One of the very best episodes of Black Mirror often feels like a hopeful reimagining of a much darker sci-fi horror game.

PATHOS-II is inhabited by “corrupted humans, twisted creatures, insane robots, and even an inscrutable omnipresent A.I.” SOMA first released in 2015 to positive reviews.

The radio is dead, food is running out, and the machines have started to think they are people. Underwater facility PATHOS-II has suffered an intolerable isolation and we’re going to have to ...