According to a Metacritic poll released at the beginning of 2020, The Last of Us was voted to be the game of the decade.2 Although this vote does not speak for the games industry or gamers as a whole, it was still considered to be a very significant achievement

Big triple-A games look the same, let’s be honest. When I’m watching previews it often feels like one game being duplicated over and over and over again. They feature a hero, often male, dressed in some sort of military garb, drab environments, and dull colors to reflect the

“Here. You kept complaining about your broken watch, so I figured, you know. Do you like it?” This line of dialogue is among the first moments of The Last of Us. Sarah, Joel’s daughter, buys him a watch after his broke some time ago and he hadn’t yet

The Last of Us does not have a clear villain. In video games, villains translate to being the final boss who functions as a means for the player to witness the game’s climax and test their skills with the game. The lack of a final boss in The Last