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The Playful Undead and Video Games - Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay (Hardcover)
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The Playful Undead and Video Games - Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Advances in Game Studies
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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 provides a multidisciplinary and comprehensive look at
this cultural phenomenon. Drawing on detailed case studies from
across the genre, contributors from a variety of backgrounds offer
insights into how the study of zombies in the context of video
games informs an analysis of their impact on contemporary popular
culture. Issues such as gender, politics, intellectual property
law, queer theory, narrative storytelling and worldbuilding,
videogame techniques and technology, and man's relation to monsters
are closely examined in their relation to zombie video games.
Breaking new ground in the study of video games and popular
culture, this volume will be of interest to researchers in a broad
range of areas including media, popular culture, video games, and
media psychology.
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