The sign analysis in the game Pamali: The White Lady (2018) challenges the boundaries between reality and nonreality through the Unreal Engine 4 advanced technology, which allows the user to manipulate space, time, and character in the game. The current research employs the cultural study method using Jean Bauldrillard’s hyperreality theory.

The combination between myths, taboos, and video game becomes very interesting to study. The game is centered around the main character Jaka who experiences various mythical experiences and meets supernatural creatures, including his dead sister who has turned into the ghost kuntilanak when he visits his childhood home to sell it. The media digitalization process supports the simulation process directed toward forms of hyperreality for game aficionados, including the game Pamali: The White Lady (2018), which is a horror simulation game which combines myths and taboos (pamali) in Indonesia. Due to the current development of technology, video game can actively construct imaginative ideas beyond reality through impressions of signs and images.

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