The Weekly Stuff #334 – EA Play 2020, Ian Holm RIP, and Last of Us 2 Impressions

<p>It’s a short but sweet episode this week as we cover a few pieces of news, including the passing of beloved actor Ian Holm, best known for his definitive portrayal of Bilbo Baggins in <i>The Lord of the Rings </i>trilogy. We also break down another ‘Not-E3 2020 event’ as EA gave one of their worst, least substantive press conferences ever, and rant about American movie theatres wildly irresponsible move to reopen in the midst of a pandemic. Jonathan gives a quick update on his <i>One Piece </i>progress, and Sean talks about the horrors of watching <i>Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. </i>And finally, we give some spoiler-free impressions of Naughty Dog’s <i>The Last of Us Part II, </i>one of the year’s most anticipated games, ahead of our full spoiler review next week. </p><p>Enjoy, and come back Wednesday for a bonus episode celebrating the first anniversary of our sister series, <a><i>Weekly Suit Gundam!</i></a></p><p><strong>Time Chart:</strong></p><p>Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:05:35</p><p>Stuff: 0:05:35 – 0:16:42</p><p><i>Last of Us 2 </i>Impressions: 0:16:42 – 0:39:57</p><p>News: 0:39:57 – 1:26:46</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6QsXZYt12NIzF224GKBA0g"><strong>Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!</strong></a></p><p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wgtc-radio-we-got-this-covered/id535584943"><strong>Subscribe for free to 'The Weekly Stuff' in iTunes!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JonathanLack"><strong>Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/SeanTheChapman"><strong>Follow Sean Chapman on Twitter!</strong></a></p>