The Last of Us' Bloaters: How the Gnarliest Infected Got That Way and How (Whether?) They Can Be Killed

Just when you thought you’d reached peak fungal-freakout, Sunday’s The Last of Us introduced a new nightmare: a hulking, merciless version of Cordyceps-infected human known as bloaters. Aficionados of the video game on which the HBO series is based know that bloaters show up in the school gymnasium with Bill (R.I.P.), and that even with […]