Dead Space is a 2008 survival horror game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows as the debut entry in the Dead Space series. Set on a mining spaceship overrun by deadly monsters called Necromorphs following the discovery of an artifact called the Marker, the player controls engineer Isaac Clarke as he navigates the spaceship and fights the Necromorphs while struggling with growing psychosis. Gameplay has Isaac exploring different areas through its narrative, solving environmental puzzles and finding ammunition and equipment to survive. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Carr, Diane. “Ability, disability and dead space.” Game Studies 14, no. 2 (2014): 23-29.
Research that includes this game in its sample
Carr, Diane. “Bodies, augmentation and disability in Dead Space and Deus Ex: Human Revolution.” Context matters (2013): 31-41.
Johnson, Robin S. “Masculinities in play: Examining hegemonic and technomasculinity in Resident Evil 5 and Dead Space.” In Annual American Men’s Studies Association Conference Proceedings, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 122. Men’s Studies Press, 2010.
Schäbler, Daniel. “Unnatural Games? Innovation and Generification of Natural and Unnatural Visual Effects in Dead Space and Alien: Isolation.” Storyworlds: A Journal of Narrative Studies 7, no. 1 (2015): 21-38.