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capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe SCP Foundation is a secret organization dedicated to securing, containing, and protecting various anomalous entities. The website is an archive of top secret documents including entries for each entity, called an SCP followed by a number, containing a practical name, detailed description, the effects of the anomaly, experiments performed, containment methods, pictures, etc. Objects can be anything, benign looking household items, monsters, seemingly normal humans, etc. There’s nearly 5000 entries on the site. It’s a pretty fun time sink if you’re into short horror stories. Most of them only take a minute or two to read. There’s also multiple games, most notably SCP Containment Breach and tons of spinoff material.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So it’s like deep fiction to the tune of the game Control?
capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Exactly, it literaly says in Control’s wiki, “inspired by paranormal stories about the fictional SCP Foundation.” I didn’t know the genre is now called “New Weird” though. I have some new authors to check out.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hype. Thanks so much! I’m going to have to dig a while.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Yep! But Control is based off SCP, not the other way around.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh I didn’t reckon it was even related, just meant the same flavor - but very very interested knowing control is based on SCP