Whilst researching for my essay, I have some interesting articles about how the game The Last of Us is in fact influenced by a comic. Something which I didn't actually know about before hand.
The comic that influenced the game was in fact the comic of the same name "The Last of Us American Dreams"
As stated by The Last of Us director, the comic influenced the actual development of the game ( interview with the games director: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-23-how-the-last-of-us-comic-book-influenced-the-game).
Neil Druckmann explained that the comic explores and go into Elllie's backstory and her friend whom was only mentioned in the main game - However this was explored in the games dlc.
It also influenced some of the Parodies within the main game. But the main influence the comic had for the game was with it's dlc (as mentioned above) as Neil Druckmann stated in another article that without the comic, the dlc Left behind would of not been created.
Within the same article, it states that comics can not only influence a game but expand the game world itself.
http://www.vice.com/read/exploring-the-art-of-turning-video-games-into-comics-855
Other articles I looked at:
https://shadowproof.com/2013/10/24/edward-snowden-comic-books-and-video-games-inspired-motivated-whistleblowing/
http://vgtribune.com/the-last-of-us-comic-influenced-the-games-lore/
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