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Last of Us was made by Naughty Dog, who previously worked on Crash Bandicoot and Uncharted. It's clear there was a drive to tell a more grounded serious story using obviously some of the work that they had previously done for Uncharted. But it also told something that had a little more depth than like the Indiana Jones stories of the Uncharted franchise. And so basically they had a framework for a third person shooting game.

A few weeks ago, game developer Double Fine surprise-dropped a 22-hour documentary about the seven-year creation of Psychnoauts 2. At least that's the premise on paper. In reality, the stunning TV-length doc is a fearless look inside the day-to-day life of a video game studio -- warts and all. The documentarians, employed by Double Fine, have unprecedented access to practically every person and room . Frush and Plante talk about the series, called Double Fine PsychOdyssey, along with The Last of Us TV adaptation. Plus, a delightful new retro gaming book is a perfect gift for video game newcomers.

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