{"id":1041797,"date":"2024-11-27T17:41:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/1041797\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T17:41:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:41:43","slug":"the-last-of-us-manipulated-you-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/1041797\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last of Us Manipulated You (Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"The Last of Us Manipulated You (Analysis)\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GUe0WneSsFc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nTry everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days by visiting https:\/\/brilliant.org\/MertKayKay\/ or scan the QR code onscreen\u2014or you can click on the link in the description. You\u2019ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Co-written with Adam Washington<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve wanted to make this video for AGES. The Last of Us is one of my favourite games of all time. I think it&#8217;s an incredible story (and I wish it wasn&#8217;t PS exclusive so my friends could play it!) Today, I wanted to unpack all the ways that it plays to your humanity, making you like someone who maybe doesn&#8217;t deserve that grace &#8211; and maybe does. I&#8217;m really proud of this and I hope you enjoy it!<\/p>\n<p>The SOTC spoilers are in the last 10 minutes of this video so you can safely watch until then. I should have amended the spoiler warning :'(<\/p>\n<p>Bibliography<br \/>\nEthics and Law, PMC Pub Med Central: https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC9122144\/<br \/>\n\u201cThe Not So Hidden Israeli Politics of &#8216;The Last of Us Part II\u201d, Vice:  https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/the-not-so-hidden-israeli-politics-of-the-last-of-us-part-ii\/ <\/p>\n<p>Music Used is from TLOU OST, specifically (and in order):<br \/>\nThe Last of Us<br \/>\nFleeting<br \/>\nAll Gone (Reunion)<br \/>\nVanishing Grace<br \/>\nAll Gone (Seasons)<br \/>\nThe Choice<br \/>\nAll Gone (Partners)<br \/>\nHome<br \/>\nLeft Behind (Together)<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Marcus who got all the footage for me!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; SOCIAL LINKS<br \/>\nMY OTHER CHANNEL: https:\/\/youtube.com\/@ImSoDoneWithGaming?si=-_xd3S8p30SpJyDi<br \/>\nPatreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Mertkaykay<br \/>\nWishlist: https:\/\/throne.me\/mertkaykay<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mertkaykay_<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mertkaykay\/?hl=en<br \/>\nTwitch: https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/mertkaykay<br \/>\nVOD channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUtjWArykFrEaUoo5AcBm6w<\/p>\n<p>00:00 The Last of Us<br \/>\n03:07 End of Ad Read<br \/>\n12:20 What makes us Like Joel?<br \/>\n50:57 What makes us root for Ellie and Joel over everything?<br \/>\n1:35:57 The Rest is History<br \/>\n1:51:15 The Vaccine<br \/>\n2:04:47 Returning to the Morality of it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days by visiting https:\/\/brilliant.org\/MertKayKay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1041798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20976],"tags":[36,15415,87513,27821,223,153655,6439,56,30120,27819,187101,362635,87512,20984,39729,17299,29314,14844,1055],"class_list":{"0":"post-1041797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ps4-games","8":"tag-gaming","9":"tag-analysis","10":"tag-bella-ramsey","11":"tag-ellie","12":"tag-ending","13":"tag-ending-explained","14":"tag-explained","15":"tag-game","16":"tag-hbo","17":"tag-joel","18":"tag-long-form","19":"tag-long-form-content","20":"tag-pedro-pascal","21":"tag-ps4-games","22":"tag-show","23":"tag-the-last-of-us","24":"tag-the-last-of-us-2","25":"tag-video-essay","26":"tag-videogame"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1041798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}