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October 02, 2008
Hotel 626

Last year here in Mexico, Doritos released a series of TV and YouTube spots to support a TV series called "13 miedos" ("13 fears") and in everyone of them people were chased by famous fearful creatures such as Nosferatu, Werewolf and some others.

I don't know if it's related to it in some kind of way (besides sharing the brand) and maybe i'm missing something about the concept but yesterday i reached Hotel 626, a new (and scary) production from the talented guys at Goodby Silverstein and Partners + B-Reel.

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In the first place, the site it's supposed to be visited only in the gap of time between 6pm and 6am, allegedly to live this experience by night, and although it seems that changing your computer time makes you available to get into the hotel this is definitely a site you want to come by at night.

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Everything begins with us waking up in our hotel room and hearing strange sounds so we leave our room to the corridor..., and from that on (and recommending with your camera and microphone turned on) you'll be about to live a hell of a scary experience (final surprise included!) in order to get out of the hotel, including chasing ghosts, trying to make a little baby sleeping or listening to a mad man in order to get out of a room in which we are locked (clue: count the red items on the walls as he is speaking...)

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I missed some features that i'd like to have available, as for instance sharing the pics from the camera in the bathroom, but with a lot of horror and mistery movies references this production is superb, not only by the fact that it is very well shot, programmed and art directed but above all by the fact that it's real fear what you feel if you visit this hotel using your headphones and being alone in the dark -not as the guys in my office, making groups of 2 or 3 people to see the site together :)-

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Comments on this entry

Nice review of the game. This is such a innoative web game , i seldom play web games but a friend of mine recommended the game to me and i loved it. I wrote a review about it at my website.

http://pokechild.com/games/hotel-626-terror-twilight-hours/

Do check it out. Thank you.

Posted by: Irvine at October 29, 2008 07:01 PM

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its exciting

Posted by: kenneth at January 19, 2009 09:57 AM

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it...so!!!....
very nice! hotel 626
exciting very 4 me!
yeah!!!...

Posted by: miyato minami toshiro at February 1, 2009 07:24 AM

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so shuking!!!!!!!!!!1


very

Posted by: christine at February 7, 2009 01:40 PM

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the game was great...it is very scary...specially on the second level of the game...that realy freak me out and made me scream inside the cafe...i want to play it over and over...

Posted by: dawn at February 14, 2009 12:53 AM

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yeah...
im so scared while i am playing
a hotel 626..
itssssssss so very nice..
and fantastic..
wow..
but i cant play its over,,couz
im so nervous..
that game
hehhhehe

Posted by: lleugimae at February 15, 2009 02:30 PM

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nice game!

Posted by: dan kristoffer masacote at February 20, 2009 03:41 PM

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wow! so fantastic!

hush hush hush! feels like reality!

Posted by: chay at February 21, 2009 02:55 AM

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im soooooooo scared while playing tank god i finished the whole game................i really love it mmmmmwwwaahhhhhhhhhh.....

Posted by: julia at March 9, 2009 10:06 AM

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Good games

Posted by: Nina at April 8, 2009 02:29 PM

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it was amazing! totally recommend it!
i wish it was a little longer :(

Posted by: Dina at April 17, 2009 04:55 PM

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this is cool

Posted by: Alexandra at April 20, 2009 02:30 PM

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no comments...

Posted by: roys at April 24, 2009 06:38 PM

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