{"id":283864,"date":"2024-06-24T16:44:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T14:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=334808"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:18:05","slug":"the-game-that-immortalized-a-fallen-gamer-hero-in-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-game-that-immortalized-a-fallen-gamer-hero-in-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"The game that immortalized a fallen gamer hero in combat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You may not have heard of State of Decay 2 by name. The game, released in 2018 for Xbox One, presents a world where you must create a community to fight against hordes of zombies. <strong>It can&#8217;t be said that it was an incredible success, but in 2021 it reached 10 million players.<\/strong> And among them was Bruce Allen Buncombe&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"State of Decay 2\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/ee3bf306-b691-4712-86d3-c1634cddfcc5\/4045555000\/state-of-decay-2-2019-10-11_12-35-21.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">State of Decay 2<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/state-of-decay-2.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/state-of-decay-2.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rest in pixels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We don&#8217;t know the name of the son, who goes by the name EmbarrassedBudget on Reddit, but we do know his story: his father passed away three years ago, and he wanted to pay tribute to him. He didn&#8217;t know exactly what he wanted to do, but he sent a message to Undead Labs, the studio, without expecting anything in return. They couldn&#8217;t do much, but to honor his life, <strong>they named one of the hundreds of digital survivors after him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, after three years, <strong>his son has finally found him<\/strong>: Bruce Allen Buncombe, a survivor who before the zombie apocalypse had a medical practice, led a peaceful life, and is now &#8220;old and tired.&#8221; And yes, you guessed it: the real Bruce also had a medical practice, was peaceful, and considered himself &#8220;old and tired.&#8221; Ay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/StateOfDecay\/comments\/1dktwfo\/my_dad_passed_away_3_years_ago_found_him_in_the\/\">My dad passed away 3 years ago. Found him in the game. <\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/EmbarrassedBudget859\/\">u\/EmbarrassedBudget859<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/StateOfDecay\/\">StateOfDecay<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This will be my community forever,&#8221; said EmbarrassedBudget, adding &#8220;That&#8217;s my father, immortal. We may grow older and forget about this game (I highly doubt it), but<strong> no matter what happens, he will always be a part of it<\/strong>.&#8221; After all, video games can be much more than adventures, role-playing games, or puzzles: they can be testimonies of who we are, of who we want to be, of who we will be, leaving a mark in a digital world forever. Well done, State of Decay 2. Very well done.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"State of Decay 2\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/ee3bf306-b691-4712-86d3-c1634cddfcc5\/4045555000\/state-of-decay-2-2019-10-11_12-35-21.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">State of Decay 2<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/state-of-decay-2.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/state-of-decay-2.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may not have heard of State of Decay 2 by name. The game, released in 2018 for Xbox One, presents a world where you must create a community to fight against hordes of zombies. It can&#8217;t be said that it was an incredible success, but in 2021 it reached 10 million players. And among &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-game-that-immortalized-a-fallen-gamer-hero-in-combat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The game that immortalized a fallen gamer hero in combat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":283866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[6705,6706,3871],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-283864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionstate-of-decay-2","tag-state-of-decay-2","tag-videojuegos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312592,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283864\/revisions\/312592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283864"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=283864"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=283864"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=283864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}