"Zombie mythology" refers to the collective beliefs, stories, and ideas that surround the concept of zombies. It includes fictional tales, cultural practices, and religious customs that explore the existence, origins, behavior, and characteristics of zombies.
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There are few, if any, obvious references to other films, other than addressing that the best resource
for zombie mythology is horror movies.
But given that the problem was solved so beautifully in the Dead Rising games, and given that shambling hordes are a core value
of zombie mythology, I wonder if a year from now we'll remember Dead Island as a trailer instead of a game.
Who knew one of the most insightful videogames
about zombie mythology would be a turn - based iPhone game, where you can experience the anxiety in short bursts at the time and place of your choosing.
If I may, although in its inception,
zombie mythology focused solely on the living dead, however with the additions to zombie myth, zombies can now be alive or dead depending on the movie or show you are watching, really as long as it's a mob of people who have lost their humanity and are cannibals are considered zombies at this point.
It's a really interesting, nature - based approach to the
timeworn zombie mythology, and it makes the action sequences even more intense as a result.
The Toys for Bob game that Toys for Bob would make if they were still making Toys for Bob games: a sci - fi zombie soup - to - nuts apocalypse from a couple of guys who
understand zombie mythology, space combat, open - world RPGs, and the sort of design trickery that other developers are afraid to try.
And like Atom Zombie Smasher, this is an example of
how zombie mythology has a lot more to offer videogaming than chainsaws and horde modes.
There's no guarantee you will survive, and that's a fundamental tenet
of zombie mythology that few zombie games understand.
There is, of course, something fundamentally silly
about zombie mythology, but some silliness is sillier than others.
Adding to
zombie mythology, TRAIN TO BUSAN rewrites its own monster rules, showing that these zombies hunt by sight and sound, and not scent like we often see.
Both Boyle and Garland developed the idea further, forgoing the traditional idea that zombies ate brains, and altered the foundation of
their zombie mythology to be more reflective of modern times.
The point of
zombie mythology is our inevitable assimilation into this horde.