Want to get away this summer without the large expense?  Try a video game vacation!  Video games offer a wide variety of places to visit–both real and imagined.  The player doesn’t even have to leave the couch!

Join Real Otaku Gamer every week to preview some of the best video game places.  After reading, take the survey at the bottom to vote or your favorite videogame vacation spot.

Dead-Space

Game: Dead Space

Place: USG Ishimura

About: A large ship created specifically for mining planets, the USG Ishimura was supposed to be the best hope for humanity.  Instead, it found something that it shouldn’t have, and instead of being just a planet-cracker, it became a breeding ground for Necromorphs.

Why Visit: This place is a must for fans of the survival horror genre and science fiction horror.  The place is definitely scary, but not in a predictable way.  With creepy passageways, cool gadgets, and zero-G fun, this abandoned mining ship has something for everyone.

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Must See Areas:

  • Take a ride on the tram system.
  • Tour the mining deck and see how a mining ship works.
  • Jump around in zero gravity.
  • Get good at sawing off limbs and squishing dead corpses.  Just in case.

What do you think? Which video game vacation would you prefer? Click here to take the survey and let ROG know where you’d like to go. Be sure to come back next week for another location.

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