Science of Games: Zombies, part 1

We thought we’d launch our new column with a somewhat timely topic. Naughty Dog recently announced their new project, The Last of Us, which prominently features a humanoid creature that appears, at first blush, to be quite zombie-like. One of the most intriguing parts of Naughty Dog’s announcement of The Last of Us is that it has posted videos of so-called “zombie ants” from the Thailand rainforest