The Last of Us

The Last of Us Gets a Snappy Re-Telling in This 60-Second Animation

This South Park-looking, animated summary of The Last of Us is, needless to say, a spoiler heavy piece. Creator Jay not only managed to sum up the key moments of the game (while mostly stripping it of all of its drama) but he’s also basically turned it into an action-packed zombie shooter. The Last of…

Up for a lengthy, design-oriented review of The Last of Us? Game designer and sometime Kotaku contributor Tim Rogers has got you covered, with a terrific, meaty write-up over at ActionButton.net

20 Gruesome Ways To Die In The Last of Us

I hate dying in The Last of Us. But I also like dying in The Last of Us. It’s complicated. I like it because I like the brisk, matter-of-factness of the death screen. A clicker grabs Joel, things get ugly, and the game immediately cuts to black. But I hate it because I love the…

Not only is this NPR interview with The Last of Us composer Gustavo Santaolalla interesting and informative, right off the bat NPR’s Emily Reese demonstrates how to pronounce “Santaolalla.” Listen in to learn all about the strange stringed instruments and uncommon orchestrations he used to make one of the best, most distinctive video game soundtracks…

If The Last Of Us Was A Live-Action Movie, This Would Be Its Trailer

We’ve all played with the idea of imagining Naughty Dog’s terrific The Last of Us as a feature film. YouTuber bloodrunsclear ran with the idea and edited scenes from dozens of movies together into a very emotional trailer. The result is actually really close to the real The Last of Us experience. Watch carefully, because…

Tonight’s Nightmares Are Brought To You By This Last Of Us Cosplay

The last time we saw someone go the trouble of dressing up as a clicker from The Last Of Us, it was a work of art. These guys, while also impressive, are also a little more horrifying. I’m not sure whether that’s down to the costumes or the HDR, but it’s good they remembered to…

The Last Of Us’ Fungus Infection Could Never Actually Happen, But…

There’s enough smiling here to remind you we’re talking speculative fiction here. And just enough science to make anyone who’s played The Last Of Us a little bit nervous. Could We Be The last Of Us? [vsauce3]

4 Minutes Of Some Of the Stupidest The Last of Us Glitches Imaginable

I honestly never experienced a single bug (that I noticed) in my time with The Last of Us. But I have heard tales of a few funny and flailing polygons. So here’s a four minute clip of a bunch of them, set to goofy clown music. YouTuber Ben Buja compiled the glitches you see above.…

Zombies, Women & Citizen Kane: Last of Us Makers Defend Their Game

The Last of Us is one of the most critically acclaimed big-budget games of the last year. All the same, it’s gotten its fair share of criticism. Is it too difficult? Too much like a movie? Are female characters relegated to the sidelines? And why the heck aren’t they just called zombies? I took these…

How You’d Cook A Clicker From The Last of Us. Y’know, If You Could.

You gotta think, someone, somewhere in The Last of Us’ universe has tried to cook Clicker meat. Not like, the once-human part of the Clicker—they’d probably cook the stuff growing off the Clicker’s face. Gross, I know, but…someone has tried it, surely. Right? Well, if you’re curious as to how they’d probably go about cooking…

Every Time Ellie Says F**k, S**t (And Motherf**ker) In The Last Of Us

In the post-apocalyptic future, overrun with plant-face zombies and an abundance of gangs of violent middle-aged men, teenage girls have learned to survive by adopting potty mouths. The Last of Us – Ellie Swearing Montage [BenBuja]

The Moral Ambiguities In The Last Of Us

I wasn’t always sure how to feel about the things I witnessed in The Last Of Us We’re about to enter a world of spoilerhurt. Proceed with caution. Joel is a good man. After everything we’ve been through, as player and avatar, I still whole-heartedly believe that. I kind of have to believe that. Because…

Last Of Us Renders One Of The Loudest YouTube Personalities Speechless

That ending, huh? It was certainly an…interesting one. To the point that it left one of the louder-known YouTube personalities in the gaming community—PewDiePie—speechless. Just for a moment, of course. Spoilers, obviously. Skip to 10:05 for the good parts. Regardless of your feelings towards PewDiePie, he’s well-known and well-liked by many on the Internet, and…

Just Like That, The Last of Us‘ Hidden Phone-Sex Numbers Are No More

Shortly after The Last of Us came out, we discovered something pretty funny. On a bulletin board in Pittsburgh hung a sign with two phone numbers for “Pest Control.” But if you called those numbers in the real world, you got phone-sex hotlines (Since I’ve seen enough people wondering about this in the comments on…

More Terrifying Than Clickers? Last of Us Glitches

Like some games, The Last of Us has had its share of bugs. Annoying, but that’s what patches are for! But in the meantime, the bugs can strike terror in the hearts of gamers everywhere. Or, you know, make them burst out laughing. Here’s a look at some of the more amusing Last of Us…

If Dr. Seuss Wrote The Last of Us and Resident Evil…

Then the covers would look a little like…this! Here are the latest and greatest Dr. Seuss themed covers and rhymes from DrFaustusAU, who graced us with other similar covers in the past. This time we’ve got The Last of Us, Resident Evil, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and BioShock Infinite—all from the last couple of months.…

‘I Need A Drink’: Seth Rogen Plays The Last of Us

The fine folks at IGN invited writer/actor Seth Rogen and his partner in crime, Evan Goldberg, to play the opening to The Last of Us. It’s fun to watch. And yes, Seth Rogen games with inverted controls, because of course he does. (Warning: this video contains spoilers for the first 30 minutes of the game.)

Up Close, The Last Of Us’ Infected Are Even Grosser

You only really see them in the dark, or moving fast, or when their heads are exploding, so there aren’t many points in The Last Of Us you can really appreciate how gross the infected really are. Let’s fix that. These 3D renders are the work of Mike Svymbersky, an artist who helped out Naughty…

The Last Of Us‘ Climactic Moments Could Have Been Very Different

Any story, no matter how assured the final product, goes through revisions. And The Last of Us is no different. The game’s closing hours may be among gaming’s most confident, but as I learned speaking to its creators, it all could have come together quite differently. BIG SPOILERS COMING FOR THE LAST OF US. YOU…

The Last of Us‘ Hidden Phone-Sex Numbers ‘A Mistake,’ Will Be Removed

The Last of Us has plenty of easter eggs; some of them goofy, some sly. And one of them, a little bit naughty. Last week a tipster sent in a photo taken from the game depicting two phone numbers on a bulletin board in Pittsburgh, both of which he said were phone-sex hotlines. I called…