With the rapid changes in computer technology, popular discourses reflect an anxiety about the future and the role of humans in the world. Cyberpunk—a mode of science fiction highlighting information technologies and degrees of social disorder—in some ways captures these anxieties.
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The zombie is the 21st century monster of choice. It is the ubiquitous symbol of any kind of systemic failure: from zombie banks in economics to zombie categories in social theory.1 Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) use the science-fictional horror scenario of a zombie apocalypse, rather than a natural disaster (such as Hurricane Katrina), to instruct US citizens on issues of „Preparedness 101“ should the unthinkable occur and society break down.
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Dying Light, the latest release of Polish developer Techland, is a zombie game that allows player to experience how they might behave when faced with a global crisis. Innovatively reimagining the zombie game, Dying Light opens up nuanced option for ideological interpretation Weiterlesen
Since their inception, video games as media have been closely entwined with the genre of science fiction, not only recognizable in the thematic proximity of early games such as Spacewar! (1962) but also in the technological development of the medium itself.
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Wolfenstein: The New Order. Dev. MachineGames. Pub. Bethesda Softworks. Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
„It is hard to say what ranks lower on the artistic food chain than video games. Comic books? TV sit-coms? X-rated films? These ratlike vermin at the bottom scurry to avoid the thunderous footfalls of the towering behemoths of the art world.“ (Robinett viii)
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Dev. Firaxis Games. Pub. 2K Games. Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360: 2012 / Mac OSX, iOS: 2013.
Hall, Dean. „DayZ“. Modification. 2012. Arma II. Design Ivan Buchta. Bohemia Interactive. Prague: 2009. Web. <http://dayzmod.com>.
I am a gamer. This is not part of a twelve-step program confession but a generational fact. And I am not alone. My generation, that has been so snidely labeled Generation X, is the first to have grown-up into gaming culture, completely enveloped by it. Weiterlesen
It is hard to say what ranks lower on the artistic food chain than video games. Comic books? TV sit-coms? X-rated films? These ratlike vermin at the bottom scurry to avoid the thunderous footfalls of the towering behemoths of the art world. […] Is that even art? (Robinett viii)Weiterlesen