After The Last of Us, What Video Game Series Should HBO Adapt Next?
Story-rich video games are difficult to condense into a two-hour-long film, but they've fared much better in the television realm. Netflix’s Arcane, Castlevania, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, and The Witcher prove that episodic video game adaptations work. Beyond these, there’s a new multi-part adaptation that’s taken the world by storm(Opens in a new window) and set a new standard: The Last of Us.
HBO’s adaptation of the popular PlayStation series respects its source material and builds upon the story as opposed to running away from it. The show gives you more narrative context, answers questions that may have popped into your head as you made your way through the games, and raises the stakes. The changes are exciting, and they've led to one of the greatest television episodes ever produced(Opens in a new window).
Other games can benefit from the care and consideration that HBO gave The Last of Us. We’ve selected five that would be perfect for the channel that has become synonymous with “prestige television.”
In Control, protagonist Jesse Faden follows a telepathic message that leads her to the Oldest House, the base of operations for the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC). There, she stumbles upon a corpse with a pistol by its side: the body of the FBC's former director. Jesse picks up the weapon, becomes the new FBC director, and hunts The Hiss, a mysterious paranormal entity that is infecting and killing the other bureau members.
The Oldest House is a setting that tells a story in every room you enter. Sometimes it’s strange posters on the walls; at other times, it's a projector running on a loop to share exposition. Pair that odd vibe with characters that speak in unsettling cadences, and you have a TV adaption that's a
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