Last of Us

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Watching 'The Last of Us' in the Age of Anti-Vaxxers (esquire.com)

The TV adaptation arrives into a very different world to the celebrated videogame that came before it.

And that, really, is the hurdle that The Last of Us will have to clear as the series goes on. Now we’re in a weird situation where the analogues of those subversives are Piers Corbyn and the Magna Carta fundamentalists who kept their gyms open. It’s not in the casting or the scripting or the general vibe. Obviously, the Fedra police state of The Last of Us is way more brutal than anything that happened over any of the lockdowns. In 2013, it was a pretty off-the-shelf way of creating a dystopia scenario everyone could agree was really dystopian. When Joel, Tommy and Sarah flee their home, we watch from Sarah’s viewpoint in the back seat as their suburb of Austin falls apart around them.

Episode 2 of HBO's The Last of Us breaks even more records (KitGuru)

The 15th of January saw HBO's The Last of Us premiere to a huge audience, with the episode reaching 4.7 million viewers during its airing – the second ...

How many views do you think the finale will get? News of the show’s quality seems to have spread like an infection, with the second episode not only gaining more viewers than the first, but also breaking another record in the process. KitGuru says: What do you think of the show so far?

'The Last of Us' Episode 2's most terrifying scene takes a page from ... (Inverse)

While the award-winning miniseries was a realistic drama and a sobering portrait of ineptitude, propaganda, and arrogance, a handful of standout moments ...

Mazin also explored this type of grounded horror in the second episode of his other HBO drama. The ramifications of Ratna’s tone is revealed later as we learn other countries did the same thing, leaving the world in the pathetic state it’s in now. Episode 2 of The Last of Us, “Infected,” brings audiences back to 2003. The two shows share a common theme of humanity’s precarious existence and the crumbling bricks that make up civilization. That energy is exhibited again in the Indonesia-set opening of The Last of Us’ second episode. While the award-winning miniseries was a realistic drama and a sobering portrait of ineptitude, propaganda, and arrogance, a handful of standout moments mimicked the tonal and visual stylings of horror movies.

The Last of Us Episode 2: HBO Steps Up Their Game Making History (EarlyGame)

Shortly after the pilot episode aired, The Last of Us already got hailed as the best live action adaptation of a video game in history. Now the show exceeded ...

Now the show exceeded expectations once again, with the biggest second-episode bump in HBO history. This article contains affiliate links which are marked with [shopping symbol]. The Last of Us Breaks Viewership Records With The Release Of Episode 2

UK Sales Charts: The Last of Us Bouncing Back Thanks to HBO Show (Push Square)

Here's the latest top 10 in full. UK Sales Chart: Week Ending 21st January, 2023. Fire Emblem Engage; FIFA 23; God of War Ragnarok; Mario Kart ...

[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2](games/ps5/call_of_duty_modern_warfare_2) is down two places to fifth, and [Grand Theft Auto V](games/ps5/grand_theft_auto_v) has been knocked down to 11th. As a result, the games are beginning to return to physical retail charts. We've only seen episodes [one](features/tv-show-review-the-last-of-us-hbo-episode-1-faithful-retelling-deviates-in-the-right-ways) and [two](features/tv-show-review-the-last-of-us-hbo-episode-2-establishing-a-new-lore) so far, but the reception has been fantastic, with a [large viewership](news/2023/01/the-last-of-us-hbo-pulls-in-4-7-million-viewers-second-biggest-debut-since-2010) giving the franchise a new wave of fans.

The Last of Us Part 1 sales surge after TV show premiere (Xfire)

Also, it might even be higher when you take into account digital sales. Nintendo exclusives traditionally sell more boxed copies while the sales of PlayStation ...

HBO's The Last of Us enjoyed a [record-setting premiere](https://www.xfire.com/the-last-of-us-record-hbo-max-debut/) and an [even better follow-up episode](https://www.xfire.com/the-last-of-us-episode-2-bigger-hbo/). [PS Plus Collection](https://www.xfire.com/playstation-plus-collection-ranked-worst-to-best/), and The Last of Us Part 1, to sell better due to the TV show. [GamesIndustry](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-last-of-us-part-1-sales-jumped-238-after-tv-show-launch-uk-boxed-charts), the PS5-exclusive re-release, which [didn't sell too well](https://www.xfire.com/the-last-of-us-part-1-weaker-sales-compared-saints-row/) when it came out last year, shot up the sales charts in the United [Kingdom](https://www.xfire.com/tag/kingdom/) by as much as 238%. Despite the disparity, the remake of the 2013 award-winning narrative-driven title still benefitted from the launch of its live-action adaptation on [HBO](https://www.xfire.com/tag/hbo/) and [HBO Max](https://www.xfire.com/tag/hbo-max/). [release of The Last of Us Part 1 last](https://www.xfire.com/the-last-of-us-part-1-review-round-up/) year was presumed to tie into the premiere of [HBO's The Last of Us](https://www.xfire.com/tag/hbos-the-last-of-us/). It wasn't enough to dethrone [Fire Emblem Engage](https://www.xfire.com/tag/fire-emblem-engage/), a new Switch exclusive, but joining the Top 20 months after is a big deal.

The Last of Us game sales surge in the wake of HBO's adaptation ... (Boing Boing)

HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us, widely regarded to be one of the best video games ever made, is reviewing surprisingly well, perhaps finally casting off ...

That isn't to say it's a bad game – on the contrary, its knack for storytelling was groundbreaking at the time and even today is rarely matched – but it's certainly a less daunting task to adapt than, say, Dark Souls. Most video games simply don't translate well to a medium where the agency of the audience is removed completely. That the game would find success as a TV show is hardly surprising, given that it's still one of the most 'cinematic' games to date, renowned largely for its imitation of another medium rather than any true innovations in its own.