Each film listed will have a short description of how it links to one of the four games Ice-Pick Lodge has released.* _____ -Pathologic 1/2: In a forgotten corner of the Eurasian Steppes sits a town where history is collected and tradition means everything. Three disparate healers must save the town…

Nowadays they have become recognized for complex meta-narratives, drawing upon a wide range of cultural and literary influences, featuring experimental music, eschewing standard gameplay conventions, otherworldly settings, and unique art styles.

For those not in the know, Ice-Pick Lodge is a video game company based out of Moscow, Russia. Formed in 2002, the company gained attention after the release of their first game, Pathologic, which won several major prizes.

For those not in the know, Ice-Pick Lodge is a video game company based out of Moscow, Russia. Formed in 2002, the company gained attention after the release of their first game, Pathologic, which won several major prizes.

Nowadays they have become recognized for complex meta-narratives, drawing upon a wide range of cultural and literary influences, featuring experimental music, eschewing standard gameplay conventions, otherworldly settings, and unique art styles.

Each film listed will have a short description of how it links to one of the four games Ice-Pick Lodge has released.*

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-Pathologic 1/2: In a forgotten corner of the Eurasian Steppes sits a town where history is collected and tradition means everything. Three disparate healers must save the town from a nature defying disease and stop the community from tearing itself to shreds in the meantime. They only have 12 days.

-The Void (Turgor): Imagine Wonderland dying, its fauna and vegetation dead or dying, the inhabitants gone, and color itself drained from reality. In such a world a spirit wanders, plucked from his own realm. Seeking escape, he must first contend with a merciless system of patriarchal control and resist basic human ethos.

-Knock-Knock: An insomniac awakes in his crumbling observatory to the sounds of creaking floorboards and rasping breaths. Making his way to safety out his front door, the cycle will repeat itself every night and twist the house along with it.

*Yes, I know that Cargo exists, but you try to fit movies that fit both Cargo and the rest of IPL on one list.