Zombies, Consumption, and Satire in Capcom’s Dead Rising

Connor Jackson

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Routledge
20 November 2024

Social & cultural history; Popular culture; Media studies; Computer games: strategy guides; Digital animation; Games development & programming

Series: Routledge Advances in Game Studies

This book explores the relationship between video games and satire through an in-depth examination of Capcom’s Dead Rising series, which alludes to, recontextualises, and builds upon George A. Romero’s filmic satire on American consumer culture, Dawn of the Dead.

Proposing a taxonomy of videoludic satire, the book details how video games can communicate satire through their virtual environments, their characters, their audio, the way they frame the passage of time, and the outcomes of in-game choices that their players can make. By applying this taxonomy to the Dead Rising series, this book presents a compelling case for how video games can function as instruments for social commentary and indicators of ideological tensions.

This unique and insightful study will interest students and scholars of media studies, video game studies, satire, visual culture and zombie studies.

By: Connor Jackson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781032740027
ISBN 10: 1032740027
Series: Routledge Advances in Game Studies
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 20 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction 1. Satire, Zombies, Video Games 2. Contextualising Videoludic Satire 3. Spatial Satire 4. Shared Satire 5. Auditory Satire 6. Temporal Satire 7. Consequential Satire Conclusion

Connor Jackson (PhD, Edge Hill University) is a Student Learning Administrator at Liverpool Hope University, UK. His research focuses on how video games reinforce and challenge ideas about the world and human behaviour. He is also interested in horror in relation to and beyond video games.