{"id":10461,"date":"2023-06-20T11:37:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T09:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/20\/cormac-mccarthy-gave-post-apocalyptic-video-games-their-flavour\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T09:37:35","slug":"cormac-mccarthy-gave-post-apocalyptic-video-games-their-flavour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/20\/cormac-mccarthy-gave-post-apocalyptic-video-games-their-flavour\/","title":{"rendered":"Cormac McCarthy gave post-apocalyptic video games their flavour"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US novelist shaped the modern idea of the post-apocalypse. Without him, games such as The Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption would not be the same<\/p>\n

Cormac McCarthy, one of the most significant figures in modern American literature, died last week aged 89<\/a>. While the tributes have mostly come from within the literary world, he had a huge impact upon modern culture as a whole \u2013 including video games. McCarthy\u2019s work reshaped the way that the world looks at the post-apocalyptic genre, a flavour of fiction that video games have long called home. And Rockstar\u2019s western opus Red Dead Redemption vividly recalls the Border Trilogy \u2013 particularly the twisted figure of Dutch van der Linde.<\/p>\n

The developers of The Last of Us have specifically cited The Road as a key influence<\/a>, and it\u2019s easy to see why Naughty Dog drew upon McCarthy\u2019s parent-child journey across a post-apocalyptic America to inform their own. While the main thrust of the game\u2019s story fits neatly into Joseph Campbell\u2019s monomyth, it is the nihilism and bleakness of The Road that determines its mood. Both feature ruined worlds, full of marauders and cannibals, and Joel\u2019s sickness parallels the Man\u2019s fading condition in the novel. Both endings are bleak, the horrors of the world swallowing characters up bodily and mentally.<\/p>\n

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\nThe US novelist shaped the modern idea of the post-apocalypse. Without him, games such as The Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption would not be the same
\nCormac McCarthy, one of the most significant figures in modern American literature, died last week aged 89. While the tributes have mostly come from within the literary world, he had a huge impact upon modern culture as a whole \u2013 including video games. McCarthy\u2019s work reshaped the way that the world looks at the post-apocalyptic genre, a flavour of fiction that video games have long called home. And Rockstar\u2019s western opus Red Dead Redemption vividly recalls the Border Trilogy \u2013 particularly the twisted figure of Dutch van der Linde.
\nThe developers of The Last of Us have specifically cited The Road as a key influence, and it\u2019s easy to see why Naughty Dog drew upon McCarthy\u2019s parent-child journey across a post-apocalyptic America to inform their own. While the main thrust of the game\u2019s story fits neatly into Joseph Campbell\u2019s monomyth, it is the nihilism and bleakness of The Road that determines its mood. Both feature ruined worlds, full of marauders and cannibals, and Joel\u2019s sickness parallels the Man\u2019s fading condition in the novel. Both endings are bleak, the horrors of the world swallowing characters up bodily and mentally. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US novelist shaped the modern idea of the post-apocalypse. Without him, games such as The Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption would not be the same Cormac McCarthy, one of the most significant figures in modern American literature, died last week aged 89. While the tributes have mostly come from within the literary …<\/p>\n

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