Taboo For A Reason

I locked my door, and covered my windows. I plugged my laptop cord in, to keep it from running out of power. If the rumors were true, I'd need it. I'm 16, and I rather like hype and myth. I rather enjoy fake "haunted games" and I'm collecting stories from them to put up a "Fact or Faked" website. Currently, I'm trying out Taboo. It's a mod for Shadow of the Colossus. It was created through some odd method. Personally I hadn't heard of console modifications, but I'm not amazingly tech savy, to be honest.

I'm running it through PSX. I'll document the interesting things from the first 5 minutes.

-Start screen normal, all around.

-Continue doesn't function, even after I created a new file. ((

-New file had no cutscene or "Prelude". I just started at the shrine. After this, I tested the continue function. ))

-New file, my starting position wasn't the same? I feel like I was somewhere else.

-No one is alseep on the shrine. No princess. Not even a typical genderbend or anything.

People have already checked the normal route. Essentially, it just leads to a crash after the 3rd colossus. All of the colossi have to be defeated by arrow, the sword doesn't work. I guess the testers had a few extra hours? You know, though, ain't nobody got time for that.

I decided to head backwards. The outside edge isn't unique. It seems like it's parellel to the edge I'm on. I mean, surely, if they're going to mod a PS2 game, why would they stop with tiny stuff? And surely enough, I was able to leave to an entirely different area. Obviously things were changed around. I could see a white shrine in the distance. After riding my horse to it, I noticed the girl's body.

A forenote, I'm very roughly familiar with the game. Although you've likely noticed that already. I wont be able to spot every difference.

The sword directed me to the first Colossus. However, it was pretty nearby. It wasn't on the other side!

It's like an alternate quest!

I began the trail to the First Colossus. It had a simple slope, but I still couldn't see it at the top. Either way, I guess this guy doesn't like platforming. My horse wouldn't go past this point, anyway. I should be fine, though. Once I got nearby, I saw the Colossus. It was "dead". When I walked up, dark stuff poored out. Like normal.

It was different, though. The dark stuff didn't attack me. I didn't fall unconcious. I knew that should happen- it's almost as iconic to the game as the Colossi themselves.

Instead, it began to form an entity. What I saw was unnerving. It was like a- scratch that, I'm not going to discuss it. I'll leave this one as Fact. This is unreal- too scary to be a human's creation. Maybe, this is really Taboo for a reason. My partner may take this up, but I don't recognize it.

Beth Wallace signing out.

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-Log 1 on case, Taboo For A Reason.

Log 2 incoming upon analysis of Log 1.