HBO’s The Last of Us stands bloody and gulping for air over a field filled with so many dead and mediocre video game adaptations for film and television. The new series places a high degree of confidence in its source material so fans of the award-winning PlayStation 3 original title, the even more masterful 2020 …
Read my review of the original The Last of Us. It’s like a time capsule. That was so long ago now (2013), that my writing quality, grammar, and structure have greatly improved since then. I’m seeing lots of criticism regarding the woke/SJW/LGBTQ/whatever aspects of the game, so I want to nip that in the bud …
The Last of Us was a watershed moment in video game history. Gaming had become more cinematic for a long time, but nothing quite at the true level of a substantial dramatic and emotional film had been achieved in video games. Like what Breaking Bad did to raise the bar for television, The Last of …
I spent an absurd amount of time messing around in the Halloween store. It’s moments like this in video games that I find the most delightful. Here’s a glimpse…
As a huge fan of both the original Manhunt and the recent Last of Us, I can’t help but notice the strong similarities between the two games. No, I’m not making this snap judgment based on the simple fact that they’re both difficult, stealth games with violent, horror aspects, it’s much deeper than that. Whether …
For a long while now, the line between cinema and video games has been blurred. I can tell you, after just finishing The Last of Us, the line no longer exists. I’m a fairly avid video gamer and video game stories have been getting better and better, but this is the first time a video …
