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Life is Strange has more than its fair share of problems, tired tropes, and slow-moving segments, yet so many of us still love this game.

It is important for writers to establish their central relationships, including the friends, the mentors and the rival.

The duality between our two protagonist and within Zuko himself is further put to test through the tale of Roku and Sozin.

An exploration into optimism as a coping mechanism.

Life is Strange has been particularly adept at tugging at your heartstrings. Now, they've cut the middlemen.

War is hardly a place where parenting becomes easier, and it gave one of the finest show ever made a deeper thematic layer.

The delicate art of subversion includes changing the meaning of the story through a simple revelation of motivation.

We have seen regression and we have seen self-destructive loathing, but how does Ellie react to her systemic losses?

Instead of grief being resolved through attachment, how does resolution through identity work?

How far can grief get us to go along with immorality?

Rather than seeing an anti-hero in a purely sympathetic light, what if we acknowledged the moral complexity of simply existing and justice?

There are a few big players who make Arcadia Bay a city of sinners to be purged by a storm.

There is no better way to understand and study sitcom than with the greatest one ever made.

Can a single still image for each of the Life is Strange game capture the theme?

Redemption and Forgiveness is a concept few can tackle as well as Bojack Horseman did.

Some endings should round out the beginning of the show. Some shouldn't.

Using musical notes to transcend the power of words is not an easy task to accomplish, but one director manages to do so over-and-over.

Writing a flawed mentor is not an easy task in context of a flowing narrative, so let's appreciate a few who got it right.

An understanding of the sequel game's most powerful narrative tool.

The Legend of Korra is not just the sequel of Avatar: The Last Airbender. But how much better could it have been with just a few changes?