Previously: Urkhammer, Iowa. Type: EV (Electronic Virus). Period/location of origin: Unknown, Japan. Subject could not have existed prior to 1994 (see: Additional notes); however, the precise Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Red QR Codes
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The Most Dangerous Games: Summoning Chizuko, Or, The Attic Game
Previously: The Sandman Game. Note: Please don’t copy/paste, republish, or narrate this post on other websites, video platforms, etc. without permission. Here’s a somewhat perplexing Japanese Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Summoning Chizuko, Or, The Attic Game
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The NNN Special Broadcast (“Tomorrow’s Victims”)
Previously: The Pied Piper. Type: Unclassifiable. Subject has elements characteristic of EVs (Electronic Viruses), UCDs (Unusual Communication Devices), and IHs (Information Hazards); however, Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The NNN Special Broadcast (“Tomorrow’s Victims”)
The Most Dangerous Games: One Man Chit-Chat
Previously: The Elevator Game, Revisited. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. There isn’t much to the Japanese ritual game Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: One Man Chit-Chat
The Most Dangerous Games: The Elevator Game, Revisited
Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. When I first covered the rules for the ritual game known, variously, as the Elevator Game, the Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Elevator Game, Revisited
The Most Dangerous Games: Salt Magic Ritual (Shiomajinai)
Previously: The Welcome Home Game. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. What would you do if I told you there was a simple, Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Salt Magic Ritual (Shiomajinai)
The Most Dangerous Games: The Welcome Home Game
Previously: The One Who Answers. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. Like many Japanese ritual games, the Welcome Home Game — Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Welcome Home Game
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Aka Manto, The Red Cloak
Previously: Jack O’ Lantern. Type: CC (Corporeally Challenged). Period/location of origin: It is generally accepted that subject, known as Aka Manto (赤マント) or the Red Cloak, first appeared in Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Aka Manto, The Red Cloak