Game Of Shadows
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Last published Wed, Dec 31, 2025
After her grandfather vanishes without a trace, 20-year-old Esther Crane returns back to her childhood home to assist with the police investigation. While searching for her grandpa's belongings in the attic, she stumbles upon a collection of old boxes which bring her comforting and wholesome memories of her and her grandfather playing video games when she was little.
But among those, one cassette is different. She doesn't remember seeing it before, and the whole atmosphere in the room has unexpectedly changed. While giving it a closer look, an unsetteling feeling washes over her. Her instincts tell her that this discovery might be the key to her grandfather's disappearance. Even though she may be scared to the core, she is determined to find out the truth about her granfather. Will young Esther be able to solve this mystery and save her grandfather... or will they both end up being swallowed by the shadows?
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