Sam Barlows Telling Lies is still great on console, but it can be hard to watch in 2020

On my TV screen, Logan Marshall-Green is listening intently. I know of Marshall-Green, the actor, but I have no idea who Marshall-Green, this unnamed character, is just yet. He shifts in his seat and chimes in occasionally with comments to a conversation I’m not fully part of. This continues until the clip ends. He mentioned a name I’ve never heard. I type it into a database and wait to see what results come back.

Telling Lies, Sam Barlow’s spiritual successor to Her Story, launched last year on PC and mobile devices, and this week, it’s finally available on consoles. It’s a story told through clips of characters played by Alexandra Shipp, Angela Sarafyan, Kerry Bishé, and Marshall-Green, each video a snippet of one side of a...

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