As per usual I am doing my post for the anniversary release of this year’s episodes where I will be playing the entire episode tonight and have been only playing each episode on it’s respective release date this year for the 10th anniversary celebration. Man,.. it felt forever from ep. 3 to 4,… but 4 to 5 will be the longest 😭
Though it was almost 2 and a half months this last episode

I did some cool LIS stuff over the past few weeks. I decided to embark on an adventure and repaint my Polaroid Job 600 to look like Max’s. I’ll be doing a detailed separate post on how I did it but, I definitely learned some things. It didn’t turn out perfect, but I love it. And I hope y’all do too.

I also decided to ditch my iPhone and switch to a flip phone. Partly because I wanted Chloe’s flip phone from BTS, but also because I just wanted less technology in my life. Especially social media. It started out as trying to get a 2010 Motorola Razr V3xx flip to work since that’s what Chloe’s from BTS is based off, and I did find a working legit one off eBay,…. but even after even getting it unlocked from AT&T which I didn’t think I was going to be able to do for a basically 15yr old phone, I found out that no one sells 3g service for it anymore. So I can flip *ha pun intended* through the menus, but I can’t actually use it as a phone unfortunately. So I found the most “flip phoney” modern flip phone I could as a suitable replacement. Ended up going with the Nokia 2780 flip. BestBuy was selling a Chloe blue one unlocked. And I ended up going with service from US Mobile because you can actually pick where you want the area code from by typing in a zip code and then you can also pick your number too from a list of generated numbers. So,… I got an Arcadia Bay area code! *garibaldi* I did my research and if Chloe had a phone number it would have been a (503) area code. So I now technically have an Arcadia Bay phone number. Which is so cool. And I only have to pay for $10 a month for unlimited text and call. So I’m very happy with that. I am a little disappointed with the customization of it, you can really only give it a caller incoming custom ringtone and a custom open face wallpaper. Was really hoping I could have a custom wallpaper for it on the screen that’s up when the phone is closed too,… but for the open one I went with an artistic Pacific Northwest pine tree mountains kinda vibe. And being the geek I am,…. I went into LIS BTS and got a clean sound clip of the SFX that plays when Chloe get’s a text and made it my phone ringtone 😭😭
*please someone vibe with me on this level of geekiness*

Also… funny thing at work. My job is packing up grocery orders for people to pick up, and this past week there were two orders placed within 30mins of each other where one person was named Chloe and one person Rachel. XD 😭. It was too perfect to not place them next to each other and take a photo. And as cruel irony as it is,… the Rachel person came first and left the Chloe one to sit by itself on the rack for the rest of the day 😭😭

Aside from that, here are my thoughts on Ep. 4

This might be the best episode of the series tied with Ep.3 and BTS Farewell episode. The starting walk on the parallel timeline beach during golden hour with a crippled Chloe that you and Max feel you made her that way, Max's apology to Chloe on the beach for not being there for her in kinda a double way meaning for the her in front of her in this new reality, but also for the her that she left as a kid as well, though both still apply to the alt.
Chloe. Then walking through a nice home that William takes care of, showing what could have been. It's all clean and organized, and furnished. The house is painted blue, they went to Paris. Seeing what could have been if William lived and how he holds the family together and loves Chloe. How he's literally self sabotaging himself financially to keep Chloe healthy. How he literally just built a room for her in the garage. And how you finally get to just talk to him for a minute in the morning. But before that, getting to sleep on your best friend's lap as you both doze away watching a late night movie. Then the hardest decision..... maybe even harder than the final decision in the game.
Choosing whether it's right to grant Chloe's request and overdose your friend, meaning William will walk in on his daughter dead after you leave, or not and let her die a slow painful death from her injuries and have William and Joyce have to go through that. A true double edged choice. Then finally seeing Your Chloe again as you return to the main timeline and put on your Sherlock hat and try to figure out where this Dark Room is. So fun.
Gathering information from different people and places, then trying to piece it all together on a cork board with Chloe on the laptop behind you. Finding this old barn out in the middle of nowhere. Then finding that bunker underneath.. it was that moment for me my first time playing where I had a real
"what?... is this? Woah, the game just totally changed. This feels out of place, what is something like this doing here?" moment. You find those pictures of Rachel and finally find out what happened to her.
Then,... the Vortex Club Party. You know bad stuff happens at these parties. Rachel missing, Kate getting taken somewhere,.. But you need to find out what happens. You walk around this crazy Highschool party,.. *just really brings me back to my After Prom I went to* talk to some people, try and convince Victoria that you're not her enemy and are trying to help her. You get a text from Nathan you believe, you go to the Junkyard to confront him. And then the person you would have never expected....
Mark fkn Jefferson. Drugs you and...........
shoots
HER

I can only imagine the last thought she had was of being worried if Max was ok... breaks my heart. AND HE SHOOT HER IN THE FOREHEAD. Bro,... I can't tell you how uproared I was first time playing that.. it's a crazy episode.. some might say,.. strange. Buts that's life eh?
*that was cheesy as crap, but idc
XD*

Last two photos I added just because I felt like it. I actually live in Oregon, and get beautiful skies here around sunset

I’ll be playing all night, so feel free to drop a comment, I’ll be keeping my phone by me and check so I can talk with ya’ll. Happy LIS Ep. 4 10th anniversary 💙🦋

[NO SPOILERS] Happy 10th Anniversary LIS Ep.4