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So there’s this online virtual world that’s repressed in the deepest thoughts of my brain, and I’m having a hard time remembering the name of it. So here’s the sitch. Back in the late 2000s, Limited Too/Justice used to consistently advertise this online virtual world and I remember it was strangely creepy. The video advertisements came in the form of these post apocalyptic style found footages of teenagers trying to reach out for help. They mention something about some sort of darkness that is taking over the land that comes in the form of a black mist that overtakes everything in its path. It might be a pollution metaphor, idk, it might have a steampunk feel to some of the settings, idk. I’ve also seen print posters in the changing rooms of one of the cartoon teenagers in front of a foggy mirror with a message written on it for the same game. The big thing about the ads that might ring a bell for someone out there is that every ad ended with the same phrase: “We need your help.” Then at the end it would show the name of the game with an ominous jingle of sorts at the end. That’s the most distinct detail I have about this game. The game itself? I can only tell you very little about it, because I didn’t play it very long. You create your teenaged avatar, and you’re going left and right to different areas. I believe there is a sort of nature vs machine vibe to the place. I stumbled across some sort of matching game that I was doing alright in, until I clicked on this one card and the aforementioned dark mist just jumped out of the card and scared the living daylights out of elementary aged me! I closed the game and never touched it or my account again. Now, many years later, I’ve been dying to know what this anomaly of a kids online virtual world was. I’ve searched high and low on the internet to no avail. 99% sure that the game shut down many years ago. TLDR: Kids’ online virtual world advertised in Limited Too during the late 2000s with found footage cartoon videos and a black mist as the antagonist. “We need your help” the phrase said every ad. I need your help remembering what this is.