Last year, it was wonderful to be a gamer.  Apparently, it was also of great advantage to be a sequel, as all five of my favorites clearly illustrate.  To review, the five titles that tickled my fancy were as follows:  Batman: Arkham City, Dead Space 2, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and Portal 2.  While all of these games are amazing, one stood out above the rest and made my 2011 the best that it could be.

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One of my favorite video game genres growing up was survival horror.  Mostly playing games from the Resident Evil series, the thing I enjoyed most about them, aside from the scenes of explicit violence and gore, was how they made me feel while I played.  Almost like the video game equivalent of a roller coaster, there was plenty of screaming and even more adrenaline.  Fast forward from the mid-to-late 90s all the way up to 2008 and the survival horror genre was ebbing.  That all changed when the predecessor for one of my top picks for this year hit the scene that October.  That’s right, today we’re going to be talking about Dead Space.

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Let’s face it, Dead Space 2 was a fantastic game.  When Visceral announced they were going to release single-player DLC so soon, I was overjoyed.  I’ve gotten a chance to download and play Dead Space 2: Severed, but did it live up to the greatness that was Isaac Clark’s second dance with the necromorphs?  Read on to find out.

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After several movies, books, comics and prequel games, Dead Space 2 has finally arrived.  Personally, I have been waiting for this game for quite a while.  As a huge fan of the original game and an owner of far too much other Dead Space media, this game release could not have come soon enough.  The hype leading up to it has been pretty substantial, but after playing it myself I truly think we may already have one of the best games of this year.

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With everything from previews to novels, if you want your Dead Space updates, you can find them right here.  Speaking of, I got a chance to play Dead Space: Ignition last week and I’m here to fill you in on how and why you should get it.

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