Episode Details

The Last of Us

Season 1 Episode 86 Published 6 years ago

We make travel across the country to potentially save humanity in the Last of Us.

Developer: Naughty Dog | Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment | Initial Release: June 14, 2013

Jacob, Mike and special guest Matt aka Stormageddon craft weapons, stumble through visceral battles and make human decisions throughout.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom)

Special Guest: Matt aka Stormageddon (@DJ_Stormageddon)

Matt also hosts a number of podcasts:

“Fun” & Games Podcast: casual chats about the world of video games
Reignite: an episodic deep dive into the Mass Effect series
Screen Snark: casual chats about movies and tv featuring a new guest each week
Crash Chords: Autographs: a bi-weekly interview series with artists from all walks of life

SHOW NOTES:

2:40 An introduction to Matt’s work (and a thank you to the Games Gone podcast)
4:45 Fast Pitch for The Last of Us
6:40 What are our personal histories with The Last of Us?
11:10 What does The Last of Us feel like to play?
18:20 The setup of The Last of Us and the opening of the game
22:55 The voice acting in the game
25:10 A primer on the combat and the gameplay and comparing it to Naughty Dog’s other games
30:10 Talking through Uncharted 3’s train sequence, a comparison to horror games and Matt enters into the Mario vs. Luigi fray
33:15 Is Mike being too hard on the game? Mike’s hot take on TLOU.
35:55 Matt compares the game to the original Mass Effect
39:30 The game’s jump cuts and comparisons to The Walking Dead
45:45 We talk about the game’s cross-country journey (with Price is Right rules)
48:20 Talking through some of the highlights in the story
53:30 After teasing it throughout, we fully spoil the ending here
56:05 The “re-b