Interviewer: Hi, good morning. Is it exciting? This interview. No, I mean this whole game thing.

Sami: Yeah, it feels great. We made Alan Wake for over five years and it’s been a really long project and it’s really nice to be here at this point.

I: Do you even remember what the story is about anymore?

S: I’ve been through the story quite a few times so I think I’ll remember it for a long time.

I: Shortly, tell us the story. There’s this writer.

S: Sami explains the plot of AW

I: You’ve made a career out of this for yourself but I’m wondering what kind of life you have as a video game writer, are you like crazy rich? 

S: No, no. 

I: Why not? 

S: I have a decent pay. I’m doing pretty good but I do have a mortgage (laughs) and I drive VW Polo to take my daughter to daycare.

I: So it’s not like Playboy models and partying?

S: (laughs) No, I’m glad it’s not that.

I & S: loooong talk about script writing, sorry I couldn’t bother translating this :((

I: You mentioned these characters, there’s a lot of them. Have you ever had a crush on or fallen in love with or become friends with a character that you’ve created?

S: We do have quite a big cast of characters already, comparable to a TV show. I don’t know, that’s a funny question. Of course the characters become very familiar to you because you build their backstory. I’m sure every writer has put something of their own into the characters giving them more depth. You become very close to the characters and I’ve been working on Alan Wake for over five years and spent every working hour with these characters.

I & S: more talk about characters