In this talk from PAX East 2018, Tyr Fothergill and Catherine Flick discuss the archaeology and philosophy of zombies in video games, and how these can be used to help scientists in large neuroscience projects understand the importance of research ethics. We will be doing some follow up podcast episodes to discuss some of the questions more thoroughly as well.
Recorded live a PAX East 2018; presentation available to view separately.
Tyr and I are off to PAX East again, this time we will be talking about zombies (and Pokémon Go!)!
We were so excited we invited some special guests to come play Left 4 Dead 2 with us (yes, they are our very patient and lovely husbands, Martin and Ray). Listen in to some of the shenanigans we got up to, and some thoughts about zombies, realism, decay, and why zombie games are so popular!
We have never played this game before and we are not very good at FPSes, so enjoy our attempts to TPK too!
Our talk on zombies at PAX East is on at 4:30-5:30PM on Saturday: BRAAAAAIIIIINS: Archaeology and Philosophy of Zombies in Games
Our talk on Pokémon Go! is on Friday 5:00-6:00PM: Ethics of Pokémon Go!
Music excerpts in this episode are from the Left 4 Dead 2 soundtrack – we use them for academic purposes!
Games mentioned:
Many thanks to Ray and Martin for putting up with me axing them in the back.
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