Life is Strange: True Colors and the Power of Empathy | Analysis

[@RisuAlto]

This is a really good video that I think everyone who claims video games inherently foster violent attitudes needs to watch. I've heard people say that the fact that you can redo things in games makes them a tool to _weaken_ empathy, but I think this is exactly right. It's the same reason we have imaginary friends as children and daydream scenarios to practice, but now we're adding technology.

[@adiksaff]

Dude I am LIVING for the selection of games you decide to cover. This one was a blast after your FF X-2 one!

[@TheStarBot]

You should talk about Wandersong

[@hafiz7611]

Your voice is so soothing!

[@UberBunneh]

How DARE you put me on blast about empathy and focusing on myself ): < But I love the touch of only exploring Alex's scape last since she really is just putting everyone first, so it's a good analogy implemented via gameplay for empathy.

[@Petrolhead_pretty]

I agree with everything BUT that the town isn’t a realistic representation. I grew up in a small farming town in the Rocky Mountains and our community was a lot like this, despite not having a lot of money. I’ve lived in Colorado and Haven reminds me a lot of the mining towns we’d pass on the way to the snow resorts/hikes, which allows some of those towns to have enough traffic to have a little more income than some others. Also I know this is a 1000 years after you made this video. XD This has been my favorite analysis by far. You really got the heart of what I experienced while playing.

[@Bobthepetferret]

I admit that point came from my own bias, since I grew up in a region abandoned and left to rot following Thatcher's closing of the coal mines in the 80s. Today that area is just full of empty retail units and a population who largely blame "them bloody foreigns" for all the problems. So seeing a hyper liberal and cosy mining town made my roll my eyes a little. HOWEVER, I do acknowledge that my experiences are not representative of small towns in Colorado so I accept that I'm wildly wrong there, and wish I'd had that experience with nicer small towns myself!

[@Dreamprism]

Thanks