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# Do DayZ and permadeath teach us how to face death?
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/do-dayz-and-permadeath-teach-us-how-face-death/
- Published: 2013-10-09T23:10:49.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-26T10:36:10.000Z
- Description: Our latest episode of PBS Game/Show looks at how permadeath might be the key to understanding death in our real lives.
- Author: Jamin Warren
- Tags: News, Game/Show, pbs, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Since the heyday of arcades, death has been a key element in videogames. But does it actually teach us anything about our own lives? Over the years developers have created many variations of death in games: 3 lives, checkpoints, saved games…yet the human experience of death is a lot more, well, absolute.

We don’t have the option to continue or try again. In some games like *DayZ*, death works the same way: it’s permanent. So does this make DayZ’s permadeath a more meaningful gaming experience? Watch the newest episode and find out!