DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alec Meer)

Dark days for the world. Maybe videogames can save us? Haha yes of course they can haha.

Here are some really good videogames, though. They’ll take you to a better place for a while. These are the RPS team’s 13 personal favourites from the current Steam Summer Sale: we believe in these games, and we believe that you should play them too. … [visit site to read more]

Life is Strange - Episode 1 - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Philippa Warr)

It didn’t occur to me that people might mod Life Is Strange [official site] – I guess it seemed a better fit for Tumblr cosplay and fanfiction and fan art so I didn’t really think about people tweaking the original until the Max Punk mod turned up.

The idea is that it converts Max’s clothing, makeup and hair to present her more in line with the teen emo aesthetic. You can now imagine her listening to a lot of Evanescence and (and I’m aware of how badly I’m showing my age here) having a Livejournal. Actually, I think Max would probably have an Instagram and a Tumblr and maybe be part of all manner of classic camera communities ALSO she would probably be a really active part of the lomography community.

… [visit site to read more]

Life is Strange - Episode 1 - SE Toby
Pause this video to find out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAuz8-wDDRM
Life is Strange - Episode 1 - Inexorabilis
Pause this video to find out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAuz8-wDDRM
Life is Strange - Episode 1 - Inexorabilis
We recently managed to catch up with Michel Koch and Luc Baghadoust and ask them some of the questions fans asked over in this Reddit thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jPeq1NzxF0

Q&A:
00:03 - How did you pick the music and songs for specific scenes?
02:00 - Is there an artist or song you didn't manage to include, but would have liked to?
03:05 - Is there an artist or song you could recommend fans check out?
04:22 - What kind of influences did you draw from?
05:20 - Were there any scenes or parts of the story that were cut?
09:07 - What were the main things you looked for when casting characters?
13:40 - Did Chloe change very much during development?
16:00 - Was there ever a third or a different main character?
17:44 - What would you add to the game if you had unlimited resources?
21:23 - How did you pick what issues to focus on in Life is Strange?

Michel Koch and Raoul Barbet at GDC - Using Interactive Storytelling and Game Design to Tackle Real-World Problems/
Life is Strange - Episode 1 - Inexorabilis
Sit down for a Moment of Calm in Chloe's Room and imagine how different things in your life might have turned out had the minutest detail been changed many years ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VEtOhEX_fE

This Moment of Calm is part of our weekly updated playlist.
Life is Strange - Episode 1 - SE Toby
Sit down for a Moment of Calm in Chloe's Room and imagine how different things in your life might have turned out had the minutest detail been changed many years ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VEtOhEX_fE

This Moment of Calm is part of our weekly updated playlist.
Apr 1, 2016
Life is Strange - Episode 1 - Inexorabilis
We're today very excited to finally be able to announce that you can now pre-order the Life Is Strange soundtrack… on compact cassette!


 
We have always felt that the licensed soundtrack of Life Is Strange is a key part of the game and the amount of accolades and awards the soundtrack won underlined just that. On top of this, the fan-interest in the limited run of vinyls' we pressed for the release of the Limited Edition clearly demonstrated an interest in alternative media formats.
 
Armed with this knowledge, we returned to the drawing board… the result of our efforts is a product that is both a throwback to the old days and part of one of the fastest resurging areas of the music industry - mixtapes.
 
To celebrate this momentous occasion we will also be including a bonus track - Hawt Dawg Man's Theme - on the first batch of mixtapes we produce. As this iconic character's theme will ONLY be available on the mixtape, it's highly unlikely you'll ever be able to hear an illegally ripped version of it on YouTube, so do pre-order the mixtape here before it sells out to avoid disappointment!
 
We hope you'll have as much fun listening to the mixtape as we did creating it!
Apr 1, 2016
Life is Strange - Episode 1 - SE Toby
We're today very excited to finally be able to announce that you can now pre-order the Life Is Strange soundtrack… on compact cassette!


 
We have always felt that the licensed soundtrack of Life Is Strange is a key part of the game and the amount of accolades and awards the soundtrack won underlined just that. On top of this, the fan-interest in the limited run of vinyls' we pressed for the release of the Limited Edition clearly demonstrated an interest in alternative media formats.
 
Armed with this knowledge, we returned to the drawing board… the result of our efforts is a product that is both a throwback to the old days and part of one of the fastest resurging areas of the music industry - mixtapes.
 
To celebrate this momentous occasion we will also be including a bonus track - Hawt Dawg Man's Theme - on the first batch of mixtapes we produce. As this iconic character's theme will ONLY be available on the mixtape, it's highly unlikely you'll ever be able to hear an illegally ripped version of it on YouTube, so do pre-order the mixtape here before it sells out to avoid disappointment!
 
We hope you'll have as much fun listening to the mixtape as we did creating it!
Life is Strange - Episode 1 - Inexorabilis
We're building a playlist of many of the meditative moments in Life is Strange over on our official Youtube Channel. We'll be uploading videos to this playlist on a regular basis, but for now, take a moment to sit back and relax to some calming moments from Life is Strange.

10 Minutes of the main menu scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcZ8277KbRY&list

10 minutes of the junkyard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thKJpZZ4U8o&list
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