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Description of  The Playful Undead and Video Games: Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay (Routledge Advances in Game Studies)

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 mans relation to monsters are closely examined in their relation to zombie video games. Read more