Playful Undead and Video Games

Stephen Webley is Director of The Military and Civil Simulation Technology Research & Enterprise Institute at Staffordshire University, UKPeter Zackariasson is Associate Professor in the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• Introduction: Zombies zombies everywhere, what is one to think?Stephen Webley Zombies, again? A qualitative analysis of the zombie antagonist’s appeal in game designMatthew Barr Resurrecting "Obsolete" Video Game Techniques from Alone in the Dark and Resident EvilMatt Barton The Undead Past in the Present – Historical Anxiety and the Nazi ZombieAdam Chapman The Zombification of SkyrimPenny de Byl Fantasies of Full Employment: Zombies, Video Games, and Violent LaborMichael Epp Resident Evil and Infectious FearChristina Fawcett and Alan McGreevy Zombie video games, Eros, and Thanatos: Expressing and exploring the life and death drives through video gameplayVanessa Haddad Through the Eyes of the Other: The Relationship between Man and Monster in Siren: Blood CurseMadelon Hoedt Dead Rising and the Gameworld ZombieKristine Jørgensen Proliferation, Blockages, and Paths of Escape in Resident Evil and Call of Duty Brandon Kempner Zombies, Play, and Uncertainty in Red Dead Redemption: Undead NightmareMitchell Lilly "A Jill Sandwich" – Gender Representation in Zombie VideogamesEsther Maccalum-Stewart It’s Never About Zombies – Post-apocalyptic World-building, Interactive Storytelling, and The Walking DeadKsenia Olkusz, Sven Dwulecki and Krzysztof M. Maj The Pace and Range of Video Game ZombiesBernard Perron Zombies Ate Democracy: The myth of a systemic political failure in video gamesEugen Pfister Queering the ZombieTanja Sihvonen The 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 Webley Index