LOS ANGELES – To promote Dead Space 2, Electronic Arts is spreading the word about faux religion Unitology in a mini-comic that apes the style and shape of a Chick tract.
In the image above, EA's promotional comic The Big Game for the upcoming sequel is shown beside an actual evangelical pamphlet published by Jack Chick that I found while wandering around downtown Los Angeles this week. EA's promo piece expertly mimics the style of the Christian tracts.
The Dead Space 2 comic depicts a futuristic basketball player suffering a serious injury, then discovering the healing power of Unitology – the fictional religion from the Dead Space universe.
Unitology is something of a cult and utilizes a code made of Marker Symbols, which are peppered about the scenery in the Dead Space survival-horror games.
The demo of Dead Space 2 being shown at E3 this week finds the game's protagonist, Isaac Clarke, battling slavering xenomorphs in a baroque Unitology chapel.
Dead Space 2 will be released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in January 2010 2011.
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