Cordyceps: Attack of the Killer Fungi! Major Part of Plot for New Game 'The Last of Us'

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1213921p1.html

*Article from Dec 4th, 2011.

Yesterday, a teaser trailer for The Last of Us burst on to the scene and really didn't tell us much about the game. Today, we know the PlayStation 3 exclusive is about brain fungus. Maybe.

The Last of Us teaser trailer features riot and disaster footage with a voiceover longing for the simple things we take for granted. Sounds like a post-apocalyptic game to us. What could bring about the end of the world? Brain fungus.

The Last of Us website features the teaser trailer along with a video snippet of an ant. Eagle-eyed Internet people (like IGN reader Greg Osborne) figured out that the ant video is from an episode of BBC Planet Earth that focuses on cordyceps, a fungus. Seems the cordyceps gets into ants, takes over their brains, and grows from inside them. This kills them; shocking, I know. Here's the clip...

Is this hinting that the end of human civilization in The Last of Us is due to some kind of spore that gets in humans and grows from inside us with some kind of mind control?

Here is the video of the ants and other insects infected by this crazy ass fungus!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8&feature=player_embedded

Anyone interested in the game The Last of Us?

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