In our longest video essay by a long shot, Sara gets DEEP into Telltale's The Walking Dead, exploring various topics including the politics of zombie games, black masculinity in games, children in games, and more...
CW // blood and gore, emergency non-sterile and non-anaesthetised medical procedures, killing, gun violence, knife violence, suicide, child abuse, racism, eugenics, family separations
Contents:
0:00 - intro
5:02 - (part i) i.i - wrong bodies
27:18 - i.ii - fight the dead, fear the living (domestic and international politics and zombies)
42:06 - i.iii - Capcom's got something to say! (the limitations of critique in popular zombie games)
50:15 - (part ii) ii.i - the zombification of Lee Everett
1:22:27 - ii.ii - the adultification of Clementine
2:01:26 - ii.iii - a black mother and son surviving, together
2:32:03 - ii.iv - fully manual, perfectly satisfactory earth communism
3:04:33 - ii.v - death, grief, and zombie liberation
3:29:09 - credits
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Full References:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A1yyrUbf0-rIB16yE7cCWfnwU21YUwoFwHXb1nIvMBM/edit?usp=sharing
Music Credits:
Clementine's Suite - Jared Emerson-Johnson
Family Ties - Jared Emerson-Johnson
James' Judgement - Jared Emerson-Johnson
Loving Violet - Jared Emerson-Johnson
Marlon - Jared Emerson-Johnson
Season Two Main Menu Theme - Jared Emerson-Johnson
Solitude - Jared Emerson-Johnson
The Parable of the Twins - Jared Emerson-Johnson
Where's Clem - Jared Emerson-Johnson
Resources:
Fonts: Poppins
Game Assist avatars: Chanelle @knellbelles on Twitter and Instagram
Game Assist logo: Fiona Marchbank @FionaCreates
Additional art: [credit game publisher/developer for thumbnail images]
Media Logos: Wikimedia Commons