Playdate: Life is Strange (01/08/2016)

WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Couldn't watch most of this when it aired. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this.

:D

I just vaped some DANK OG BUD!

Go ape or go home.

Yeah!

Here's the chat archive as usual.

Shiiiit, I totally missed this live because it wasn't posted on the upcoming list this morning.

Where is the archive of the last episode? I don't see it under Videos -> Premium. The latest episode on there besides this one is 11/20/2015.

The true game of the year!

I appreciate that they appreciate the pool noodle guys as much as I did when I played through the game.

Hayden with retroactive moment of the year.

Man I missed this live because I didn't even know that they were scheduled to do it today! I'm so excited to watch it now though! x3 I can't wait!

We back.

@voodoopc: Here you go!

Perpetual pool noodle for 2016's 2015 best moment.

Man, this episode is fucking insayan.

Uh, I think Austin linked the wrong episode? If you're looking for the 12/11 stream, it's here. The archiving is weird, I found it under the wiki page for life is strange

For some reason, the last episode of the Life is Strange Playdate is in the 'Quick Looks' tab. Not sure why though. Maybe somebody accidentally tagged is as one?

Fuck Yes! Though I think this is the worst part of the whole series.

Teens. Drama. Nosebleeds. Time to leave all that behind and watch some of this video game.

This story is fucking terrible. The worst teenage angst bullshit ever to be created sine the inception of the Disney Channel...

Didn't even know this was happening! So stoked! Time for a late night GBeast session!

FINALLY. One of my top 3 games of the year. Too bad they couldn't knock out the last two episodes before the discussions. (Edit: 2h 48 min, Nice! They'll see quite a bit in that amount of time.)

Good thing you came here just to whine and complain about it. Great use of your time!

Wow, why did they decide to just litter this episode with bad internet memes? I'd rather they just come up with their own, it makes it more charming.

Edit: Dammit, the one dialogue choice they decide not to rewind on when they should have.

@alex Caught me off guard saying that "Bukowski rules" graffiti is something that belongs at "like, Tufts". Immediately bristled, but then... Acceptance. That's fair.

Ah, holy shit I'd missed this entirely. Thanks duder!

YES! I've been waiting for this every day since New Year's. Glad they fot all those other Best Ofs out of the way so we can get to the best of GB.

This game is special

@alex with the deep cuts - referencing Dawson's Creek OP.

ILU Chloe <3

Man this is leaving me anxious! Shoutout to Alex for taking one for the team, thanks dude!

@kasaioni: Which dialogue was that?

TBH, I got premium for a month just so I could watch the contradiction playdates. 3 months later, still premium and still loving it. Keep it up

GOTY

Already expected to hear this being played. Next episode, perhaps.

Look, okay, vaping dank OG bud is important. Don't conflate this with the sourberry asshat who wraps his own coils.

holy fuck............ daaaaaaaaaamn that's FUCKED up

random colin oberst... ok.

It's Connor Oberst and it's awesome.

Good stuff, glad they continued. Can't wait until they do the finale.

Man I love the overall story, but I just can't get into the actual dialogue. Probably the whole teeeeeens part, but then at times not really acting like teens.

Kind of bummed they were guessing Jefferson as much as they were although I could see him giving off that vibe. Probably just softened the end a little bit more.

Man, when @austin_walker said "eat the rich" it was a very unappreciated moment.

I really enjoy this feature.

Here is that flow chart the developers released for that whole frank conversation. It's good insight in to design and how complicated making previous choices count can be.

@vinny :@austin_walker and @alex might appreciate it now that you've seen it.

http://1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Life-Is-Strange-Frank-flowchart.jpg

@deegamah: The one where they told what's-his-face to stop beating up Nathan.

Man I thoroughly enjoyed watching this one as much as the previous sessions. Having not played a whole lot of games last year this one definitely topped my own personal GOTY so I'm super jazzed to see them do a full playthrough of it.

@kasaioni I too was bummed that they didn't rewind and see both options for that dialogue choice. I choose opposite of them, but winded up regretting it later. :P

@alistercat That is one heck of a chart. That one moment in the game was definitely one of the ones where it was like I could very clearly feel how all the dialogue options and reactions were affected by previous choices without it feeling too robotic where a character goes "REMEMBER THAT DECISION YOU MADE A WHILE AGO?!?!?".

oh my god, that interaction with frank was so painful. "We just want to talk" just fucking start talking and ask for what you want. Talking around the point so much. And the voice actor for Max is wearing thin with her breathy, limp delivery. Ugh.

Love the series from a gbeast perspective but that was the point where the game started grating for me.