The Last of Us - Edge has given this a [10] FYI - The Bear and Badger

Minnesänger

g.man wrote:

Guys, this is a show where the main protagonist walks around listening to her Sony Walkman...twenty years after the apocalypse.
Where is she getting the fucking batteries???
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Maybe she found Yoss’ Xbox controller setup?

g.man

Heh

Moot_Geeza

hylian_elf wrote:

Same. I was like wtf she learnt fatalities how?! A guidebook survived somewhere nearby?

The writing was on the wall in episode 4.

Hodge360

It was ep3 when I questioned how a man could have a bottle of wine with his dinner every night for 20yrs and still keep pulling them out.

Cupatay

Moot_Geeza wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

Same. I was like wtf she learnt fatalities how?! A guidebook survived somewhere nearby?

The writing was on the wall in episode 4.

Yeah it was, they could've picked better fatalities though!

Loved seeing that arcade in all its glory and they did pick mk2 which was one of my absolute faves.

drumbeg

n0face wrote:

I liked yesterday's episode but I couldn't get on board with somebody learning all the finishing moves in MKII after playing it for a couple of hours on their own. Total Immersion breaker.

Haha. Totally thought this too. We've lived it. We can't be fooled.

ChopperByrne

If she'd done the Shang Tsung Kintaro Fatality that would have been too much. Would have needed to ask the Gamesmaster for that.

DrewMerson

Minkymu

that was a good episode tbf. sad they didn't show the change bought on by the bite and how shes deals with it, but may be a flashback later.

is there only 1 ep left? cos its david next ep

g.man

Some things are best left to the imagination imo.

digi

2 episodes left minky

AndCallMeCharlie

Watched ep 6 and 7 back to back, thought 6 was outstanding - really powerful but episode 7 (the mall) was hands down better.

yourfavouriteuncle

g.man wrote:

Some things are best left to the imagination imo.

There’s a key point in this though (that’s already been referenced in the show) and I think they have to show it in the next episode.

AndCallMeCharlie

Playing it through (for the first time since release) and watching it is a strange experience but enjoyable
Amazed how closely the show mirrors the game with even chunks of dialogue shared. Really talks of how great the source is/was when one of the biggest tv shows of the year decide to change so little. Ultimately it’s a very fine tv show but a ground breaking game.

Cupatay

This weeks podcast is such a good listen. Full of nostalgia and passion. Craig is awesome, so glad its him and Druckman doing this thing right. Also props to Troy, he's a lovie but he's also all in on this and it shines through.

MK2 finisher reasoning is in there too.

n0face

Cupatay wrote:

MK2 finisher reasoning is in there too.

I'm not going to listen but could you expand?

Cupatay

n0face wrote:

Cupatay wrote:

MK2 finisher reasoning is in there too.

I'm not going to listen but could you expand?

They kinda said that the two girls would be so obsessed with certain things from pop culture like mk2 that they'd collect anything they could. They mentioned posters and video games magazines that they could of learned these finishers from.

Thats probably not doing them justice but thats the gist of it.

Its just so nice to hear them talk about things from our childhood and our hobby with such passion, and for them to then create this awesome TV show where they pay homage to it all is so wonderfully nostalgic. Not to mention how true to the game the whole show has been all the way through. It's a huge win for gaming imo.

DrewMerson

Blocks100

I wish they would have played Operation Wolf instead.

drumbeg

Cupatay wrote:

MK2 finisher reasoning is in there too.

I'm not going to listen but could you expand?

They kinda said that the two girls would be so obsessed with certain things from pop culture like mk2 that they'd collect anything they could. They mentioned posters and video games magazines that they could have learned these finishers from. Thats probably not doing them justice but thats the gist of it. Its just so nice to hear them talk about things from our childhood and our hobby with such passion, and for them to then create this awesome TV show where they pay homage to it all is so wonderfully nostalgic. Not to mention how true to the game the whole show has been all the way through. It's a huge win for gaming imo.

Not listened to all of the latest pod yet, but the reasoning makes perfect sense....for us nerds anyway (I had a magazine way back containing every special move and finisher in MK2).

More than that though, as a viewer, we can't know everything about the characters and world. Best to just accept things as they are and enjoy the ride, rather than debating alkaline battery shelf lives on Reddit (yes, the thread exists, I checked).

yourfavouriteuncle

drumbeg wrote:

Cupatay wrote:

MK2 finisher reasoning is in there too.

I'm not going to listen but could you expand?

They kinda said that the two girls would be so obsessed with certain things from pop culture like mk2 that they'd collect anything they could. They mentioned posters and video games magazines that they could have learned these finishers from. Thats probably not doing them justice but thats the gist of it. Its just so nice to hear them talk about things from our childhood and our hobby with such passion, and for them to then create this awesome TV show where they pay homage to it all is so wonderfully nostalgic. Not to mention how true to the game the whole show has been all the way through. It's a huge win for gaming imo.

Not listened to all of the latest pod yet, but the reasoning makes perfect sense....for us nerds anyway (I had a magazine way back containing every special move and finisher in MK2).

More than that though, as a viewer, we can't know everything about the characters and world. Best to just accept things as they are and enjoy the ride, rather than debating alkaline battery shelf lives on Reddit (yes, the thread exists, I checked).

That’s where I’m at with this. Tbh I do that with every media I watch/consume. It just seems ridiculously churlish to me to start picking holes in minor little bits and pieces although I do think this particular discussion just started from a joke about how difficult fatalities are, even for those of us who were there. The Reddit threads and whatabout bits just seem too trivial to me.

Cupatay

drumbeg wrote:

Cupatay wrote:

MK2 finisher reasoning is in there too.

I'm not going to listen but could you expand?

They kinda said that the two girls would be so obsessed with certain things from pop culture like mk2 that they'd collect anything they could. They mentioned posters and video games magazines that they could have learned these finishers from. Thats probably not doing them justice but thats the gist of it. Its just so nice to hear them talk about things from our childhood and our hobby with such passion, and for them to then create this awesome TV show where they pay homage to it all is so wonderfully nostalgic. Not to mention how true to the game the whole show has been all the way through. It's a huge win for gaming imo.

Not listened to all of the latest pod yet, but the reasoning makes perfect sense....for us nerds anyway (I had a magazine way back containing every special move and finisher in MK2).

More than that though, as a viewer, we can't know everything about the characters and world. Best to just accept things as they are and enjoy the ride, rather than debating alkaline battery shelf lives on Reddit (yes, the thread exists, I checked).

Yeah I actually listed them all on a4 paper with different colour felt tips and little emblems etc and folded them up and put them inside the case for the mega drive game. Proper nerded out on it me.

drumbeg

When MK2 was out on the arcades, I bought a copy of Mean Machines (or similar) that had a special section listing all MK2 special moves and fatalities as we were going to a fairground that I knew had MK2 on site. Thought I'd memorised some (so left the mag at home), but by the time I got to play the game, my mind was a blank. I have quite a few fond gaming memories based around just trying to remember or work out specials on beat-em-ups. Still remember badgering some lad at school for how to do Scorpions harpoon in the original MK, which he wouldn't tell me for ages!

b0r1s

That was another solid episode and I enjoyed it more than the lacking Left Behind DLC.

hylian_elf

Already? I thought episodes are on Sundays?

DrewMerson

hylian_elf

Ah. Gotcha.

b0r1s

Yeah. Busy week.

TheBoyRoberts

Just noticed that there’s only one episode to go and I’m struggling to remember how much of the story for the first game has left to pan out.

Is there going to be two seasons covering the first game?

Gamermike

So theres todays episode THEN one more - and that will wrap up all the first game I think.

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