American McGee's Grimm
I'm one of the people with an unabashed love for American McGee's Alice. While I thought the controls could be frustrating the art direction was enchanting and, considering my already unhealthy obsession with Reverend Dodgson's work, the story utterly engrossing. Since then Mr. McGee has had a less than stellar track record -see Scrapland and Bad Day L.A.- leading one to believe that, perhaps, his presentation of anything is not the key to a title's success. His newest offering -in conjunction with GameTap- entitled American McGee's Grimm, seems almost entirely self-referential. It strikes me as a game not so much about twisted fairytales but about being American McGee, as if you're being invited to do the man's job for him. Watch the trailer and imagine a slightly reworked version of Jon Stewart's scene in Half Baked: "Have you ever read Cinderella? Have you ever read Cinderella, on American McGee?"
