The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) organization may have inadvertantly let the proverbial “cat out of the bag” on a sequel to the critically acclaimed PlayStation 3 hit: The Last of Us.
A posting on the GLAAD website discussing 2014’s “most intriguing LGBT characters” included Ellie, one of the main protagonists of The Last of Us.
Behind this junk, there’s a sequel
The posting read: (Warning: May contain spoilers.)
“One of the most critically acclaimed games of all time, The Last of Us, actually made our list last year for including gay hermit Bill amongst its cast of diverse characters trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic America. Then in February, developer Naughty Dog released an important piece of add-on content expanding on the story of central character Ellie and her life before meeting Joel. Though Ellie had previously mentioned the best friend she lost, Left Behind reveals that in their final days together, Ellie also confessed her true feelings for Riley after learning they would soon be separated, which Riley reciprocated. These scenes between them deepened Ellie’s story even further and made the survivor’s guilt she expresses later in the story all the more poignant. With a big-budget film adaptation in the works and a highly anticipated-sequel planned for 2016, Ellie is primed to become the most famous LGBT character in gaming. “
Naughty Dog, the studio behind The Last of Us, has not yet officially announced a sequal.
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