The story alleges that "Toonstruck 2" was based on art from the sketchbook of a mentally ill cartoon animator who murdered his boss, bought by one of Virgin Interactive's executives at a murderabilia auction, and the real reason for its cancellation was that its contents were too shocking. SVG's Christopher Gates wrote: "The incomplete storyline has proved to be fertile ground for fans, who seem more than happy to fill in the blanks… If "Toonstruck" had been finished, maybe it would've faded away. But it wasn't, and the mystery has kept "Toonstruck" fans engaged for over 20 years — and counting." "Sonic.EXE" is a creepypasta created by user "JC-the-Hyena". This story concerns a teenager named Tom, who suffers from a series of supernatural delusions after playing a haunted ROM hack of "Sonic the Hedgehog" (1991). The story describes the details of the hack, which purportedly features gory and disturbing content. "Petscop" is a web series released on YouTube which purports to be a Let's Play of a "lost and unfinished" 1997 PlayStation video game of the same name. In the game, the player character must capture strange creatures known as "pets" by solving puzzles. However, after the narrator of the series enters a code on a note attached to the copy of the game he received, he is able to enter a strange, dark, and hidden section of the game: the Newmaker Plane and the depths below it. Although the puzzles continue, the game's tone shifts dramatically, and numerous references to child abuse appear; "Newmaker" appears to refer to Candace Newmaker, who was murdered during rebirthing therapy. The series premiered on March 12, 2017. It was created via recorded videos of a game as established by the series creator Anthony Domenico. Kotaku's Patricia Hernandez wrote: "If this is an internet story / game, then I am in awe over how elaborate it is." For Alex Barron of "The New Yorker", it is "the king of creepypasta". An urban legend claims that in 1981, an arcade cabinet called Polybius caused nightmares and hallucinations in players, leading at least one person to suicide. Several people supposedly became anti-gaming activists, after playing Polybius. One of the oldest urban legends regarding video games, Polybius has entered popular culture, and numerous fangames exist as attempts to recreate the game from numerous accounts of its nature.