Friday, October 10, 2014

News::Out of the Abyss: Mental Illness in Horror Games

Countless movies, books, themed attractions and campfire stories feature old standbys like haunted abandoned asylums, straight-jacketed inpatients screaming bloody murder at padded walls, and criminally insane convicts on the loose and armed with sharp objects and a vengeance. The portrayal of mental illness in horror games has followed eagerly in these ghastly footsteps, often quite successfully so but is it time for a change of pace?



via N4G: pc news feed http://n4g.com/news/1601578/out-of-the-abyss-mental-illness-in-horror-games