

But also how they pass it from one person to the other, it just became this really disturbing thing, which was like, Oh, this is delicious. He continued: “ to feel like these things are interconnected. For that logistical reason, we were like, Let’s find a different vector.” Then we lose so much, which is maybe the most important part of the journey is what’s going on inside behind their eyes, in their soul, in their beings. Neil Druckmann explained to Polygon: “If we wanted to treat it realistically, and there are spores near, characters would wear gas masks all the time. The airborne spores that required gas masks to navigate are gone and instead, we have tendrils (which, by the way, will make your skin crawl from a visual perspective), potentially given the real-life COVID pandemic wherein a mask helps slow transmission.


The show has deviated from the game in that regard. The infection spreads either by being bitten by someone already infected or by inhaling airborne spores from dead infected that would fill the air. People ate food with enough traces of cordyceps to become infected and lost their minds to it. In the video games, it was primarily caused by crops contaminated with fungus. In the prologue to The Last of Us: Part I, you can find a newspaper that outlines the cause of the outbreak. How did The Last of Us outbreak start? The disease that wipes out most of humanity in The Last of Us is a fungus-a mutated microorganism known as cordyceps, which actually does exist in real life, but it can’t infect humans. Here’s the cast list of the main and recurring characters. Fans of the video games will also be pleased to recognize some of the IP’s original actors in new and old characters. Pedro Pascal, who you’d know from Game of Thrones and Narcos, Nick Offerman from Parks And Rec, Anna Torv who you’d know from Mindhunter and many others. The cast of The Last of Us includes many familiar faces. There are FAQs with instructions on how to claim your free HBO Max subscription here and here. If you have one of these plans, you’re eligible for a complimentary HBO Max account. Eligible plans include: AT&T Unlimited Elite, AT&T Unlimited Plus, AT&T Unlimited Plus Enhanced, AT&T Unlimited Choice, AT&T Unlimited Choice II, AT&T Unlimited Choice Enhanced and AT&T Unlimited & More Premium. The first step is to check if your AT&T plans include a free HBO Max subscription. If you’re an AT&T customer (or know someone who is), you may be eligible for a free HBO Max subscription.
