Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Helpful links for Life is Strange

I wasn't sure if anyone was already finding links for Bioshock Infinite for their research as Gurus so I decided to go with Life is Strange, an optional side quest that John and I created.

Steam Community: https://steamcommunity.com/app/319630
This has an array of different things on it such as fan created content, reviews, reactions, videos, pictures, guides, and an interesting assortment of oddities. It is good for looking for stuff you may not find elsewhere and seeing other gamer responses and theories.

Life is Strange Wiki: http://life-is-strange.wikia.com/wiki/Life_is_Strange_Wiki
A wiki dedicated to the game with character bios, background information, sections dedicated to the different episodes, pictures, locations in the game, and a lot of useful information.

Walkthrough: http://www.ign.com/wikis/life-is-strange/Episode_1%3A_Chrysalis
I wouldn't recommend this unless you are really struggling, but here is a walkthrough of episode 1. IT has written descriptions, pictures, and video so if you prefer one format or another to help you through a game this has all three. Episode 1 doesn't have too many tricky areas but this will be useful if you get stuck or don't want to miss any details that may be harder to find. If you want to get achievements for taking all of the photos in the game that you can this also lets you know when optional photo opportunities arise.

Square Enix LiS Forum: http://forums.eu.square-enix.com/forumdisplay.php?f=398

Steam LiS Forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/319630/discussions/

Don't Nod Entertainment LiS Forum: http://dontnodentertainment.wikia.com/wiki/Board:Life_Is_Strange_Forum

Only if you play through Episode 4: http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/04/the-ridiculous-design-behind-a-key-scene-in-life-is-strange/
This has a chart that is pretty cool and shows you every conversation through the first four episodes that influence how one scene happens. It is a really interesting look at just how many factors go into each scene and how characters respond to Max later in the game. This focuses on one important scene in Episode 4 that I know I struggled a lot with and was curious how I could have done things differently to make the scene end on a positive note.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Hey everyone! My game log is up and running now so if you want to check it out you can find it here: GAME LOG.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015


Hey everyone!


I'm Maddie and I'm a senior English major with a minor in Technical/Professional Communication. 

This is me with my super cool cat tapestry.
My interest in video games fluctuates depending on my free time and what games have come out lately, but it started when I was pretty young and would play Nintendo 64 with my pop-pop. It was always best when we'd play Mortal Kombat despite the rule that I wasn't allowed/was too young to play it. When I "graduated" kindergarten I got a pink Game Boy Color and Pokemon Red as a gift so that shaped most of what I did with gaming for years. Almost all of the games I've dedicated a lot of time to have been on handheld gaming, mostly because I have trouble reading captions and small text on the screen when I play on consoles. I generally stick with easier games like Pokemon, Animal Crossing, or narrative based games like Life is Strange. 



Although I enjoy video games all the skill at playing them unfortunately went to my younger brother. I've been interested in MMORPGs for a while but never really had the opportunity to get started on one so I'm really excited to start playing FFXIV. I'm hoping this will be a game that I can continue playing beyond the class. 

Outside of gaming and class I spend a lot of my time reading, writing short stories, knitting, and hanging out with my cats Spock and Dorian Gray. I think that the character creation process with gaming is much more immersive than in writing a short story so I hope to be able to change the way that I create characters and write stories by learning from the varying types of character creation in this class. I also think that D&D and writing backstories help in fleshing out story ideas, landscapes, and the things that make a character human (in this case "human" meaning simply that they have the essence of being alive, not necessarily being of the human species). 

-Maddie

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