Most people can cite at least a couple of urban legends or conspiracy theories.
Paul McCartney isnt really Paul McCartney.
A ghost haunts a single shot in the 80s comedy hitThree Men And A Baby.
Blowing on Nintendo cartridges makes them work better.
So what happens when urban legends collide with the realm of videogames?
All kinds of weird and wonderful things, it turns out, with myths inspiring games and vice versa.
To mark the upcomingThe Evil Within 2, weve taken a look…
Forget Nostradamus: if youre looking for predictions of the future, look no further thanFallout 3.
It could happen, folks.
Heres an urban legend thats so popular, it even hasits own website.
Could it be true?
The games developers arent saying, which makes this one of videogamings more persistent legends.
Like a ghost, these fictional tomes keep emerging from the past to haunt stories of all kinds.
If youre feeling brave, the full storyswell worth reading.
And we thought playingSonic Boom: Rise Of Lyricwas bad.
This isnt the only Pokemon urban legend, either.
Most recently, a strange conspiracy theory sprang up around the hit mobile spin-off, Pokemon Go.
You canread moreabout this curious theory over at the Hollywood Reporter
Heres a slightly macabre one.
In 1947, a strange incident in the New Mexico desert created a legend that continues to this day.
There have even been a couple of games called Area 51.
The truth is out there.
This particular urban legend is so chilling, were surprised nobodys thought of making a movie out of it.
Said by some to hail from Czechoslovakia,Killswitchwas purportedly an adventure game initially released in 1989.
The brief clip reportedly shows Ryuichi sitting in front of his computer, weeping.
When it comes to videogame-related urban legends, this one is arguably the biggest of them all.
Polybiusis also another example of a mythical game inspiring the creation of real ones.
Interestingly, thePolybiusstory may be based on fact albeit loosely.
Some descriptions ofPolybiussound very likeTempest, with its flickering colours and fast-moving vector graphics.
Its proof that all the best modern myths have at least a grain of truth to them.
The Evil Within 2 goes on sale on Friday 13th October 2017…
