Cordyceps and the video games

This Fungus was used for create a video game called "Last of Us" 

For those who haven't played, The Last of Us, is  for PlayStation 3, is an action adventure game set 20 years after infection of the United States population. 

The infection was a mutated version of cordyceps, able to turn people into monsters out to infect others. In other words, a twist on the classic zombie game.