HBO’s The Last of Us is where film imitates games — but not too much

I consider The Last of Us series (Parts I and II) to be my favorite video game series of all time. And so I was watching like a hawk for any deviations from the game story when I viewed HBO’s television series The Last of Us.

When Joel and Tess began shooting at the Infected (zombie-like characters) in a museum, I kept thinking they should be going for head shots. Wouldn’t they know that a headshot would bring down the creatures without wasting precious ammo? And when we first met Joel (played by Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey), the video game was so ingrained in my mind that I felt like they looked nothing like the “real” Joel and Ellie that I knew from the 2013 first game.