Life Is Strange photo locations guide — find every collectible across all chapters and unlock the Platinum Trophy
Life Is Strange photo locations unlock the game’s many optional Trophies, and aren’t your typical hidden collectible; each one is cleverly embedded in the game’s episodic world, requiring you to position people and places in just the right way — sometimes using time travel — to line up the perfect shot for budding photographer Max to take.
With Life Is Strange now available on mobile, there’s no excuse to play one of 2015’s best releases.
And for the Trophy hunters out there, it’s a straightforward and satisfying Platinum; complete the story however you see fit, and as long as you find the 10 photos per chapter at some point, it’s yours.
On this page:
- How Life Is Strange’s photos work
- Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 1
- Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 2
- Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 3
- Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 4
- Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 5
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How Life Is Strange’s photos work
While you can collect photos, as you go, the game provides an easy way for you to jump back into each chapter and find whatever you’ve missed.
Though the game has choices that impact the story, a dedicated ‘collectible mode’ allows you to go back to previous areas without changing your decisions. You can access it easily from the main menu after you’ve finished a chapter.
To make things easier, the game marks which areas have photos left to collect, and how many, narrowing down your search. As you play through again, remember to use the right bumper / R1 to speed through previous discussions to get to the point you need.
Note the only exception to the above is the game’s final photo, which seemingly cannot be completed in the collectible mode, requiring a regular playthrough or previous save to get it. If you want to avoid spoilers but would like a clue so you know which it is, then it’s in the final Chapter and involves (another) search for bottles.
Otherwise, play the game without fear or missing anything easily.
Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 1
As described in the game’s collectibles mode, this chapter’s photos are in the following locations:
- High School (1 photo)
- Main Campus (2 photos)
- Dormitories (1 photo)
- Girls’ Dormitories (2 photos)
- Dormitories — with the flash drive (1 photo)
- Parking Lot (1 photo)
- Cliff (2 photos)
High School (1 photo)
After the classroom discussion at the start of the game, walk over to the desk ahead of yours and investigate the markings on the desk.
You can take a picture here.
Main Campus (2 photos)
From where you emerge there is a statue right ahead. Walk around to the front and look up at it, and the photo prompt should appear.
This one takes a little work. Head to the group of skaters sitting on the wall opposite the statue in the middle of the campus, and chat to Justin.
Whatever your response requires you to rewind. Now select ‘I came to Noseslide’, then Tre Flip.
Dormitories (1 photo)
Run to the far end, where you’ll see Kate sitting on the bench, facing out towards the trees. To the right of the near tree is a squirrel and a beer can — take the photo.
Girls’ Dormitories (2 photos)
Enter Max’s room (it’s on the right towards the end) and look in the mirror next to the door.
Continue playing this section until you enter Victoria’s Room (go to Max’s room, read the sticky note on the desk, talk to Juliet in the corridor and respond with Juliet Watson, then go to the room) and you see a collage of photos on the wall.
Select Mess Up, then Photo.
Dormitories — with the flash drive (1 photo)
As soon as you begin, rewind to stop the football from hitting Alyssa.
Run up, warn her, then take a photo of the window that just got smashed.
Parking Lot (1 photo)
In the corner of the parking lot is a white RV. On the side, you can choose to draw on the window. Do so, then take a picture of your creation.
Cliff (2 photos)
As soon as you enter, turn around and you’ll see a path going down on the right.
Walk down, and you’ll see a boulder on the left, with a bird on top. This is your photo.
Continue up the hill as you would usually to meet with Chloe. Before talking to her, approach from behind, where you will get the prompt.
Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 2
As described in the game’s collectibles mode, this chapter’s photos are in the following locations:
- Girls’ Dormitories (1 photo)
- Dormitories — Morning (1 photo)
- Diner (3 photos)
- Junkyard (3 photos)
- High School (2 photos)
Girls’ Dormitories (1 photo)
Start the chapter as usual (get the shower supplies from the wardrobe, leave the room and use the showers on the left, back to your room, get dressed, get the book under the mess next to the sofa) then head to Kate’s room that’s opposite Max’s and to the left.
Inside, take a photo of the rabbit in a cage.
Dormitories — Morning (1 photo)
Turn right and head to the bench at the far end — the same near where you snapped the squirrel in the first chapter.
Investigate the bin, and place the rubbish on the bench. Step back until the squirrel jumps up, then approach it and snap.
Diner (3 photos)
You can get all three of these in relatively quick succession.
From where you begin, look up to the whale sign above the diner, and walk ahead. At the right angle, you’ll be able to take a picture.
Next, run ahead along the street, take a left and past the homeless round the back of the diner.
At the end is a chainlink fence, and you can see the RV and the dog. Look at the dog, and take the picture.
Finally, head into the diner, and go to the far left corner and into the washroom. On the right mirror is some graffetti — take a picture.
Junkyard (3 photos)
From where you begin, turn around and you’ll see a school bus.
Stand to the left (the same side as the front) and look at it. At the right angle, the photo prompt will appear. There’s also one of the bottle locations near here, while you’re at it.
Turn right and go through the junkyard until you are on the other side of the bus. As you go, you’ll notice a deer (Max will call it out, so you won’t miss it) which runs to the right. Follow it and take a picture.
Now explore the junkyard and find all five bottles, play the gun-shooting section. Once it’s over, Chloe will be lying on the car with the gun in the air. Approach from the side and you’ll get your third picture.
High School (2 photos)
First, meet with Warren in the science lab (take a right from where you enter, past David, and it’s on the left). Talk to him and suggest one of the compounds — it doesn’t matter which, as the experiment will fail. Talk to the teacher and she’ll tell you it’s actually Chlorine you need.
Rewind time and suggest that to Warren instead, then take his picture once it’s done.
Continue playing by heading to art class (from the science lab, continue down the corridor and it’s on the right) and after the chat with Jefferson outside, approach Alyssa by the window for the photo prompt.
Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 3
As described in the game’s collectibles mode, this chapter’s photos are in the following locations:
- Girls’ Dormitories (1 photo)
- Dormitories (1 photo)
- High School — Evening (3 Photos)
- Chloe’s House — Upstairs (1 Photo)
- Chloe’s House — Downstairs (1 photo)
- Diner (2 photos)
- Chloe’s House — Focus (1 photo)
Girls’ Dormitories (1 photo)
Start the chapter as normal and play until you reach Victoria’s Room (leave your room, speak to Dana in her room, then head over) and on the opposite wall of where you enter, on the left, is a glow in the dark figure.
This is what you need to snap. The prompt won’t appear straight away, so look at it with your light to make it glow in the dark; keep focusing on it and walk around the room a little until it appears.
(Thanks to Stephan, a.k.a. de_machine_ for the tip!)
Dormitories (1 photo)
Time to take a picture of our squirrel friend again. Head to the same bench as usual (it’s on the right, near the edge of the campus) and you’ll notice the squirrel flees when you get close. Stand next to the bench, rewind time so the squirrel appears again, then take the picture.
High School — Evening (3 photos)
Play as normal (speak to Chloe outside the principal’s office, search the office until it says there’s no key, and you text Warren) then head to the science lab. Go to the far right corner, where there’s a skeleton with a cigarette in its mouth (this is next to where the weedkiller is found). Take the picture.
Before you leave the lab, head to the fish tank on the long wall opposite where you come in. Investigate the tank, turn on the light, then take a picture.
Continue playing (get sugar from the teacher’s desk and weed killer next to the skeleton in the science lab, duct tape from the corner of the art room, and a soda can from the vending machine in the corridor; talk to Chloe, then stand inside the room and rewind) until Chloe is in the Principal’s Office.
The photo is of her at the desk, with you standing on the other side.
Chloe’s House — Upstairs (1 photo)
Play the section as usual (investigate clothes on the chair, investigate the wardrobe) then head to the bathroom outside the room. Face the mirror and take a picture.
Chloe’s House — Downstairs (1 photo)
Head to the corner of the living room, where there is a bird high up on the cabinet — it’s easy to miss. Approach until you can scare it.
It’ll then fly to above the fire. Before you do anything, open the window to the left, then scare it, so it goes outside.
Finally, head outside using the sliding door, then approach the fence on the far left where the bird is now waiting for you to take its picture.
Diner (2 photos)
Head to the diner entrance and speaker to the trucker. Strike a conversation, then rewind to reveal the response ‘1977 Needham’.
Then respond Rachel Amber.
You can now take the photo of the red truck opposite.
Before you head inside, continue round the outside of the diner towards the back alley. Before you reach the homeless person is a dead bird on the left, surrounded by a mass of ants — this is the second photo.
Chloe’s House — Focus (1 photo)
As soon as this segment starts, walk to the counter to the left of Chloe to find a camera. Get close enough to it and the photo prompt will be visible.
Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 4
As described in the game’s collectibles mode, this chapter’s photos are in the following locations:
- Chloe’s House — Upstairs (1 photo)
- Chloe’s House — Downstairs (1 photo)
- Dormitories (2 photos)
- Boys’ Dormitories (1 photo)
- Beach (1 photo)
- Old Barn (2 photos)
- Swimming Pool — Party (2 photos)
Chloe’s House — Upstairs (1 photo)
As soon as the segment starts (it’s when you’re back in the present day) and you get off the bed, turn left to see Chloe at the desk.
Take a picture of her from where you are standing.
Chloe’s House — Downstairs (1 photo)
Head into the garage, and to the left of the door is a bird’s nest tucked behind a plank. Look at the nest, then you’ll be able to move the plank, allowing you to take a photo.
Dormitories (2 photos)
When you begin, run down the path, and cut left onto the grass where there’s a Cairn. Get close enough to take a picture.
Next, chat to Samuel (who is sat on a bench next to Ms. Grant) and chat to him about Animals, then Squirrels, which sees him beckon one over with food.
Do the same by interacting with the box of food sat next to him, and wait for another squirrel to come over. Take a picture of the two together.
Boys’ Dormitories (1 photo)
Turn right as soon as you begin, past the toilet roll on the floor, and to the window. You’ll see footprints on the hill; getting close enough will bring up the photo prompt.
Beach (1 photo)
As soon as you begin, run to the right and look out to the beached whales. The one closest to the RV can be photographed.
Old Barn (2 photos)
When you begin, go left along the outside of the barn, and spot the bird on the fence. If it’s not there, it’s flown away (and will do anyway even if you get close). Rewind time until it appears, and quickly take its picture.
Continue playing (move the metal sheet round the side of the barn to gain access, uncover the hatch in the floor under the shelving, attach the hook nearby then climb the ledge right of Chloe, and up again) until you’re in the roof of the barn. At the far end behind the hay bales is an owl — snap away.
Swimming Pool — Party (2 photos)
As soon as you enter the curtain to the party, turn right and look up and right to see the two moons out the window. At the right position, you’ll see the photo prompt.
Next, head round the pool to the VIP desk, then go through the door on the left to the restroom.
If you turn left again, you’ll see Justin using the urinal behind a drawing of a skeleton. Get the position right and the photo prompt will appear.
Life Is Strange photo locations guide for Chapter 5
As described in the game’s collectibles mode, this chapter’s photos are in the following locations:
- Art Class — Focus (1 Photo)
- Art Gallery (1 photo)
- Dark Room — Confrontation (1 photo)
- Diner (2 photos)
- Nightmare (5 photos)
Art Class — Focus (1 Photo)
Play the section as normal (check your bag, then your phone at your desk) then approach Kate on the right. Use the comfort option, and after the chat, you can take her photo.
Art Gallery (1 photo)
There’s an upstairs and easy to miss downstairs to the art gallery. Head down the right side, and ahead is a woman sitting in front of six pictures. Approach so the photo prompt appears by the camera.
Dark Room — Confrontation (1 photo)
No photo here for spoiler reasons, but it’s pretty straightforward; load up this Dark Room segment, and after a lengthy conversation with the game’s antagonist, he’ll be interrupted by someone; rewind after that happens, and you’ll be given a set of choices.
Choose ‘one last picture’ to get this photograph.
Diner (2 photos)
Play the section was usual until you save the diner from exploding (enter the building on the left, use the fuse box to extinguish the fire and rewind by the body and reach through the window if you want to save the person; go outside and stop the fire using the sand out the front of the diner) then turn around to see a whale in the road.
At the right angle standing in front of the diner, the photo prompt will appear.
To the right of the diner on the opposite building is a car perched on the roof. Stand in the alley and look up at it for the prompt.
Nightmare (5 photos)
1) Start this segment by looking at the graffiti on the desk in front of you, as you did at the start of the game. Look at it Twice, and then take the photo. (Note when we replayed we only had to look once, and the writing didn’t change but the prompt still showed — either way, keep messing with it until the photo opportunity appears).
2) Continue playing, whereby leaving the art room will lead to a corridor that repeats itself with subtle changes each time. Progress by:
- Speaking and following Kate
- Grabbing the key by the showers to room 218 and using that door
- The first door on the left to become Victoria
- Room 221 to become Max again
At this point, turn right to the showers and you’ll notice some giant squirrels outside the window. Take a picture.
3) Keep playing (from the above, you can finish the corridor by entering Max’s room at the far end on the right) to reach the backwards school lobby. Here you have to go to the cross section and following the deer into the bathroom, but don’t just yet; approach the skeleton in the corner opposite and you’ll be prompted to open your journal — this takes the picture for you.
4) The follow section is a stealth area with a lighthouse in the distance. Progress past the first two areas — the art gallery and rotating statue, using your rewind feature if you get caught — to reach school lockers.
There’s an enclosed area to the right of where you begin; to get inside, keep turning right at every corner. Investigate the locker, then take a picture.
5) The final stealth section is around a junkyard, where you must find five bottles dotted around the school bus and cars while dodging sentries. It’s a small area so the bottles should be relatively easy to find, and once you’re done, head to the line of bottles on the right after and take the photograph.
If you’re struggling, the following video from Satoshi ElectricShoK220 may help:
Note that if you are playing in collectible mode, then for whatever reason, the bottles won’t appear. You may have to either reload a previous save or start the chapter from scratch to reach up to this point. As such, we recommend getting them the first time through if you can!
Once you’re done, and assuming you’ve not missed any individual photos or Trophies, the Platinum is yours.
Grab Your Camera and Get Every Photo Moment in Life is Strange Episode 3
Continue expanding your scrapbook with Max as she breaks into school with these optional photo locations available in Episode 3 of Life is Strange.
The story takes new twists and turns, but those hidden collectible photos keep coming back. Just like in the previous two episodes there are ten optional pics available to uncover. Each opportunity unlocks a unique trophy or achievement, and some require a little setup to find. Check out the tips below to see where all ten photos are found.
Get more picture-centric trophies in Life is Strange with the Episode 1 Photo Locations Guide or the Episode 2 Photo Locations Guide.
There are ten optional photo locations available in Episode 3: Chaos Theory. Each has a unique achievement / trophy attached to completion.
Optional Photo #1 – Parallax View
While exploring the dorms at night, enter Victoria’s room and hold your light on the glow-in-the-dark figure beneath the black and white poster in the back left corner.
Optional Photo #2 – Lenscrafted
Back out on the school grounds, check the path to the right of the main entrance.
There’s a squirrel on a bench. Getting close causes it to run off. Just rewind to bring the critter back to the bench where you can snap a shot.
Optional Photo #3 – The Reflex
Inside the darkened school at night, return to the science classroom and get a look at the aquarium. Choose to “Turn on” and light up the fish to get a photo opportunity.
Optional Photo #4 – Histogrammar
Still in the science room, take a picture of the hanging skeleton in the right corner. It’s dark and spooky, so that makes it a perfect photo opportunity.
Optional Photo #5 – Bokeh
After breaking into the office, Chloe will sit at the computer and try to uncover whatever information she can. Take a look at the Bronze Statue and other items on the desk, then look to Chloe to get a photo option.
Optional Photo #6 – Pinholed
Later on and following a change of clothes, enter the bathroom and look in the mirror.
There’s a quick photo opportunity here.
Optional Photo #7 – RAW Strength
In the same area, go to the kitchen and scare the bird on the refrigerator. It flies off onto a trophy case. Open the window near the fridge, then scare the bird again. Scare it a third time on the fireplace and it takes off outside through the window. Now you can go out into the backyard and take a picture of the bird perched on the fence.
Optional Photo #8 – Viewfinder
Back at the diner, talk to the trucker waiting outside. He’s in the baseball cap. Select “1977 Needham” and “Rachel Amber” and the trucker will give you permission. Turn the camera to face the red truck for a photo option to appear.
Optional Photo #9 – Optican
To the right of the diner, look on the concrete lot to spot a strange black swirl in the ground with a dead bird. This is weird enough for another photo opportunity.
Optional Photo #10 – Flash!
Once you switch characters, look to the left of the man and woman in the kitchen.
There’s a camera you can interact with, leading to the final optional photo.
Achievement / Trophy Unlocked
- Camera Eye (45 points / Bronze):
Take all optional photos in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
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biography, photo, career, personal life, death at age 27
When the singer died at twenty-seven, suicide or an accident was suspected. Because it’s hard to say what her whole life was more like: the first or the second. But perhaps she died because she tried to fulfill everything that is required of a woman.
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“I don’t need anyone’s help. Because if I can’t help myself, no one can help me,» Amy said. Perhaps these words consoled her loved ones later: what could they do if even Amy herself did not help herself? Or perhaps they realized that they should be on their guard at this phrase.
This is what people say in deep depression, who have lost any, any hope…
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Amy Winehouse’s personal hell
Young, beautiful, talented, successful, popular, wealthy — she was disappointed, she despaired, she woke up every day in her personal hell. Amy Winehouse, a name that was said dozens of times a day on the radio, was not the name of a happy person. Despite the fact that the singer was probably envied by many girls in Britain.
Then the biographers went through her first years and her last days step by step to understand what and how could lead Amy Winehouse to her terrible end. She literally poisoned herself by taking a lethal dose of alcohol. Accident? But alcoholism is not a random behavior at all. It in itself refers to self-destructive actions. Death due to alcoholism is never truly accidental. nine0003
Amy: way up
I’m not the type to try to get my fifteen minutes of fame.
I’m just a musician and I’m trying to be honest.
Amy Winehouse
The Russian media noted with pleasure that Winehouse’s ancestors once came from Russia, more precisely, from the Russian Empire. True, they usually did not mention why so many Jews fled from it at the end of imperial history. The main thing is that the girl is almost ours! Amy’s parents, Mitchell and Janice, met in the music-filled seventies. They created a family full of music and carried music through the eras. nine0003
Father was a taxi driver, mother was a pharmacist. It didn’t stop them from singing Amy. The girl’s maternal uncles were professional jazz musicians, and their mother, grandmother Amy Cynthia, loved jazz so much that she had a serious affair with the legendary British saxophonist Ronnie Scott. Although, perhaps, the causal relationship was reversed: after so many years it was hard to say!
Amy loved her grandmother Cynthia.
As an adult, she got a tattoo with her name. She loved music too. Thinking about the task in class, she began to sing — the teachers could not cope with this habit of hers. At the age of ten, she assembled a rap group with her best friend. At the age of fourteen, she wrote her first songs of her own — and tried drugs for the first time. Maybe then she tightly connected one with the other in her brain? asked later. nine0003
Anyway, at fifteen she had already signed a contract and was singing from the stage. Jazz. Jazz. Jazz. Because it was he who was in her blood. An electric current flowed in it.
Further counting is even easier, because Amy was constantly under the spotlight. She was born in eighty-three — in two thousand and three she released her debut album, that is, at twenty. The album went platinum, taking off at the speed of sound. The world was talking about a new jazz star. But at twenty-three, Amy released a new album — and it was pop music. The third change of musical style in my life.
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No, jazz was there too, because jazz was in Amy herself. But the album itself wasn’t jazz. And went platinum again. It all looked like a dream, a fairy tale, like a movie. But very quickly, the fairy tale began to turn into a terrible one. Yes, she seems to have been scary from the very beginning. If only someone knew where this beginning was… Biographers continue to search and argue.
Amy: falling into the abyss
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In 2013, almost three years after the singer’s death, Mitchel Winehouse released Amy, My Daughter. His reasons for taking up writing were evident from every page. Journalists often set the date for Amy’s destruction to be the year of her parents’ divorce. Winehouse devoted half of the book to excuses. He divorced his wife, but remained a good father. He was a friend. He was a mentor.
Everything was fine with him!
In 2014, Loving Amy: A Mother’s Story was published by Janice Winehouse. They rushed to buy it, expecting to see the answer to their father there. Maybe she will bring him to clean water? But mother did dedicate the book to Amy. Almost only for her. She was not interested in a controversy with her ex-husband. Whitening your image — too. After this book, the public expected that Amy’s older brother, Alex, would also take up the pen. But he chose to create an exhibition dedicated to Amy’s life outside the stage. nine0003
Things have definitely been a little bit wrong with Amy since childhood. At school — constant remarks for restlessness, the inability to stop their constant movement. From the theater studio, where Amy came at twelve, two years later she was expelled — also for her behavior. But the world is full of such children, whether their parents are divorced or not, and almost none of them die at the age of twenty-seven, having poisoned themselves with a terrible amount of alcohol.
Almost all researchers and fans eventually came to the same point. nine0003
Amy began to break down when she hooked up with Blake Fielder-Sibyl, the man she married at twenty-four after several years of relationship.
They met in a pub. At first they drank together. Then he introduced her to crack and cocaine. They didn’t stop drinking. Amy also ate. She ate herself up to the capacity of the stomach — and stuffed two fingers into her mouth. She learned to control her figure like that from adolescence. Maybe she thought that in this way it was possible to control the flow of any other substances into the body? nine0003
Alcohol changes people. When a person starts drinking, stories of outbursts of anger, cruelty, and some ugly deeds begin. Alcohol exposes the beast inside a person — so it is believed. It is difficult to say what kind of animal was sitting inside Winehouse. She continually spent her gigantic fees on sponsoring charitable foundations.
She gave preference to those who save people from slavery or help children in trouble. However, the latter often overlaps with the former.
She also helped people separately: everyone who knew Amy personally, right down to employees, unanimously repeated that she was amazingly kind, exceptionally responsive… She was. nine0003
And yet, she began to be mentioned in the press every now and then in connection with scandals. That’s just — all these scandals were somehow connected with her husband. She canceled concerts in order to be treated in rehab with her husband. Dropped out of rehab (because of it or in spite of it?) Caught in a fight with her husband — apparently after an argument about Amy’s drug use again (or is it all the salt without it?) And all of this — almost immediately after the wedding.
Amy and Blake have not yet lost the status of newlyweds, and her father has already said that a tragic denouement is approaching.
However, before the wedding, he was just not worried about drugs in Amy’s life, so his concern could not be an expression of concern for her health at all. Blake’s mother said that her son and Amy were going to kill themselves. Together. nine0003
Blake’s family pleaded with fans to boycott Amy and her husband’s music until it forced them to end their treatment. It was said that the American studio intended to terminate the contract with Amy — but the representative of the studio denied all the rumors: the studio, they say, is ready to just wait until Winehouse sorts out his problems.
Winehouse appeared on the set of the paparazzi gray, extinct, drooping, powerless. finished. And her album won the Grammy, setting records: six nominations, five of them — awards. Such success seemed to say that everything was fine with Amy. News from the life of a star — scandals, fights, a strange demeanor during interviews — looked to many fans as a result of rather the notorious bohemian, freestyle lifestyle.
But Winehouse creates masterpieces, which means she’s fine! nine0003
She was not well. During her last tour, she took the stage in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, and in one hour and eleven minutes of her stay there, she could not give out a single song. She couldn’t even start singing properly. She was too drunk. Looking into the hall full of Serbs, she first uttered a greeting … to Greek Athens. Realizing that she had confused the cities, she corrected herself by saying hello … to New York. In the end, she had to leave, stumbling, confused, ashamed, to the whistling of the audience. This was three months before her death. nine0003
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Amy: The unstoppable movement
“I’m not religious. Although I know that faith gives people strength. But I believe in fate and I believe that everything happens for a reason, but for some reason. However, higher powers are not necessary for this.
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Blake, without a doubt, contributed to the destruction of Amy, hooking her on several addictions at once. “I often brought home nothing but drugs, Amy brought the money,” he later said candidly. Thousands (many thousands!) of Amy’s fans hate him. Sometimes they write: but without him, Amy would not have created all these hits dedicated to him. However, Amy wrote songs before Blake, about others. I would have written without him. There are many men around, especially those capable of injuring. nine0003
In any case, the end point in Amy’s life seems to be, oddly enough, non-adherence to substances hazardous to health. And, most likely, she took too much alcohol unknowingly.
Alex Winehouse, Amy’s brother, was one of the first to give a different cause of death for the singer. Bulimia. An eating disorder based on fear, even horror, of someone else’s judgment of your body. Before everything that commentators on social networks so often write under photographs of famous women — before what a man so often says to his woman, wanting to hurt her.
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Three years before her death, Amy was diagnosed with emphysema. It is believed that it developed due to the fact that the singer made herself vomit too often. Bulimia is not at all safe, although at first it seems so to many girls. The mucosa in the nose, in the throat are constantly burned by stomach acid, the more vigorous, the more hastily the stomach tries to grab at least part of the nutrients from the food thrown into it for a while. Small vessels burst in the throat and esophagus. The lungs also suffer.
Had it not been for the exhaustion of bulimia and the emphysema also caused by bulimia, the heart of Winehouse, an initially strong twenty-seven-year-old woman, would most likely have withstood the dose of alcohol that she took: three bottles of vodka. nine0003
Amy was also distinguished by one quality: she did not leave her people. She divorced Blake, who changed her life so much, and began dating a nice guy.
And shortly before her death, she began to prepare documents for the adoption of a ten-year-old girl, with whom she had been talking for more than a year. She would not have left her just like that, having already received hope for a home.
Amy wasn’t going to kill herself with vodka. Most likely no.
Many people around helped Winehouse, supporting her emotionally and trying to advise her to get treatment for addictions. And no one thought that she needed treatment for bulimia. From an obsessive desire to stay thin. Because that’s what all girls want, right? Well, simply because others want it from them. So, with the desire to be thin — everything is in order? As a result, figuratively speaking, Amy’s heart could not withstand the usual pressure on a woman. nine0003
Winehouse was buried in the Jewish cemetery after cremation, right next to his beloved grandmother. The family did not let Blake go to the funeral. After the funeral, life went on as usual.
So much so that Amy kept making money for everyone but herself. Just as generous as in life.
Her posthumous album was released — and sold out in excellent circulation. Books about her were published and sold in excellent circulation. A documentary film about her has been released — and it does not stop watching, million after million viewers. He brought his creator an Oscar. Or Amy brought it. Blake was telling the truth: Amy always made good money. nine0099
She always brought people a lot. And continues to bring. And, perhaps, it is still not money.
Life is Strange Mysteries — Unanswered Questions — DTF Games
The first episode of Life is Strange, created by the French developer DONTNOD, was released on January 30, 2015 and immediately became an event for all lovers of story adventures. At first glance, similar to the games of the Telltale studio, Life is Strange managed to attract a large audience with its bright plot, unusual gameplay and characters who wanted to believe and empathize.
Stranger Things was created during difficult times for the studio — publisher Square Enix’s budget support was very limited, DONTNOD was in danger of bankruptcy after the warmly received by critics and players, but poorly sold Remember Me. nine0003
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Life is Strange has won millions of fans around the world, and today it can already be called a cult. However, despite the successful prequel to Before the Storm, created by the Americans from Deck Nine, much remains unsolved in the history and plot of the game. And even now, five years and one unsuccessful sequel later, we are still waiting for answers to numerous questions, some of which are asked in this article.
Where does Max’s super strength come from? nine0003
The ability to rewind time that hit the head of the main character, high school girl Max Caulfield is the main mechanic of Life is Strange, it is around this amazing supernatural power that both the plot and the gameplay of the game are built.
But even after going through all five episodes of LiS, we will never know anything about the source of this ability. How did Max, a fairly ordinary eighteen-year-old girl, who some would even call unremarkable, deserve the opportunity not only to see the consequences of her actions, but also to correct them? Where did this blessing or curse come from? nine0003
The writers of DONTNOD do not give direct answers or hints to these questions, we have only vague arguments about the continuity of the flow of time, about non-interference in the universe and about the certainty of fate. We are pushed towards the famous final choice, tragic and heartbreaking, but given no explanation.
What’s the matter? What did the tattooed girl Chloe Price or the provincial Oregon town of Arcadia Bay do wrong before the world, so that the shy Max Caulfield decides their fate, correcting and violating the very fabric of reality by trial and error? She wasn’t bitten by a radioactive spider, her parents weren’t involved in a secret government experiment, even the Templars hadn’t hunted the Caulfields since the Dark Ages.
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Max Caulfield and her gift.
Rachel, Chloe or both?
It is commonly believed that Rachel was responsible for the forest fire. If you look closely at this scene and listen to the comments of your friends, it becomes clear that this fire is as mysterious a phenomenon as the tornado that hit Arcadia three years later.
We see Rachel kick over a litter bin and scream. This small fire could have been trampled down if it were not for a remote influence of an unidentified nature. A sudden wave of air or a gust of wind drove the fire across the grass towards a dry tree. Assuming that this is a fatal accident, we must recall a similar moment in the living room of the Amber house, when, at dinner, the flames on the candles suddenly flicker in sync. In both cases, each of the friends could cause these air movements. In addition, it is possible that we were shown a certain resonance, in which the result is achieved by joint unconscious «movements of souls.
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Rachel clearly did not expect the fire to break out and does not consider her actions to be the sole cause. The next day, she says that Wells, the headmaster, luckily doesn’t know «what we really got to yesterday.» Chloe is surprised by the «we» in reference to the fire, and Rachel jokingly suggests that she was inspired by her new friend. Whether there was a «cascade resonance» here or not, but the developers deliberately reinforced this version with the symbolism of the performance «The Tempest».
Rachel plays the role of Prospero on stage, who ordered the creation of a storm in Shakespeare’s play. The executor of his order is Ariel, the lord of the air, and Chloe acted as this spirit at the request of Rachel. Given all these hints, Chloe’s words when looking at the tornado threatening Arcadia are filled with special meaning: «Maybe this is her revenge … our revenge.» «This could be Rachel’s revenge… Our revenge…»
What will dry Rachel Amber’s tears?
Who faked Frank’s handwriting?
Crimson paint or blood was added to the autographs of Chloe, Rachel and Max on the wall of the «garbage house».
The one who did this feels hatred for the heroines, promises them an imminent death and knows about the body, sprinkled in a pit in a landfill with a small layer of earth.
The version that the «bloody inscription» was made by a maniac raises serious doubts for two reasons. Firstly, he had already prepared a trap for Max and Chloe, and such a surprise could frighten them off, force them to finally contact the police, or at least alarm them to the limit and mobilize them for a fight. Secondly, almost all the purple letters are written in Frank’s handwriting. nine0003
Hundreds of handwritten texts by dozens of characters can be found throughout the series. At the same time, DONTNOD and Deck Nine did not make a single identification mistake. In other words, each handwriting belongs to one particular character. Frank himself has no particular reason to hate Max and Chloe; he either didn’t know about the body in the dump, or he faked ignorance in the most plausible way. Most likely, Frank’s handwriting was forged by someone who had access to his autographs.
It is difficult to suspect Jefferson or Nathan, who could find Frank’s work in the academy archive (he studied at Blackwell many years ago). But for both of them, there is no point in such an action. Jefferson planned to put the blame on his student, which eliminates the desire to frame Frank. Nathan is too arrogant to disguise himself, and he does not hide his threats against Max at all. Rather, you can believe that the district attorney signed on the wall in someone else’s handwriting, because he definitely had a file on Frank with samples of his manuscripts. nine0003
One of the creepiest moments ever experienced by players in Life is Strange.
What do the Prescotts know?
The Prescott family are the “pillars of society” of Arcadia Bay. Max and I mostly interact with Nathan Prescott, the main character’s classmate, the spoiled and cocky, typical son of wealthy parents, but his father, Sean Prescott, is present by an invisible force everywhere.
He is the city’s top employer, Blackwell Academy’s biggest sponsor (which gives Nathan the opportunity to claim special treatment), and the investor in the Pan Estates real estate project everyone is talking about. Arcadia Bay seems to belong to the Prescotts. nine0003
Again it seems that we are not being told something. If Max, when visiting Nathan’s dorm room, opens his computer, he will read Sean Prescott’s letter to his son, which refers to the fulfillment of a certain destiny. What is it? Certainly not in the behavior typical of a major and drug addiction to “expand consciousness”. And if you delve into the unused files of the game, then from the recorded lines of dialogue you can make an amazing discovery — the Prescotts knew something about the approach of a devastating storm to Arcadia Bay. After the fight with Warren, Nathan yells «I saw it… *laugh* I saw it, the storm. Everybody’s waiting for the storm. […] *shouting* The storm is coming! Oh, you’re all gonna die! I see you, I see all of you, and you’re all gonna die!» (“I saw her… *laughs* I saw the storm.
Everyone is waiting for the storm… *screams* the storm is coming! Oh, you are all going to die! I see you, all of you, and you are all going to die!”) Also, in the trailer for the fourth episode, we we hear Nathan’s voice repeating the words «the storm is coming», but in the game itself this storyline was not used or was discarded. nine0003
How is this family connected to the mystical secret of the seaside town?
Nathan thought he was allowed to do anything.
Chloe creates her own reality?
In Chloe’s room in 2010, you can find a photo of Blackwell Academy class. Zooming in on this picture, the player will not see anything unusual: Chloe and her school friends are easily guessed in the stylized picture. If you study it without zooming in, you will discover an amazing fact: this photo cannot exist in any of the reality variants known from the games in the series. nine0003
Classmates Max, Chloe, Rachel and even Kate Marsh, who entered the academy only three years later, are all present at the same time.
It is unlikely that the developers bothered to create two textures for one game item just to include another «Easter egg» in their world. In the third episode of Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Chloe confirms that sometimes she can make her wish come true, and her dream or dream condenses before our eyes to the state of «not quite a dream.»
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What did Frank swear to?
Frank Bowers is a supporting character, but plays a prominent role in Life is Strange, and the further we progress in the story, the more we learn about the drug dealer Arcadia Bay. He turns out to be the lover of the “MacGuffin” of the game, Rachel Amber, who disappeared without a trace, moreover, they made a “blood oath” among themselves! What was this oath, the secret of which only Nathan Prescott somehow found out, in which the dregs of society living in a motor home and everyone’s favorite, an exemplary student and the daughter of the district attorney agreed? nine0003
Also, why did Rachel hide this relationship from everyone — from Chloe, from her parents, from Mark Jefferson? Perhaps she was afraid of their jealousy or the destruction of her ideal image? There is no doubt that Miss Amber remained the main character in this relationship.
And as soon as he used violence against her in an alcoholic intoxication, she immediately broke up with him. In any case, Rachel’s disappearance was a big blow for Frank, and if in the fifth chapter Max tells him about her death, then he howls in despair, mourning for «his lioness». nine0003
Frank Bowers also has something to hide.
Who are you, William Price?
Chloe’s father is one of the most important characters in this story, yet we know surprisingly little about him. The «perfect dad» was unusually quickly forgotten by Joyce, and only his beloved daughter keeps a good memory of him. We do not know about the profession or occupation of William Price. In the episode «The Farewell», there is evidence that he was somehow related to the hippies, went to college and saved money for the university for Chloe. At the same time, the daughter vaguely guesses that William is keeping some secret. nine0003
In one of Chloe’s nightmares, the father’s face is suddenly clearly divided into «living» and «dead» halves, in another, William avoids answering the question «did you hide anything for the good of your daughter.
» In addition, the death of William somehow affects the construction of Pan Estates — a mysterious complex that means a lot to the Prescotts. In the alternate timeline, with William alive, Pan Estates is already operating, while in the main reality, the opening date of the complex is pushed back into the future. It is difficult to explain such changes by the same «butterfly effect», and the key to the puzzle may be contained in William’s personality. nine0003
After losing her father, Chloe will never be the same again.
What are you dreaming about, Chloe Price?
One of the brightest elements of the prequel to the first season (Before the Storm) was the dreams or visions of the main character, Chloe, in which she had conversations with her tragically deceased father, William Price. The jewelery direction and powerful images immediately fell in love with the players. DONTNOD tried to do something similar in the fifth episode of Life is Strange 2, but in terms of emotionality and brightness, Sean’s conversation with Esteban loses much to the dialogues of Chloe and William.
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So what were those dreams? Is that Chloe’s subconscious whispering something in her ear? After all, the death of her father was a real shock for the girl, she is a real “daddy’s daughter”, and having lost him, she cannot come to terms with herself. Or maybe it is, again, a mystical force hovering over Arcadia Bay, thus speaking to Chloe Price? Fire, the main element of Before the Storm, plays an important role in these visions.
The element of Before the Storm is fire.
Did Jefferson answer for his crimes?
Mark Jefferson, the charismatic teacher of photography at Blackwell Academy, became the main antagonist of the series, but we learn about his dark deeds only at the very end of the fourth episode. Jefferson is a nationally known photographer, a living classic whose photo albums are published and recommended to students as a model of professionalism. At the beginning of the game, everyone, including Max, is in love with a smart and great-looking teacher.
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In various scenes of the game, we are actively hinted that Mark Jefferson is “unclean”, but only after a while we finally find out that, for the sake of his perverted ideas about art, he drugs young girls in order to photograph them in a helpless state. In the underground darkroom bunker found by Max Caulfield and Chloe Price, there are dozens of folders with photographs of such victims on the shelves.
But how many were there, these unfortunate girls? How many of them have lost their lives? And finally, what punishment did the teacher of photography suffer for his atrocities? In one of the game’s endings, we see him in handcuffs, and that’s it. In one version of the fifth episode of Life is Strange 2, you can find out about the fate of Nathan Prescott, for whose freedom highly paid lawyers are fighting, and about Mark Jefferson — only Victoria Chase’s memories of a nightmare — in a letter to David Madsen. Moreover, on a shelf in the house of Chris Eriksen, the protagonist of the teaser game The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, there is a photo album authored by .
.. yes, exactly the maniac from Blackwell Academy! It is strange that after the publication of his crimes, someone keeps something related to the infamous psychopath on their shelf. nine0003
The manifestation of evil.
Why are Chloe and Rachel staying in Arcadia Bay?
Max Caulfield, the main character of Life is Strange, never got to meet Rachel Amber, she recognizes the missing girl only through Chloe Price’s performances and memories. Together with Max, we find out that during all three years of their acquaintance, Chloe and Rachel plan to escape from the hateful provincial town. Chloe — to escape from a place where every building, every turn of the highway reminds her of the untimely deceased William, Rachel — to take revenge on her father, who ruined her life with his lies. nine0003
Three long years. Everything was ready — and Chloe’s old pickup truck, and borrowed money to get through the first time. It would seem that the path is open, all the roads are in front of them, the expanses of the United States are at their service.
But the girlfriends still find themselves tied to a provincial coastal town with the poetic name of Arcadia Bay. The first time they were hindered by the family tragedy of the Ambers, when Rachel learned the secret of her birth. Moreover, in the confusion caused by the confession of James Amber, she is stabbed. But these events only strengthened her desire to leave Arcadia Bay. What, again and again, prevented the two girls from leaving in English, without saying goodbye, breaking all ties and setting off to discover the world? Is it really the same inexorable Fate, spreading its wings over the city? nine0003
Chloe and Rachel never managed to leave this road shield behind their backs.
Why doesn’t Warren need proof?
Warren Graham is shown from the beginning of the game as a «science geek», a precocious and curious 16-year-old. This «white knight» is always ready to help and protect Max. However, there are a number of disturbing details associated with him, which may mean that Warren is not quite what he seems.:strip_icc()/pic2741259.jpg)
Warren’s behavior in the last days before the denouement only increases doubts about his sincerity. After drinking a beer during an «End of the World» party (or faking drunkenness), Warren suddenly develops an interest in photography. He insistently demands that Max take a photo here and now. It will soon become clear that this «random» photo is a key element on the way to the final game. nine0003
Max is forced to ask him for this picture, explaining her actions and intentions. Hearing the amazing news, Warren seems to forget about his image of a «geek», fully supports the version of Max’s guilt and says «of course I believe you.» This reaction should be compared with Chloe’s attitude to Max’s information about her ability. Chloe immediately demands proof and immediately receives it, although her interest in science and the paranormal is incomparably lower than that of the «white knight».
Warren follows Max, hunts Max in a nightmare and, as we know from the prequel, has long been friends with Elliot.
Much indicates that Warren knows more about the events in Arcadia than Max and Chloe. nine0003
Warren Graham is not what he seems?
Max or Supermax?
The last words of the episode «Farewell» belong to Max. Her «goodbye» is not only dissonant with the title of the episode, but also with the further development of events in this whole story.
Max gives Chloe a hope that players know will not come true in the next five years. At the same time, Max’s voice, reproduced by an old tape recorder, bears little resemblance to the voice of a 13-year-old girl. It seems that this recording was created by Max from the future, returning for a short time in 2008. nine0003
The purpose of the alleged «jump into the past» is hinted at by the second ending of the episode. It differs from the events of that day, shown in the first game of the series, primarily in the mood of Chloe. Unaware of the Caulfields’ imminent departure, Chloe told her father that Max would never leave her, and then comforted her crying friend as if nothing much was going to happen.
However, with another choice, Chloe admits that breaking up with Max is no longer a surprise for the Prices. In this new reality (supplemented or changed compared to the first game in the series), everything appears in a different light, and the butterfly on the fireplace, the last photo of Bill Price and the «wrong» clock, taken by many players for «Easter eggs», turn into traces of interference from the future. nine0003
Max wanted this moment to last forever.
Why was David the only one who wanted to know the truth about Rachel?
Unlike the main timeline, where Rachel’s parents are «in denial», in an alternate reality, not only the local law enforcement forces, but also the FBI are involved in the search for the prosecutor’s daughter. The surprising inactivity of society leads Chloe to distribute leaflets alone and sharply express contempt for the authorities. In her eyes, they are absolutely not trustworthy, so you can only rely on your own strength and the help of your old friend Max.
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The situation looks absurd even to Jefferson. From him, the player can hear that the only person who wants to know the truth about Rachel’s case is David Madsen. What’s more, the police didn’t even really interrogate Rachel’s friends. The detectives did not know or did not want to know about Rachel and Frank’s connection, which needed to be clarified after a detailed conversation with Nathan. Chloe’s testimony was supposed to lead the police or the FBI to the junkyard house where the most important evidence was kept.
Nothing like this happens in the game. The astounding indifference of parents, city, county, state, and federal authorities can only be explained by one thing. In the core reality, Rachel wasn’t being looked for just because they didn’t want to be. nine0003
In the second season, David has changed a lot.
Where does Pompidou go?
The puppy, which received a funny nickname Pompidou, was presented to Frank Bowers by his friend Damon.
Frank lives in a «motorhome» (caravan) and keeps his dog there. At one point, Chloe sees fresh blood stains on the wall of this car, knocks and calls for Frank, but does not hear an answer from either him or Pompidou. Frank is silent because he was severely injured and passed out when he reached his home. But what prevents a cheerful, sociable puppy from answering a familiar voice? nine0003
And that’s not the only question about Frank’s dog. Three years later, he may become furious when Max calls the name of this dog. Forgetting that he himself introduced Chloe to his pet, Frank assures that her friends cannot know the name of his dog. The long drive with Chloe, the errand to steal money from the dorm, Damon’s intrusion — all of that mysteriously vanished from Frank’s memory. He also forgot that Rachel was obviously familiar with Pompidou, who at any moment could share this «secret» with Chloe. It is possible that Pompidou in Life is Strange plays the role of «Schrödinger’s dog», reminiscent of his flickering of the fine line between real options.
