1st Edition
Zombies, Consumption, and Satire in Capcom’s Dead Rising
By Connor Jackson
Copyright 2025
128 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
128 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
128 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the relationship between video games and satire through an in-depth examination of Capcom’s Dead Rising series, which alludes to, recontextualises, and builds upon George A. Romero’s filmic satire on American consumer culture, Dawn of the Dead .
Proposing a taxonomy of videoludic satire, this book details how video games can communicate satire through their virtual... Read more
Introduction
1. Satire, Zombies, Video Games
2. Contextualising Videoludic Satire
3. Spatial Satire
4. Shared Satire
5. Auditory Satire
6. Temporal Satire
7. Consequential Satire
Conclusion
Biography
Connor Jackson (PhD, Edge Hill University) is a Student Learning Administrator at Liverpool Hope University, UK. His research focuses on how video games reinforce and challenge ideas about the world and human behaviour. He is also interested in horror in relation to and beyond video games.
