Planet Cracking Is the Second Scariest Thing About Dead Space

This article contains minor spoilers for the Dead Space series in its discussion of planet cracking. What’s worse than being slaughtered by a flesh-crafted abomination and having your own corpse warped into a hideous and equally murderous form? Not much, but planet cracking in Dead Space comes a close second to its Necromorph nightmare. It’s not just that planet cracking unleashed the creatures on the USG Ishimura, the massive vessel where Dead Space takes place. Even without their putting in an appearance, this mining enterprise is deeply disquieting. And yet it’s also typically, depressingly human. If you’ve not played Dead […]

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