Trigger Warning: Suicide and Murder of Fictional Characters

Today we talk about Dead Space and its Remake, an action-horror game where you play as Isaac Clarke as he explores the wrecked space ship called the Ishimura. We take a look at Isaac and his mental well being while experiencing this traumatic event in real time, some of his treatments, and then talk a bit about horror game design. Then we chat about what games we’re enjoying now!

Timestamps:

• Deadspace Remake Background - 03:12
• Issac Clarke Character Analysis - 10:23
• Trigger Warning: Suicide and Murder of Fictional Characters - 15:20
• Case Study - 28:19
• Treatment Plan - 36:33
• Horror Game Design - 47:42
• What Else We’ve Been Playing - 01:13:10

Tracks are:

 "Screen Saver" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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If you are experiencing any sort of mental health distress, or just need someone to talk to, please contact some of these resources gathered on https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

Resources Used for the Episode:

• Dead Space Fan Wiki
• The Fundamentals of Designing a Horror Game

Articles:

• Horror, personality, and threat simulation
• Uncanny behavior in survival horror games
• Towards the Design of Affective Survival Horror Games:

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