Until here recently, I had never played through any of the Dead Space games. Almost immediately after finishing Dead Space 2, the news comes out that Visceral Games had been closed down. Even at that moment, as a new fan of this phenomenal (well, mostly) franchise I was crushed at the thought that this series probably wasn’t coming back anytime soon. I went on to finish the entire trilogy on my Twitch channel, doing Dead Space 2 and most of Dead Space 3 as a 18 hour marathon stream for Extra Life. Now, I find myself a huge fan of these games and the story being told in each chapter, pushing me in a pursuit to know everything about the people that made this gem. The folks at Gameumentary must have had a similar thought, as their newest mini-documentary talks to those developers that spent so many years making one of EA’s most unique projects.
As with their other documentaries, Gameumentary shows excellence in all avenues. When it comes to getting to know the people behind Dead Space, I like the fact that almost this entire video is comprised of their responses, strung together over a few connecting ideas. It makes for a fairly intimate viewing into the lives of those people. To have been a fly on the wall during the development of Dead Space!
Again, I cannot stress enough how important recording video game history is. If humanity had the ability to make historical films during say Shakespeare’s life or Abraham Lincoln’s we would have the capacity for a much richer experience when it comes to history. If things like this would have been available, I may have stayed awake during my college history lectures; sorry Dr. Woods.
The game industry is maturing, slowly but surely when it comes to preserving its rich history. Seems like new books documenting grand lists of every game of whatever system comes out once or twice a month. Documentaries are springing up just about anywhere videos can be watched. There have even been a few excellent biographies written in the past ten years or so. We have the distinct advantage of having many of the founding fathers and mothers of video games being still around.
Where Gameumentary has succeeded is by capturing some of the more recent games stories. I cannot applaud their efforts enough. There are countless stories out there in the gaming world that deserve to be told.
The more people telling those stories, the better.
Find more documentaries on the Gameumentary YouTube channel.
