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To Eat and/or Be Eaten: A Yummy Guide with Zombies Inside
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Languages. Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0930-644X
Linnaeus University, The University Administration.ORCID iD: 0009-0000-0167-3176
2025 (English)In: Cultural Perspectives on Sweets in Children’s Literature and Media / [ed] Sabine Planka;Corina Löwe, New York: Routledge, 2025Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter explores how video game consumables, particularly sweets, embody nostalgia and solastalgia within Project Zomboid. The analysis identifies connections between nostalgia, food items, environmental decay, and the cultural significance of comfort foods in a post-apocalyptic setting. By building on concepts like positive food nostalgia and the role of comfort food, the article argues that sweets and similar consumables are used to evoke a solastalgic longing for a lost society. The study highlights the symbolic and functional roles of consumables in digital narratives, extending the dialogue on ecocriticism and nostalgia in the context of role-playing games.

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New York: Routledge, 2025.
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video games, literature, ecocriticism, nostalgia, digital humanities, project zomboid
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Languages and Literature Cultural Studies
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Humanities
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-137166DOI: 10.4324/9781003570035-16Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105002522724ISBN: 9781003570035 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-137166DiVA, id: diva2:1943376
Available from: 2025-03-10 Created: 2025-03-10 Last updated: 2025-06-26Bibliographically approved

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