I have a thing with games that involve committing violent acts against dogs: I don’t play them.
This isn’t even just about games. It took me six years and a global pandemic before I sat down and watched John Wick. So you can imagine the shock and horror I felt when I sat down to review The Last of Us Part II and discovered that dogs can pop up among your human enemies.
I made it through one encounter and then abandoned the game completely for an entire weekend while I wrestled with whether or not I could finish. In the end, I did, with no regrets. There’s a lot to be said abut the overall experience in Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us sequel — more, in fact, than I’m permitted to talk about before the game is out on June 19. So I’m just focusing on the dogs for now. Read more…
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