University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 9-3-2013 Zombie Economics: Violence and Economics in three first-person shooter zombie-themed video games. Brynn S. Shaw Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/fll_etds Recommended Citation Shaw, Brynn S.. "Zombie Economics: Violence and Economics in three first-person shooter zombie-themed video games.." (2013). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/fll_etds/64 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. i Brynn S. Shaw Candidate Foreign Languages and Literatures Department This thesis is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Thesis Committee: Dr. Pamela Cheek, Chairperson Dr. John Carr Dr. Osman Umurhan ii ZOMBIE ECONOMICS: Violence and Economics in three First-person shooter zombie- themed video games. by BRYNN S. SHAW Bachelors of Arts, Theatre THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico August, 2013 iii DEDICATION For Jason Rupley, my inspiration, and for my father, Doug Shaw, whose support helped make this thesis possible. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am extremely grateful to Dr. Pamela Cheek, my committee chair, for her hard work and dedication to this project. Her encouragement, advisement and assistance were invaluable.