In season two of The Last of Us, Cordyceps spores come into play, offering a deadly new way for the infection to ensnare our favorite characters. At SXSW, showrunners Neil Druckmann and Carl Mazin ...

But amidst all the excitement for the acclaimed game adaptation’s next entry, something stood out to us in the latest trailer: the confirmation that spores will be included. This might seem like ...

Warning! Spoilers for The Last of Us Season 1 follow. In the video games, the cordyceps infection spreads via spores, which forces the characters to wear a gas mask at points. But for Season 1 of ...

One of the biggest changes HBO’s The Last of Us made in season one was to forego the presence of spores. In the video games characters have to wear gas masks when they travel because cordyceps ...

While in the game there’s two ways to get infected (bites and spores), in the series the only ways to be infected are through infected bites, and those disgusting tendrils that come out of the ...

The Last of Us‘ video game fans were expecting to see the Cordyceps fungus spread through spores in the air when season on of the TV series hit our screens. After all, that’s how the virus ...