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At last we've finished The Last of Us.  What follows are some much more fully formed thoughts.  

That being said, SPOILERS AHEAD.

Show notes

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Uncharted

The Fireflies

Hometown (First Level)

Types of infected 

Gradations of game difficulty

"Hard Mode: Good difficulty versus bad difficulty" by Paul Suddaby 

Bioshock Infinite 1999 mode info and some gameplay 

Cut to Joel "alone" in a car 

Ellie fights a wave of infected 

Tess's final scene 

Rising to greatness: the history of Naughty Dog 

The Last of Us – Sales 

Best selling PS3 games of all time 

GTA V sales 

Most players don't finish games 

Extensions

Naughty Dog explains the combat systems that did and didn't make it into The Last of Us 

“The character of Tess was originally intended to be featured as the main antagonist of The Last of Us, pursuing Joel for a year before a final confrontation in which she is killed by Ellie. However, the team found it difficult to believe that Tess would dispute with Joel and pursue him for a year; this was solved by significantly adjusting the story.”

^Cited from wiki page from Helgeson, Matt (August 2013). Stead, Chris, ed. "Afterword: The Last of Us". Game Informer (CBS Interactive) (45): 32–33.