MYSTERIOUS LIFE

We all like a good fright now and then. After all, there’s something exhilarating

about sitting down with a group of friends, the lights turned down low,

to play a truly ghastly game.

For most players this will just be a bit of fun, but for others they may

recognise in these titles their own unexplained experiences.

With paranormal-inspired designs such as Betrayal on the House

on the Hill and Ghost Stories so popular, what - if anything - can these

games tell us about our own relationship with the afterlife?

I sat down with parapsychology expert professor

Nick Neave from Northumbria University and asked him to give

me his thoughts on the classic séance simulator,

Mysterium.

But it's just a game, let's play...