Outlast is a 2013 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by the Canadian independent studio Red Barrels. The plot centres on Miles Upshur, a freelance investigat
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The player can see their surroundings and other enemies in the dark, using the night vision mode on their camcorder.
Self-immolation is the act of setting oneself on fire. It is mostly done for political or religious reasons, often as a form of protest or in acts of martyrdom, and known for its disturbing and violen
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…program. In the chapel, Miles finds a crucified Father Martin, who gives him a key to the lobby elevator that he insists will take him to freedom before immolating himself. Miles takes the elevator, which descends into a subterranean laboratory. Walker arrives and attacks Miles, only to be eviscerated by the Walrider…
In 1963, Thích Quảng Đức protested by self-immolation during South Vietnam's Buddhist crisis.
The self-immolation (jauhar) of the Rajput women, during the Siege of Chittorgarh in 1568
A Hindu widow burning herself with the corpse of her husband (sati), 1657
"Samosozhigateli (those who burn themselves)" by Grigoriy Myasoyedov, depicting Old Believers