Uncover The Fate Of A Missing Girl Using Her Myspace Page In A Horror Game - Attachment Not Found
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Attachment Not Found is a horror game where your sister goes missing and you decide to explore her myspace page to find out why.
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Ashley being 14 years old explains ALOT of her myspace bio
strange. that's how i acted when i was 9 or 10.
@@melonmelon8241 that's 13 or 14 years old in 2000 :) might be a bit different in 2010s and beyond
@@FeenieVonKarma valid point!
@@FeenieVonKarmayeah, in the 2010s/2020s, we have 20/30 somethings acting like this and worse
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I think this is the best investigative phone/online horror game I've seen. No ghosts, no demons, just... something that felt too real and closest to reality. When I saw those photos in the folder, my heart dropped.
For real and Myspace nostalgia aside, it creeped me out. I noticed the message about a creeper near the park and thought it was nothing before it clicked she was being groomed and stalked.
Fr that dude was creepy,this game is kinda cool and shows how life can be..
the photos from Ian did it for me, and the final message before the computer died. Ian’s whole personality from the “help you bring it into your house” email set alarms off so quickly
Deliberately naming the online listing “TEENAGE GIRL DRESSER” was the first red flag. It was obviously intentional. Such a interesting game. I hope the developer creates a longer one in the future.
Manly representing everyone with at least one braincell still kicking, when he said he couldn't keep reading the ex's vitriol.
😭😭😭😭I’m done
I thought it was because of the slurs as he often avoids reading them (at least the offensive ones like b**ch)
@@Kyumifun totally get that but just a heads up that words like bi*ch and f*ck aren’t slurs, they’re swears :]
aye, lol. dev did too good a job with that part.
@@shrinebow. How are they not slurs? Slur means to mud sling and they sound pretty insulting to me. If anything, they aren't swears because the literal definition of swearing is to invoke the name of God falsely, like saying Goddam, and neither of those invoke sacred names.
the scariest thing is how real this game is and how these things happen - when i saw all the messages from Ian, my stomach dropped. it was obvious from the beginning but still. also the fact the cops didn't take the laptop to investigate it smh
It's a desktop, but yeah, huge overnight. No better trace to a teen than the internet.
@@Haru-rs2su If it's a desktop, why did the battery run out at the end?
Maybe they thought it was Hunters laptop, lol.
@@Haru-rs2su Maybe they didn’t think about it because Internet safety maybe wasn’t discussed as openly during when this took place than how it is now? I dunno.
With the one riddle about the tape recorder: The police immediately pressed play and it played out. Someone rewound the tape before the police got there
good thinking!
I was thinking that the tape concluded after the killing shot, where if it was a suicide there would have no party available to do so
I wonder…did Ian actually kill himself after killing Ashley, or…?
@@twindrill2852 is Ashley even dead? The intro says she's been missing for three days and the police haven't found her yet... Hopefully they find her alive.
how did a single person stop recording in the first place
The way Ian was written scared me in a way that all the monsters and jump scares in the world never can. The moment I saw what his "mom's dresser" looked like, my heart went into my throat.
i didnt see where the moms dresser was, what did it look like?
@@kittyc0n 6:06 it's a pink teen girl dresser. Clearly suspicious because his mom definitely wouldn't own it. It was under the ebay automated email
@@kittyc0n It came up really briefly. The picture was of a fairly cheap looking white dresser with hot pink drawers. It's obviously targeted at teenaged girls. Ian was looking for a girl to groom.
That's fair but also as a 29 y/o woman I'd love that dresser for myself lol
Probably right about the grooming thing since it fits the game but you can't really judge a situation by the color/style of a dresser.
Oh no. This game is way to realistic. Especially Ian being 38 and hitting on a 14 year old ? Yikes
it's giving kik vibes 😭
The protagonist being a detective and investigating:
"I just got to Myspace, and arrived on the Scene"
Nice pun.
Lmao and the theme being scene.
as somebody who got borderline stalked by older guys a few times, this was one hell of a horror game. they did a good job
Seriously though! I watch this to sleep too ; ; this one hit pretty close to home.
Do these happen through online?
Yes, unfortunately
@@Kiwi-ku1ui most women have had experience with it
@@Kiwi-ku1ui All. The. Time
Everything after MySpace and Xanga was a downgrade. You could customize your page, put music, and it looked completely individual. Then social media just.. Became so cookie cutter afterwards.
Corporate interests
:(
spacehey is a lot like myspace and you can customize ur page sm !! :DD
I miss that so much. I would put hours into making different layouts lol
Wow someone who remembers Xanga! I actually learned a lot about HTML coding through customizing layouts and stuff. Also livejournal. I miss having so much customization options. Now it seems all you can customize is your profile/banner image.
Pausing @14:47 and reading that message has sent chill down my spine. I know this is a game but imagine being her brother and searching your missing sister's computer for information on her whereabouts and just coming across all of this messed up stalker shit. I'd be so scared and traumatized. Reading messages sent to your 14-year-old sister from a 38-year-old man is already weird and creepy but she's missing too. This game definitely has made me creeped out and scared looking around as if someone is going to take me as I am working my nightshift job.....
I once showed my father the kind of DMs I got on Facebook from strange men on the regular, and he was so repulsed I could see him physically shudder. It's one thing to kind of be aware of it from the way people talk about it, but when you _see_ the pictures and read the messages firsthand it's a new level of creepy.
@@tiacat11 Exactly! I never told my parents about older men messaging me or cat calling me. I just ignored it since it was such an unspoken thing. I wish I had spoken up way more as I could have saved myself from so much trauma from the hands of older men who took advantage of my young mind and body.
The protagonist is said to be younger than Ashley. Someone younger than 14 and seeing that is just horrible.
@Lani yeah, i heard someone say that the protagonist might be 10 years old but not I'm not sure
Yeah, I have to say it creeped me out for a good while, this was really well done.
Holy shit, as someone who had a grown ass guy stalking me back in high school like Ashley, this sent chills down my spine. Glad that my foster parents did a decent job of making sure I was okay after my friend found out. Definitely a real issue, and I honestly feel horrible for Ashley, even if she's not real :(
What to do in such situation? Just call the cops?
@@Вартанян-ъ3в My foster parents called the cops and had them check his place, because he apparently lived nearby, and they found a lot of child 🌽 on his phone and pc... 😬
@@Вартанян-ъ3в I mean, it's always better than being chocked to death, at least they know who is the murderer/who kidnap you
@@Вартанян-ъ3в a lot of women do tell the cops and then just get met with “well he hasn’t done anything yet, so there’s nothing we can do”
and because of this dismissal, a lot of women get met with a terrible fate.
@@heehoopeenut2579, yeah, that's why I asked. I have a little sister, so I am really afraid.
Manly playing games about cannibalism and it doesn't bother him. A teenage breakup letter and he's done for. 😂😂
You can tell a lot about Manly's life by the things he refuses to read or acknowledge... I hope no one hurt him.
he did say “the thing is real people type like this” soooo
here’s to hoping he doesn’t have any personal experience with that-
@@christophersun he lives online for what we know. no need for personal experience if you see how others interact all the time
@@christophersun me personally I couldn't read it out loud cause I'd cringe at myself
Well that is because cannibalism is just good eating.
thank you so much for playing the game! the response has been really overwhelming and super appreciated :) I am glad so many people liked it and I am sorry so many people could relate to it - but that's also exactly why I made it.
Are you the developer?
@Dirtlord77 Was the “My angel picture” of her dead?
Something about this genre of games is so interesting. This time, the horror felt a little TOO real.
i think it's true horror, as in most horror games, chances are, the monster trying to kill you could never exist. however. these types of people online that are pedophiles, creeps. they do exist, and could happen.
Ugh, this game made my skin crawl. Kind of wish we got a little more after the computer died, like if Ian was ever brought to justice. But I guess that's left up to the player's imagination.
In my mind Ian got slowly eaten by rat. While he was awake and conscious. That soothes me.
I'm 99% sure he is brought to justice. With name, age, state, and photo all present, it shouldn't be impossible to track him down. Not to mention, this person is clearly not the type to be careful or even hide his tracks. I wouldn't be surprised if Ian is still at his home.
@@aquablast3155 I don't think he was. His myspace says last logged in two hours ago.
@@belles_library But you see, we were taking the perspective of the brother. Yes, Ian wasn't caught at the moment when the brother was still investigating the laptop, but what would the brother do after seeing this? Take it to the police, of course, and an actual investigation can begin. With how sloppy Ian was, I think he's gonna be caught.
@@aquablast3155 You're right.. that does make me feel a bit better about it. Its just seeing that picture where he said my angel. It could be taken two ways, one where he snuck into her house and took a picture of her while she was sleeping OR he got her back to his house and maybe shes dead..
The creepy pic of Ashley on Ian’s pics is one he took of her sleeping. He broke into her house, it shows the progression: found you- her house, Made a New Friend- her cat, that’s him getting closer, then you see a pic of a door, that’s to her room (if I’m not mistaken) then her sleeping. Basically taken inspiration from real-life cases, where the stalker shows the victim that they can do whatever they want, but “I didn’t, because you’re so special to me” sorta thing… a “If I wanted to hurt you, I could’ve done it, but I didn’t cuz I love you! Don’t you see that!!!”
LSS: dude be crazy stalker from Craigslist, fell “in love w/teenager that got something, stalked her social media and located her through her pictures. This was/still is a huge problem! If you haven’t heard about the dude from Japan finding a girl from a REFLECTION IN HER EYES, then ending her, you should DEFINITELY look into it. Truly shows how deprived someone can be
The downside of 4K cameras... creepy stalkers can zoom in your eyes and can see clear reflections, then identifying where you live... dangit.. if the psycho is a good guy he can be a great investigator. But instead he chose to be crazy..
i had to look up the eye thing because it's so wild. the woman thankfully wasn't killed, but she was... "assaulted", sadly. this happened in 2019, her name is ena matsuoka and she's a pop star, so it was a stalker of hers. for a while before the incident, he'd been studying the placement of the curtains and direction of light coming in the windows of her apartment to figure out what floor she lived on THROUGH THE REFLECTION OF HER EYES. he used google maps to identify what train station she was at from the reflection in this particular photo that sparked the incident, and followed her home. it looks like ena was wearing circle lenses in one of the pics that an article provided, which are REALLY shiny and big, and sadly might have helped in making the reflections clearer :/
Not all men yet somehow... always a man
@@michellesimmons2756 well, I mean… you got a 50/50 shot of it being a man or a woman… 😂
Fr though, you don’t hear about all the crazy things women do. And then, the extreme cases, like the one mentioned and the game, just tend to stick with you more, because of how crazy they are 😂
Man, this game's horror is way too real for me.
The real horror is a look into the way creeper's harass women every day. Also I love that Manly usually reads things word for word, but drew the line at the ex-boyfriends cringe lmao
"we can live like jack and sally if we want." The accuracy, because every girl had that on her page.
So if anybody is curious, the game has a few real life details that translate fairly well if you're familiar with the area.
The address shown (on Yonge Street) isn't associated with a specific building (for good reason), but is indeed correlated with the city of Toronto (which works as you can certainly read the location). Ian's stated to live in a district (Scarborough) and it is likely a 20-30 minute drive from a home in Scarborough to TFS (Toronto French School, if I am remembering correctly).
I would suspect this draws a lot on the creator's childhood to get these little pieces of information right. But it's little things like this that can make games feel a bit more "real" in a sense.
wow I have tried not to read too many comments as my game being seen by so many people was so surprising and has been a little bizarre, but someone sent me this one and I am so glad that the small details I included are not going unnoticed. I loved getting to add personal details to the game (somewhere near and dear to me but also NOT where I live/somewhere that could be traced back to me for obvious reasons) so it was very nice reading your comment! thanks a lot! :)
God the goose bumps.. pretty good game. It gave the feelings and told the story very very well imo.
If you like those investigating games.. HER/ Her Story is also a pretty good one, but I would suggest having a notebook or some paper next to you for this one but.. it's worth it.
he played that a few years ago iirc! great game btw
Do you have any more info about this game, like developers? I can't find it anywhere
@@yourbootyholeisyourbeautyhole ahh than I saw him playing it too, wasn't sure about that, thank you!
@@l3ost0ne it was Her Story, sorry. For some reason I thought it was called HER
@@KitsukiArts No worries, I suspected you might be talking about Her Story but wasn't sure. I've played it before and stand by what you said, it's a great game.
P3do3s in the Myspace era presented in a 15-minute game. Pretty accurate, scarier & teen related.
oh this one was rly disturbing, i hope the developer makes more!
The way Ian wrote brought back so many bad memories. I’ve had a friend go through something like this when she was 14. She ended up moving away and I couldn’t talk to her anymore. I really hope she’s doing OK. :(
_Social networking safer than meeting_
The most interesting part was that the guy was your average, perv stalker she met thru Craig's List when she bought his mother's dresser. Maybe the mother died, he's alone, and free to hyper-focus on the first young girl he met. Each message he sent escalated horribly and were increasingly scary. Commenting on every photo every post it's like holy moly. The last one of course was the worst.
The horror here is not just his crazed stalker story, but the fact that a younger sibling read all this. Also horror because the police were "looking" for 5 days but had NO ONE that could look in her computer? Pretty well done with the cringe of the late 90's early 2000's on full display including the gun/cassette tape riddle.
Likely has nothing to do with the mother. Clearly the dresser didn't belong to his mother at all, it's bright garish pink and he lists it for "TEENAGE GIRLS" - the dresser is a hook, teenage girls his aim, and thing about it being his deceased mother is the camouflage that makes him look more sympathetic and approachable. Creepy men like this don't suddenly start hyperfocusing on teenage girls just because they have more free time, it's something that often begins when they're a lot younger and stays that way. Likely Ashley isn't the first girl he's gone after, just the first one that's successful. Might not even be the first one that's successful either, unfortunately.
@@emstink Actually the game mentioned nothing about a deceased mother - that was my assumption. I thought if he did have a mother, that dresser might have been hers from when she was a girl. If she passed away, he'd be selling all her possessions. And I'm not saying you are wrong, but it would mean he actually purchased stuff like the dresser deliberately to resell on Craig's List to lure teenage girls. That's a lot of trouble to go to in order to get ONE girl to respond to the listing and buy it.
No, I think she "smiled" at him and was polite to an older man when she bought it. Anyone being polite is somehow the trigger for these creepazoid types who think it is a come-on. Then he watched her, messaged her, and wound up at her door. He might have done it before, who knows? Agree, that these guys are an ongoing menace.
"Hunter's laptop" lol.
God I have never even had a Myspace account but this still captures the 2000s internet vibe so well, maybe a bit too hyperbolically lol
Spoiler:
It was obvious that the ex-boyfriend was a red herring, he was an idiot for pushing her too hard but I don't think he had any malicious intentions, just a typical dramatic 14 year old. Also Ian is a disgusting freak but you can tell he's not so experienced with doing what he did to poor Ashley. Dude gave away his location lmao, rookie mistake xD Game cuts off before her brother can do anything but I like to think he immediately went to the police, sent them to wherever that creep was and got his sister out in one piece.
Little would you know that since 5 days have gone since her disappearance, they're both long gone, and "Ian" has "Ashley" for all his malicious desires.
And yes, I mean it this way, because this can happen in either way. They never left, or they were already gone, and he had an escape route.
@@lethalty6055 damn that makes me feel alot worse now
What a disturbing story. Poor Ashley. 😰
"I think back to my memories... can think back to some weird encounters that if I was older I would've been like RUN!" 16:22 That statement is way too relatable.
It's been a long time since I've actually had full blown anxiety at a horror game. Like, bpm at 108 type of anxiety. It's just... so sadly real, and horrifying. Men like "Ian" exist! They do this shit! This is full on something that actually happens and exists and... holy frick. I actually felt bad for Ashley, even though she does not exist, because... actual children go thru this. And the MySpace era was already dangerous, but nowadays? Christ.
This is like the kind of horror stories parents and teachers would tell back in the 00's about internet safety
Remembering being old enough to have a MySpace page is the true horror
Manly is probably around that age right?
@@Ash-nh6li Nah, he is like 27 max
@@Lusontrix 😭 I had a myspace... The missing character was one year older than me... If he is 27, I'm sure he could have had one , he even mentioned geocities. Lol
Geocities is even more ancient
Remember vampire freaks too ?!? lmao where the real weirdos congregated
I like how even manly can’t contain his cringe and talking like a emo kid when reading the text
Horror and gore has nothing against the overwhelming power of cringe.
@@yamihikarilightdark9 manly’s true weakness?
Amazing game, truly horrifying.
I love the detail. For example, the second the sister said that she would check her Ashley's computer for clues I thought "Come on now, that PC would have been the first thing to be seized by cops" but considering this is the age of social media infancy, it was not standard procedure for police to investigate things like this, so I can see why they could have missed this, giving the game even more plausibility. Absolutely brilliant!
This is a real horror story, cause this could, and probably has happened....way too much.
Once...is too much. I froze the final message, and if he did what he threatened to do, worse cause, she's dead, best case,...she's ruined for life. Its really disturbing. People need to make more PSAs about child safety, and just, privacy in general online. It scares me how easy it is for people to hunt each other down, you have to protect yourself. Please be safe, and never use your real name if you can avoid it.
They used to have classes when I was in school, but I've heard from some teens they've been discontinued since I've graduated. I sure hope not, this is still a problem.
For how short this game is, it really got under my skin. Very good. Props to the developer
Man they really nailed this on the head, I myself had to deal with older creeps (one in particular was the worst of the bunch) when I was younger so this was all too familiar bahaha
I just want to post this information because in the event this ever happens to you, you need to act fast.
If you think someone is missing, report it immediately.
Don’t wait 24 hours or more because the first 24 hours are the most crucial. After the 24 hour period, that person is usually never seen ever again, or found dead. This isn’t true for everyone, but it is the majority of cases sadly.
If the police say “sorry, you have to wait a while before reporting”, then they’re not only horrible at their job, they are breaking the rules. You hammer it in that that’s not how it works and show the statistics and facts why. It’s the stupidest thing to make someone wait and statistics show this.
Making people wait is a myth, or was spread around by police because they don’t want to deal with wasting resources in cases someone just left for one reason or another. For example, let’s use this case.
The police will most likely argue that “well your daughter is probably an angst teen and is going through a rebellion phase. I’m sure they’ll be home in a day when they cool down or think they’ve proved a point.”
This is a likely argument that will be made, but what they think doesn’t matter. They must still do their job. If it turns out they were right, then oh well. It means you’ll have to punish your child and let them know if they continue, then you won’t go to police after a second time. From there, they will suffer the consequences.
But the police still have to do their job because that’s usually NOT the case.
Ugh I kept yelling "she's 14 you creep!"
I had a few weird adults try to 'adopt' me on MySpace. Nothing escalated or anything but I still thought it was really weird at the time
This is a great game in making me feel the visceral discomfort of myspace, and also of well, everything about Ian. Gah, Poor Girl
It’s so creepy because it feels so real like you can see someone actually doing this
This is really creepy. Reminded me of the times guys like this hit on me.
At the time, I didn’t realize how creepy it was.
Also I had to pause the screen before the laptop died.
I’m so concern now. I hope she is alright 😢
Look, I know Ashley isn’t real but I still feel really bad for her. I mean she had to deal with some old creep stalking her for God’s sake! It definitely doesn’t help that the ending suggests he kidnapped her.
Idk why I find horror games set back some time creepier. Probably because that's when I actually believed it was real 😅 The fact that this could actually happen doesn't help anything either
Today can't get any better. a Manly upload, I dyed my hair, I've got a tub of ice cream. Best Thursday.
now that sounds like a good thursday. someone outta remind me to eat ice cream whenever I watch manly’s next upload
@@christophersun cookie dough hits different with a Manly video
Love how Manly's "oh no" got more prominent when he fully realized the situation
That story was so upsetting. I felt sorry for Ashley!😭
I wonder how that emo girl feels about her picture being in a video game like 15 years later. 😂
She looks like Sallyface.
I know right just like hairstyle and outfit...especially those messages...i feel cringy right now...too emotional
shes like a middle aged woman now man....
@@marygracebercilla-he6pfit's back in style. Among certain subcultures, it never was out of it.
@@cyberpunk-2O77It's ugly, I hated it so much. Ugly big hair and scene people just buying Hot Topic bs thinking they were "so unique."
The answer to the riddle was cause the tape recorder had to be stopped by someone right?
More specifically, someone had to rewind the recording so it would play from before the guy started speaking.
@@Farellth ahhhh, that makes sense- thanks. I thought it would be part of a puzzle, so I was a bit disappointment when I didn't get to see the answer lol.
This captures the innate horror of being a (teenage) woman on the Internet terrifyingly well... All those bastards thinking you owe them anything just because they have a schlong. Amplified by the Wild West nature of the early Naughties with its "only one girl per Internet" and "a/s/l" mentality...
The scariest thing about this is the realistic behavior of the villain. The second scariest thing about this is the memories it evokes of my real experiences with Myspace.
What's terrifying is that she's been gone for 5 days. He could've done horrible things to her in as little as 20 minutes, but 5 days? She could already be dead. Or worse.
If someone had to go through my browser history to find me! I would rather stay missing 💀
I kid of course! But jokes aside I feel so bad for Ashely- Girls only 14 and she has to deal with such a abusive and scary relationship! I hope this story canonically has a happy ending :(
For real!! Though come to think of it, I think I can see how this story would play out and have a truly good ending.
The intro stated Ashley's been missing for five days, so unfortunately it seems like, given everything we know by the end, she must have been kidnapped in that creep scum's house for that amount of time.
I know Manly said that one photo seemed like it could be a "dead Ashley" and I can obviously see why someone would think that, but to me it actually seemed like he was stalking her as she slept in her home, having a sleepover with her friend (or with her little sister AKA the character you play as).
So it doesn't seem like there's enough evidence to point to her not still being alive. Now as for the mother, unfortunately it seems like she must have been severely wounded during the home invasion/kidnapping and wound up in the hospital. I come to this conclusion because it doesn't say she went missing, and it also doesn't say anything about her having died, either, leaving me to think she must end up making a full recovery, but is still not yet fully recovered by the time Ashley's sister goes through her laptop.
My guess as to how the father and sister didn't notice anything about an invasion, and why Ashley's sister didn't look for clues until five days later? Their parents must be divorced, and Ashley is the one who lives with their mother, whereas Ashley's sister is the one who lives nearby with their father.
The intro states that Ashley and her sister don't talk as much, and of course if the mother is in the hospital then she probably wouldn't be able to tell the father and main/player character what happened. Meaning unfortunately the two of them wouldn't learn about Ashley's disappearance until it hit normal news.
But, still close to her in age and close enough to her sister to have insight into what would be going on in her personal life, I bet the reason the player character was able to get into Ashley's laptop was because she was able to correctly guess her password. I imagine this would happen when her father goes to Ashley & the mother's house looking for them, since there's no reason for it to happen otherwise.
Thus, Ashley's dad would be there seeing the entire events of the game play out (aka looking through Ashley's computer with her sister/his other daughter), and of course they would put the pieces together and promptly contact the police.
The predator lives nearby (by his own self-admission), and his Myspace profile makes everything ridiculously obvious as to him being exactly that. All that has to happen is for the dad to call the cops & for the sister to charge the laptop back up while they're on their way to come speak to them at the home, then log back into the computer when they get there and show them what's on it.
The only obstacle left would be for the cops to find out where the predator's address is specifically. But considering how much he frequented the area, it shouldn't be difficult. He didn't mention having a car when he said "30 minutes away", which leads me to believe - especially given the way he said it - that he meant "30 minutes away by walking distance" more specifically. Meaning it would not take as much time for the cops to drive there once they determine where it is.
Given the last message at the end, it leaves the impression that the predator intended to force Ashley into some messed up "daughter"/"wife" role rather than straight up kill her right away. Leaving me to believe she'd still be alive, and, considering the evidence basically gives itself away, thankfully promptly found by the cops on December 17th 2004 (5 days after Ashley's last login, which makes me think she went missing the day of her last login, and thus the 17th would be the day her sister looks through her computer).
Of course I imagine Ashley would be taken to the hospital as well and thus see her mother there, also having mostly recovered, to which the other half of their family would meet them there, and the abusive creep would be put away.
I imagine it might be more complicated to be able to pursue legal action against Jason the abusive ex, considering he's also Ashley's age and sent those messages through email. But it does thankfully seem like Ashley's been able to successfully get away from him, and the cops I imagine would surely take that sort of thing seriously too, considering everything that's happened.
I know cops irl are usually, um... less than helpful to put it lightly I suppose, but I like to really give them the benefit of the doubt in general when they're fictional characters. Different universe = different police force, perhaps.
This got so much longer than I meant for it to, but yeah. This game is short, and the ending seems pretty abrupt at first glance, but when you think about it, this definitely seems like what would happen as an ending. Horrible situation to have to be in in the first place of course, but still.
I like how the game handles everything realistically while also maintaining a sense of respect to the victims by not glamourizing anything for shock value like some cheap horror film that probably has a super creep for a director or something. (Bare minimum, I know, but still.)
well, jason was her boyfriend that she broke up with. ian - she didnt have a relationship with him. all she did was buy a dresser from him and seeing as ian said he was basically going to unalive her, and that he was outside her door/house and legit about to break in - i think its safe to assume it didn't end well, especially because she's missing and the last message was a d3ath threat
they way Ian is writting is so scary, because older guys have talked to me in the same way and i bet a lot of people had that too.
The scariest part of this was Manly reading the emails in that voice😂
The last message on screen is absolutely chilling. It's written like a real person and that's very unsettling.
This was nostalgic but also hit a little close to home for some of my personal experiences! When I was a little younger than this I had a myspace where a 40 yo guy who hounded me... But the scene talk and everything is so spot on!
I was expecting the homework riddle about the dead man with a tape recorder to be foreshadowing. That there would be some misdirection involved and an important detail would reveal the seemingly obvious conclusion to be wrong.
But then they basically beat you over the head with Ian being a crazy stalker to the point where suggesting Ian *didn't* do it would make you look more crazy than he was.
The worst monsters are the ones that are real. That's why this game works as well as it does for me. The unknown creature lurking in the darkness can certainly be scary but what happens here can and sadly does happen all too often, and that's far more unsettling.
As a former MySpace scene kid this is so well done omg. It feels like looking into my old inboxes, creepers and all
My "XDD, wat, :3, yas, hai, hewwo, kawaii, uwu, owo, fren, bork, rawr, lolz, smexi, hecc, etc." Phase was indeed, the real horror. And It always will be.
Always.
I’m glad I never had it- but I do use: “ :D, :3, :P, :O, XD ecc… (UwU , OwO ironically)” cause I like them
Soon as I saw the Ian guy was from Craigslist I knew it was him lmao, you can never trust people on there
I got chills during the last message when he said that he was coming in
I realized during 9:00 when Ashley's friend messaged Ashley about the guy hiding behind the electrical box, the friend was talking about Ian
There’s something nobody is commenting on that really hammered home exactly what this story is about. Everyone’s picking up on everything the story’s putting down. The grooming, the stalking, the horrible actions Ian takes to get into Ashley’s life. But nobody’s talking about the most clear thing the game puts down for us from the moment we start playing.
Each bio has a section for age. We know that Ashley is 14. And according to his bio, Ian is 38.
I know this is just a game, but god. This singular game is a better portrayal of the dark side of the internet than any PSA I’ve ever seen. And that says lot. Props to the creators.
Love how you gave up reading Jason's email, it made my day.
I’ve gotta feel bad for whoever’s photos got used for Ian. Unknowingly cast as the creeper.
Okay, the bedroom photo is a CRIB, that creep wanted more from Ashley than just love
Ah yes I remember like everyone having music play whenever you'd load their pages. I remember spending a lot of time trying to find the right song. I wish I was way more smart about stuff back then as well.
Lots of internet creeps out there.
The only MySpace page I have ever seen is my brother's, and he had a pretty bare bones one but he loved to use the player function for Joe Satriani and he did have a few of those quiz bios. His profile picture was one of those back-lit in the living room kinds so he didn't show his face. THIS page is so garish in comparison, it only made more sense when I realized she was like a young teen.
This is one grounded horror game where a crazy stalker is slowly getting closer to getting the victim.
My teenage niece had a boyfriend like that Jason kid, except it escalated to the point where he was calling her 100+ times a day alternating between threatening suicide if she doesn't take him back because he can't live without her and calling her every awful name in the book, following her home after school, publicly trashing her on Twitch (to his probably like 10 viewers) and all sorts of insane things. I don't even know how long they dated.
This reminds me so much of all the times my dad used to tell me about the dangers of using things like Craigslist or just the internet in general. I'm glad that he and my mom protected me from people like this when I was her age.
I feel like this game was on the right track, but could have gone further, and ended a bit too soon. I actually thought maybe Ian might have been a red herring and maybe it was someone else.
5:16 something about Manly physically cringing is hilarious
The fact this is "based" in my city, blegh. This game hits that creepy nerve because it's such a universal experience for many women. Both the toxic ex and the creeper. Clearly people can be victims from anyone of any age and at any age. Be careful out there ❤️.
So, like... I don't think the guy kidnapped her. It's kind of impossible? The narrator (the sibling) says she hasn't been seen in 5 days and is investigating her computer, and the messages from Ian (the stalker) is happening in real time. Thus, Ian has no idea where she is and is getting ready to commit a crime but isn't the perpetrator of Ashley's disappearance. The biggest suspect is actually Jason, the spurned boyfriend. He stops messaging her rather abruptly after threatening her a bit. There's also the chance that she ran away (she literally stated that she would on the page), but Ian, though a horrifying stalker, couldn't have done anything more than what was showcased already (except maybe against the investigative sibling).
Still, a great mystery and horror game, but sadly with no real resolution as to what happened.
Yeah, it is hard to tell whether the "skips" where the screen changes are meant to be real time updates or merely arbitrary drip feed of the narrative to not immediately give the game away. Either way it breaks the immersion/internal logic somewhat
I think it's a possibility that he (thinks) is talking to the dead ashley who he killed
That would actually be a great plot twist, imagine him coming to kidnap her only to find someone else beat him to the punch.
People ask how women can be scared of men. This. I've had the exact same thing on the internet, it's terrifying. Lucky the person lived in a completely different country. But I know most girls get this sort of shit online. It's scary. It can happen to boys too, my ex husband had a girl who was crazy for him too. People are scary man...
Thx manly for posting! I love ur videos. I don’t comment a lot but I do watch ur videos! Thx for sharing this video with us
Oh wow I’m actually first for once
I love how manly is reacting to all this, he’s cringing so hard at the breakup letter thing, and getting upset at the guy for being a creep, saying “don’t you dare comment on that cat photo” or something like that, and I love it, this game was so well done super spooky
I dont remember how I stumped upon manly this year but holy hell there is not even a day I cant go without watching his vids
i literally just finished watching one of your videos on my tv, now im in my bedroom looking at yt and come back to you..
It’s because of people like Ian that I believe we should teach children how to be safe online and how to spot the red flags.
Well, if there was anything terrible to happen to anyone, it would definitely involve using myspace. *Edit I messed up the wording... brain melt from to many "XD"s
4:07 because the tape recorder was no longer recording, and was previously rewound.
"because people DO write like this, see that is the problem-" i love when manly goes out of character just to give his input 😭❤️
The real horror is how accurate this was lol
I feel embarrassed watching this.
This was so unnerving to watch and the lack of music/sounds besides the computer and A/C just kept me on edge.
Nightmares to be had for sure.
Creepy stuff aside...this really hit me in the nostalgia feels. I kinda miss the days of Myspace.
*Yikes* this game actually scared the frick out of me. Namely because, I've had a few encounters, let's say, with these types of gross not-good-enough-to-be-men "men"... and yeah, one of them was a few years back when I was 22 and the stalker was some 45 yr old guy *shudders* .
Hey manly! I genuinely love your channel so much and spend so much time watching your uploads. Thank you for all that you do❤️
the dev definitely nailed the y2k scene kid vibe, but even more than that they really captured the horror of gross situations like this. was actually kind of hoping that there would be an ending where we save ashley but,,this kind of ending makes sense being that its a horror game
The cover of this video looks honestly really cool.
God this whole MySpace and AIM style is crazy to me. Also the pixelated picture of the main girl I'm pretty sure was a super popular scene girl at the time.
As a 25 year old man, I felt so uncomfortable with the way Ian was writing and it is completely dumbfounding that there are people out there who can think this way it’s just so horrifying in a way that jumpscares or gore cannot compare to
At their one month anniversary hevwas gonna present a wedding dress he's 38 and she is 14. That is the creepiest detail to me
Love your videos manly. I feel like I have an endless amount of content to watch from you and I look forward to your daily uploads. Just try not to burn yourself out man!
“My friends have told me I look like the lead singer of thi-“ you don’t. Geez, just from the blur? 😂😂