the madcap Wonderland she visited as a child. She's a darker person now, and, perhaps consequently, Wonderland is correspondingly dark. 

The Queen of Hearts cruelly rules the land, the White Rabbit is tattered, the Cheshire Cat sports a pirate earring and a mangy, emaciated look, and the Mad Hatter is even madder than before. Alice, armed with her characteristic politeness, athletic ability, and a large knife, must venture through this dark Wonderland righting wrongs while thwarting the Queen and her army of playing-card guards. 

The game itself uses an over-the-shoulder perspective and has Alice running, jumping, and swinging from ropes like a younger and primmer Lara Croft. Controls are easy to use and aside from difficult jumping puzzles and an odd problem where Alice slides on surfaces, the game is easy to play. Wonderland here is dark, like a Tim Burton film, but still easily recognizable to fans of the classic novel. If anything the game is woefully linear--there's only one path and therefore no need to replay the game after you've finished it. The result is a game that feels more constrained and conservative than its source material should have allowed, but the atmosphere makes for an exciting action-adventure nonetheless. Mature subject matter is strewn throughout, so always remember that this isn't an E-ticket Disney ride. --Bob Andrews