The Last of Us focuses on a zombie outbreak caused by a fungus rather than a virus. The game uses the fungus' growth and spreading as symbolic imagery for the disease's progression. Players experience this symbolic imagery firsthand as they control characters navigating a zombie-filled world.

1. Assignment 12
JAKE EWEN

2. The last of us
The game the last of us
is about a different type
of zombie invasion
focusing on the fungus
throughout the OTS. The
fungus in this OTS shows
the growth and
spreading relating to
the spreading of the
disease. This symbolic
imagery is continued
throughout the game
as you play as the
characters and
progress through the
world filled with
zombies.