Various stories have cropped up over the years about videotapes, television shows, or video games that can cause bad things to happen. The movie The Ring featured a tape which, once played, would give you seven days to live. Feardotcom had a similar precept, only this time it was a website. There's a rumor of a videogame which will cause you to drop into a nightmare-like state, followed by seizures. Of course, there are all the different seizure stimuli - the Japanese cartoon of a couple of years ago, or the man who had seizures when he heard Mary Hart's voice on television. Most bizarre would have to be the tale of the website which, when you view it, you lose your mind. Perhaps it's subliminal content, or bizarre and terrifying scenes, but those who look at it are drawn in, unable to tear themselves away, and the further into the site they go the further from reality they get. Eventually the surfer undergoes a psychotic break. Perhaps nobody will ever know about the truth, since viewing it renders one insane, but the rumor has grown more persistent over the years. In fact, a variation of this tale has appeared in a few different major motion pictures, like Fear.com. Maybe it's a good idea to take a break from surfing the net once in a while?
Various stories have cropped up over the years about videotapes, television shows, or video games that can cause bad things to happen. The movie The Ring featured a tape which, once played, would give you seven days to live. Feardotcom had a similar precept, only this time it was a website. There's a rumor of a videogame which will cause you to drop into a nightmare-like state, followed by seizures. Of course, there are all the different seizure stimuli - the Japanese cartoon of a couple of years ago, or the man who had seizures when he heard Mary Hart's voice on television. Most bizarre would have to be the tale of the website which, when you view it, you lose your mind. Perhaps it's subliminal content, or bizarre and terrifying scenes, but those who look at it are drawn in, unable to tear themselves away, and the further into the site they go the further from reality they get. Eventually the surfer undergoes a psychotic break. Perhaps nobody will ever know about the truth, since viewing it renders one insane, but the rumor has grown more persistent over the years. In fact, a variation of this tale has appeared in a few different major motion pictures, like Fear.com. Maybe it's a good idea to take a break from surfing the net once in a while?