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The Last Of Us
''The Last of Us'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across a post-apocalyptic United States. ''The Last of Us'' is played from a third-person perspective. Players use firearms and improvised weapons and can use stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated fungus in the genus '' Cordyceps''. In the online multiplayer mode, up to eight players engage in cooperative and competitive gameplay. Development of ''The Last of Us'' began in 2009, soon after the release of Naughty Dog's previous game, '' Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''. For the first time in the company's history, Naughty Dog split into two teams; while one team developed '' Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception'', the other half developed ''The Last of Us''. The relationship between Joel and Ellie became the focus, with all other elemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Development Of The Last Of Us
The development of ''The Last of Us'', an action-adventure game, began after ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'' release in October 2009. Sony Computer Entertainment published ''The Last of Us'' for PlayStation 3 on June 14, 2013. The three-year development, led by studio Naughty Dog, was kept secret for the majority of development. In the game, players assume control of Joel (The Last of Us), Joel, a middle-aged smuggler tasked with escorting a 14-year-old girl named Ellie (The Last of Us), Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States in an attempt to create a potential cure against the world-ending infection to which Ellie is immune. Creative director Neil Druckmann was inspired to include the Infected as a main enemy in the game after discovering the ''Cordyceps'' fungi. Set 20 years after the outbreak has destroyed much of civilization, the game explores the possibility of the fungi infecting humans. Though Ellie was initially intended to be Joel's daughter, the team found this t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Straley
Bruce Straley is an American game director, artist, designer, and studio director. He previously worked for the video game developer Naughty Dog, known for his work in the video games ''The Last of Us'' and '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End''. Straley's first video game work was as an artist at Western Technologies Inc, where he worked on the Menacer six-game cartridge (1992) and ''X-Men'' (1993). Following this, he formed a company, Pacific Softscape, where he worked as a designer on ''Generations Lost'' (1994). After the company disbanded, Straley was eventually hired at Crystal Dynamics, where he worked as a designer on '' Gex: Enter the Gecko'' (1998) and was initially game director for '' Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko'' (1999); he left the company partway through development of the latter. Straley was employed at Naughty Dog in 1999. He worked as an artist on '' Crash Team Racing'' (1999) and the ''Jak and Daxter'' series (2001–2004). Following this, he became co-art director on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naughty Dog
Naughty Dog, LLC (formerly JAM Software, Inc.) is an American first-party video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. Founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1984, the studio was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2001. Gavin and Rubin produced a sequence of progressively more successful games, including ''Rings of Power'' and '' Way of the Warrior'' in the early 1990s. The latter game prompted Universal Interactive Studios to sign the duo to a three-title contract and fund the expansion of the company. After designer and producer Mark Cerny convinced Naughty Dog to create a character-based platform game that would use the 3D capabilities of the new systems, Naughty Dog created ''Crash Bandicoot'' for the PlayStation in 1996. Naughty Dog developed three ''Crash Bandicoot'' games over the next several years. After developing ''Crash Team Racing'', the company began working on '' Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy'' for the PlayStation 2. In 2004, Rubin, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food. Cannibalism is a common ecological interaction in the animal kingdom and has been recorded in more than 1,500 species. Human cannibalism is well documented, both in ancient and in recent times. The rate of cannibalism increases in nutritionally poor environments as individuals turn to members of their own species as an additional food source.Elgar, M.A. & Crespi, B.J. (1992) ''Cannibalism: ecology and evolution among diverse taxa'', Oxford University Press, Oxford ngland New York. Cannibalism regulates population numbers, whereby resources such as food, shelter and territory become more readily available with the decrease of potential competition. Although it may benefit the individual, it has been shown that the presence of cannibalism decreases the expected survival rate of the whole population and increases the risk of consuming a relative. Other negative effects may include the increased r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characterization
Characterization or characterisation is the representation of persons (or other beings or creatures) in narrative and dramatic works. The term character development is sometimes used as a synonym. This representation may include direct methods like the attribution of qualities in description or commentary, and indirect (or "dramatic") methods inviting readers to infer qualities from characters' actions, dialogue, or appearance. Such a personage is called a character. Character is a literary element. History The term ''characterization'' was introduced in the 19th century.Harrison (1998, pp. 51-2) Aristotle promoted the primacy of plot over characters, that is, a plot-driven narrative, arguing in his ''Poetics'' that tragedy "is a representation, not of men, but of action and life." This view was reversed in the 19th century, when the primacy of the character, that is, a character-driven narrative, was affirmed first with the realist novel, and increasingly later with the inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of The Last Of Us
The music for the 2013 action-adventure survival horror video game ''The Last of Us'', developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, was composed by musician Gustavo Santaolalla. Supplementary music for the game's downloadable content '' The Last of Us: Left Behind'' was composed by Santaolalla, Andrew Buresh, Anthony Caruso and Jonathan Mayer. Both soundtracks were produced by Santaolalla, Mayer, and Aníbal Kerpel, with separate segments recorded in both Los Angeles and Nashville. Santaolalla, known for his minimalist approach to composing, was excited to work on the soundtrack due to the game's focus on the characters and story. He began composing the music early in the game's development, with few instructions from the development team on the tone that they intended. In collaboration with each other, the team and Santaolalla aimed to make the soundtrack emotional, as opposed to scary. Santaolalla used various instruments to compose the score, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Capture
Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap or mocap, for short) is the process of recording the movement of objects or people. It is used in military, entertainment, sports, medical applications, and for validation of computer vision and robots. In filmmaking and video game development, it refers to recording actions of human actors, and using that information to animate digital character models in 2-D or 3-D computer animation.Andrew Harris Salomon, Feb. 22, 2013, Backstage MagazineGrowth In Performance Capture Helping Gaming Actors Weather Slump Accessed June 21, 2014, "..But developments in motion-capture technology, as well as new gaming consoles expected from Sony and Microsoft within the year, indicate that this niche continues to be a growth area for actors. And for those who have thought about breaking in, the message is clear: Get busy...."Ben Child, 12 August 2011, The GuardianAndy Serkis: why won't Oscars go ape over motion-capture acting? Star of Rise of the Planet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Acting
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent. Voice acting is recognised as a specialized dramatic profession in the United Kingdom, primarily due to BBC broadcasts of radio drama production. Examples of voice work include animated, off-stage, off-screen or non-visible characters in various works such as feature films, dubbed foreign-language films, animated films, anime, television shows, video games, cartoons, documentaries, commercials, audiobooks, radio dramas and comedies, amusement rides, theater productions, puppet shows and audio games. Voice actors are also heard through pre-recorded and automated announcements that are a part of everyday modern life in areas such as shops, elevators, waiting rooms and public transport. The role of a voice actor may involve singing, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Johnson (actress)
Ashley Suzanne Johnson (born August 9, 1983) is an American actress. She initially became known as a child actress for her role as Chrissy Seaver on the sitcom ''Growing Pains'' (1990–1992). As an adult, she had her most notable television roles as Amber Ahmed on '' The Killing'' (2011–2012) and FBI agent Patterson on the NBC series '' Blindspot'' (2015–2020). She has appeared in films such as ''What Women Want'' (2000), ''The Help'' (2011), and ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (2012). She is also a cast member on the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' web series ''Critical Role'' (2015–present) and became the president of the show's charity branch, the Critical Role Foundation, upon its launch in 2020. Johnson has voiced animated characters such as Gretchen Grundler on '' Recess'' (1997–2001), Terra on ''Teen Titans'' (2004–2006), and ''Teen Titans Go!'', Jinmay on '' Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' (2004–2006), Gwen Tennyson in the ''Ben 10'' franchise (2008–2014), R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Baker
Troy Baker (born April 1, 1976) is an American voice actor and musician. Baker is known for his video game roles, including Joel Miller in ''The Last of Us'' (2013) and its sequel (2020), Booker DeWitt in ''BioShock Infinite'' (2013), Samuel "Sam" Drake in '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'' (2016) and '' Uncharted: The Lost Legacy'' (2017), Rhys in ''Tales from the Borderlands (2014),'' Delsin Rowe in ''Infamous Second Son'' (2014), Snow Villiers in ''Final Fantasy XIII'' (2010), Kanji Tatsumi in ''Persona 4'' (2008), Higgs Monaghan in ''Death Stranding'' (2019), and Talion in '' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'' (2014) and '' Middle-earth: Shadow of War'' (2017). Baker currently holds the record for the most acting nominations at the BAFTA Games Awards, with five between 2013 and 2021. Baker has also voiced Batman, Joker, Hawkeye, and Loki in various media, and has provided voices for a number of English dubs of anime, including ''Bleach'', '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drake's Deception
''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception'' is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the third main entry in the ''Uncharted'' series and was released in November 2011 for the PlayStation 3. Set two years after '' Among Thieves'' (2009), the single-player story follows Nathan Drake and his mentor Victor Sullivan as they search for the legendary lost city of Iram of the Pillars while battling a mercenary group led by Sullivan's former employer, Katherine Marlowe. Development for ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception'' began in 2010. For the first time in the company's history, Naughty Dog split into two teams; while one team developed ''Uncharted 3'', the other developed ''The Last of Us'' (2013). Development was approached by incorporating locations distinct from the series' previous entries, with the team deciding on deserts and urban areas, drawing inspiration for the plot from the life of an archaeologist T. E. Lawrence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Among Thieves
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Among Thieves may refer to: *"Among Thieves", a 1957 science fiction story by Poul Anderson, published in ''Astounding Stories'' *''Among Thieves'', the 2009 début novel by Mez Packer *''Among Thieves'', the 2009 David Hosp novel inspired by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft *''Among Thieves'', a 2011 fantasy novel by Douglas Hulick * '' Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'', a 2009 video game See also *Honor Among Thieves (other) Honor (or Honour) Among Thieves is a phrase suggesting trustworthiness within a group that is not considered trustworthy to outsiders. It may also refer to: Books * ''Honour Among Thieves'' (novel), a 1993 novel by English author Jeffrey Archer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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