DEV and ARK: "Slender!" by DEV

Random Thought: The crescent moon looks like somebody’s nail clipping stuck to the sky.

But I’m not gonna talk about that. Like what the title says, this is all about my new gaming craze: Slender! (To make it sound cooler, try saying it as Slenda. C’mon, say it. Slendaaahhh…)

Downloaded the said game this morning and played it just enough to satisfy my daily dose of self-torture.

Let me fill you in on what this game is about (assuming you are not a 9gagger, or you simply don’t know the game): It’s a survival horror game. What’s a survival horror game? It’s a fast developing game genre that lets you play through your own nightmare. You have to “survive” the game to win it. Often, you’ll be facing lots of scary creatures…and dangers…but mostly scary creatures.

One example of this is “Silent Hill: Origins”. Another popular survival horror game is “Amnesia” (it’s like Slender, only worse).

So Slender is a simple computer game that opens with simple instructions of how to finish the game. It conveniently informs you to collect all 8 pages of a certain book. These pages are scattered all throughout the forest where you wake up and begin the game in.

With a flashlight that has limited battery and a character that walks horribly slower than a turtle, your only challenge is to escape the Slender Man. This dude, The Slender Man, will chase you everywhere you go.

Lemme talk more about this Slender Man.

Well, I really don’t understand why so many people are scared by him. To describe him, he’s only a tall guy in a black suit. He’s got weird long arms and a pale face…so pale he’s got no face! Yeah, yeah, not so scary. But when somebody like this is stuck with you in a forest and appears on screen to take you, it gets kinda creepy. The more pages you get, the faster Slender Man will be.

One time I got 4 pages (farthest I got so far, sheesh.) and I stopped walking for a while. After a few seconds, Slender Man has already taken me! I mean, if he was THAT close, then that must mean he was just right behind me the whole time!

I don’t dare play this at night. Yeah, he’s not so tough in the morning. I’ve also gotten this clear idea that I’m never, ever gonna finish this short game.

The only reason I wasn’t scared when I first downloaded this game was because some sort of ballroom music was playing in the room. Fittingly, there were old women dancing too. It kinda takes away the horror aura of the game. Try playing it alone at night, with the lights off, and with the sound effects to the fullest…it adds to the fear factor.

Me, I’m done playing with my good friend Slender Man for now. I’m back to playing Pokémon for the night. Good night people! Hope you don’t get scared.