cinematics

The series pioneered cinematics in gaming by blending cutting-edge cutscenes, voice acting and dynamic camera angles to create something that would have looked more at home on the big screen at the time.

The workers, who produce in-house cinematics, animation, trailers, promotional videos and other narrative content, are just the latest batch in the video game industry to unionize, with more than 6,000 having organized across the U.S. and Canada.

The detailed first look at cinematics from the game, along with gameplay footage, led fans to dub it "Overwatch meets Guardians of the Galaxy".

Describing the stakes in those terms makes it easy to picture all the ways that "The Last of Us" could have fallen into the trap of aspiring to make a series out of what are essentially gaming cinematics.

The then-18-year-old quickly swatted down one-hit-wonder whispers, months later unleashing her raved-about debut album “SOUR,” which evokes Taylor Swift’s singer-songwriter cinematics and turn-of-the-century pop-punk.