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The Emotional Weight of Ellie and Abby Gameplay in The Last of Us Part II

The Stories We Carry Into Combat There is a moment early in The Last of Us Part II where you, as Ellie, push through a flooded Seattle bookstore. The light is dim, the shelves are knocked over, and every sound feels too loud. You are hunting for supplies, but really you are hunting for something else entirely. The game makes you feel the weight of every bullet, every crafted shiv, every desperate dodge. But what sticks with me is not the violence itself. It is the way the g

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