1st Edition
The Playful Undead and Video Games Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay
288 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
286 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
286 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the central role of the zombie in contemporary popular culture as they appear in video games. Moving beyond traditional explanations of their enduring appeal – that they embody an aesthetic that combines horror with a mindless target; that lower age ratings for zombie games widen the market; or that Artificial Intelligence routines for zombies are easier to develop – the book... Read more
Introduction: Zombies zombies everywhere, what is one to think?
Stephen Webley
- Zombies, again? A qualitative analysis of the zombie antagonist’s appeal in game design
Matthew Barr - Resurrecting "Obsolete" Video Game Techniques from Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil
Matt Barton - The Undead Past in the Present – Historical Anxiety and the Nazi Zombie
Adam Chapman - The Zombification of Skyrim
Penny de Byl - Fantasies of Full Employment: Zombies, Video Games, and Violent Labor
Michael Epp - Resident Evil and Infectious Fear
Christina Fawcett and Alan McGreevy - Zombie video games, Eros, and Thanatos: Expressing and exploring the life and death drives through video gameplay
Vanessa Haddad - Through the Eyes of the Other: The Relationship between Man and Monster in Siren: Blood Curse
Madelon Hoedt - Dead Rising and the Gameworld Zombie
Kristine Jørgensen - Proliferation, Blockages, and Paths of Escape in Resident Evil and Call of Duty
- Zombies, Play, and Uncertainty in Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
Mitchell Lilly - "A Jill Sandwich" – Gender Representation in Zombie Videogames
Esther Maccalum-Stewart - It’s Never About Zombies – Post-apocalyptic World-building, Interactive Storytelling, and The Walking Dead
Ksenia Olkusz, Sven Dwulecki and Krzysztof M. Maj - The Pace and Range of Video Game Zombies
Bernard Perron - Zombies Ate Democracy: The myth of a systemic political failure in video games
Eugen Pfister - Queering the Zombie
Tanja Sihvonen - The Law of the Playful [Un]Dead: The Influences of Intellectual Property
Timothy A. Wiseman - "The Romeroesque" – Playing with Ethics & Ideology in Zombie Games, from Indie to Mainstream and Around Again
Stephen Webley
Brandon Kempner
Index
Biography
Stephen Webley is Director of The Military and Civil Simulation Technology Research & Enterprise Institute at Staffordshire University, UK
Peter Zackariasson is Associate Professor in the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
