An analysis on the concept of catharsis in video games Last of Us

With the influence of developing technology, video games have become more and more important. The application of technology to video games and the fact that the characters and story structure in the game have become more interesting over time show the importance of the subject. Today, video games are no longer looking for an action movie. Especially the classical narrative structure used since Aristotle; katharsis and mimemis have become used in video games just like in cinema movies. In this context, the main subject of this study is to examine the atharsis elements in The Last of Us game. For this study, Aristotle, Nietzche and George Luckas' views on catharsis were taken as a basis, and the classic narrative structure was also used to understand the story in the game.