History Blog / InvisibleGames

This blog provides examples of:

* AxCrazy: The mining machines of ''Killswitch'' after being given life by The Fires of the Earth.

* CrypticBackgroundReference: The tags ("Lockwords") located at the end of each blog post.

* EldritchLocation: The mine from ''Killswitch''

* EvilInc: Sovatik, the corporation behind the disaster in the ''Killswitch'' game.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: The blog's penultimate entry is [[LostEpisode missing]], replaced only by an ominous "Access Denied" message. The final entry then seems to be the Archivist speaking in first person, relating her personal quest to find a game she watched her mother play as a little girl: a game which [[DeathSeeker only the dying are allowed to play...]]]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: In ''Killswitch,'' the heavily implied fate of [[spoiler:Yamamoto Ryuichi]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Fires of the Earth

*** And naturally [[spoiler: [[ShoutOut The Book Of]] [[Creator/HPLovecraft The Names Of The Dead.]]]]

* AntiClimax: Neither run of ''KillSwitch'' has a proper ending, due to the game deleting itself. Needless to say, the fandom got frustrated on learning this.

* HopeSpot: It seems that someone will find the ending to the Ghast run of ''Killswitch''

* CrypticBackgroundReference: The tags ("Lockwords") located at the end of each blog post. Only some of them reference real world concepts, and it's not always clear what part of the post a specific tag is supposed to be referring to.

* CrypticBackgroundReference: The tags ("Lockwords") located at the end of each blog post. Only some of them reference real world concepts, and it's not always clear what part of the post a tag is supposed to be referring to.

** Most tags, when clicked on, will redirect you back to the main page. Some of the more cryptic sounding tags will instead take you to a creepy error page.

* CrypticBackgroundReference: The tags ("Lockwords") located at the end of each blogpost.

*** And naturally [[spoiler: [[ShoutOut The Book Of]][[HPLovecraft The Names Of The Dead.]]]]

* AnticlimaxBoss: Agent Mire of ''What Happened to Agent Small?'' is stated to be such. Although if the player has already used the card required to kill him, he is [[PuzzleBoss effectively unbeatable.]]

* OldShame: The Archivist insists that ''What Happened to Agent Small?'' is this for Karvina Corporation, although she acknowledges it as a narrative marvel just the same.
* ShrugOfGod: Karvina Corporation's reply to the restless legions of ''Killswitch'' fans.

* AncientTradition: [[spoiler: The keepers of the death-game. Implied to have evolved out of an order of Catholic nuns, these women are seemingly ubiquitous in The Archivist's homeland and mysteriously appear at the homes of terminally ill people, granting them access to a strange virtual reality game that provides them great comfort and profound revelations as they die.]]

** [[spoiler: The dwelling place of the Archivist: an unnamed tropical region constantly besieged by eyeless hurricanes that last for years at a time.]]

* [[TheChessmaster The Clockmaster]]: Afanasy Rumyantsev.
* CoolOldLady: Aemelia Brightshaupt.

* CreepyChild: The child game avatars of ''The Pentintytär Arcade'', particularly when one ''just floats in the air behind the other, saying nothing.''

* AngstySurvivingTwin: Irja Pentintytär. ''And then some.''

* AnticlimaxBoss: Agent Mire of ''What Happened to Agent Small?'' Although if the player has already used the card required to kill him, he is [[PuzzleBoss effectively unbeatable.]]

* DepravedHomosexual: When describing ''What Happened to Agent Small?'', The Archivist specifically mentions the gay relationship of villains Thomas A. Wilson and Thomas F. Wilson when referring to the game's heavy sexual content, implying that they were this.

* AnticlimaxBoss: Agent Mire of ''What Happened to Agent Small?''. Although if the player has already used the card required to kill him, he is [[PuzzleBoss effectively unbeatable.]]

* AxCrazy: The mining machines of ''Killswitch'' after their being given life by The Fires of the Earth.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: In ''Killswitch,'' the heavily implied fate of [[spoiler:Yamamoto Ryuichi]].

** In ''The Pentintytär Arcade'', [[spoiler:Torvald]] is so unhinged by the experience that [[spoiler:he spends years tracking down and collecting the individual games just so he can sit naked in the middle of them, clutching a gun and calling out Irja's name]].

''Invisible Games'' is a fiction blog that was active from October - December of 2007. It consists of a serious of surreal - and sometimes quite disturbing - tales of mysterious games and their even more mysterious creators. ''Invisible Games'' is perhaps most noteworthy for being the home of the infamous video game urban legend ''Killswitch.'' The blog's author is identified only as "The Archivist" and no clues are provided regarding her identity beyond the fact that she is female. The page contains a tiny link to the web page of fantasy author Creator/CatherynneMValente but Valente has not confirmed whether she is in fact the author.

* ActionSurvivor: Porto, one of the in-game protagonists of ''Killswitch.'' She wakes up injured and unarmed in a mine filled with monsters and it only gets worse for her from there.

* AnticlimaxBoss: Agent Mire of ''What Happened To Agent Small?'' Although if the player has already used the card required to kill him, he is [[PuzzleBoss effectively unbeatable.]]
* ApocalypticLog: Simultaneously averted and fulfilled with [[spoiler: Yamamoto Ryuichi.]] He only manages one entry, but it's a doozy.
* AxCrazy: The mining machines of ''Killswitch'' following their being given life by The Fires Of The Earth.
** The Wilsons; the CoDragons of ''What Happened To Agent Small.''
* BilingualBonus: The Finnish game titles of in ''The Pentintytär Arcade'' explain their metaplot.

* [[TheChessmaster The Clockmaster:]] Afanasy Rumyantsev.
* [[CoolOldGuy Cool Old Lady:]] Aemelia Brightshaupt.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: In ''The Pentintytär Arcade,'' a possible explanation for either Viekko, Sisko, or both.]]
* DepravedHomosexual: When describing ''What Happened To Agent Small?'' The Archivist specifically mentions the gay relationship of villains Thomas A Wilson and Thomas F. Wilson when referring to the game's heavy sexual content, implying that they were this.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Irja Pentintytär .]]
* EvilInc: Sovatik: the corporation behind the disaster in the ''Killswitch'' game.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: The blog's penultimate entry is [[LostEpisode missing,]] replaced only by an ominous "Access Denied" message. The final entry then seems to be the Archivist speaking in first person, relating her personal quest to find a game she watched her mother play as a little girl: a game which [[DeathSeeker only the dying are allowed to play...]]]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: In ''Killswitch,'' the heavily-implied fate of [[spoiler: Yamamoto Ryuichi.]]
** In ''The Pentintytär Arcade'' [[spoiler: Torvald]] is so unhinged by the experience [[spoiler: he spends years tracking down and collecting the individual games just so he can sit naked in the middle of them, clutching a gun and calling out Irja's name.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Fires Of The Earth
** [[spoiler: Abbess Eglantyne the Wracked.]]
* OldShame: The Archivist insists that ''What Happened To Agent Small?'' is this for Karvina Corporation, although she acknowledges it as a narrative marvel just the same.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: ''What Happened To Agent Small?'' both subverts this and mentions the [[SuperMarioBros1 trope namer]] by name.