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23rd August 2025
Re-Watch NYVGCC's Playing with Purpose Charity Steam-A-Thon With Sam Lake & Alyssa Mercante

Last weekend, Sam Lake (Creative Director on Alan Wake 2) joined fellow writer, Alyssa Mercante, on stream for the NYVGCC's Playing with Purpose Charity Stream-A-Thon. Their Coffee Talk segment took place early on in the fourteen-hour livestream, but if you missed it, the full conversation can be watched on the organisers YouTube channel.

During their conversation, they talk about how Sam's relationship with coffee originated with Twin Peaks, creating TikToks, the influential nature of music, Sam's dance lessons as a kid, and building confidence through experience, as well as many more topics and memories.

During the conversation, Sam also teased that he will be donating his Alan Wake 2 Limited Edition X4LP Vinyl Boxset (RRP £77), and maybe some other treats, to a charity auction later this year. 

The broadcast helped to raise money for the Playing with Purpose writing program, which helps the NYVGCC provide a stepping stone into game development by bringing comprehensive classes and workshops in journalism and game narrative to schools and shelters across New York. You can support the project, HERE

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