{"id":1261782,"date":"2026-03-03T09:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/troy-baker-wasnt-ready-for-the-last-of-us-admits-he-was-woefully-unprepared-for-playing-joel"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:01:17","slug":"troy-baker-wasnt-ready-for-the-last-of-us-admits-he-was-woefully-unprepared-for-playing-joel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/troy-baker-wasnt-ready-for-the-last-of-us-admits-he-was-woefully-unprepared-for-playing-joel\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Baker wasn&#8217;t ready for The Last of Us, admits he was &#8220;woefully unprepared&#8221; for playing Joel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/troy-baker-wasnt-ready-for-the-last-of-us-admits-he-was-woefully-unprepared-for-playing-joel.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Troy Baker has had many video game roles over the years. He is Indiana Jones in The Great Circle, he is Sam Drake in the Uncharted series, he is Booker Dewitt in Bioshock, he is Higgs in Death Stranding&hellip; The list goes on (and on and on and on).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/troy-baker-wasnt-ready-for-the-last-of-us-admits-he-was-woefully-unprepared-for-playing-joel\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/troy-baker-wasnt-ready-for-the-last-of-us-admits-he-was-woefully-unprepared-for-playing-joel\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troy Baker has had many video game roles over the years. He is Indiana Jones in The Great Circle, he is Sam Drake in the Uncharted series, he is Booker Dewitt in Bioshock, he is Higgs in Death Stranding&hellip; The list goes on (and on and on and on). 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