‘Uncharted’ review: No risk, no reward

The Uncharted franchise is known for already being a love letter to films of the globe-trotting adventure genre, so how could this have gone wrong? When faced with the question of why a film adaptation of a video game exists…

The Last of Us Part II Review

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about The Last of Us Part II. Like the brain cordyceps that caused this fictional post-apocalyptic scenario, the game has infected my mind so thoroughly that I find it impossible to escape –…

Cinema’s Influence on Video Games

With the release of a real life Sonic the Hedgehog movie, I was presented with the task of coming up with the most cinematic video games for a Film and Gaming section cross post. When thinking about this topic, however,…

Nathan Fillion as Uncharted’s Nathan Drake? Best. Monday. Ever.

Remember this moment? Eight years later, the wish of YouTuber “greg blessing” (and likely the whole world) came true. Kind of, anyway. On Monday, director Allan Ungar gifted Uncharted players with a 15-minute “live-action fan film” about Naughty Dog and…

Video Game Review: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

In my opinion, the Uncharted series is an almost perfect franchise. Its stellar landscape, complex characters and fun gameplay never lost its touch—even after four installments. Nathan Drake became one of video games’ biggest icons, having both men and women…

2016 Gift Guide for all things media and entertainment

If you are like me, you might’ve too forgotten that we’ve come to the end of November, Thanksgiving is today/tomorrow (depending on when I get this thing posted), and the Holiday season is officially here. To help curve the stress…

2016 Midyear Review: Best In Gaming

Now that the summer has reached it’s mid-point, we inch ever closer to the maniacal fall season of game releases. At this “checkpoint,” as it were, The Young Folks staff assembles their favorite titles of the first half of 2016,…