The Playful Undead and Video Games: Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay - Rilegato

Libro 13 di 25: Routledge Advances in Game Studies
 
9781138895461: The Playful Undead and Video Games: Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay
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ISBN 10: 1138895466 ISBN 13: 9781138895461
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019

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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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Informazioni sull'autore

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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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2019
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1138895466
ISBN 13 
9781138895461
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
286
Redattore
Webley Stephen J., Zackariasson Peter
Contatto del produttore
Routledge
https://www.routledge-ny.com/

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Gro?ostheim
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Germania

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9781032177700: The Playful Undead and Video Games: Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  1032177705 ISBN 13:  9781032177700
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2021
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