{"id":21161,"date":"2025-12-10T15:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/as-ai-floods-our-culture-heres-why-we-must-protect-human-storytelling-in-games\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:37:17","slug":"as-ai-floods-our-culture-heres-why-we-must-protect-human-storytelling-in-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/as-ai-floods-our-culture-heres-why-we-must-protect-human-storytelling-in-games\/","title":{"rendered":"As AI floods our culture, here\u2019s why we must protect human storytelling in games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buying the Zombies, Run! studio wasn\u2019t part of \u200bmy plan, but a post-apocalypse \u200bgame with stories that make people feel seen pulled me in<\/p>\n

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A few days ago, I clicked a button on my phone to send funds to a company in Singapore and so took ownership of the video game I co-created and am lead writer for: Zombies, Run!<\/a> I am a novelist, I wrote the bestselling, award-winning The Power, which was turned into an Amazon Prime TV series starring Toni Collette. What on earth am I doing buying a games company?<\/p>\n

Well. First of all. Zombies, Run! is special. It\u2019s special to me \u2013 the game started as a Kickstarter and the community that grew up around it has always been incredibly supportive of what we\u2019re doing. And it\u2019s special in what it does. It\u2019s a game to exercise with. You play it on your smartphone \u2013 iPhone or Android \u2013 and we tell stories from the zombie apocalypse in your headphones to encourage you to go further, faster, or just make exercise less boring. Games are so often portrayed as the bad entertainment form, but I made a game that fundamentally helps people to be healthier.<\/p>\n

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\nBuying the Zombies, Run! studio wasn\u2019t part of \u200bmy plan, but a post-apocalypse \u200bgame with stories that make people feel seen pulled me in
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\nA few days ago, I clicked a button on my phone to send funds to a company in Singapore and so took ownership of the video game I co-created and am lead writer for: Zombies, Run! I am a novelist, I wrote the bestselling, award-winning The Power, which was turned into an Amazon Prime TV series starring Toni Collette. What on earth am I doing buying a games company?
\nWell. First of all. Zombies, Run! is special. It\u2019s special to me \u2013 the game started as a Kickstarter and the community that grew up around it has always been incredibly supportive of what we\u2019re doing. And it\u2019s special in what it does. It\u2019s a game to exercise with. You play it on your smartphone \u2013 iPhone or Android \u2013 and we tell stories from the zombie apocalypse in your headphones to encourage you to go further, faster, or just make exercise less boring. Games are so often portrayed as the bad entertainment form, but I made a game that fundamentally helps people to be healthier. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Buying the Zombies, Run! studio wasn\u2019t part of \u200bmy plan, but a post-apocalypse \u200bgame with stories that make people feel seen pulled me in \u2022 Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here A few days ago, I clicked a button on my phone to send funds to a company in Singapore …<\/p>\n

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