THE LAST OF US PART II
Kenneth Shepard Sep 27, 2021. 2 minute read
ICYMI: Here’s All the Teases and Updates From ‘The Last of Us Day’
Last week, Naughty Dog said it would be revealing “new content” in The Last of Us’ universe on September 26, dubbed “The Last of Us Day” as that was the date of the series’ in-universe cordyceps fungus outbreak. We took time to speculate about what this might entail, and it turns out,…
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Kenneth Shepard Aug 9, 2021. 1 minute read
The Last of Us Part II Narrative Lead is More Committed to Diverse Stories Than Ever
When I sat down to talk with Halley Gross, the narrative lead and co-writer of The Last of Us Part II, for Thanks for the Knowledge, I wanted to talk about what she learned coming into video games after so many years working in television. After a launch so rife with…
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Kenneth Shepard Jul 9, 2021. 2 minute read
If You’re Fast Enough, Abby Can Kill Tommy in Last of Us Part II
The following will contain spoilers for The Last of Us Part II. I’ve recently been replaying The Last of Us Part II, and there’s a segment on Abby’s (the super-secret second protagonist of the game alongside Ellie) third day in Seattle that stuck out to me in a way it hadn’t in…
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Kenneth Shepard May 19, 2021. 1 minute read
Last of Us Part II is Getting a PS5 Patch, Thank God and Also Jesus
I didn’t expect to ever become the type of person who cared much about framerates, but I just started a replay of The Last of Us Part II after replaying The Last of Us: Remastered. And boy, I could feel the drop going from 60 frames-per-second with the updated original…
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Kenneth Shepard Apr 28, 2021. 2 minute read
Naughty Dog Has Outlined Last of Us Part III, But Isn’t Working on it Yet
The Last of Us Part II left on a fairly open-ended note when it launched last year, but it sounds like developer Naughty Dog has internally already mapped out a hypothetical Last of Us Part III. However, it’s not something the studio is actively developing at this time. In an…
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Imran Khan Mar 12, 2021. 2 minute read
This Week in News is About Microsoft, Metal-Detecting, and Monsters
Welcome to This Week in News, where we quickly run down all the biggest news of the week in an easy summary. Tales of Arise Returns After a Year With the Promise of Upcoming News – The Bandai Namco JRPG has been infrequently detail-free since its E3 2019 debut, but…
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Kenneth Shepard Mar 10, 2021. 2 minute read
Sounds Like Naughty Dog is Making The Last of Us Multiplayer into a Service Game
The Last of Us Part II has been out for about nine months, and there’s been no word on the game’s multiplayer mode that was removed from the base game during development. Developer Naughty Dog said it planned to release the mode as a standalone product, but the studio has…
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Kenneth Shepard Mar 2, 2021. 2 minute read
Happy -17th Death Day to That One Last of Us Part II Character
If there’s one thing I love to see on social media, it’s celebrating fictional characters’ birthdays. April 11 will be the -134 birthday of Commander Shepard from Mass Effect. Ryuji Sakamoto from Persona 5 will be 21 on July 3. This little tidbit of information isn’t much, but it’s a fun detail…
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Kenneth Shepard Feb 23, 2021. 2 minute read
PlayStation Shouldn’t Fear Putting its Heavy-Hitters On PC
Sony is continuing to bring PlayStation Studios games to PC with Days Gone. This was confirmed by Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan in an interview with GQ, where he said Sony Bend Studio’s open-world post-apocalyptic Not The Last of Us is coming to your personal computer this spring. This was…
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Stacey Henley Feb 3, 2021. 5 minute read
Pride Flags in Video Games Aren’t Enough to Show Queer History
The Pride flag is more than a piece of cloth. It’s a symbol of identity, of rebellion, and a tribute to the activists who fought so hard for LGBTQ+ people to be able to openly show their Pride today. You can find the flag on pins, wristbands, or draped over…
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Natalie Flores Dec 24, 2020. 10 minute read
Natalie Flores’s Game of the Year 2020 List
As Samara once said in Mass Effect 2, “I am a ruined vessel of sorrow and regret, but I am free.” With this Game of the Year list, I will be free. Y’all, I am so very tired after 2020. This was a hellish year that was made so much…
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Fūnk-é Joseph Dec 23, 2020. 11 minute read
Fūnk-é Joseph’s Game of the Year 2020 List
We did it gamers. 2020 is almost over. I can’t believe it. And while it was definitely a wack year, I didn’t entirely hate it! The world has been exploding. We all made a shift towards a more online-centric way of life. It’s bittersweet; I like not having to walk through the snow…
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 23, 2020. 6 minute read
The Last of You
The following contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II. I’ve thought about the final scene of The Last of Us Part II daily since I finished the game over six months ago. In it, we see main character Ellie reflecting on her final conversation with her father figure Joel,…
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 22, 2020. 6 minute read
Kenneth Shepard’s Top Five Games of 2020
As I did last year, I’m only ranking five games as my favorites in 2020. Why am I not doing the standard ten games? Because I only have enough love in my heart for five games at a time. Unlike your parents who deflected when you asked who their favorite…
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Natalie Flores Dec 20, 2020. 8 minute read
2020 Was Hopefully the Cusp of the Overdue Momification of Games
Spoilers for The Last of Us Part II, Hades, and Tell Me Why to follow. I know I don’t speak only for myself when I say I’m tired of games centering on dads. The last decade in gaming saw the rise of the dadification of games. As male developers aged…
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Natalie Flores Dec 13, 2020. 3 minute read
Game Maker’s Toolkit Releases Annual Analysis on Accessibility in Games
On Dec. 11, Game Maker’s Toolkit released an 18-minute video on the accessibility of games released this year. Mark Brown prefaces that he played more than 50 of the biggest games released in 2020 to examine a wide range of accessibility options, from controls to subtitles and difficulty. To try…
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 10, 2020. Less than a minute
Brie Larson Giving an Award to Laura Bailey For Playing Abby: A Review
WOW! Laura Bailey wins for Best Performance as Abby in The Last Of Us Part II! Congratulations @LauraBaileyVO and @NaughtyDog! ???????? #TheGameAwards #TheLastofUsPartII pic.twitter.com/0pmJhwShnW — The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 11, 2020
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 4, 2020. Less than a minute
Games of 2020 As Pokemon
The Pathless Final Fantasy VII Remake Hades Gears Tactics Ghost of Tsushima Paradise Killer Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War The Last of Us Part II Persona 5 Royal Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 3, 2020. 4 minute read
The Last of Us Part II’s Abby Trailer Raises Questions of Avoidable Controversy
It’s been six months since The Last of Us Part II launched back in June, so it’s weird to be writing about a new trailer that isn’t about any kind of new content. But I guess six months is where Naughty Dog and PlayStation draw the line about when is an…
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Kenneth Shepard Sep 1, 2020. 4 minute read
I Bought the $2000 Last of Us Guitar and I Have No Regrets
Two months ago I was eyeing a listing on the Playstation Gear Store for a replica of Ellie’s guitar in The Last of Us Part II. It was a simpler time, and by that I mean everything was exactly the same as it is now with one distinct difference: I…
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