FOR ASHLEY JOHNSON, the possibility to be a voice star in the post-apocalyptic video game The Last of Us Part II was both a danger and also tempting. It was her initial job as a video-game lead character, as her personality, Ellie, went up from a sustaining duty. But Part II had not been a paint-by-numbers follow up: It exterminated a cherished personality; it included a lesbian lead on its cover; and also it overturned the dynamic of the initial, which complied with a white male as he safeguarded a girl from threat. As Johnson waited for the game’s launch in June 2020, she understood it would not be for everybody, however she was “shocked,” she claims, by what took place following.
A section of players, outraged by a lesbian lead character and also the game’s dynamic national politics, not just opposed The Last of Us Part II, they looked for to penalize individuals that made it. Johnson, that is for the very first time opening regarding the …
