Screenshot from The Last of Us (2013) showing Joel looking down a heavily fungal-infested corridor.

Immune, Superior Protagonists in Zombie Videogames

December 2, 2021 · by B.G.M. Muggeridge · in Features

B.G.M. Muggeridge puts zombie game protagonists under the microscope.

Video Game Viruses and Dehumanization

October 14, 2021 · by B.G.M. Muggeridge · in Features

B.G.M. Muggeridge on the symptoms of the illness.

Silent Stories: The Last of Us Part II’s Unusually Riveting Collectible Notes

May 7, 2021 · by Jenyth Evans · in Features

Jenyth Evans loses herself in an epistle.

The Last of Us Has a Problem with Minority Trauma

March 10, 2021 · by Shae De Pass · in Features

Shae De Pass on how HBO can still make it right.

Opened World: Let’s Go Home, Abby

September 17, 2020 · by Miguel Penabella · in Columns, Opened World

Miguel Penabella takes a closer look at the other side of TLOU2.

How The Last Of Us Factions Endures and Survives

July 1, 2020 · by Aaron Bayne · in Features

Aaron Bayne checks in with a tenacious multiplayer community.

Let’s Place: Object Without Filling

February 27, 2019 · by Daria Kalugina · in Columns, Let's Place

Daria Kalugina considers the cube.

The Parable of Joel: Practicing Empathy in The Last of Us

February 13, 2019 · by Brook Johnson · in Features

Brook Johnson asks us to reconsider a misunderstood character.

Let’s Go Home, Ellie

May 6, 2015 · by Miguel Penabella · in Features

Miguel Penabella on The Last of Us and The Searchers.

Games of 2013 (4/10)

February 13, 2014 · by Haywire · in Distractions

A few of the games we liked last year.

Killing Ain’t So Bad

October 3, 2013 · by Ethan Woods · in Features, Reposts

Ethan Woods considers the pitfalls of a protagonist who learns through narrative.

Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

July 17, 2013 · by Andrew Huntly · in Features, Reposts

Joel and Ellie’s year of survival and brutality made one of the most profound statements on violence in games. By Andrew Huntly.