As someone whose favorite post-apocalyptic movie is George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” — with all of its long scenes of survivors constructing a combination fortress-oasis in a shopping mall — I could have lingered forever in this episode’s 2003 segment.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/arts/television/the-last-of-us-recap-episode-3.html

George A. Romero’s landmark classic rewrote the book on cinematic zombies, and it continues to influence and inspire legions of new moviemakers to this day.

Source: https://variety.com/lists/best-zombie-movies/

Romero’s stepfather also struck him and kicked him out of the house, and yet he remembers that stepfather encouraged his obsession with computers at an early age.

Source: https://venturebeat.com/games/making-doom-and-building-the-fps-industry-at-100-miles-per-hour-john-romero-interview/

Search and recovery efforts to determine if Romero’s body is in the water were called off Monday night but resumed Tuesday.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-missing-carpentersville-woman-vernon-hills-st-1213-20231211-rlmdq2jz7bds3hiq2f7fuu3sxm-story.html