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

This week we conclude our nearly year long discussion of Life Is Strange.

Delving into the nitty gritty of episode five, we consider the overall arc of this story, its final choice, and how the game has handled relating its seemingly disparate plot points into one unified whole.

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