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5. Black & White 2 Whispers Your Name

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Did you hear that? Or did you imagine it? Did Black & White 2 really just whisper your name? Yep. It probably did.

That’s because Lionhead’s God-sim had a clever little function that could scan your computer for recognised names – if your Windows-registered name was on the pre-loaded list, then prepare to be freaked out.

Black & White 2 will totally haunt your dreams by whispering your name like it’s your creepy conscience keeping watch on you.

The game never made a big deal about this (some gamers didn’t even realise it was happening), but it completely caught off-guard those who heard ghostly whisperings and wondered ‘Did I just imagine that?’

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