Playful Undead and Video Games (inbunden)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Serie
Routledge Advances in Game Studies
Antal sidor
276
Utgivningsdatum
2019-07-30
Förlag
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensioner
231 x 152 x 18 mm
Vikt
454 g
ISBN
9781138895461

Playful Undead and Video Games

Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay

av Stephen J Webley, Peter Zackariasson, Stephen J Webley, Peter Zackariasson
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2019-07-30
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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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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

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