Ghosts in the machine is a bit of a culture thing. We covered it a bit last Halloween [0]. There are haunted BBC Micros and parallel quantum universes. Maybe it's smart of game developers to create a spook story this way. There's a chance of it freaking some kids and them making bad choices. But we all survived DnD right?

[0] Hacked or Haunted? https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=30