Life is Strange: True Colors Part 1

[@ClaraLassen]

This is so nostalgic, having watched your channel since the first life is strange game. I've been so excited for this game to come out, and equally as excited for your play-through

[@Inusitus]

1k% had the same feeling as you. I audibly went, "YEESSSS" when I saw the upload

[@Official_Mr_masky]

Mee tooooooo every time I see a lis game or a tell tail game I can’t wait to see their play threw

[@Constant_Change]

i got into them during their playthrough of the first one and have watched every once since. i don’t actually do much youtube, but as soon as i finished true colors i realized i had to go watch their let’s play, it’s like a warm blanket

[@justmindset]

"Submissive and breedable." - Truly the poetry that I subscribe for.

[@solarprogeny6736]

it's like yall don't keep up with memes or something

[@tinyfreckle]

I remember reading about this fascinating affliction last year called mirror touch synesthesia from a book in the library about weird brain disorders. Basically these people's brains have trouble distinguishing others and self so they literally feel what others feel. Like if you scratch your face and someone with mirror touch synthesis is watching their brain mimics what it feels like to scratch your face and they feel it as if it happened to them too. Obviously Alex's powers focus more on the emotional aspect rather than physical sensations a person is feeling. But like even the way she begins tapping her foot subconsciously when someone else is doing it, makes me feel like she has really overactive mirror neurons or something. And the colour aspect of her powers kind of plays into the synesthesia too. I just think it's really cool that the power in this game is actually kind of a thing in real life too (I mean I've never met someone with time-rewind abilities but then maybe that's what they WANT me to think). I wonder if the game developers had this in mind when writing the game or if it's just a cool coincidence.

[@rockergamer101]

cant wait for mari's analysis and theories about this game

[@ViThePrincess]

Thats what I"M HERE FOR!!!

[@xdrawesome314x4]

This game is ass

[@ViThePrincess]

@@xdrawesome314x4 okay

[@seravenus]

@@xdrawesome314x4 no one asked

[@boys356]

@@xdrawesome314x4 definitely was not, just wasnt for you

[@LittleChortle]

I'm so sad the music had to be muted for the stream. It's such a big part of the game, and mxmtoon does such a good job as Alex's singing voice

[@aradaevyre361]

鼠 (shu) just means rat in Chinese. So "shu-shu" = literally translates to "rat-rat", just a cute name like "mousey" It's pretty fitting for a lil mouse plushie since Alex is Chinese when you look at the surname Chen

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Plus, Pike calls her Rat-Girl when most choose to have Alex take his fear of Typhon away. On the other hand, she's also likened to a cat by therapist Dr. Lynn ("Has anyone seen my patient? Answers to Alex. She's always scratching at the door. But she's been declawed.").

[@rebeccasheng620]

This

[@kevski6216]

in the record store, at around 30:00 you can see Chloe's og shirt in the back of that smaller room :D

[@AriaDeWynter]

Omg another life is strange with Mari and Stacy yas! This exactly what I need 💕 love you both I can’t wait to see you both play

[@afficionado6018]

Whenever i want to feel at home i visit this channel, you guys are a huge part of my life

[@bioticheart]

I loved Mari's gushing over Ryan as I was not expecting that at all! Lol. He really is so sweet. 😂🤩

[@Lynnold]

Me too! The first time I saw Steph, I was like YEAH she’s the one. And then Ryan came along and he’s such a sweetheart 😅

[@bioticheart]

@@Lynnold When he was intuitive enough to protect her from Stephs anger though.. That sincere "you got it"? I said right there, "I am going to fuck this man." Lol. 😂

[@domo3491]

It's wonderful to return to the world of Life is Strange with you guys! Your first playthrough of the original game was what got me into playing video games outside of farming sims like Harvest Moon and Stardew. Watching your videos is like being in the company of old friends 😊

[@misspea1839]

glad stacey is feeling better.

[@neopets666]

Mari & Stacey 4 real have got all of us thru some crazy times. I can’t believe I’ve been watching since the 1st LIS.

[@katelouise6404]

Been waiting for this! I found this channel after I played the first life is strange. So when a new life is strange game comes out I'm like I can't wait for Mari and Stacey to play it

[@shortazn97]

I relate an incredible amount to Alex. Superficially and emotionally. I am asian, sapphic (i am lesbian though), I even dress similarly haha. I also find myself often feeling responsible for helping others. I used to be hyperaware of other people's emotions (though I wouldn't call it supernatural empathy or anything). At some point though, I think I burned out and shut down, now I have a lot of trouble reading people. I finished the game recently (dont worry, no spoilers) and it was quite a therapeutic playthrough for me. A lot of issues I had to voice aloud and face, and problems that I wanted to fix for Alex were problems I wanted to fix for myself. I won't say much more to avoid spoilers. Great playthrough so far you guys! Love it, hope you are doing well

[@MiSsToX1c]

Im an empath and being around people is truly draining. This game spoke to me on so many levels. I grew up in an emotionally manipulative and abusive household I learned mocking emotions and paying attention to everyone else's energies and emotions kept me from trouble. I used to call myself a social chameleon it was only after going to therapy that I learned it was trauma response and that I was an empath. Im in cbt for it but its still hard even now.

[@GeekRemix]

Thank you for sharing your story and I am so glad you are learning to protect your energy!

[@crispyn3683]

I just played through the whole game so... I'm ready for this 😁

[@bpmmcg3668]

Same let's gooooooo Geek Remix LiS playthrough

[@bioticheart]

Same.. I can't wait to see their reactions! Buckle up! 😁😆

[@xeno4693]

Same

[@zeezeezapauka8262]

I avoided everything related to this game just to watch both of you play

[@piratetv1]

When i started playing i was thinking" everyone else doesn't have this ability?" I did grow up feeling like the fixer in my family. I still get overwhelmed at work when people get too upset and i can't not feel it. I obviously can't read minds but i feel like i need to do something to stop people from freaking out and that usually freaks me out

[@YokoChanAdventures]

Watching the scene where they are listening to music with NO MUSIC MADE ME LAUGH UNCONTROLLABLY. Like I didn't even want to hear the music. It was great. You guys flling it in made me laugh so hard.

[@shonaykmusic]

Life Is Strange 1 was my first game with y’all 🥺 im so excited for this !!

[@IDyce88]

alex has four abilities that are all interlinked (and i know this because the LIS website says so, you can look it up yourself): Empath (sense and feel emotions), Telepath (read minds), Psychometry (sense auras of certain objects and/or people which enables hr to see the world as a reflection of their aura/ emotional state) and the fourth n final power is Emotional Absorption (the power to remove emotional feelings from people but this can be dangerous to herself). "sacrificing people for a town that nice" lol funny, i will remember that for my uncle who lives in a lovely quiet town himself. but realistically there must be a drawback to this town...i do agree about that...any town that nice must have a dark secret.

[@squirrelschaseboys772]

I joined this channel during your first life is strange play through of this series and now we’re on the 3rd. Love you guys 😁

[@Dani_carameru]

for every LiS game always gotta watch geekremix' playthrus, they find more than i ever could playing it myself

[@Jathleen05W]

The scene with the air guitar made me happy stim

[@Tamlinsongs]

So glad you guys are back, and glad Stacy is ok. Excited to see your playthrough and theories (and funny banters about sex and stuff lol) :D

[@HiIeric117]

Shǔ means mouse or rat in Mandarin. A little bit hard to tell for sure without accent marks, but I assume that's what Alex named her childhood toy after cause the alternatives I can think of don't make much sense. Shūshu also means uncle and much like English, is often used as a term of endearment for people even if they're not actual blood relatives. But Alex refers to Shu-Shu as a "she" and seems like kind of a weird name for a stuffed animal.

[@disgustingshewrote1154]

"Listen, it's OKAY to think you have magical powers for like, a couple months." I have sorely missed you guys lmao

[@Jaxxolotle]

Watching this is hella nostalgic, watching your play throughs of these games were my only way to play at the time. Now I’ve played the game, that I personally paid for myself still being able to watch you guys watch it now with a face cam aahhh my heart, ive gone so far 🥺🥺🥺

[@cdolan12345]

i love the energy of this "if you don't like it please go away" intro

[@justjean5396]

As a youth worker/case worker, this game hit me hard.

[@LaurenTheorist]

I wanted to play the game myself before watching you guys, but I'm so excited!!! I actually really loved Alex as a character and one of my favourite parts was the incredible facial expressions she could make because of the newer graphical stuff.

[@payasiitos]

Finally watching yalls playthrough of this and its given me such bittersweet feelings as I first discovered this channel around the first life is strange and I was in the beginning of my high school years and now I’m almost done with my college degree. I’m so glad that I found this channel and I’ve grown a lot and these playthroughs have gotten me through alot of tough times. To many more games together!

[@starkly9121]

i first started watching your videos when you played lis 1 and i was in 6th grade. im a senior in high school now and its really cool that im still watching you play lis all these years later!

[@dederecha1107]

Geek remix and life is strange like the good ol' days

[@AMooseOnSpeed]

I understand the empath stuff more than I like. I found out I am one in a very crappy way. I would always pick up emotions, but I will never forget when it came out full force. I was in the frontlines (working) during the breanna taylor protests. Feeling the anger and hatred from both sides, police wanting to bash heads, protestors wanting justice. Both sides clashing was just so much. Maybe it was just me being overstimulated but what I felt that day, I never want to experience ever again. That level of anger... Sorry for the rant, I cant wait to see more of this game, love the channel.

[@lbfungado]

I laughed remorsefully at the noise and the dog, but find my peace when was told that the dog was spoiled and not adopted. Great gameplay.

[@shay5555]

You guys are always my favorite letsplayers to watch when a new LiS comes out

[@chabisan8374]

Really enjoying your gameplay of this, cant wait for more! Ryan is def my fav. so far

[@XRos28]

Doing/Reacting to EVERYTHING is my favorite type of playthroughs, so thanks for the warning, but I like it already! 😀 And her name is Alex Chen, so she's Chinese, not Japanese, sorry...

[@overhoot]

Let's see what Mari and Stacy have to say about this game!!

[@GTADUDE22030]

OMG YOU GUYS FINALLY HAVE CAM!! I remember watching all of lis 1 when you guys played it!!

[@tonymattel5500]

i remember watching the first life is strange gameplay on you guys channel years ago and now we are here

[@luaevablue]

Found your channel on the first life is strange and it's nice to come back after a few years.

[@katelyngray9584]

The empath explanation really got to me cause I was the “im an empath I can tell peoples emotions!” Kid but im literally an actual empath

[@matthewbates9629]

Little known fact you can go through trauma to become an empath but you can also be born with more sensitivity than others my empathetic ability is inherent my dad has this, my sister and I have it I hate this ability when someone gets angry I can feel it in my body like i’m actually going through what they went through even though I never dealt with what they went through when I read a story i start feeling everything the character goes through it takes me a few minutes to collect myself, it sucks because when you’re this sensitive the world is not kind

[@SilverKyria]

Just finished my copy of the game. Time to tun in for the geek remix play through as tradition demands!

[@Julia990]

I have a border collie where if you make "fart noises" or say the word "money", she freaks out

[@tarynwilson4556]

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[@Len11999]

So glad you guys are playing this one! I hope you do the remastered collection aswell! (I really value your in depth playthough because then I know I'm not missing anything!)

[@kaib535]

I love this series so stinking much!! Can't wait to see where this game takes us

[@cpopick535]

"There's finally a Life is Strange game where I'm interested in a man" LITERALLY!

[@jjgartman1457]

She had you at "some chick". Love it!

[@Zeldarulah]

bahah I did the same thing with the "uncomfortably long" song choice for Steph. It felt especially weird since it was their first interaction

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

"Kiss Up & Shut Me" by The F*ckadelics isn't long. But it's a dead giveaway that Steph's a dedicated lesbian.

[@curlynova966]

I've been looking forward to this play through 🔥UwU🔥

[@CristinaGarcia-xx4gy]

Seeing people walking outside - WHERE IS YOUR MASK...oh, wait, fiction's not doing that...

[@donparker6679]

MARI!! STACY!!!!! It’s so cool to see you guys again!🥰 Coming in hot with the new Life Is Strange game! I’m here for it!!❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@ichibanohimesama]

The original LiS is the series I discovered you guys thorugh. Taking me back to my uni days haha. So glad another main line game is out.

[@angelbiscuits]

yay!! time to catch up with your LISTC playthroughs so i can catch your streams. life is strange just isn't the same without geek remix. ❤

[@dancingheart6224]

i love your profile pic! james is such an icon!

[@TeeDubable]

I got like ten minutes into your video before deciding to play this game myself. Now I’m back and ready to watch you!! :)

[@MSTJedi]

I first found Geek Remix from your original Life is Strange LP. Finished my first playthrough of True Colors, so now I'm excited to see what you think of it.

[@thenamesadam3852]

Yesss. I was waiting for you guys to play it before watching other playthroughs. I just think you make the same decisions that I would.

[@NellaWasHere]

Ahh, I've been waiting for this. I really enjoyed playing the game and I can't wait to hear your commentary and theories added to it! 😄 I subscribed to you when the first game was still coming out 6 years ago and it's just wild to think it's been that long. Interestingly too that back when the first game came out I was 19 like Chloe was in the game and now I'm 25 like Steph in this one, truly aging with these games.

[@daltongibson1033]

I love these playthroughs but every time they stand still doing nothing and talking with each other I get so stressed like "WHAT IF THEY MISS SOMETHING TIMED AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" and then I always have to re-listen to their conversations, and I wouldn't change it for the world

[@ciderlord4621]

Yes, the Life is Strange queens are back!

[@matthewbates9629]

I haven’t gone through psychological trauma I always felt aware of other people’s emotions and felt responsible for them and I feel like I need to go through what they go through to understand I’ve been this way my whole life my sister and dad are this way too like I said you can be born this way

[@thatgermanpotato1819]

I want this game so badly now because after the Doctor mentions that Alex’s brother lives in Colorado and I used to live in Colorado.

[@AgarioSplitrunner]

I have watched all your theory videos. I think Alyssa told mister Jefferson that Max Caulfield is acting weird and always knows when someone throws toilet paper at her. I think Nathan's dad gave Nathan a drug to give him time travel powers. That's why Nathan has headaches, nosebleeds and yells 'everyone will die'. Why didn't Max keep in contact when she was in Seattle? I think Max was most of the time in the Seattle hospital with headaches and nosebleeds. Her time travel powers were growing without manifesting. Chloe had a lot on her mind so Max did not want to make her more sad

[@GeekRemix]

Wow those are some cool ideas and interesting things you noticed!

[@thestranger7074]

Welcome back! Was looking forward to this. :)

[@codypigilam5977]

The only time I REALLY noticed the change in developers is when the kid character came in 😂 I feel like DontNod wrote kids and their dialogue a little more accurately than DeckNine

[@harman_k9482]

YESSS. Been patiently waiting on your guy’s gameplay 🙏

[@zzzz-zb8fn]

thank you as always mari and stacy!

[@chipofmint4943]

hana is the cutest dog, and who wouldn't love a huge hug from a little furry ball awww

[@TiakLiak]

YES you started!! Can't wait to see you both react and analyse, even if it's all no episode I just finished my first run

[@kerryrailton1155]

Ahhh I've been waiting for your guys upload! Wouldn't wanna watch anyone else play through this!

[@ouxli3116]

Gonna watch you guys all week since im dog sitting gonna be bored

[@jondoe7036]

Don't know if that's what they were going for, but Shu-Shu kinda makes me think of Chu-Chu, the mascot character from Revolutionary Girl Utena.

[@jba2048]

Serious Mari face is serious

[@alphaleigpyne]

Thanks for showing the first part of True Colours. Normally I would play the game first before I watch the streamers or videos on this platform, but was late getting this game. Had a lot going on outside gaming zone. It's a great start for a new story of Life is Strange. You have nice dog Mari, and good to see Stacy again! 💜💜 Keep being safe and well. I had my second vaccine shot and feeling well! 😷👌

[@matthewbates9629]

“Why can’t we date them both” I know why isn’t polygamy an option!?

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Well, for one, most of the civilized world isn't polygamous. Secondly, Steph is a lesbian, so throwing a man into things might not bode well if she'd rather have Alex for herself alone. Thirdly, although Ryan is a tree cop himbo, I don't think he's been exposed to any kind of relationships that aren't monogamous & are for more than 2 people, so a threesome might put him off, even though a good amount of guys find lesbianism hot.

[@matthewbates9629]

It was a joke I’m happy you analyzed it but I was making a joke just to clarify

[@woolpuppy]

Hey loves! The only reason I haven't watched this live is because I want to play it blind, but once I do I'm coming right here. So glad we get another LIS title, I hope it treats you well!

[@mb7626]

Also I think people have different orientations or dispositions towards affective/emotional/evaluative stimuli. Like some people are really good at coming to really refined or nuanced judgements about how they feel about a particular thing, but then conversely tend to be pretty tuned out to like external social harmony or etiquette. Other people are really attuned to their atmosphere or surroundings and are just sort of naturally sensitive to stimuli or disharmony there, while internally their feelings are a lot more ambiguous. It's not exactly considered 'legitimate' science any more but Jung's notion of the cognitive functions, in this case introverted feeling and extraverted feeling respectively, get at this sort of distinction. Both actually tend to be pretty good at 'empathy', though. The former maybe have to be prompted to do it, but they sort of excel at the whole 'putting yourself in another's shoes' thing (since they're so attuned to their own subjective POV where feelings are concerned), while I think the latter it's just a lot more of an immediate thing and they feel more compelled or a greater necessity to 'do something about it', even if it's sort of effectively managing or soothing the disharmony without necessarily feeling like they need to have any particularly deep or nuanced understanding of it. I'm a little bit more of the latter type. In mbti or whatever I'd probably be typed as an INFJ, who are supposed to have more of an external focus where that is concerned. My (only recently diagnosed) ADHD probably plays a role, too. Like the combination of executive dysfunction or affective dysregulation, along with your attention being more 'open' to momentary stimuli or you having less control over what your attention decides to zero in on, seems to have the effect of making ADHDers pick up on like virtually every social microexpression or to have really fine emotional radars. I was actually pretty popular for most of my life, in part b/c the aforementioned extraverted feeling/social harmonization thing, and ADHD tending to make the individuals that have it more of the 'people pleasing' type (b/c the aforementioned emotional radar sort of gets directed towards quickly resolving every emergent crisis from your own neurodiversity/social misunderstanding or whatever), and I def still developed some avoidant personality disorder/social phobia ish traits, just from not being able to navigate social interactions with complete perfection lol (or picking up like small or subtle cues of social rejection over a lifetime, probably due to a number of personal or temperamental idiosyncrasies, of which ADHD was only one). Most of my life was like super sheltered, but that was apparently enough for me to make a somewhat informed choice to at least withdraw from like most casual social interactions, feeling like it generally just isn't worth it lol. I wouldn't call myself an 'empath', though. Not only for the aforementioned cringe reason, it also just seems sort of appropriative or greedy. Like everyone has empathy and a complex/nuanced inner life, Susan. Maybe there's some validity to the 'highly sensitive person' (HSP) notion though. I don't really know myself, but ime the aforementioned stuff is more like you're just sort of fly paper for emotional baggage (including ones own, or one's own anxious thoughts mulled over across a lifetime etc) and processing that sort of stuff with seemingly great frequency or regularity in a way that just sort of sweeps you up or takes you along for the ride is like tiring and often disruptive of plans and stuff and seemingly requires more finesse and self-knowledge than the apparent 'norm' to effectively manage lol.

[@Goshgolly27]

“Hold on, I’m gonna scare this dog” Pppbbbth

[@vanessagiesbrecht4885]

ohhhh i cant wait for the next steam sale, love you guys! :)

[@wilhelmhedin8845]

And the Lethe reference is sweet too.

[@vindifference]

Deck Nine and DontNod, why is this such a hard thing for you guys to think of? If a player chooses to opt out of licensed music then at least include an option to have an instrumental in-house track playing that at least matches the mood of the scenes that were muted. Should have been on top of that stuff by now.

[@Altmer353]

Doesnt matter. Original music would still fit better. We need to fucking abolish copyright laws, they bring nothing but misery to everyone.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@Altmer353 No. They don't. Artists deserve to be compensated for their work.

[@Altmer353]

@@TherealRNOwwfpooh And they are. Problem is. Laws in current form are abused by record studios. No one should be able to make money from a song for 10+ years straight.And strike anyone who plays it on their stream or video even for a 15 sec. It should be moved into public domain just after 5 years or so, in my opinion. Same for every invention, not only music. Creator will still have plenty time to make a lot of money from his work.

[@Stargazer_sarah]

"It's fine, you're probably 21 years old" Me, a 21 year old: 👁👄👁 But seriously thanks for the explanation, I actually did not know what being an Empath actually meant. I don't think it applies to me, angry people just make me scared shitless not angry as well. I noticed that I can't even get angry myself because I'll just start crying.

[@GeekRemix]

No that is empath. When people are highly emotional you take responsibility for their emotions even when it is not your job

[@Stargazer_sarah]

@@GeekRemix Very interesting, I got to read up on it myself. I did relate to the way you described the kinds of households these people tend to grow up in though. Either way, I love your guy's playthroughs because of these kinds of discussions. Keep up the good work :)

[@tylerf.145]

Omg the graphics are so good!!!! I'm so excited

[@matthewbates9629]

Believe it or not psychological trauma doesn’t always make someone an empath some people just have a sensitivity to other people’s emotions and are born that way

[@terezahoward4008]

you guys were fun and enlightening ty

[@nikoincroatia]

I'm really curious whether Ethan would be going to the mine that they're blowing up tonight

[@billyg3230]

Thats what i like about these games in just the first 15 minutes you can spend hrs on what if or maybe this happened..eventhough some of the answers will probably get answered in the next 15 mins

[@maevecostello2629]

Yay I’ve been waiting for this!

[@aromusbaspet9032]

...now who could bring themselves to downvote such a wonderful video as this? Well, if they don't want to give it a thumbs-up then I'll be more than happy to do so!

[@k.g.5096]

This is how I found out about y’all from life is strange 1, that was a long ago ;’( *criez*

[@Gamer_Mama_0611]

That part in the middle where you define Empaths. I feel like they could be described as both. I have met people who do have like a higher sort of antenna to pick up on energy. I met a stranger who straight up knew everything about me & my mom issues & there's no way she could have picked up on that just by looking at me. So I really didn't appreciate the not just scoffing but the straight up slamming it that you gave it. Like I'm not religious but I wouldn't straight up insult someone else's beliefs & I feel like this falls under that sort of line. Because I have met people who can pick up on a lot. I myself have gotten a Chakra balancing where with my eyes closed & relaxed breathing have actually physically felt energy. I personally would never call myself an Empath even though I have grown up with trauma. But you calling what other people could potentially believe as Cringe was kinda mean.

[@christiejoesbury4543]

I thought she was 18 the whole game until the end. It makes way more sense at 21.

[@LaurenTheorist]

Mari is now my therapist and I am an empath...but I am also 21.

[@kaze987]

Love this playthrough!

[@matthewbates9629]

I always was aware of other people’s emotions I wouldn’t call myself an empath but I am empathetic

[@notur1angel]

Mari describing empaths hit me hard. Something I'll have to bring up with a therapist eventually lmao