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Computer games
In the RPG (Role-Playing Game) Over the Edge, Tulpas are
used as background characters (NPC's). They also have
natural enemies, sociopathic individuals called Sandmen,
who prey on them to create either "Nightmare" (a drug)
or "Dreamweb" (gossamer webs that can capture dreams
from people). Dreamweb are typically used to capture the
nightmares of neurotic individuals, which are also sold
as something like a drug.
Although the word "Tulpa" is never used in the
Changeling: the Dreaming RPG, creatures known as
"Chimera" fulfill a role very similar to Tulpa. Chimera
may be sentient or non-sentient entities made manifest
in the mental alternate reality of "The Dreaming". They
typically arise spontaneously due to the force of human
thought and emotion, sometimes from the dreams of
individuals but potentially as amalgams of all human
thought. These beings are typically weakened by exposure
to human doubt, but nevertheless some have the necessary
strength and abilities to manifest as tangible entities
in the mundane world of humans, at least for a time.
In the Survival Horror game Silent Hill 2, the Maria
character is a highly-eroticized tulpa of the main
character's late wife.
Tulpa - Index
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