#ghost head

Halloween's origin is ancient and astronomical. Since the fifth century BC, Halloween has actually been celebrated as a cross-quarter day, a day halfway between an equinox (equal day / equal night) and a solstice (minimum day / maximum night in the northern hemisphere). With a modern calendar however, even though Halloween occurs next week, the real cross-quarter day will occur the week after. Another cross-quarter day is Groundhog Day!

Halloween's modern celebration retains historic roots in dressing to scare away the spirits of the dead. Perhaps a fitting tribute is this view of the Ghost Head Nebula (NGC 2080) taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. Similar to the icon of a fictional ghost, it is actually a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy. The nebula spans about 50 light-years and is shown in representative colors.

‘Clock Tower: Ghost Head’ [aka: ‘Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within’]

[PS1] [JAPAN] [MAGAZINE, SPREAD] [1998]

“[Clock Tower: Ghost Head] is the third game in the Clock Tower series, and is considered a spin-off in its home country of Japan where it was not a numbered release. The story follows 17-year-old Yu Midoshima who suffers from multiple personality disorder with an alter ego named Shō. The player must guide Yu through various environments, altering between her normal and twisted personality, to uncover the secrets of her and her family's past.

In America, Clock Tower: Ghost Head known as Clock Tower II: The Stuggle Within was met with negative reviews. Journalists heavily criticized the gameplay which they found to be poor due to its slow and dated point-and-click interface, as well its reliance on trial-and-error mechanics.

The story was criticized by some but found to be mature and creepy by others. Critics ultimately did not recommend the game except to those looking for an experience similar to Clock Tower (1996) and those looking for a game that, like a cult film, is flawed conventionally but redeemed by its willingness to stray from the mainstream.

In Japan, it seems to have a fanbase, and more popular than in America, as the fans tend to draw lots of fan art of it. ~Clock Tower: Ghost Head Wiki

(Clock Tower 2: The first time Bates introduced himself after Alyssa was bullied.)

I got an AV to HDMI adapter for my PS2 and booted up Clock Tower 2!

When pulling up references for the characters, I kept finding GIFs of Alyssa/Bates kicking Stephanie in the face and generally just throwing her around, and they were pretty hilarious.