10 Video Game Reveals That Stopped You DEAD
1. Jefferson's Horrifying Hobby - Life Is Strange
The original Life is Strange was a surprisingly engaging, authentic, and heartfelt entry into the episodic coming-of-age adventure subgenre. From its relatable depictions of adolescence and high school life to its examinations of love, friendship, parent-child bonds and destiny, it’s a profound journey that’s lighthearted, yet also devastatingly grim.
No aspect embodies that latter quality better than the truth about who’s been kidnapping, abusing, photographing and killing young girls – including Chloe Price’s missing buddy/romantic interest, Rachel Amber – in the seemingly idyllic Arcadia Bay.
At the end of Episode 4, Chloe and heroine Max are investigating a scrapyard after finding pictures of said crimes (and Rachel’s remains). They think they’ll be meeting up with their condescending classmate, Nathan Prescott, but it’s photography instructor Mark Jefferson who guns down Chloe and injects Max with an anaesthetic.
As he explains at the start of Episode 5, he’s been doing those nefarious deeds because he’s “obsessed with the idea of capturing that moment innocence evolves into corruption.”
It’s a sickening twist – especially since it leads to some unsettling scenes involving Jefferson holding Max and the adversarial Victoria Chase hostage.