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Warning: Spoilers ahead!
If you are a gaymer, chances are you’ve either already heard of this action-adventure game called The Last of Us or you’ve already played it.
This post-apocalyptic survival game was developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2013 initially for PlayStation 3. A decade later, the game—which has had several iterations already plus a second part released for PlayStation 4 (released in June 2020) and a remake version of the first game for PlayStation 5 (released in September 2022)—has developed an occult following.
I think that it’s understandable, given the fact that The Last of Us is not just your typical zombie game. As a player, you have to be great at stealth. But that’s not all, the game is story-driven, and you’re not just fighting the zombies alone, you have to fight other people as well for resources: food, weapons, and medicine.
It’s no surprise, therefore, that HBO created a television adaptation of the game. The show remained faithful to the game in that its story follows the journey of Joel Miller (played by Pedro Pascal), one of the main protagonists. Joel is one of the survivors of the plague that devastated mankind. Twenty years into the pandemic, Joel is now a hardened man. He’s lost everything and practically everyone except for his brother and is literally living on the edge.
Like in the game, Joel has to smuggle Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey)—a 14-year-old girl—out of the quarantine zones (QZs) and bring her to the base of the Fireflies. To say that the task is hard is an understatement seeing as the pandemic is not over yet, the infected are everywhere, as did the FEDRA soldiers who check people whether they are infected or not.
FEDRA is short for the Federal Disaster Response Agency. Originally a military arm of the government, FEDRA replaced the United States government following the outbreak of the Cordyceps fungus. They declared martial law and having developed the Mycotoxin Containment Protocols, FEDRA ensures that people observe their guidelines.
I don’t want to go into much detail, because I think that you should watch the series yourself, even if you’re not a gaymer. Be warned though, if you are a crybaby like me you’ll probably end up crying every episode just as I have done so far but for me, it’s all worth the grief because both the show and the video games are amazing. There were some differences in that of course, the series is more detailed story-wise as they really took the time to explain the origins of the pandemic: what caused the outbreak and how it spreads.
So far, there have been three episodes out and the last one featured the story of the gay couple Bill and Frank. And here lies another key difference. In the video game, their story was not highlighted but in the third episode of the TV series, their backstory was told to the viewers.
I love that they took the time to do this because it showed that even if it’s practically already the end of the world, love will still be there. Love will remain inside of us in spite of everything.
The Last of Us also stars Gabriel Luna as Tommy Miller, Joel’s brother; Merle Dandridge as Marlene; Jeffrey Pierce as Perry; Nick Offerman as Bill; Murray Bartlett as Frank; Nico Parker as Sarah Miller, Joel’s daughter; to name a few.
Having said all that, you can watch The Last of Us on HBO Max. If you wish to know more about the series, click here.
Zombies, zombies, zombies. Vampires, vampires, vampires. More undead cliches. Werewolf shows, blah blah blah. All mediocre and formula, like American police procedurals, produced ad nauseum. Americans should stop watching sh*t and start reading books. Yeah, history and science, you uneducated dopes. Righties gutted education for a reason, they don’t want smart voters. Turn off the boob tube!
More and more of The Democrap voting base!
The Misfits; The Miscreates, The Marginals, The Invisibles, The Incidentals, The Peons, The Pariahs, The Philistines, The Barbarians, The Misérables, The Peripherals, The Outsiders, The
Disadvantaged, The Impecunious, The Rejects, The Retards, The Diseased,
and,
finally…
The Dead!
Additionally…
The Mother-Fuckers, The Assholes, The Cock-Suckers, The Pussy-Lickers, The Piss-
Drinkers, The Shit-Eaters, The Cum-Lappers, The Scum-Bags, The Back-Stabbers, The
Religious-Pricks, The Deconstructionists, The Believers, The Non-Believers, The
Righteous, The Liberals, The Conservatists, The Creationists, The Realists, and, most-
of all…
The Anti-Christs!
Additionally…
The Mother-Fuckers, The Assholes, The Cock-Suckers, The Pussy-Lickers, The Piss-
Drinkers, The Shit-Eaters, The Cum-Lappers, The Scum-Bags, The Back-Stabbers, The
Religious-Pricks, The Deconstructionists, The Believers, The Non-Believers, The
Righteous, The Liberals, The Conservatists, The Creationists, The Realists, and, most-
of all…
The Anti-Christs!
!!! Oh, it’s not just me then, much in agreement, man!
But that’s why they didn’t want African Americans to read and that’s why American-Black history here in the south is being attacked.
I’m a PBS viewer, myself, tiered of cop shows, sick of “shoot-’em-ups” (gun violence) just clutter for the mind/brain.
In America, people across the board are virtually getting dumber, deliberately.
To some extend, I tend to agree with you!
However, ultimately, remaining dumb tends to be a personal choice
one
unfortunately.
embraced by the majority of Americans who are too lazy or too contended
to
ask questions and to challenge; hence, apathy abounds and you have
unilateral
indifference and blind compliance!
Both
the bain to Democracy!
To some extent, I tend to agree with you!
Zombies, BOOM, there it is. However, “Democracy” is not obsolete and never will be. . . so, in that sense I actually, disagree with you.
I really think, the whole zombie craze, the mindlessness is more a statement; art, really reflects the truth.
“You have to keep telling them” = programmed . . . everybody is born . . . free of thought!
“WOKE.”
I don’t watch that mess on tv either. CNN is my favorite channel. I was lucky enough to spend time with my great- grand mother before she died. She taught us American- Black history. I’m teaching my children American- Black history and all parents should do the same. All children need to know our history even if it isn’t taught in schools…..I never heard of “The last of us”.
I think what shocks me, is that what the formally educated, have no idea of in terms of country, period, it explains a lot.
The real threat to our Society and our future is the constant hateful finger pointing between the Left/Liberal/Democrats and Right/Conservative/Republicans by their leaders and members. Both Parties are only interested in furthering their own agendas and grabbing power. “Us vs. Them” already has everyone in the middle losing.
Nope, y’all try again. It’s the rethuglicans who are trying to outlaw books and destroy public education. The filthy business class has been trying to keep the masses in check since they rose up in the 1960s. Greedy, corrupt business has infected every level of culture since then. Countries and religions don’t exist. They are inventions of the powerful used to control the powerless. The tipping point will soon be reached.
Long been the “Raison d’ Etre” of Politics and Politicians!
It is, always about a particular, self-serving agenda! It is never about “The People”!
It is, always, about “The Few” who claim to represent “The Many”!
Hence
what you espoused is the “Bitter Truth”!
The real threat to our society is to view Ds and Rs as the same. While Ds have flaws, they’re the only party that is trying to make life better for Americans. The Rs are only engaged in culture war issues. That and ending democracy in the US.
Buddhism “Cause and effect” the more restricting, the more of a struggle, there will be, when you enslave me; watch your back-you’re not free/safe either, regardless of, because one thinks they’re superior. In terms of the European sect of our human population, “no matter where you go, there ‘you’ are”. . . “New World” same bullshit as the old one, that is to say . . . “The savages or niggers, spics, wetbacks, wahoo’s, poor white trash, social climbers, riffraff, cripples, queers or faggots, have I left anyone out, lmao? Oh, the middle-class, of course, oh, my!!! If, you are… Read more »
The progressive Left controls education, and I say that as a liberal. The Right may restrict funding, but you don’t need a lot of funding to teach people to read. Yet the progressive education establishment has been fucking that up since the 1930s, when they abandoned phonics for the stupid Whole Language.
Even on the verge of Human Extinction –
there has to be, of course, a Gay Couple –
trying to survive amongst the beasts, the vermin, the pestilence,
and the genocide!
Someone has to keep the “Art” of Sucking Cock; Eating Ass; Riding a Hole and
enjoying a few drops of the precious lemonade straight from the Human Spigot!
Survival being what it is – requires “Political Correctness”
regardless
of Logic or
Pertinence?
You know what has been said and quite true, “life, finds a way” or lust, too, lmao?
I am also sick and tired of all the zombie/walking dead stories. That’s why I had/have no interest in watching The Last of Us. But from what I’ve heard and read, the 3rd episode of this show has a very good story of love between two middle aged masculine men, that is far from the medias usual stereotypes of gay love with young effeminate pretty boys . Also one of those two men is my man-crush Nick Offerman so it makes this 3rd episode one that I might have to watch.
Of not on.