Carolyn Petit
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The Last Of Us Episode 6 Recap: Ellie The Goodbye Girl
Last week’s episode of The Last of Us was perhaps the show at its most bleak and devastating. Thankfully, episode six, entitled “Kin,” offers us a bit of a tonal reprieve, with enough scenes of hope and possibility for life in the post-cordyceps world to remind us that it is still possible to carve out…
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The Last Of Us Episode 4 Recap: A Return To The Familiar
After last week’s knockout episode of HBO’s The Last of Us boldly adapted the game’s source material into something wholly new and remarkable, this week’s episode returns to more conventional adaptation, giving viewers a number of moments lifted directly from the game, though the action has been transferred from Pittsburgh to Kansas City for the…
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The Last Of Us Episode One Recap: Taking A Ride
“I’m taking a ride with my best friend.” — Depeche Mode, “Never Let Me Down Again” Editor’s note: You’re reading Kotaku US’ Ep 1 TLOU recap. If you’d like to read Kotaku AU’s Ep 1 recap (complete with easter egg hunt), you can do so right over here. — David) The first episode of HBO’s…
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This Atari Retrospective Sets A New Standard For Game Anthologies
Yesterday in a Twitter thread, the gaming historian Frank Cifaldi said this about the work done by his organisation, the Video Game History Foundation: “We all know where the ROMs are hiding online. We don’t need games, we need CONTEXT to tell stories.” It helped me realise why I think Digital Eclipse’s new compilation of…