Exclusive: You can now add 'experienceing pool' to the list of Lovecraftian horrors that will drive you insane, thanks to this bizarre roguelike that's got me shooting dead fish and vomiting upgrades

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Subscribe to our newsletter I've always been terrible at pool, snooker, billiards, and every other game involving a long stick and green felt.

Thus far, though, the consequences of that have been pretty mild—some social ostracisation here, a bit of being laughed at in the pub there, you know.

What I'm saying is, it's never sent me irreversibly insane.But, of course, Lovecraft has to infiltrate everything these days, and so along comes Pool of Madness—a roguelike that dares to ask, "What if a game of pool was actually an elaborate ritual to please the dark gods of the abyss?" (Image credit: Bit Golem)How this particular ritual got started is not immediately clear.

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Starting up the demo, my character wakes up in what appears to be the hull of a ship at sea, with some ominous set dressing around me and a pool table in the middle, waiting to be played.Article continues below My first few minutes fumbling through a run are a little confusing ## Editor's Note This is an interesting development that could shape the future of gaming. Source: [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/you-can-now-add-playing-pool-to-the-list-of-lovecraftian-horrors-that-will-drive-you-insane-thanks-to-this-bizarre-roguelike-thats-got-me-shooting-dead-fish-and-vomiting-upgrades/)