The Playful Undead and Video Games : Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay (Paperback)

Introduction: Zombies zombies everywhere, what is one to think?Stephen WebleyZombies, again? A qualitative analysis of the zombie antagonist’s appeal in game designMatthew BarrResurrecting "Obsolete" Video Game Techniques from Alone in the Dark and Resident EvilMatt BartonThe Undead Past in the Present ? Historical Anxiety and the Nazi ZombieAdam ChapmanThe Zombification of SkyrimPenny de BylFantasies of Full Employment: Zombies, Video Games, and Violent LaborMichael EppResident Evil and Infectious FearChristina Fawcett and Alan McGreevyZombie video games, Eros, and Thanatos: Expressing and exploring the life and death drives through video gameplayVanessa HaddadThrough the Eyes of the Other: The Relationship between Man and Monster in Siren: Blood CurseMadelon HoedtDead Rising and the Gameworld ZombieKristine JørgensenProliferation, Blockages, and Paths of Escape in Resident Evil and Call of DutyBrandon KempnerZombies, Play, and Uncertainty in Red Dead Redemption: Undead NightmareMitchell Lilly"A Jill Sandwich" ? Gender Representation in Zombie VideogamesEsther Maccalum-StewartIt’s Never About Zombies ? Post-apocalyptic World-building, Interactive Storytelling, and The Walking DeadKsenia Olkusz, Sven Dwulecki and Krzysztof M. MajThe Pace and Range of Video Game ZombiesBernard PerronZombies Ate Democracy: The myth of a systemic political failure in video gamesEugen PfisterQueering the ZombieTanja SihvonenThe Law of the Playful [Un]Dead: The Influences of Intellectual PropertyTimothy A. Wiseman"The Romeroesque" ? Playing with Ethics & Ideology in Zombie Games, from Indie to Mainstream and Around AgainStephen WebleyIndex