This Month Play a Japanese Horror Game in Second Life

This month there's a Japanese horror game in Second Life, and even the screenshots creep the crap out of me. You can click to start playing Kagami in SL here, visit the official web page here, and as a great place to learn more, read this blog about the game from Quan Lavender (originator of those images what creeped me). The premise is pretty fascinating:

The latest rumour in the school was: "Hey, you know what? At midnight, put two mirrors facing each other. Then you can see your future spouse in the mirror!" Most stayed suspicious, but Kasumi does not come back the next day to school. What happened to her? Did she try a mirror? You as her friend decide to go after it and while researching you are wrapped up in a mystical and melancholic storyline in the world between life and death.

Even that gives me The Ring-style chills. I'm afraid to play, Iris, will you?

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[WhyAmIHere Zadark]

This seemed REALLY cool, until I got to the an open area with lots of people; then I felt completely lost with out a clue what I was supposed to be doing.

[Deoridhe Quandry]

I did a walkthrough of Part One and Part Two which might help if you get stuck.

[melponeme_k]

I loved this little game. Not at all scary but very atmospheric. The HUD feature worked really well.

The only problem was that it is a popular attraction and there is a bit of lag at times.

[Jane Primrose]

This game was great fun - although I'd agree that it wasn't really Japanese horror, which makes me think of truly scary things like Junji Itoh manga and movies like Ring and Ju-On/The Grudge - the focus was more on Japanese traditional ghost stories, so the atmosphere was spooky, atmospheric and quaint, kind of like a slightly eerier Spirited Away, or a Neil Gaiman story aimed at children. There were a lot of humorous touches that I enjoyed, too.
It's also a very summery game, not in the sense of blue skies and sunshine, but of night-time summer traditions like festivals and lantern displays. I hope the same team will give us other seasonally-themed spooky events - I would love to see what they could come up with for Halloween.