Honest Gamers writes: "Ah, my pet subject: games as art. As much as I argue for the medium's potential in this area, there are depressingly few exemplary titles to back up my case. Videogames remain a juvenile form, stuck in a comfort zone that values pure entertainment over any real emotional or philosophical substance. Considering the opportunity for an entirely new branch of conceptual narrative, games embracing this school of thought are a little thin on the ground.
Interestingly, it always seems to be the Russians that take the first progressive stances at such times. The film industry had Vertov's 'Man With a Movie Camera', an evocative and highly creative snapshot of early 20th Century Soviet life. In videogames, one of the most intriguing advances is Pathologic".
Neil writes: "If you're an Xbox Game Pass subscriber then chances are you'll rarely be bored by your gaming exploits for there are a whole host of games being added to the scheme on a massively regular basis. Today that digital library increases once more as Pathologic 2 arrives on Xbox One, debuting on the Game Pass in the process."
On this week's episode of Second Opinion Spotlights (formerly Second Opinion Shorts), the good doctor takes on Pathologic.
HPP: Pathologic is a difficult game to write about. It's a difficult game to play! And like all difficult things, both should be attempted at least once.
