Episode 101: ‘The Last of Us’ / Fungal Infections

Today, Ali and Asif discuss the hit TV show ‘The Last of Us’ (0:56). Asif starts off by discussing the game it is based on and whether video games can be considered ‘art’. Then the guys discuss the challenges of adapting video games to other media. They then discuss the development of the show and how the creators avoided the ‘video game curse’. The guys then give their thoughts on the show. Then Ali asks Asif about fungal infections (22:13). Asif starts off by defining what fungi are and describes some common fungal infections found on the skin. He then talks about more invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised individuals. Finally, Ali asks Asif if the “zombie fungus” that can infect ants could jump to humans.

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Show Notes:

• ‘Contagion,’ the Movie That Predicted Our Pandemic, Is Really About Our World Falling Apart: https://variety.com/2020/film/columns/contagion-the-movie-that-predicted-our-pandemic-1234590420/
• How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story that has ever been told in video games’: How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story that has ever been told in video games’
• How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story that has ever been told in video games’: 
• Elliot Page, Bella Ramsay and the Last of Us casting controversy that won’t go away: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/last-of-us-hbo-cast-compare-video-game-voice-actors/
• Bad Dads Vs. Hyper Mode: The Father-Daughter Bond In Videogames: https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/hyper-mode/
• The Last Of Us Does What No Show Has Done Before: https://www.wired.com/story/last-of-us-does-the-impossible-hbo/
• https://scriptnotes.net/
• HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ is a hit. This producer wants to clear the air: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2023/01/20/the-last-of-us-hbo-craig-mazin/
• They’re Getting Rid of Sonic the Hedgehog’s Teeth After All: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/sonic-the-hedgehog-teeth-830842/
• Cutaneous Fungal Infections: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/845251
• What Are Fungal Infections? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103258/
• Frightened by fungal zombies in The Last of Us? The real-life threat is terrifying, too: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/frightened-by-fungal-zombies-in-the-last-of-us-the-real-life-threat-is-terrifying-too-1.6736291
• White-Nose Syndrome Killed Over 90% of Three North American Bat Species : https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/white-nose-syndrome-killed-over-90-three-north-american-bat-species
• Why Deadly ‘Black Fungus’ Is Ravaging COVID Patients in India: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-deadly-black-fungus-is-ravaging-covid-patients-in-india/
• The “zombie” fungus in The Last of Us, explained by a biologist: https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/1/21/23561106/last-of-us-fungus-cordyceps-zombie-infect-humans