Reality Check - Why all the Zombies in Video Games?

What is that game where the guy is holding a wrench?

never really bene into zombies. They always just seemed to be an excuse for massive amounts of gore, or an easy way to tell an apocalypse story. I probably would have liked TLoU less if the game focused on the Zombie's/infected, instead of the characters.

dead rising 3 is sucks !

If I where to approach or be approached by a zombie, my first reaction would be to vomit. Because I'm not desensitized to rotting carcasses. Don't know how I would survive such a scenario.

waaaay to many zombie games and bleached out post-apoc shooters this generation. I was bored of it by 2008 and now it's just sad

I'm very much desensitized to zombies now. Like maybe 4-5 years ago they were fun and horrifying, but now they're well played out. It's time for something new.

All I know is when the zombie apocalypse comes I'm eating all of your brains. Nom nom nom

It is kind of strange actually.. It seems like the world as a whole goes through phases of loving particular things. (like certain songs gangnam style and a bunch of others). And zombies have always been around but it seems like they haven't boomed until just recently.. It oddly seemed like it happened overnight, i was actually just thinking about that the other day.. For what i can remember for me personally it started with call of duty world at war zombies, than zombieland movie (maybe that was first) then left 4 dead, then the walking dead, then killing floor,then warm bodies,than dead island, then walking dead (game), then than DAYZ. Than sniper zombies,Than Infestation, than state of decay...Man its just been a zombie generation!

It's really easy People, Companies don't want to point the finger at any one country or nation and make them the Villain in movies and games. So Aliens and Zombies act as a stand in so players and viewers don't get offended killing Germans or Chinese attacking soldiers. Too many movies and games now a days fall back to the oh look Zombies or Aliens instead of a more contemporary target.

This is Just my opinion mind you.

I'm very glad that this video was a rather profound psychological study on the concept, and not just a shallow critique of the zombie game phenomenon.

I'd say I am at a halfway point. Depends on the game, some games play with the concept in a way that actually makes you feel something (The Walking Dead, The Last of Us), but there are way too many filler games that speed the desensitizing process.

I've never been a zombie fan. I want real adventure gaming to come back.

This video has me excited for Dead Rising 3

The only zombies that scare the S*** out of me are those in dayZ. No weapons, no allies. Just them moaning around the corner. :O

Another superbly thought-provoking video from Cam! :)

"...and the ease with which to program their AI ... "

I'm glad he listed that observation. It's probably the number one reason for the prevalence of game zombies.

Yup, I am totally done with Zombies. Over saturation probably killed it for me. I would go so far as to say that any game that has a zombie DLC has just basically jumped the shark. It would be nice to see some more creative ways to creep us out.

Zombies have become grossly boring. Time to move on.

Why zombies in video games? Piss easy AI programming for developers, debatably fun and easy AI to mow down for players.

I think I'm completely Desensitized, and yes, I am a little tired of zombies now.

cool episode