The word ‘epic’ is used too easily and dare we say, a tad toounfairly, in the world of video gaming. However, some games do deserve to be tagged with it. And Naughty Dog’s latest creation, The Last of Us, comes right on top of the list of worthies. At a time when the horror video game genre has pretty much turned into a ‘run, hide and kill zombies’ (often without the ‘hide’) exercise, this is a game that not only looks and plays well, but also does something that few games do.