Ghost in the machine? How a 'haunted' N64 video game cartridge terrified children around the world

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨NarrativeBear@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250501-the-haunted-video-game-that-traumatised-the-web

A second-hand Zelda cartridge. A cryptic forum thread. A generation of frightened children. This is the story of Ben Drowned – the internet’s most infamous video game ghost.

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capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Must be a slow day in the news if the BBC is just covering BENDROWNED…

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- simple@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
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  This note was added over 10 years ago… Some things never change.
  
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psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Next up: herobrine

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- Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I missed him in the Minecraft movie. Or at least someone saying “top-notch”
  
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Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
>Me not expecting to see Ben Drowned today

>The BBC:

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