Haunted Video Games: How Cursed ARGs and Urban Legends Are Blurring the Line Between Fiction and Fear
Imagine booting up an innocent-looking video game late at night, only for strange things to start happening.The game glitches in ways that seem deliberate.Unscripted messages flash across the screen.Characters behave as if they're watching you — as if the game knows you’re there.
Now imagine that it doesn’t stop when you turn the console off.
This is the chilling world of haunted video games and cursed ARGs (Alternate Reality Games) — a fascinating blend of internet folklore, horror storytelling, and digital performance art that has birthed some of the creepiest modern urban legends ever conceived.
Let’s dive deep into how haunted games became an internet phenomenon, the real examples that terrified players, how cursed ARGs push psychological boundaries, and why they continue to captiva...