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Life Is Strange's gameplay hook is again about rewinding events—but here it's in "real" time, as Max can undo events around her to make a better (immediate) future. Like getting a schoolmate to dodge an incoming football, or tamper with a tin of paint to ensure the Queen Bitch of her academy has her cashmere cardigan ruined. Using this ability allows Max to avoid death beneath that lighthouse, late on in the episode. Which brings us back to where we came in.Campbell's piece has, understandably, struck a nerve with Moris. "I think that men can write great female characters," he tells me, with categorical assurance. I don't disagree: think of the great female characters that authors from Shakespeare to Stieg Larsson have created. "So, I totally disagree with You Know What. We went through a very rigorous creative process, and we are not making the fact that we have lead female characters our main selling point. We have, however, always been really open to having female leads, and once we made that decision, we stuck to it.I'm not shying away from the fact that there is a problem with our industry, but the truth is that sexism is a problem in society as a whole. There is sexism in games, just as there is everywhere else.
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