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Undone Apart: Artistry and Philosophy in Graphic Adventure Game ‘Life Is Strange’

Undone Apart: Artistry and Philosophy in Graphic Adventure Game ‘Life Is Strange’

Why create such a highly-fictionalized, aestheticized setting as Life Is Strange to express the confusion and contradictions of life?

The Moving Pixels Podcast Goes on ‘The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit’

The Moving Pixels Podcast Goes on ‘The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit’

This week we discuss The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, and how its status as a prequel/promo for Life Is Strange 2 makes it less awesome.

Is High School Really So Horrible?

Max and Me

Max and Me

I turned 18 in 2013, so did Life is Strange's Max Caulfield.

Moving Pixels Podcast: The Best Games of 2015

The Moving Pixels Podcast Concludes Our Discussion of ‘Life Is Strange’

The Moving Pixels Podcast Concludes Our Discussion of ‘Life Is Strange’

This week we wrap up our nearly year long discussion of Dontnod's Life Is Strange
Moving Pixels Podcast: Life Gets Stranger

Moving Pixels Podcast: Life Gets Stranger

This week we near the conclusion of our discussion of the episodic coming of age story, Life Is Strange.
Moving Pixels Podcast: Life Gets Stranger

Moving Pixels Podcast: Life Gets Stranger

With its third episode, Life is Strange gets a little bit stranger.
Moving Pixels Podcast: Sometimes It’s Hard to Avoid Discovering That ‘Life Is Strange’

Moving Pixels Podcast: Sometimes It’s Hard to Avoid Discovering That ‘Life Is Strange’

This episode of Life Is Strange teaches that that some of the uglier events of adolescence just can't be revised, much as we might like them to be sometimes.
Moving Pixels Podcast: Coming of Age When ‘Life Is Strange’

Moving Pixels Podcast: Coming of Age When ‘Life Is Strange’

Time travelling and selfies are the central conceits of Life Is Strange.
With Great Power Comes No Responsibility

With Great Power Comes No Responsibility

In Life Is Strange, Max isn’t using her powers to get rich or change the world. She’s using them to be popular.

‘Life Is Strange’: The Selfie As a Game