The Last of Us Development Series — Season 1
About this season
Through short documentary episodes, key features of The Last of Us are shown.
Episodes (6)
1. Hush
Aired 28 February 2013 • 4 min
A look at the origin and characteristics of the Infected in the first video of The Last of Us Development series.
2. Wasteland Beautiful
Aired 9 April 2013 • 4 min
The concept a post-pandemic world is usually fraught with every visual descriptor except "beautiful." Naughty Dog has taken a very different approach by simply asking the question: what happens to the world after we're gone?
3. Death and Choices
Aired 20 May 2013 • 4 min
Scavenging the paltry resources leftover from a devastated world makes each use a meaningful one, and each player action a storytelling moment.
4. Them or Us
Aired 2 July 2013 • 4 min
The brutality of edge-case survival isn't just a setting, for Naughty Dog it's also a way of visceral connection to the player through the rulesets that bind their actions in the game world.
5. Joel and Ellie
Aired 9 September 2013 • 4 min
An exploration of the relationship that Joel and Ellie develop in spite of and because of the insane world in which they've come together.
6. The Beauty of Abandonment
Aired 12 September 2013 • 4 min
A wordless study of the world, events, and characters through the lens of art. Set to a musical score from composer Gustavo Santaolalla.