“The Last of Us” game debuted on PlayStation in 2013. 10 years later, the game — often compared to prestige television — got its own HBO show. Unlike many unsuccessful attempts, this one stayed true to the original.
took care to preserve the game’s narrative, going so far as to recreate scenes shot-for-shot and line-for-line.
But the series’ differences from the source material also highlight how interactive storytelling diverges from TV and film. Rivera spoke about what gotMerle Dandridge as Marlene , a character she also played in the original game. “Pretty closely. A lot of what makes the game so compelling is just that they had the same performer doing the vocal performance and also the what they call motion capture, which is they record the character's movements for the digital artist to sort of paint over.
“In this particular episode, it's instructive because interactivity can do a lot to paper over melodrama. The fact that you're playing Ellie and you have this heightened sense of vulnerability, that's a lot of stress on you as the player. It doesn't necessarily matter as much what the villain is saying, he's a danger, it's a very primal feeling. You can't rely on that sort of lizard brain response in a television show. You kind of have to lay it out.
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