Tell Me Why features the twins Tyler and Alyson.

Tell Me Why review — A parable for diverse perspectives

Tell Me Why is the next narrative adventure game from Life Is Strange 2 developer Dontnod Entertainment, and it tells the story of two twins — one of whom is a transgender character — and the childhood tragedy that they must unravel. Through this narrative, the developers succeed in making the point that diverse perspectives matter even when your memories can lie to you.

This is a storyteller’s game for players who love to make momentous choices while stepping into the shoes of characters that they come to know intimately. This modern-day story dwells on whether or not the twins should dig into their uncomfortable past and hazy memories to arrive at the truth of a traumatic event that separated them for a decade.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.