Last of Us Narrative Lead Explains Story Backlash, Ethics, and Video Game Violence

Esquire interviewed Halley Gross, the narrative lead at Naughty Dog who helped craft the defiant story of The Last of Us Part II, to find out how the hell they pulled off such an ethically twisted, controversial plot.

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