See extended gameplay and learn more about Max's new adventure, with information from Hannah Telle (Max Caulfield) and the Game and Narrative Directors from Deck Nine Games!
Available on Xbox Series X|S games and entertainment systems, PC Windows Store, PC Steam, and PlayStation 5® on October 29, 2024, and also coming to Nintendo Switch, further details to be announced.
Available on Xbox Series X|S games and entertainment systems, PC Windows Store, PC Steam, and PlayStation 5® on October 29, 2024, and also coming to Nintendo Switch, further details to be announced.
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00:00Coming up in this Life is Strange Double Exposure Reveal Livestream, all you need to know about
00:11the game.
00:13Learn more about this thrilling supernatural murder mystery from Deck Nine developers Jonathan
00:18Stauder and Felice Kwan.
00:20There are no footprints, there's no weapon, police are completely stumped as to how it
00:25could have happened.
00:26Discover Max Caulfield's incredible new ability to shift between two parallel timelines.
00:32Which comes in really handy when you're a detective and you want to eavesdrop and snoop
00:36and track suspects.
00:38Welcome Hannah Tell, the actor behind Max.
00:41She doesn't know what could happen.
00:42It could even kill her to try to use her powers again.
00:45Whoa.
00:46I mean, who knows?
00:47Yeah.
00:48And to cap it all off, our world premiere of extended gameplay.
00:52So get comfy, grab some snacks and get ready to dive into this all new adventure in the
00:58award winning Life is Strange series.
01:02This is Life is Strange Double Exposure.
01:17It's been three years since the release of Life is Strange True Colors.
01:21Since then, the team at Deck Nine Games have been hard at work on a game, a story and a
01:27world worthy of the return of Max Caulfield, beloved star of the very first Life is Strange.
01:34I've been here before.
01:36We knew that this had to be something special.
01:39We knew we had to respect the two unforgettable endings to the first chapter of Max's story
01:45while also crafting something new, something fresh that echoed and acknowledged Max's past
01:52challenges, even as it moved her personal story forward, welcoming in new players from
01:58the very beginning while giving fans the story they didn't know they wanted.
02:03The team have been collaborating along with our partners at Square Enix External Studios
02:08to bring Max and Caledon University to vivid life.
02:13And we couldn't have done it without Hannah, Tel, and the rest of our stunning cast, whose
02:18performances elevate and bring nuance to every moment of our story.
02:23Together, we've built for you a supernatural murder mystery packed full of twists, intrigue,
02:31and heart that still delivers on every aspect of Life is Strange's DNA, meaningful emotional
02:37choices driven by your connection to other characters.
02:41A diverse and complex cast that reflects the world around us in all its joy, sorrow, and
02:48anxiety, romance, humor, and light even in the darkest of circumstances.
02:58For those of you who have played every Life is Strange to date, we can't wait to welcome
03:04you back.
03:05And for those of you curious about Max and her new adventure, we're delighted to have
03:10you join us.
03:11Welcome to our deep dive reveal of Life is Strange Double Exposure.
03:24I swore I'd never use my power again.
03:32But two nights ago...
03:33I found my friend's body in the woods.
03:52I don't know who I can trust.
03:56Or who trusts me.
03:59But my friend, Safi, is dead.
04:04Max...
04:06So why can I still hear her voice?
04:10Max...
04:14Focusing my power, I somehow shifted into a parallel timeline.
04:23Here, Safi is still alive.
04:26The danger stalks our every step.
04:30And only I can investigate both realities.
04:33In a parallel world?
04:36It's the same as this one, except you're...
04:43dead.
04:46I can still save Safi.
04:49If I can solve and prevent the same murder across two timelines.
05:00I can.
05:12Life is Strange Double Exposure is a thrilling narrative adventure game where you investigate
05:17a supernatural murder mystery.
05:20You play as Max Caulfield, a photographer and artist-in-residence at Caledon University,
05:26a prestigious college in upstate Vermont.
05:29When Max's new best friend, Safi, is found murdered in mysterious circumstances,
05:35Max discovers she has the supernatural ability to shift back and forth between two timelines.
05:42In one timeline, Safi is dead.
05:45But in the other, she's still alive.
05:49And still in danger.
05:50Oh shit.
05:51Max realizes the killer will soon strike again in both versions of reality.
05:58Max, and the player, will use her new shift power to explore two versions of this vivid
06:03winter campus.
06:05As you forge allies and pursue suspects across two versions of reality,
06:09you'll shape both timelines through your unforgettable choices.
06:14But it's a race against time.
06:16A relentless detective has Max in his sights.
06:20And Safi's killer grows closer with every clue uncovered.
06:25With Max's new power to shift between two timelines,
06:28can you solve and prevent the same murder?
06:32Wild, right?
06:34Murder Mysteries, a narrative genre full of thrilling stories and intense action,
06:39scattered with red herrings in the inevitable, climactic twist.
06:43But what happens when elements of the supernatural become involved,
06:46making the mystery at hand seemingly impossible to solve?
06:51And how do you write something so complex?
06:53And how do you write something so complex?
06:56And how do you write something so complex?
06:58And how do you write something so complex?
07:01And how do you write something so complex?
07:04I'm chatting with Game Director Jonathan Staudter and Narrative Director Felice Kwan
07:09to learn how they crafted Life is Strange Double Exposure's supernatural murder mystery.
07:17Jonathan and Felice, it is so wonderful to be here with you.
07:21How does it feel now that you can finally talk about Life is Strange Double Exposure?
07:26It's definitely been exciting to finally get to talk about
07:30what Tech N9ne's been working on these past few years
07:32and get to talk more about the game today.
07:34We are excited for fan theories about what's going on in the trailer.
07:38Oh, we're going to have a lot of theories.
07:39We're going to have a lot of theories, trust me, because a mystery is afoot, right?
07:44And that is the core premise of the game.
07:46Right. But not just a murder mystery, it's a supernatural murder mystery.
07:49What initially starts as a whodunit in terms of the crime
07:52very quickly becomes a how could this have even happened?
07:55How is this even possible sort of crime?
07:57And then you as the player, as Max, are uniquely suited
08:01to use your time powers to solve this crime.
08:04Oh, can you tell me about Max, who she is and why she has time powers?
08:08Right. So Max Caulfield, famous photographer,
08:10artist-in-residence at Caledon University, which is the setting of our game.
08:13She's come to Caledon University to start afresh,
08:18to build a life that's separate from a past that she doesn't really want to think about anymore.
08:24But unfortunately for her, this mystery lands in her lap.
08:28So Felice, can you set the scene for us?
08:30Because we've got mysterious pasts at play,
08:32but then also this is a very unusual murder mystery, right?
08:35Right. So it is almost holiday break, dead winter.
08:40Max walks up a hill and finds her friend Sofie dead in the snow
08:46seconds after seeing Sofie talking with him.
08:48There are no footprints. There's no weapon.
08:51Police are completely stumped as to how it could have happened.
08:54So there's not really any evidence or leads to go by.
08:56How do you solve a murder mystery like this? What tools might you have?
09:00Luckily, Max unlocks a supernatural ability.
09:04She is able to shift from the current timeline into a parallel timeline
09:09where her friend Sofie is alive.
09:11And fans of the first game will recognize this as kind of an evolution of her rewind power.
09:16And why exactly that has happened is at the heart of the story.
09:19What the hell was that?
09:22So my understanding is there are two timelines at play here,
09:24one in which Sofie is still alive and the other she's been murdered.
09:28If I'm Max, why don't I just stay in the timeline where she's still alive?
09:32Because Max will very quickly discover the killer is still at large
09:35in the timeline where Sofie is alive.
09:37And so using her new supernatural abilities,
09:40Max will have to both solve and prevent the same crime across two timelines.
09:45So we're dealing with two timelines and a race against time
09:47to stop a killer before they kill again.
09:50This seems like it was very complicated to write.
09:53It was really complicated.
09:55It was also very interesting because Max meets essentially two versions
09:59of every person that she's investigating, two versions of the environment.
10:03And these will both differ in ways that are significant because of Sofie's death.
10:08It is also kind of bittersweet because even the people that Max is growing closer to,
10:13like Moses, there's two versions of him as well.
10:16And she needs to navigate that.
10:18Can you tell us a bit more about Moses?
10:20So Moses is Sofie's best friend and he's an astrophysicist at this college.
10:26And because of his science background, he might be the only person who can help
10:30Max understand what's going on with her powers.
10:32And the two of them grow closer through this investigation.
10:35But Max has to wrestle with if she's ready to open up
10:38and tell someone about her powers for the first time in years.
10:41Now, Jonathan, I can imagine that the multiple timelines
10:44also really lends itself to some interesting gameplay.
10:47What can we expect?
10:48Well, so Max's ability to shift between the two timelines
10:50open up a whole slew of new gameplay possibilities for us.
10:53And so Max will be navigating between different versions
10:57of the same space impacted by Sofie's death.
10:59And she'll be able to use these powers to circumnavigate puzzles,
11:03discover clues about suspects she might not otherwise have access to,
11:06in addition to navigating these different relationships in each space.
11:10Oh, so like maybe in one timeline, a door is closed.
11:13In another, it's been unlocked.
11:15But it sort of depends on how you play the game, right?
11:19Right.
11:19Or Max can make sure that it is unlocked.
11:21Oh, now we're learning.
11:23I'm going to write this down in advance.
11:26And you mentioned earlier that this is described as a, quote unquote,
11:30impossible murder that only Max can solve.
11:34Why is that?
11:35Because Max can talk to the murder victim.
11:38She's the only person who can do that.
11:40And it's her relationship with Sofie that's the key to solving it.
11:43Sofie's alive.
11:45Max, are you okay?
11:47It kind of seems like you're on drugs.
11:49Huh?
11:51Oh.
11:54No, I'm just really happy you're here with me.
12:00And your mom.
12:04So, drugs then.
12:08So, let's talk about Max's incredible new ability to bend time.
12:13Give us the lowdown on that.
12:15Right. So, Max has the ability to tear the fabric between these two timelines
12:20and instantaneously travel between them.
12:23We call it shift.
12:24That's a lot of responsibility.
12:25And that's a lot of power.
12:27Where does it come from?
12:28Because we know Max to have had powers in the past, right?
12:30Yeah.
12:31She actually does not have her rewind powers anymore.
12:35She has not used it because of the trauma associated with it and fear of what might happen.
12:40And so, when Sofie is murdered, she can't rewind.
12:44It's like losing fluency in a language.
12:48But she does care enough about Sofie that she's willing to use the new version of her power,
12:53the shifting, to try to help her friend.
12:56But why that has happened is, Max doesn't know.
12:59It's kind of at the heart of the story.
13:01So, is Max kind of thrown by having this new power?
13:03Or is she sort of old hat at this?
13:05She's like, yeah, I've just got another power.
13:07Pile it on.
13:08She, definitely at first, she needs to use the power to investigate how the power works
13:13before she can even start to investigate the murder.
13:16So, right off the bat, she is concerned.
13:19Is this some version of rewind?
13:21Have I gone back in time?
13:22She doesn't know.
13:23And so, she starts traversing the timelines,
13:26pulsing and listening in on folks across the Vale
13:30and deducing how her power works.
13:32Okay, so this pulse power, is that the thing that she does
13:35where it's kind of like an aura coming out of her fingertips?
13:38And she can, yeah, what's that?
13:40Right.
13:40So, Max can extend her supernatural senses to detect
13:45where the Vale is weakest between the two timelines,
13:48the spots where she can shift.
13:49And in doing that, she can also grab a glimpse of other people,
13:54key objects across the timeline without having to shift,
13:56which comes in really handy when you're a detective
13:58and you want to eavesdrop and snoop and track suspects.
14:02So, when she uses the pulse, she kind of like takes this glimpse
14:05into the two timelines, can make an assessment,
14:08and then choose which one to shift into.
14:11How does the shift work?
14:12Right.
14:12So, when Max has identified one of these weak points
14:14between the timelines, we call them shift spots,
14:17she can use the shifting ability to instantaneously travel
14:20to the other timeline.
14:21So, in a flash, she is instantaneously transported
14:24to the opposite version of the environment,
14:28different non-playable characters around.
14:29And so, she's able to use that to traverse puzzles,
14:33circumnavigate locked doors,
14:36suspects that won't talk to her in one timeline,
14:38but will in another.
14:39Oh, so, like, is it apparent to the player,
14:43yeah, I'm in this timeline where Safi's still alive,
14:45or I'm in this one where Safi's dead.
14:46Like, how will I know?
14:48I'd, like, confuse myself playing this.
14:50Right.
14:51So...
14:51Does Max get confused?
14:53She does.
14:54She absolutely does get confused.
14:56And along the way, she has to learn what's different
14:59between the two timelines, along with the player.
15:02But Safi's death not just reverberates
15:04through the relationships on campus,
15:07but also through the environment.
15:09And we reflect this in different ways,
15:11different set dressing, different audio, different lighting.
15:13The weather patterns change, the butterfly effect.
15:16And so, Safi's death has this immense impact
15:19that creates two distinctly different timelines.
15:22I do think that it will be really clear
15:24to both Max and the player where she's at.
15:27At the same time, she's juggling twice as many
15:31social interactions and twice as many clues.
15:35So she absolutely messes up.
15:37It's a lot of fun for Max to try to keep all that straight.
15:39Right.
15:40So she'll have to keep an eye out for dialogue choices
15:42because if you're not paying attention,
15:44you might stumble into Max being confused about the timeline.
15:47Whereas if you're on your game,
15:49you can avoid those little faux pas in a conversation.
15:52I'm sorry.
15:53I was being nosy.
15:55I don't know why.
15:58Probably just paranoid.
16:00You think?
16:02Jesus, Max.
16:04Get your shit together.
16:05And also, we're on a college campus.
16:08So she's supposed to be using this power
16:10to be solving a murder mystery.
16:13But I imagine there's probably also a lot of drama
16:15that filters through.
16:16And she's an artist in residence.
16:18So she's supposed to be this mentor figure
16:21to the students who are still there on holiday break.
16:23But at the same time, it would be really useful
16:26to manipulate these students to solve this mystery.
16:28So she is juggling a lot.
16:31So Max Caulfield, who has been so closed off for so long,
16:35now has to be like,
16:36OK, I have to juggle all these new social situations
16:39and put myself out there.
16:41It sounds like this is going to be
16:42a big learning experience for Max.
16:44Now I have more impossible questions
16:47than I had to begin with.
16:48I have to ask, because I'm just so curious,
16:52which came first?
16:53The idea for Max to have this timeline shifting power?
16:58Or did your team just want to experiment
17:00with the idea of multiple timelines?
17:03We have been interested in multiple timelines for a while
17:06because of that gameplay possibilities.
17:10But I think it wasn't until we were exploring Max's story
17:13that it really clicked how we could do it
17:16in a way that felt absolutely intertwined
17:20with the emotional journey as well.
17:21And shifting and traversing the timelines
17:23is in players' hands.
17:24You have to trust the player is going to do it.
17:26Yeah, the player over the course of the game
17:28is going to learn how to use this ability
17:30to navigate the environments, the relationships.
17:34And then at a certain point,
17:35we just trust the player to navigate
17:38and solve this mystery.
17:40When I woke up, Safi was gone forever.
17:44And now I am in a whole new world of questions.
17:50What are these worlds?
17:53Timelines?
17:54Realities?
17:56Where did this new power come from?
17:58Is Rewind gone forever?
18:01Lucky for me, one question clearly takes priority.
18:06How do I protect the Safi I have left?
18:10Now, as a big fan, I am so happy
18:13that Hanatel is returning as Max.
18:16But for people who are new,
18:18players who are new to the Life is Strange franchise,
18:20do they have to go back and play all of the older titles?
18:24What's the point of entry for them?
18:26You don't have to at all.
18:27All of the Life is Strange games stand on their own
18:30and have their own story.
18:32And so for Life is Strange Double Exposure,
18:34players will have everything they need
18:36to understand the emotional context of Max's past.
18:39But it is a brand new location in a small college.
18:43There's new characters.
18:45You can absolutely start with this first game.
18:47Seems like Safi rubbed a few people the wrong way.
18:50How should I know?
18:52Go talk to somebody who's been here longer than six months.
18:55We do all know that Life is Strange is all about choices
18:58and the consequences of those choices, for better or worse.
19:02So for returning players like me,
19:04who made really hard decisions that we now have to live with,
19:08do we bring those with us to Life is Strange Double Exposure?
19:12Yes.
19:12So the returning players from Max's first adventure will remember
19:16that there's a massive decision to make at the end of that game
19:19results in two very different endings.
19:22And it was really important at Deck 9
19:24if we were going to make another Max adventure
19:26that the game would have to respect both those endings.
19:29Life is Strange Double Exposure does that very thing.
19:32There's no canon ending in our book to the first game.
19:35Double Exposure will respect both endings
19:38in Max's thoughts, her journal, her SMS,
19:41her interactions with other characters,
19:43what she opts to reveal about her past to her new friends.
19:46It's all reflective of that final choice.
19:50For all of us players who were wracked with guilt
19:53making those tough decisions,
19:55who kind of crave making decisions like that again,
19:58will we have lots of those choices that keep us up at night
20:02playing Life is Strange Double Exposure?
20:04Yeah, Max will face a lot of tough decisions.
20:07It's kind of her thing.
20:09Perfect, perfect. That's what I want.
20:11Bring it on, bring it on.
20:13And so it's been so long since the original game came out.
20:17For players who maybe don't have the original console
20:20that they played on,
20:21or let alone the save file from their Life is Strange 1 game,
20:26how will they import their previous choices?
20:30So Safi and Max will have a conversation
20:32that's pretty early on in the game
20:34and Arcadia Bay just comes up naturally in that conversation.
20:37Players can remake the choice then,
20:40or they could try the other way.
20:42Okay, so it sounds like Safi is kind of like...
20:45a little interrogation there with Max.
20:47Safi's very curious about Max
20:50because Max is generally pretty closed off
20:53and Safi knows there's something interesting there.
20:55Okay, so that's where we're going to see this backstory come into play.
20:59Very, very cool.
21:01So it sounds like new players are all good to go.
21:03Yeah, 100%.
21:04It was very important to us that for folks
21:06entirely brand new to the franchise
21:07and brand new to Max Caulfield as a character
21:09that everything they need to know about her
21:11is right there in Life is Strange Double Exposure.
21:14And then for returning players,
21:16we absolutely honor the biggest, most impactful decision
21:20you're going to remember from that first game
21:22and carry that forward
21:23so you can see how that plays out in Max's latest adventure.
21:27Is this about the blue haired girl
21:29whose picture you keep in your wallet?
21:32Wait, you snooped in my wallet?
21:34Stop deflecting.
21:35The girl with the blue hair.
21:37What's the deal with you two?
21:44Next up, we speak to Hannah Tell,
21:47the iconic voice of Max Caulfield.
21:50And be sure to stick around
21:51because in less than 10 minutes,
21:53we'll showcase an extended look
21:55at new Life is Strange Double Exposure gameplay
21:58for the very first time.
22:00You don't want to miss it.
22:05I'm Hannah Tell and I play Max Caulfield
22:08in Life is Strange Double Exposure.
22:11Hannah, I'm so thrilled that you are back
22:13as Max Caulfield in Life is Strange Double Exposure.
22:15This is what we've been waiting for.
22:18How does it feel for you to return to Max?
22:21Probably a lot of emotions under play.
22:24Yeah, so many emotions.
22:25It's an incredible feeling.
22:27And in a certain way, it feels like I'm coming home.
22:30I've been back for so long.
22:32In a certain way, it feels like I'm coming home.
22:35I love Max so much and we have so much in common.
22:38And my experience playing her the first time around
22:42was so formative in my life.
22:44It's a real honor to get to come back
22:47and expand on her story.
22:50How did things feel this time around
22:52versus portraying the character in 2015?
22:56Well, she's grown up so much.
22:59She was in high school in the first game.
23:01And now she's, you know, out of her college years,
23:03she has a somewhat prestigious position
23:06as an artist-in-residence at this amazing university.
23:10And she has this whole amazing future ahead of her
23:14in terms of her artist career as a photographer.
23:18And I think that that's really given her a sense of purpose
23:22that's motivated her to kind of shed some of the shyness,
23:26parts of her introversion that held her back.
23:29I think that she's kind of grown out of that.
23:31She's more comfortable with who she is
23:33and she feels like, hey, this is who I'm supposed to be.
23:37Be safe, yeah?
23:39When am I not?
23:40She's been suppressing her powers while on the road.
23:44And now she's this artist-in-residence
23:46at Caledon in Vermont.
23:48Does she still feel like she needs to suppress them?
23:52Or why did she feel like she needed to suppress them?
23:55Well, the powers resulted in ultimate devastation in her life
24:00and everyone's life around her.
24:01And even like the space-time continuum
24:04with the weather-related phenomenons
24:06that were taking place because of her using this power.
24:09So she feels like this is like a deadly weapon.
24:12It's not something that she's gonna ever wanna use again.
24:15And also it really sets her apart from having a normal life
24:19and having normal relationships with people.
24:22So I think she's put that away very confidently
24:27and is very hesitant about ever tapping back
24:30into that side of herself again.
24:32She doesn't know what could happen.
24:34It could even kill her to try to use her powers again.
24:36Whoa.
24:36I mean, who knows?
24:37Yeah.
24:38We've caught up with who Max Caulfield is now.
24:40What has she been doing in the time
24:42between the events of Arcadia Bay to now?
24:45Well, she's been on the road.
24:48She doesn't feel comfortable in any one place.
24:52And she's living like a nomadic lifestyle,
24:54taking photographs of abandoned, lonely spaces.
24:58For some reason, anything that's desolate
25:00or stark and intense really draws her eye.
25:04And she likes to photograph that.
25:06And she's made a bit of a name for herself
25:08by photographing these types of images.
25:11And she searches for them and stays in hotels
25:15and hangs out in local watering holes
25:18and just kind of absorbs the slice of life
25:20of each little town that she's been in.
25:22And now she's in a new environment
25:24with all new people and a new job responsibility.
25:29And new powers too, right?
25:30And new powers.
25:31Can you talk about that a little bit?
25:33Because fans of the original game,
25:36we love the rewind power.
25:37You know, we were turning back time,
25:38but now time is moving in a different direction.
25:41Exactly.
25:42Well, as Max has evolved, her powers have evolved.
25:45She didn't use that power for a really long time,
25:47understandably, because it created so much devastation.
25:50And so it atrophied and it adapted
25:53into something different.
25:55What if I told you there's this other timeline
25:59where Safi is alive
26:02and I can travel between this timeline and that one?
26:07So she has this supernatural ability
26:08to move between the timelines,
26:10see the timeline where Safi is still alive,
26:13go into the one where she's dead,
26:15talk to people.
26:17Yes, exactly.
26:18She has a unique position to figure out
26:21what's really going on in this terrible situation
26:24of Safi's death.
26:25So I know you're a true crime fan.
26:28So when you got the call of,
26:30hey, we want you to come back and play Max
26:33and solve this mystery,
26:35where were you?
26:35What was going through your head
26:36when you finally learned the news?
26:39Well, I was still in school.
26:40I was studying neuroscience.
26:42I was trying to prepare to take calculus,
26:44but I had to have two different tutors.
26:46It was a horrible situation.
26:47Two timelines, two tutors.
26:49Two timelines, two tutors, one mystery,
26:51one failing grade.
26:54But I got the call and it was just like
26:56such an amazing rescue from my math phobia.
27:00And it was the producer and the performance director
27:04telling me, and I just sobbed into the phone.
27:06Well, one out of two ain't bad.
27:10As you can probably tell,
27:11the fan base, myself included,
27:13have a very personal relationship with Max.
27:16How does it feel for you personally
27:18knowing the impact that you've made
27:20on fans in the community?
27:22It's just unbelievable to be playing a part
27:26that resonated with someone, so many people.
27:31It makes me feel so validated
27:33and so honored and so grateful.
27:38There are so many fans of this game
27:40that have created this really loving community
27:43where they share their art
27:45and they pour their time and energy
27:47into creating gorgeous artwork
27:50or really intricate creative cosplays.
27:53Tattoos.
27:54Tattoos etched on their skin permanently
27:56because the game changed them
27:59and the game changed me too.
28:01So I feel very connected to them
28:04and it moves me to tears all the time.
28:08Let's thrash, Chakrabara.
28:11Okay.
28:12Let's pretend you said something normal,
28:14but basically that.
28:16And it's not often that an actor
28:17gets to reprise a character.
28:19Was that something that you,
28:21from a physical perspective,
28:22from a performance perspective,
28:24had to take into account?
28:25Because, you know, back in 2015,
28:28you were portraying a teenage Max
28:30versus Life is Strange Double Exposure
28:32was an adult Max.
28:33Did you have to change your voice or pitch?
28:36Yes.
28:36Well, my voice kind of stayed the same,
28:39but Max's voice matured
28:41and got a bit more deeper
28:42and more grounded in its tone.
28:45And her posture became a bit more sure of herself
28:50and tall and standing to her full height
28:53and taking up space
28:54and being comfortable with that.
28:56And so I had to, you know,
28:58adjust everything about my body
29:00to try to convey her growth.
29:06And now we're proud to present
29:16an extended look at the gameplay
29:18from Life is Strange Double Exposure.
29:33Give me the Cliff Notes version
29:34of what we're actually here to see.
29:36A bunch of little pieces of a shattered asteroid.
29:40From 11 million miles away.
29:43This is what I give for introducing you to.
29:48Wow.
29:52So should we be worried
29:54about this crazy asteroid hitting Earth?
29:57Not in our lifetime.
29:59And it'll probably disintegrate
30:00before it reaches the surface.
30:04All right, Max.
30:05You have 24 hours before the world ends.
30:08What would you do?
30:12Oh, I'm documenting that shit.
30:15Can you imagine how cool
30:16an apocalypse photo set would be?
30:18Oh my God.
30:20This again?
30:21Nobody would see it.
30:22I'm telling you.
30:23Art requires an audience.
30:25Otherwise, it's just...
30:26Okay, geez.
30:28Agree to disagree.
30:31Awful quiet over there, Murph.
30:34Don't want to weigh in?
30:35Oh, uh, I wasn't listening.
30:38But hey, looks like the equipment's working.
30:42Why am I not at home
30:43wrapped up in a blanket burrito right now?
30:53I don't know.
30:54Me and Moses out in town without you?
30:56I think of the wild times you would have missed.
31:00Lakeport's most notorious party animals.
31:04Oh, I brought cups.
31:17Figured that was better than passing the bottle around.
31:26This is the best you could do?
31:27I don't work in this building.
31:30Don't blame me for the astronomy department's bad taste.
31:33Mine says I'm the world's horniest grandma.
31:37Grab a mug, Max.
31:43Well, one out of two ain't bad.
31:53I have some good news.
31:55Uh, it's big, but I can't tell you what it is.
32:00You can't tell us you have good news and then-
32:03I don't want to say anything else until everything is finalized.
32:07Mysterious.
32:09Well, whatever we're celebrating, I think it calls for a selfie.
32:13Oh, let me.
32:13I just got this camera and I want to get some good use out of it.
32:18What should we say?
32:20Damn, I think I have hypothermia.
32:26Moses has hypothermia.
32:33I've got incoming.
32:38I'm gonna, you know, do my thing.
32:51Good news, huh?
32:53You two and your secrets.
32:55How you ever hold a conversation with each other is beyond me.
33:02I'm dying to know what Safi's good news is.
33:05Maybe I can somehow convince her to spill.
33:13I love how Moses always looks so passionate about his work,
33:18even when he's just crunching numbers.
33:21Hey, Moses, casually lean on the telescope.
33:25I might knock it over.
33:27Pretend.
33:50Hey, Safi.
33:58Find anything poem-able?
34:03The moon?
34:05Kind of, though I'd hardly be the first.
34:09Carl Sandburg called it a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
34:13Oh, pretty.
34:16I haven't seen a moon this beautiful in a long time.
34:20It's bright outside of Oregon.
34:23Oh, a Max biography nugget.
34:26Those are rare.
34:31You never really talk about why you came here.
34:37You already know.
34:39Your mom threw me a lifeline.
34:41Pulled me out of freelance hell.
34:46One of these days I'm gonna find out what you're running from, Max Caulfield.
34:51That's a promise.
34:56Okay, spill.
34:57What's the news?
34:58No chance.
34:59That vault is closed.
35:01You're killing me here.
35:03Are you really gonna keep secrets from your dear friend, Max?
35:06You're one to talk, my dear.
35:14Okay, I'll leave you to your muse.
35:20Hey, Moses, doesn't some small party of you want to know what Safi's good news is?
35:47All right, I think I have an idea.
35:51But once we go down this road, we can't turn back.
35:55Um, okay.
36:00Give this to Safi, if you can.
36:02You'll probably have to trick her into taking it or plan it on her.
36:06Like a prank?
36:07No, this has rules.
36:09So it's more of a game.
36:12Whoever holds the bottle cap has to do whatever you say.
36:16Well, within reason.
36:17Moses, I have literally never wanted to play a game more in my entire life.
36:23You say that now.
36:24But Safi has a very loose definition of within reason.
36:27She'll come for you next.
36:30Okay, wish me luck.
36:40Okay, how am I going to plan this on Safi?
36:43How am I going to plan this on Safi?
36:52Since Safi hasn't quit smoking yet, maybe I can use it to my advantage.
36:58I'm not above relaxing my principles to give Safi that bottle cap.
37:02There might be some other hiding places up here that could work.
37:08Could I hide the bottle cap in a snowball?
37:12Not sure I want to rely on my aim.
37:14I'd only get one shot.
37:17Safi eats these when she can't slip away for a smoke.
37:21It'd be totally normal for me to offer her one.
37:23Now I've just got to deliver this to Safi.
37:45Hey, Safi.
37:50Want a piece of candy?
37:52There's a few left.
37:53Oh, twist my arm.
37:58Shit, it's a conspiracy.
38:05Come on, Max.
38:07Surely you of all people would let a girl have her secrets.
38:13And violate the sacred covenant of the bottle cap?
38:17Never.
38:18You know I'm going to get you back for this, right?
38:20Less threading, more talking.
38:22Okay.
38:24So, well, I've been shopping around a bunch of my poetry, right?
38:29Like, as a collection.
38:32And a publisher made an offer.
38:36For real?
38:37Oh my god, Safi!
38:39That's incredible!
38:40Congratulations!
38:45Thank you.
38:47Nothing signed or anything yet,
38:48so I want to keep it under wraps until all the paperwork gets signed.
38:52Understood.
38:53Your secret is safe with me.
38:59Oh.
39:01Oh, shit.
39:03Hello?
39:05This is Safi.
39:08Yes, this is Safi Alewellan Fayyad speaking.
39:15Be right back.
39:23So, would you really take pictures of the end of the world?
39:36Yeah, think about it.
39:39I take photos of empty buildings.
39:41An empty planet?
39:44That's next level.
39:46Okay.
39:47But it's like Safi said, nobody is ever going to see them.
39:52Okay.
39:57Sure, but who cares?
40:00I take a lot of photos nobody ever sees.
40:04I want to go out doing something I'm good at, you know?
40:10Huh, what?
40:12No, nothing.
40:12Just didn't take you as a it's the journey, not the destination type.
40:18I mean, I guess I'm not.
40:21It's more like sometimes you reach the destination alone and that's okay.
40:30Look at that.
40:33What a tail.
40:44Moses was right.
40:46This is awesome.
40:50So,
41:06are you okay?
41:09Yeah, all good.
41:11Just dizzy.
41:12Maybe the champagne.
41:16I think I'm gonna take off, get some rest.
41:19I can give you a ride if you wait a few minutes.
41:21No, that's okay.
41:22I think a walk will clear my head.
41:25I think so.
41:48So,
42:13I'm glad Moses invited me out tonight.
42:19Exactly how you came into my life at all.
42:28Caledon's a beautiful campus, but it's even better when it snows.
42:35What a perfect night for walking home.
42:48I'll just catch up with Safi tomorrow.
42:54Safi's chain-smoking again?
42:57I wonder what that call was about.
43:04Wow, Safi.
43:06What did Mr. Snowman ever do to you?
43:19Now I know who's been leaving all that squirrel gore around campus.
43:34How far I'd go,
43:37cause I'd find you.
43:41Don't get to take a shot like this every day.
43:43Wow, you're really watching me, aren't you?
44:00This is not a test.
44:02Max!
44:03The emergency broadcast system is now in effect.
44:07I caused this.
44:09I caused all of this.
44:25Max?
44:27Hey.
44:29Hey, are you okay?
44:32Max?
44:34Something's wrong.
44:37Safi?
44:38Hey!
44:40Come back!
44:58There's Safi.
44:59She seems okay.
45:02I feel like I should check on her anyway.
45:09Better safe than sorry.
45:23Shit!
45:24Safi, hang on!
45:32Oh, Safi's fine.
45:36For a moment, I thought...
45:54Safi?
45:57Safi?
45:59Hey.
46:00You okay?
46:02I'm okay.
46:26Max!
46:32Damn.
46:38No.
47:32No.
47:39Thanks for tuning in to our Life is Strange Double Exposure Reveals show.
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