I got a hold of a rip of the animated prequel DVD that came with the Ultra Limited Edition of Dead Space. Downfall is pretty much a prequel, covering the events that occurred immediately before Isaac stepped onboard the Ishimura.

It was decent. I saw a few inconsistencies between the movie and the game, but none that were alarmingly jarring. The voice work was, I think, mediocre. It sounded like a bunch of voice actors I recognized from TV stepped into a sound booth and read lines with the word "fuck" every three words or so. Eh.

Still, watching the Necromorphs infect and mutate the crew was awesome. The movie is gratuitously violent down to the last gory detail.

One question, though.

Why the fuck didn't we get energy laser chainsaw thingies in the game?! That would've been badass.

If you're a Dead Space fan, and you really liked the game, check this out. If you didn't think so highly of the game, you can live without it.

And now for something completely different. Well, not really.

Ever since I joined Giant Bomb, I've been raving about Dead Space.

I know it's a good game, but I guess I'll just have to keep raving until the next big game comes out, which should be Gears 2. I can't yet afford Fallout 3 or Fable 2, so those will have to come later.

I guess that's just how I am. I find a game I like, and I play it into the fucking ground. No moderation whatsoever. I guess you can expect similar results with the games mentioned above. I need to learn better control...

Also, I think my blog posts/forum posts/comments carry some kind of curse. I comment, and then no one comments or replies for days. What's the deal?