The Black Tapes

It's a promise and a threat—if it's in print, on film, on tape, or saved digitally, it's forever.

Or so one might think.

Everyone from message board mavens and freelance journalists to private detectives and middle-class family guys has revived the search for lost media—forgotten flash games, snatches of song, never-seen TV pilots, and even rare slot machines. The resulting tales and the often-dead media formats they're trapped on will not be fading into the past; they'll be seared on your corneas—and stored in your brain—forever.