Zombies, Again? A Qualitative Analysis of the Zombie Antagonist's Appeal in Game Design

@article{Barr2019ZombiesAA,
  title={Zombies, Again? A Qualitative Analysis of the Zombie Antagonist's Appeal in Game Design},
  author={Matthew Barr},
  journal={The Playful Undead and Video Games},
  year={2019},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:181693024}
}
  • M. Barr
  • Published in The Playful Undead and Video… 17 July 2019
  • Computer Science
  • The Playful Undead and Video Games
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