Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Here's a video about violence, identity, warfare, politics and...oh yeah The Last of Us 2 one of the finest examples of storytelling in any medium. A complex narrative in both structure and theme, a gameplay loop that's easily good enough to keep you playing and a story that's powerful and intense makes TLOU2 a nearly perfect experience. I respond to the insane echo chamber of player outrage and the few mainstream reviews that refused to give the game the immense credit it is due. I take Jim Sterling (on of my favorite YouTubers) to task for conflating his politics with his criticism.

Lots of credits this time as the game is long and the Playstations capture system is garbage.


The Last Of Us 2 Credits:

All music by Kevin Mcleod
Royalty Free music
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free

Annie Hall
by Woody Allen
Captured from Dr. Salvadoctopus
youtube.com/watch?v=EsHwIBR6ivA

Manhattan
Woody Allen
Captured from MovieClips
youtube.com/watch?v=7mwZYGcbQCo

Crimes And Misdemeanors
Woody Allen
Captured from BobbyDvsJayZ
youtube.com/watch?v=_hhPd2F0GCg

Chinatown
Roman Polanski
Captured from Eagle Burner
youtube.com/watch?v=YyfrAWU6F0A

Marvin Gaye
Whats Goin On
Captured from Marvin Gaye
youtube.com/watch?v=jo-5MI9-yjU

Jerry Lee Lewis
Wild One Live
Captured from Eagle Rock
youtube.com/watch?v=jo-5MI9-yjU

American Beauty
Alan Ball
Captured from SaneelGB
youtube.com/watch?v=fSEW-n33ioY

What Remains Of Edith Finch Gameplay
RabidRetrospectGames
youtube.com/watch?v=ltfgLiPxGyE

Tacoma PC Gameplay
Game Clips And Tips
youtube.com/watch?v=_CXxCvL6rpU

Certain Last of Us 2 Cutscenes
MKIceAndFire
youtube.com/watch?v=Iss5bRQ7yVM

The Last Of Us Giraffe Scene
Captured from 4k F**king A
youtube.com/watch?v=aIpSy-JrPV4

The Effects of Shell Shock: WWI Nueroses
War Archives
youtube.com/watch?v=IWHbF5jGJY0

The Last Of Us Remastered
MKIceAnd Fire
youtube.com/watch?v=zOET0ZMfayI

Destiny 2 I AM GAUL!!!!!!!!!
Destiny 2 The Movie
IGN
youtube.com/watch?v=htyHExTd2A4

Drone Footage Captured from:
Popular Science
popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-08/video-annotated-predator-drone-attack
Wall Street Journal.com
wsj.com/video/graphic-video-drones-kill-targets-in-gaza/F524AAD1-E07F-4F8C-A970-5CBE379E99C0.html

Jimquisition
Jim Sterling
youtube.com/watch?v=K1H_6OUZ1ZI

Pliny The Welder writes quite a bit on a range of topics. His game centric blog, which has some of his old articles before they became, videos can found at:
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