The Last of Us is a video game that was released on the PlayStation 3 in 2013. The game centers around the story of a man named Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie across a post apocalyptic United States 20 years after a deadly virus spreads.
While the players control Joel for most of the game, the main plot revolves around Ellie being somehow immune from the virus, and the main story beats revolve around Joel growing closer to Ellie on their journey as she begins to remind him of his daughter that died during the initial outbreak.
Even thought the main protagonist of the game is Joel, The Last of Us passes the Bechdel test. One scene early in the game has Tess – Joel’s smuggling boss and closest friend – make a smuggling deal with Marlene, who is the leader of a rebel faction called the Fireflies.
Shared by: John Horan
Image Credit: https://www.playstation.com/