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* In ''[[The Guardian Legend]]'', the [[Sole Survivor]] of NAJU's native population left a ton of helpful notes, including the introduction to the premise of the plot. The full text can be read in the quotes page.
* The ''[[Half-Life]]'' mod ''[[They Hunger]]'' has a series of audio logs left by a doctor experimenting on the... [[Not Using the Zed Word|creatures]]. His final recording (which describes his own infection) plays {{spoiler|right before he attacks you}}.
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has ''lots.'' Some of the most memorable:
** A journal found in Azuna written by the tauren Paladin Aponi Brightmane details how she and her comrades have fought the Burning Legion for days, only to fail. The final entry claims they've been captured and are about to be dragged through a portal to the Legion's hellish domain. Ultimately A subversion, as she still lives, and can be rescued and recruited.
** In Sumar, a journal left by Arcanist Kel'danath, a Nightfallen mage, details his attempts to find a cure for the Nightfallen's condition. While he came very close to success, the Legion's initial invasion ruined his research, and the last entry suggests he is about to succumb to his addiction and become withered. Which is exactly what happened; when the player actually find him, he is a mindless husk of what he once was, and can only be put out of his misery. However, his work was not in vain, because the player can bring it to the other Nightfallen to continue and improve it, eventually finding an actual cure.
* ''[[Killer7]]'' has as its second-to-last level a high school in Seattle dotted with old style tape-recordings containing the details of a detective's investigation of the murderer and assassin Emir Parkreiner. The tapes become increasingly disturbing, as the facts presented seem bizarre and contradictory (much to the exasperation of the detective). The final tape ends with him mentioning in shock that Emir is standing ''right in front of him'', with his final words cut off by a gunshot.
* Ansem's Reports in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. Especially subtle in the first game, where you only have the odd-numbered logs to begin with, showing Ansem under steadily increasing threat from the Heartless... then you're handed the even-numbered logs in the second-to-last area, {{spoiler|and learn that he ''created'' the things.}}
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* In the original 1992 ''[[Alone in the Dark]]'' game, one of the first things you find is the suicide letter of Jeremy Hartwood. It is literally written just after he has unwittingly released the evil of the mansion and hears the footsteps of the newly awakened abominations closing in.
* Every dungeon in ''[[Tales of Maj'Eyal]]'' has some form of records or diary entries, and almost all of them end with the writer about to die horribly at the hands of the dungeon boss. Twists include: the writer let the boss kill him, the writer allied with the boss, the writer ''is'' the boss, and, at least once, the writer may possibly have gotten out alive.
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