It’s creepy all the same, though, largely due to the fact that its menace is so subtle.
Unlike a lot of video game creepypastas, there’s nothing overtly threatening about “The Theater” no one has allegedly died while playing it, and there doesn’t seem to be anything in its history that may have resulted in the game getting cursed or what have you. “Ben DROWNED” later grew into an ARG - an alternate reality game (not to be confused with an augmented reality game) - and although it eventually got a little too massive for Hall to continue running, the story has proven to be enduring. The kicker, though, is much like it would later be for the “NES Godzilla Creepypasta”: There’s media to enhance the whole thing. The story starts with a guy posting online under the name "Jadusable" (real name Alex Hall) picking up a used copy of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask - the wonderfully weird 2000 followup to 1998's Ocarina of Time - and, well… it’s all downhill from there. It’s also one of the most enduring video game pastas, largely because it stepped so far outside the realm of mere story and became something much, much bigger in the end.
“Ben DROWNED,” also known as “The Haunted Majora’s Mask Cartridge,” pre-dates the “NES Godzilla Creepypasta” by about a year its first installment arrived on 4chan’s /x/ paranormal board in September of 2010. Even if they make you want to unplug every console that you own, too. My idea of a good time is really, really weird.īut in any event, these nine gaming pastas will probably resonate for those of you who, like me, have a soft spot for a good video game. And I love being creeped out, so really, it’s a win-win either way. Things that look like something I know and love, but feel like something else? That’s the best way to creep me out. That’s also why good gaming pastas get me in a way that few other things do. It’s like watching a movie, only more unpredictable.) Like many older Millennials who grew up at a time when gaming was just starting to take off as part of the home entertainment landscape, I have a lot of happy memories associated with video games even now that I’m officially a 30-something, pushing those nostalgia buttons is a surefire way to put me in a good mood. (For this reason, I am still equally happy wither gaming myself or witnessing them as spectator sports. Me? I’m definitely the target audience for these sorts of stories video games were a family event in my house growing up, with all of us frequently crowding around the PC either to play together or to watch each other play. They’re some of the most effective out there, particularly if you grew up as a gamer. But when video game creepypasta stories are done right? Hoo boy. I’ll be honest: There’s a lot of bad creepypasta out there, but there seems to be a particularly massive amount of pastas about video games specifically.
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