on occasion, and most of all, THANK YOU GENS NATION!! Your kind words of encouragement kept me energized each game as I strove to bring you the best game experience I could. I’ll miss my pal Deke and all of you.

Once a General, always a General ❤️💙

#GensNation #ohl

Brandon Wright for giving me a chance in 2023, the whole front office team for supporting me, the game ops team leads Carly, Chase, and Braeden for their hard work keeping games flowing, the broadcaster & media folks like Jack Moore and Terry Johnston for letting me fill their shoes

Nothing felt earned.

If you are a fan of the show but haven't experienced the games, I cannot recommend enough that you do. Pick up a controller or watch a playthrough, because the games do all of it SO. MUCH. BETTER. Shoutout to the creator of this YouTube video Daniel Netzel.

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When the show was announced, we were excited. I was wary of the casting choices, but I was ready to watch. And it just felt... empty. Devoid of the essence the game provided. Gone were the quirky moments of brevity, the strength and resolve of Tess and Bill, and the gravity of Joel's decisions.

One of the first games I had my gf play was TLOU. Maybe wasn't the greatest intro to gaming, but she ran with it and thoroughly enjoyed the story. I would help her play through the scary parts, but she became attached to Joel and Ellie just like I did. But she wouldn't play PT2

The marketing had lied to us. They inserted Joel into a cutscene he couldn't possibly have been in. Abby was barely marketed and she's a massive part of the game. Why did they do this? I made a video on the game, poured all my opinions into it, but I kept playing.

Then the 2nd game came out.

I did my best to avoid all spoilers, but was skeptical of this new Abby character. My experience with that game was like a lot of others, blast through Abby's part so I can get back to Ellie. But Abby's section kept going, and going... I felt betrayed.

To this day it remains one of the most brilliant pieces of storytelling I have ever experienced. This is a game I have replayed more than any other. Reliving each moment like the first time, trying to find all the Firefly pendants and artifacts, testing my skills on Grounded mode.

I was gripped instantly by the gritty gameplay, brutal action, and deep character bonds that are formed with Tess, then Ellie, Bill, and Henry & Sam. Every story beat was meticulously crafted, with symbolism etched into every piece of dialogue, every action, and location.

I experienced TLOU for the first time in 2014 at University. I had just become friends with an ex of mine and her older brother was a big gamer. He was playing it on a projector in an empty lecture hall and they both told me I had to play this game. So I started my own save file