With multitudes of gamers clamoring for the release of the upcoming Resident Evil 5, it is clear that the survival-horror genre is still alive and well. CAPCOM has proved that the T-Virus has not only grown its tentacles into the series' game-world inhabitants, but also into gamers, prompting blister-thumbed denizens to attack software shelves in ravaging throngs. The only other serious contender for top spot in this wild and wooly genre of ammo-scrounging and oh-my-god-what-is-that-thing moments has historically been the Silent Hill series. With the October release of EA's new internally developed IP, Dead Space, your choices in this genre are no longer binary.