Square Enix seems determined to make Life is Strange a social endeavour, in the charitable rather than Facebook connectivity sense, which is logical, I suppose, given that many of its events affect us all at some point or another. Apart from the time travelling. First there was an anti-bullying hashtag campaign, #EverydayHeroes, and now Dontnod has launched a photography competition by the same name. There's a $10,000 photography scholarship to be won.
Entrance is limited to residents of the US or Canada (sorry, Quebec, not you), so if you suspect you might live in either of those places, Dontnod invites you to submit a photo "that best represents yourself or others exonerating heroism" by 11:59pm PST, February 16. Three runners-up will have their photos printed, signed and framed by the dev team.
The featured photos wall is currently 90% selfies and people feeding their cats, so if you can work one of them there DSLRs, I rate your chances.
Sure, it's likely a large part publicity stunt, but events like Awesome Games Done Quick have shown how much good a determined bunch of gamers can do, so play on I say.
When the boxed limited edition of Life is Strange was announced in November, one of it's extra features was a director's commentary through which the devs could impart their knowledge of making horrible situations steadily worse by way of time travel (described by Jody Macgregor as "a refreshing glass of gut punch"). The new edition was released yesterday, complete with soundtrack and art book, and with it the director's commentary has been released for everyone for free.
Disappointingly, it's not an interactive commentary. Instead of replaying the game, collecting snippets of insight at your favourite scenes, it's an hour-long documentary about Life is Strange divided by subject. After downloading the Director's Commentary DLC, you have to launch it within the game itself. Still, it was one of our personal picks for 2015, so any excuse to go back is a good one.

As much as I like Life Is Strange [official site], I’ll not pick up the episodic magiteen story’s new boxed Limited Edition. I will, however, gladly reap the benefits of this gussied-up new release. A new patch is out now for everyone, bringing improved subtitles in loads more languages, for starters. The promised Director’s Commentary is now here too, free for folks who own the game.


