The Explanation For Max's Trauma In Life Is Strange: Double Exposure Is Just... 😵‍💫 | Ep 101 Side A

It's the first episode back for StrangeCast after Player 1 vs The World's flagship Life Is Strange fan podcast celebrated its 100th episode milestone! Of course, that means The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt are here to talk ALL of the very latest news and discussions around Don't Nod Entertainment, Deck Nine, Square Enix’s Life Is Strange franchise and Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage!

'Side A' of episode 101 of StrangeCast is out today on our YouTube channel and all RSS feeds for podcasts. Stay tuned for Thursday (29th May) for 'Side B' of this StrangeCast podcast episode, which includes even more talk around the Life Is Strange series and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- The pre-StrangeCast podcast chat between The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt

02:23 -- PSA (a final reminder): why all of Player 1 vs The World’s podcasts have adopted the ‘Side A’ and ‘Side B’ format for every episode going forward

03:25 -- Jonathan Stauder and Aysha Farah, both formerly of Deck Nine, reacted to Life Is Strange: Double Exposure’s award win at The Webby Awards 2025

14:32 -- Life Is Strange: Double Exposure writer Aysha Farah on her interpretation of Max Caulfield’s ‘trauma’ in Deck Nine’s polarising 2024 title

34:11 -- French union STJV speaks out on the ‘results’ of its battle with Life Is Strange 1 & 2 developer and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage publisher Don’t Nod over the proposed ‘PSE’ (redundancy plan) implementation

45:13 -- Don’t Nod’s Life Is Strange Episode 3: Chaos Theory has now turned 10 years old this month; what does Adam think about nicefield’s take on Episode 3: Chaos Theory?

48:31 -- Miscellaneous news: Studio Tolima’s Koira is now on sale for PC users on Steam

49:08 -- Miscellaneous news: Tiny Bull Studios’ The Lonesome Guild, which is published by Don’t Nod Entertainment, is teased for the showcase at the AG French Direct 2025

49:37 -- Outro

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