![]() They are metaphorical interactions between bodies, representations of how the human form can hurt, harm, and touch, creating new possibilities between bodies. The creation of new orifices by tearing off limbs and ripping off faces, the modification of the body through gnawing and slashing, the ability to burn through the exterior to examine the hidden realm of the interior-these are all rooted in the physical erotics of gore, guts, and violence, which are central to the horror genre. “The zombie is already queer, and the queer is already zombified: they share a metonymic relation, defying cultural normativity equally.”Įven going beyond the zombie as a metaphorical queer figure, the gory effects central to Dead Island 2 really reveal the erotics of horror. ![]() “Zombies are carriers of a virus as deadly vessels of incurable undeath, they transport the means of destroying culture - understood in this essay as a set of values that are reproduced through heterosexual structures and practices,” Simonsen writes. Simonsen argues in “Appetite for Disruption: The Cinematic Zombie and Queer Theory” that the zombie “represents the queerest of movie monsters, since its existence, as neither living nor dead, is predicated on the destruction of boundaries,” particularly heteronormative social and cultural boundaries. Addressing the zombie as a queer figure, Professor Rasmus R. Just as the vampire is a metaphor for predation and penetration, fears, desires, and anguish around queerness are hidden in plain sight around the other monsters that inhabit our horror works, too. I’m not sure it’s possible to create a zombie game and not have sexual subtext around “sex and zombies” and “sex and death” appear in some shape or form. Races, genders, we have three male and three female characters, for sure.” The queer erotics behind zombies ( Deep Silver) “We left sexualities mostly out of the question because ‘sex and zombies’ and ‘sex and death’ isn’t really where we wanted to take this game. ![]() then transplants, which is a very American thing, so we did want to reflect that absolutely,” she said. is incredibly diverse, and our heroes are if not from L.A. While Khan stressed that the game will reflect L.A.’s diversity, explicit queer representation isn’t necessarily on the table. During an interview with The Mary Sue sister site Dot Esports at Gamescom 2022, Deep Silver Dambuster Studios’ lead narrative designer Ayesha Khan fielded a question, on The Mary Sue’s behalf, about representation for various genders, sexualities, and races in the game. If you’re obsessed with gore, Dead Island 2 is going to be your thing.īut if you want your zombie horror game to have explicitly queer themes, Dead Island 2 might not necessarily deliver. You can pull zombies apart limb-by-limb, yank their faces right off their heads, whack them so hard their eyes falls out, and slice so many new orifices into their walking undead flesh that they might as well be Swiss cheese afterwards. And I’m not going to lie, the new gore effects look pretty sick. Shoot, stab, punch, bludgeon, and explode hundreds of zombies to death with limbs strewn everywhere? Even if the final system’s gore capabilities were far less immersive than the original effects showcased mid-development, Dead Island’s violence was a feast for the senses from start to finish.ĭead Island 2 expands on the fun by taking the action to Los Angeles and San Franscisco, along with a third, unspecified part of California. The game, which takes place during a zombie outbreak on an island paradise just a few clicks from Papua New Guinea, sold itself on its realistic blood, guts, and dismemberment-not to mention a gut-wrenching cinematic announcement trailer. The original Dead Island launched in 2011 as a slightly mediocre, but visually spectacular, first-person zombie horror action game. ![]() Dead Island 2 is officially on the way, and developer Dambuster Studios promises a gore-fest so intense that Gamescom had to save the full uncensored trailer for after the show. The star of the show for Tuesday’s 2022 Gamescom Opening Night Live was a long-awaited trailer for a long-awaited followup to one of the bloodiest zombie games ever created.
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