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    Image of DetectiveMan DetectiveMan
    02:36 PM

    In reply to Dead Space 2 Teaser Message Decoded (by Many)
    lmao. I'm sorry but that sounds dumb as shit. Thats like saying "The sun has risen, but will not rise"

    On a more serious side, you can clearly see the two figures on the top left and right of the image are the monsters from the first game, or atleast references to them, look at the arms.
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    Image of jayntampa jayntampa
    01:19 PM

    In reply to Dead Space 2 Teaser Message Decoded (by Many)
    Shouldn't the alien runes spell out alien words that then have to be translated? For example, if I Romanize hiragana, I don't get English words ... I get Japanese words with English letters.
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    Image of exion exion
    01:36 PM

    @jayntampa: if you pay keen attention in the original, and read the associated comics/watch the film then it becomes fairly clear that the marker was manmade, to some degree at least... And the alphabet is that of Unitologists who follow the mythos of the marker written by Altman. This is contradicted though as in the anime it says that noones managed to translate it yet, but yet, people driven insane by the marker continue to write garbled nonsense in it everywhere...
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    Image of excaleranth excaleranth
    01:55 PM

    @exion: The marker tells them things, and through these crazy hallucinations they learn to write in this language.
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    Image of exion exion
    01:58 PM

    @excaleranth: that's one way of explaining it, though there's nothing in the franchise so far that directly says so.
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    Image of excaleranth excaleranth
    02:28 PM

    @exion: They had no time to directly say it because everyone was busy dying from Homicides, Suicides and Necromorphs, but it was heavily implied that the Marker or the Hive Mind was responsible for the hallucinations, and the people who see these hallucinations are the people who see this language.

    Also worthy to note is that the first Marker was not man made, but rather found. The second is a replication, completely man made. The language and information held within is supposedly the key to life beyond death, and although that has basically formed the Unitology religion, I think they don't understand what it actually means, which is to say Necromorphs.
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    03:20 PM

    @excaleranth: indeed, the whole religious aspect of it seems, to me at least, like a huge misunderstanding from an entire community who'd rather believe something entirely ridiculous with little evidence in support of it... kinda reminds me of something closer to home, but... lets leave that one alone.

    This is implied by the disdain the regular crew members seem to have for the unitologist "crazies" on board.

    The original Marker is still shrouded in mystery, though I suspect we'll discover more about it either through the story in the sequel... or perhaps written in the unitologist code on the wall.
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    Image of jayntampa jayntampa
    03:25 PM

    @excaleranth: Exactly.

    It's like people using Nordic runes for English ... you're really just appropriating another language. The runes in Dead Space are not human in origin. And, if it's just people writing things out in them, it's pretty juvenile.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    01:16 PM

    In reply to Dead Space 2 Teaser Message Decoded (by Many)
    You lot seemed to have fun the other day.
    So here's another, the Eiffel tower in a fireworks display.
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    Image of Bergerac Bergerac
    01:18 PM

    @deanbmmv: I see two seahorse unicorns fighting with Halo swords. Pink versus Pink teams? LOL
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    Image of Gildon Gildon
    01:24 PM

    @Bergerac: Two blue giant enemy crabs.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    01:24 PM

    @deanbmmv: Do you have a thing for bats?
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    Edited by OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear at 12/06/09 1:24 PM OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was starred OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was unstarred
    Image of TVs_Frank TVs_Frank
    01:38 PM

    @deanbmmv: I see a very tasteful representation of The Birth of Venus by Botticelli depicted in creatures associated with the sea. The Zephyrs are represented as blue lobsters wielding green snappers, and the Horae represented as pelican beaks offering up... other pelican beaks. Venus herself is represented as two narwhals with a frog wielding a guitar as the famous horn.

    This is the part where the doctor commits me for insanity.
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment Edited by TVs_Frank at 12/06/09 1:39 PM TVs_Frank was starred TVs_Frank was unstarred
    Image of D-K, Anarchist D-K, Anarchist
    02:00 PM

    @deanbmmv: Quite clearly an alligator vomiting rainbow..
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    02:31 PM

    @deanbmmv: Raiden V: Rainbow Madness.
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    Image of hot_heart hot_heart
    04:05 PM

    @deanbmmv: OH GOD THE FLASHBACKS WEEEEEEEE
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    Image of ikon ikon
    04:18 PM

    @deanbmmv: What?! Don't tell me I'm the only one who sees the pair of pliers? (and for the record I'm talking of the red/pink and grey parts...)
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    Image of Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire
    01:05 PM

    In reply to Dead Space 2 Teaser Message Decoded (by Many)
    Who the hell even came up with that quote? Sounds very corny.
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    Image of TaylorEatWorld TaylorEatWorld
    01:14 PM

    @Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: Someone who isn't corny but is corny.
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    Image of CapnCourage CapnCourage
    01:41 PM

    @Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: Someone who has never written a word, yet is the author of many books.

    Awful, awful books.
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    Image of crunks crunks
    12/04/09

    In reply to Is This Our First Look At Dead Space 2?
    Rorschach's Journal. October 12th, 2010: Necromorph carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This space station is afraid of me. I have seen its true face.

    The hallways are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown.

    The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and scientists will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll whisper "no."
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    Image of SugaMama SugaMama
    12/04/09

    @crunks: Haha, did you ever read this? [www.cracked.com]
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    Image of bass28 bass28
    12/04/09

    @crunks: You deserve that star so much :)
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    crunks promoted this comment bass28 was starred bass28 was unstarred
    Image of crunks crunks
    12/04/09

    @bass28: aww thanks
    @SugaMama: that is pretty fuckin hilarious
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    Image of Showmeyomoves! Showmeyomoves!
    12/05/09

    @crunks: Very nice.
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    Image of BlazeOneG BlazeOneG
    12/05/09

    @crunks:lol, nicely done!
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    Image of Chronixal Chronixal
    12/04/09

    In reply to Is This Our First Look At Dead Space 2?
    I really need to pick up Dead Space in the near future. After all the awards it won for sound, it seems only right to test it out on my 7.1 set-up.

    The main flaw in this plan is I am rather....jumpy, shall we say.
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    Image of SurfingKoala35 SurfingKoala35
    12/04/09

    @Chronixal:
    Wow, maybe you really shouldn`t play it then. Seriously though, I play wth headphones, and when a Necro I didn`t know about sneaks up from behind.... Play the game. Still my best experience in this GEN.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    12/04/09

    In reply to Is This Our First Look At Dead Space 2?
    Thats not a proper rorscarch(in case it wasn't obvios)
    But to make up for that I present you two clowns high fiving.
    (p.s by telling you I totally ruined the test, but wth)
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    Image of Communist Pope Communist Pope
    12/04/09

    @deanbmmv: Clowns? Those are clearly gnomes!

    (Also, so as to avoid any potential miscommunications, I'm not in any way seriously telling you that you're wrong. Nice rorschach you got there!)
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    Image of Sam Griswold Sam Griswold
    12/04/09

    @deanbmmv: Unfortunately they are not clowns, but wizards
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    Image of PacJack360 PacJack360
    12/04/09

    @Communist Pope: I seriously see the gnomes, but my initial thought was sumos
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    Image of SurfingKoala35 SurfingKoala35
    12/04/09

    @Communist Pope: Isnt it obviously a mans face with red eyebrows and his tongue out?
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    Image of w0ng3r w0ng3r
    12/04/09

    @Communist Pope: Yep, my first thought was 2 travelocity gnomes high fiving each other!
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    12/04/09

    @deanbmmv: I see a Helghast in there. Or perhaps even Sackboy.
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    12:39 PM

    @deanbmmv: Mario(or perhaps a random Toad who has gained the confidence to fight for himself after seeing Blue and Yellow Toad do so in the New Super Mario Bros. Wii) High Fiving a Mirror as he messily stomps an enemy that was standing in front of it.... Poor lil' fella... He was just checking his teeth before his big debut, and-and- such a cruel fate.
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    Image of D-K, Anarchist D-K, Anarchist
    01:33 PM

    @deanbmmv: I see symmetry!
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    Image of Karth is Ego Tripping Karth is Ego Tripping
    12/04/09

    In reply to Is This Our First Look At Dead Space 2?
    Soon the escape pods will scab over and flood. The space marines and civillians will look up and shout "Save us!". And I will look down and say "no".
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    Image of DolphinHugger DolphinHugger
    12/04/09

    In reply to Is This Our First Look At Dead Space 2?
    That's not a Necromorph. That's the Marker.

    I wonder what that says about me psychologically. :(
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    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    11/29/09

    In reply to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
    I just bought Bioshock, Dead Space, and Mass Effect today as part of Gamestop's buy-two-used-games-get-one-free sale. (Grand total: $39.40. Not bad, if I do say so myself.)

    I won't have time to play any of them for a few weeks due to academic stress, but I had no guarantee, when I asked, that Gamestop would be repeating this offer around Christmas. I already played Bioshock and loved what I played of that, so here's to that and the other two games.

    #bioshock #deadspace #masseffect #gamestop #sales
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    Image of OperationTophat OperationTophat
    11/29/09

    @dracosummoner: Excellent choices on all of those. I never sold my copy of Bioshock, loved Dead Space and have been replaying ME in preparation for ME2. Have fun with your new-used games.
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    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    11/29/09

    @OperationTophat: Thanks. Much appreciated! I'm the kind of person who plays games more than once, anyway, so ...
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/24/09

    In reply to Dead Space 2 Revealed In Next Official PlayStation Magazine?
    You know the really weird thing about the image though? It's not looking through the Grill of Isaac's Mask, it's looking through the Metal view blocking parts....

    ... Just saying...
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    Image of Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme
    11/24/09

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): I think he had screens on the inside... Otherwise it'd be really hard to see everything through just those holes.
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/24/09

    @Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme: Maybe, but I don't think the Cameras were all along those metal bits. Also the shape of the grill kinda suggests to me is is Supposed to be viewed through (there's a couple "holes" about where the eyes should be), suggesting that is where the camera placement would be...
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    Image of Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme
    11/24/09

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): They're way too thin, though, and it would make blasting legs off of skittering monstrosities pretty difficult, nevermind fixing complicated machinery on the ship (which is the suit's apparent purpose)

    #speakup
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    Image of Strife Fox † Strife Fox †
    11/23/09

    In reply to Dead Space 2 Revealed In Next Official PlayStation Magazine?
    Dead Space is to horror games what Uncharted is to action games in my opinion, taking heavy influences from all of the bests in each genre but making them feel fresh and exciting again, absolutely fantastic.

    I wonder if we'll be on another ship, or on a planet base this time, or maybe everything's went to shit and a marker somehow got to Earth creating an alien zombie ridden Earth... So awesome...
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    Image of stubbed_out stubbed_out
    11/23/09

    In reply to Dead Space 2 Revealed In Next Official PlayStation Magazine?
    I loved the original but it did ever so slightly samey by the end...go here, get trapped, fight monsters...need more variation of monsters! Anyway, can't wait to shit myself again.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    11/23/09

    In reply to Dead Space 2 Revealed In Next Official PlayStation Magazine?
    I can only hope that Dead Space is longer than the first one, as I beat it in a quick 8 hours. And I'm really hoping for more variations in the enemies, different mutations & creatures and whatnot. Dead Space rocked my socks, but for some reason ... the replayability just wasn't there for me and I parted with the title not too long after buying it on the day of release. I now regret parting with it, and have been considering downloading it as it's $19.99.
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    Image of neojam neojam
    11/23/09

    @d_r_e:
    "And I'm really hoping for more variations in the enemies"
    Yup same here.
    In 1st one it felt really cheap the way they simply painted "old" models black to create more dangerous xenomorphs at the end of the game.
    That didnt work well for me, it just killed some of the immersion.
    Otherwise it was a superb survival horror game. Cant wait for DS2.

    I just hope that it will stick to it's roots and not going like RE series into arcade mode, or like Silent Hill into well... shit mode.
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    Image of Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme
    11/23/09

    @d_r_e: Hell you can buy it for 20 bucks at most places. I did from Amazon like 2 days ago, and saw it for 20 at Kmart the other day too.
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    Image of Tacticalspoon Tacticalspoon
    11/23/09

    In reply to Dead Space 2 Revealed In Next Official PlayStation Magazine?
    Time to get ready to kill some more Scientolo... *ahem* Unitologists.
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    Image of exion exion
    11/23/09

    @Tacticalspoon: lol... I bought the hardback edition of the DeadSpace graphic novel... during the biog section in the beginning of the book there's a typo where it calls the unitologists Scientologists... I bust a nut laughing.
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