The Last of Us’ Nick Offerman hasn’t picked up game since Banjo-Kazooie

Nick Offerman is best-known for being the head of parks in the department. Parks and Rec, most recently starred as Bill in last week’s episode of Last of Us. The surprisingly poignant love story told in the third episode of the HBO zombie survival series is a departure from Bill and Frank’s original storyline in the game. Offerman was seated on Jimmy Kimmel LiveWe will be speaking about the role on Wednesday and singing Linda Ronstandt songs for our performance.

Kimmel naturally asked Offerman whether he’d ever played this game. Last of Us. Offerman explained his reasons, explaining that the quick answer was no. Turns out, he’s not entirely a stranger to video games. He just made the deliberate choice never to pick one up again after losing two weeks of his life to Rare’s 1998 platformer Banjo-Kazooie.

“I decided I’m never going to do that again,” Offerman declared to Kimmel, after recounting the sweet dopamine rush and subsequent fall that came after beating Banjo-Kazooie. “Thankfully, because games have gotten so good… that I think I’d be in a basement and I wouldn’t even be going to audition for shows like [The Last of Us].”

Though Bill probably won’t appear in further episodes of Last of Us, new episodes drop on Sundays.