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Ben Lindbergh

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594 total appearances

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The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

And yeah, we're not big like Easter egg guys just for fan service sakes. Just like, oh, put a nod to the games in because we love the games. But when it makes sense, and I think this was a time when it did. And Mason said, in the end, there's little Ellie gasping for breath with the man who is her father. And we hear the voice of the woman who is her mother. And it's beautiful.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

And yeah, we're not big like Easter egg guys just for fan service sakes. Just like, oh, put a nod to the games in because we love the games. But when it makes sense, and I think this was a time when it did. And Mason said, in the end, there's little Ellie gasping for breath with the man who is her father. And we hear the voice of the woman who is her mother. And it's beautiful.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

And yeah, we're not big like Easter egg guys just for fan service sakes. Just like, oh, put a nod to the games in because we love the games. But when it makes sense, and I think this was a time when it did. And Mason said, in the end, there's little Ellie gasping for breath with the man who is her father. And we hear the voice of the woman who is her mother. And it's beautiful.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

I don't know if I'd use the word beautiful in this context, but I see what he's saying emotionally. Maybe sometimes the parallel universes touch. We don't do a lot of meta stuff, but sometimes it touches. And if there's a moment where you're free for the universes to touch, it's this one, because this is a shared experience now with everyone.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

I don't know if I'd use the word beautiful in this context, but I see what he's saying emotionally. Maybe sometimes the parallel universes touch. We don't do a lot of meta stuff, but sometimes it touches. And if there's a moment where you're free for the universes to touch, it's this one, because this is a shared experience now with everyone.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

I don't know if I'd use the word beautiful in this context, but I see what he's saying emotionally. Maybe sometimes the parallel universes touch. We don't do a lot of meta stuff, but sometimes it touches. And if there's a moment where you're free for the universes to touch, it's this one, because this is a shared experience now with everyone.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

We're sort of saying everyone who played the game and now everyone who hasn't. We have lived through this. And I like that, too, because finally we're all on the same page, at least as it concerns Joel's death. And so it's sort of like, OK, TV viewers, they have been read in now. They have the proper clearance, you know, so like.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

We're sort of saying everyone who played the game and now everyone who hasn't. We have lived through this. And I like that, too, because finally we're all on the same page, at least as it concerns Joel's death. And so it's sort of like, OK, TV viewers, they have been read in now. They have the proper clearance, you know, so like.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

We're sort of saying everyone who played the game and now everyone who hasn't. We have lived through this. And I like that, too, because finally we're all on the same page, at least as it concerns Joel's death. And so it's sort of like, OK, TV viewers, they have been read in now. They have the proper clearance, you know, so like.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

We're all just one big, extremely unhappy family watching and playing The Last of Us and Joel's death. And that was just a nice way to unite it. And as Mason said, I can make an argument that for every single line of that song, as it is contrasted against what you're seeing, it's not true. Almost every single thing is this desire to be true, but none of it's true.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

We're all just one big, extremely unhappy family watching and playing The Last of Us and Joel's death. And that was just a nice way to unite it. And as Mason said, I can make an argument that for every single line of that song, as it is contrasted against what you're seeing, it's not true. Almost every single thing is this desire to be true, but none of it's true.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

We're all just one big, extremely unhappy family watching and playing The Last of Us and Joel's death. And that was just a nice way to unite it. And as Mason said, I can make an argument that for every single line of that song, as it is contrasted against what you're seeing, it's not true. Almost every single thing is this desire to be true, but none of it's true.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

So you look at the lyrics and it's, I walk through the valley of the shadow of death and I fear no evil because I'm blind to it. And my mind and my gun, they comfort me because I know I'll kill my enemies when they come. And yeah, all of that is maybe something that you're going to tell yourself, but it's not really true that your gun's not really going to save you.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

So you look at the lyrics and it's, I walk through the valley of the shadow of death and I fear no evil because I'm blind to it. And my mind and my gun, they comfort me because I know I'll kill my enemies when they come. And yeah, all of that is maybe something that you're going to tell yourself, but it's not really true that your gun's not really going to save you.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

So you look at the lyrics and it's, I walk through the valley of the shadow of death and I fear no evil because I'm blind to it. And my mind and my gun, they comfort me because I know I'll kill my enemies when they come. And yeah, all of that is maybe something that you're going to tell yourself, but it's not really true that your gun's not really going to save you.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

You won't and can't kill all your enemies. You will still feel fear. And then surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. Clearly not what's happening here. And I will dwell on this earth forevermore. I walk beside the still waters and they restore my soul. Not happening here, but I can't walk on the path of the right because I'm wrong.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

You won't and can't kill all your enemies. You will still feel fear. And then surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. Clearly not what's happening here. And I will dwell on this earth forevermore. I walk beside the still waters and they restore my soul. Not happening here, but I can't walk on the path of the right because I'm wrong.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

You won't and can't kill all your enemies. You will still feel fear. And then surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. Clearly not what's happening here. And I will dwell on this earth forevermore. I walk beside the still waters and they restore my soul. Not happening here, but I can't walk on the path of the right because I'm wrong.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

And then, you know, finally it ends with, I know when I die, my soul is damned. And that might seem like the one part here that actually is true, but... we know the end of the last of us part two, and maybe that's not completely true too. Maybe there is actually some salvation and restoration here. So it just, it works really well thematically, I think.

The Ringer-Verse
'The Last of Us' Season 2, Episode 2: The Gamer Guide | Button Mash

And then, you know, finally it ends with, I know when I die, my soul is damned. And that might seem like the one part here that actually is true, but... we know the end of the last of us part two, and maybe that's not completely true too. Maybe there is actually some salvation and restoration here. So it just, it works really well thematically, I think.