Hot on the heels of last week’s episode on Telling Lies, we’re covering another FMV game. This week it’s Erica, a surprise release from British developer Flavourworks and published as a PS4 exclusive by Sony Entertainment. It was both announced and released in a surprise presentation at Gamescom this year. Erica uses beautifully shot full motion video and Telltale-style interactions to tell a story of a young woman haunted (and hunted) by her father’s murderer. It’s not as successful or innovative as Telling Lies but it makes for an interesting contrast, and a good discussion of what makes an FMV game work.

Erica is available only on PSN for PS4. It costs $10, and you can expect it to take about 2-3 hours for a play through. Multiple play throughs are encouraged to see the complete story.

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Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane

• (00:00) - Erica