Life is Strange, but the video game
Over the past few years since the popularization of licensed game productions by Telltale Games, such as The Walking Dead, or Game of Thrones, choice-based episodic series have become more and more popular. One of the other companies leading the charge has been DONTNOD Entertainment, creator of the award-winning video game from 2015, Life is Strange . Life is Strange won its awards for its raw emotional appeal and brilliant soundtrack at a time when emotional experiences were lacking in games. It's appeal was largely in its story of struggling youth in a private arts school in a lonely Oregon backwater. Many celebrated various story beats which hinted at a deeper relationship between two young women, while others were upset that the game's ending forced their hand in a tough decision. Life is Strange is a narrative experience that did what it set out to do and create a true-to-heart experience for its players, and while its writing got its fair share of heat , the game was ...