ABSTRACT
Dead Space 2 (2011 Visceral Games [VG]) designed by Wright Bagwell, John Calhoun, Jatin Patel, Ben Walker, and Matthias Worch essentially repeats the plot and design of the rst game, with a rescued Isaac Clarke trapped on a space station orbiting Saturn where another Marker has become active, creating another infestation of Necromorphs. One remarkable feature is the number of characters in Jeremy Bernstein’s script who appear to be named a er sf writers. In addition to Clarke, Dead Space 2 oers Nolan Stross (an apparent reference to Charles Stross), Daina Le Guin (suggestive of Ursula K Le Guin), Ellie Langford (reminiscent of David Langford), and-in the prequel lm Dead Space: Aftermath, see later text-Nicholas Kuttner (a probable reference to Henry Kuttner).
