Baker also references a fellow member of the Pixel Pack, Sam Lake of Finnish gaming studio Remedy Entertainment, which released
Alan Wake and
Max Payne. "That is straight up the same kind of film noir, dark mystery stories that I loved within TV and film."
Having studied English literature, Lake first entered the field as a writer for Remedy's
Death Rally and since rose through the ranks to become their creative director who now oversees titles like 2023's
Alan Wake II (co-directed and co-written by Lake) and the sequel to 2019's
Control (written by Lake) — both of which exist within the same overarching world as part of the "Remedy Connected Universe."
Speaking to his own journey in gaming, "I was frustrated along the way, that it felt like the business side of it and the commercial side of it, which is part of any entertainment product — and underlining the word 'product' — was very much dominant," Lake observed over the years. "Yes, there were reviews, but mostly all the articles being written were from the perspective of 'How big of a budget?' or 'How big of a commercial success?' But that has changed project by project. With
Alan Wake II now, I felt very proud. Looking at reactions, I felt that now we have arrived and we are on equal footing."