Now that everyone seems to be talking non-stop about The Last of Us Season 2 returning in only a few weeks, Craig Mazin has opened up about how many times he has played the Naughty Dog games so that he felt better prepared for the HBO series. Love for the post-apocalyptic epic adventure began all the way back in 2013 when the game was first released, which saw the emotional story of Joel and Ellie as they faced a United States ravaged by humans infected by a mutated fungus.