I’ve been binging on, believe it or not, a “let’s play” pc game by a youtuber I like who goes by “Welonz”. She specializes in narrative/storyline games, and finds amazing gems I never would have wanted to play myself, and stays largely out of the way of the storytelling.
This game-stream I’m recommending - for those drawn to watch something different yet compelling - is called “Slay the Princess”.
It’s an animated storyline-style game, where every decision drives and changes the story, so it views like a story. I had no idea there was this quality of story-telling happening in indy pc-games.
I found it fascinating, and disturbing, and haunting, and tear-jerking, and it will live in my memory forever.
If I was a series producer, I’d get an option and a team to work on this asap. Fuck “Stranger Things”. This blows that away.
If you’re interested, here’s the first “episode”: