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A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game MMORPG]] popular with children that is actually a front for [[KIDS]], a project to harness the collective psychic potential of children based on the research findings of [[Professor Hodgeson]].
[[File:1669 900.png|300px|thumb|PHANTOMa.]]


The gameplay mostly involves killing monsters and other players. During [[Layer 04]], a man finds PHANTOMa and [[reality]] merging, resulting in him shooting a young girl with an in-game weapon. When [[Lain]] of the [[Wired]] asks [[Taro]] what is fun about the game, he responds with "Nobody knows what's fun and why."
[[File:Phantoma - ingame.jpeg|300px|right|thumb|An in-game sequence of PHANTOMa, bearing resemblance to 90s-era dungeon crawling computer RPGs such as [[wikipedia:Might and Magic|Might and Magic]] and [[wikipedia:Dungeon Master (video game)|Dungeon Master]].]]
 
A [[wikipedia:MMORPG|MMORPG]] popular with children that is actually a front for [[KIDS]], a project to harness the collective psychic potential of children based on the research findings of [[Professor Hodgeson]].
 
The gameplay mostly involves killing monsters and other players. During [[Layer 04]], a man finds PHANTOMa and a tag game played by kindergartners merging, resulting in him shooting a young girl with an in-game weapon. When [[Lain Iwakura]] of [[the Wired]] asks [[Taro]] what is fun about the game, he responds with "Nobody knows what's fun and why."
 
In [[Layer 06]], the latent psychic abilities of these children is used to create a giant image of Lain in the sky.


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