An article that speculates how Isaac Clarke, C.E.C engineer and protagonist of survival horror game Dead Space, came to be a mute. It's not a physical defect - he just doesn't see the point in talking anymore.

The most notable characteristic of Dead Space protagonist Isaac Clarke, besides the glow-in-the-dark welding suit he wears, is his silence. He doesn't speak at all throughout the entire game (unless you count pained grunts as speech). Isaac wasn't always this way, though...

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