FOR ASHLEY JOHNSON, the chance to be a voice actor in the post-apocalyptic video game The Last of Us Part II was both a risk and irresistible. It was her first gig as a video-game protagonist, as her character, Ellie, moved up from a supporting role. But Part II wasn’t …
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Among the many compliments I can give HBO’s The Last of Us is that it eventually made me forget that it’s based on a video game. This isn’t a knock on video games, but on the very different, conflicting natures of gaming versus watching film or television. One is interactive, …
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How can we be better for our children? Can anyone ever truly change? Those are the questions at the core of God of War Ragnarök, the ninth(!!!) installment of the now iconic PlayStation series. By the events of 2018’s soft reboot God of War, Kratos, the titular god, has spent …
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Fans of Warhammer 40,000 world are basking in The Emperor’s Light this fall in the lead-up to the series’ next major video game launch, Darktide. Developed by Swedish studio, Fatshark, the upcoming first-person shooter continues the trend of blood-soaked four-player cooperative bedlam that the team initially delivered with the dark …
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