Topic on Talk:Fast Zombies

Mark Rosewater[1], in his 3rd podcast about the Innistrad Set said that this trope (at least in its modern form) has it's origins in video games.[2]. He said that zombies are an ideal video game mook[3] because they come in mass and are slow and thus low threats on their own. [4] He said Fast zombies[5] were a progression on that enemy. Either an Elite Mook[6], or a Video Game Boss. I find Rosewater's origin explanation quite compelling. If most tropers that take a side on the origin of the Fast Zombies take the same side, I'm sure someone will add it to the page. <div class="references-small"

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1. ↑ Head designer of the card game Magic: The Gathering
2. ↑ Not that innistrad has fast zombies. He was a fan of large masses of Plodding Zombies, and as head designer of Magic R&D, he has quite a say in how things go.
3. ↑ not that he used the word mook
4. ↑ Feel free to look at the Night of the Living Mooks page.
5. ↑ Which he sometimes calls zoombies.
6. ↑ Not that he used this jargon either