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Life is Strange

Yes, life is strange, but that's not what this is about.  Nope, this is about a video game.  A video game that if life was really like it would probably be pretty cool, and really depressing.

Life is Strange is about a character who finds out that she can rewind time and later travel through time using photos.  It's a "adventure" game in the like of The Walking Dead or any other Telltale games.  The main difference is that if you make a choice you don't like, you can rewind and pick something else.

But the actual game part doesn't really matter.  No, it's the story that hits hard.  There are issues about bullying, suicide, drugs, abuse, and other teen angsts.  The game is dark and can be rather depressing.  And it's great.

Most games won't touch a person throwing themselves off of a building.  This game does it and lets you try to convince her to not jump.  You can fail.  Those rewind abilities don't work during this scene.  It's something that people should look at.  Seeing the signs, being willing to listen, and being proactive when you have a feeling that someone is feeling down.  You can't sit by.

The game also asks a question about what you would do for someone you love.  You can play the game where this doesn't really matter.  Or you can play like me and a lot of people where the other main character in the story, Chloe, is Max's love.  The last episode of the game goes through and asks the question about what will you do when given no good choice.  People will die.  But will love?

The story is great.  One of my favorites.  I'm playing through it again on the PS4 and will finish it up tomorrow on Youtube.  You can watch it tomorrow night on stream or catch the whole game in the playlist I have created for it.  And almost with perfect timing, Dontnod (the developers) announced that they are working on the next Life is Strange game.  With the way the first one ends, my guess is it will be a completely different story with new characters.  Either way, I can't wait.

Stream:
https://www.youtube.com/user/myniceicelife/live

Playlist:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIa3EYvDRssg9BXwl228-wF2pjD8oKLNR

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