completely, with the occasional exception of such gems as Sinister, and games' attempt

at �horror� are pretty much laughable. And then, a simple little indie game called

Slender made its debut about two years ago.

There's barely anything to the game itself. Your mission is simple, should you choose

to accept it (since for some reason you just can't turn your ass around and jump over the

bloody fence): You go around a dark forest at night finding eight pages stuck to various

things such as trees, rocks, or broken down trucks. Simple enough, right? Except all the

while, as you collect more and more pages, you have a mysterious, tall figure following

you, coming closer and closer with each passing moment.

I still have never been able to pinpoint what exactly is so terrifying about this game,

but whatever it is, it works. As you progress, the music becomes more known, you start hearing

static as Slender Man comes closer to you, and the screen will occasionally blink in

and out if he's close enough. The worst part of it is it's literally impossible to find

him; you just know he's there.

Because of the nature of the game, its gameplay is very simplistic; you run. And run. AND

RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. Oh, and click to get the pages. For what the game is, however,

there's nothing more that's even needed except the barebones type of gameplay that you'll

actually find. Once again, this is horror through and through, and survival horror at

that; besides, shooting Slender Man would be a futile effort since he would probably

just chew them up in his spirit demon god mouth and spit them back at you in the form

of acid. Really, the only thing that can fight Slender Man is Chuck Norris. And possibly

Kyle Katarn.

If you enjoy horror or random games, give Slender a try, because unless you're made

of steel I can guarantee that this'll get a scare or two out of you, and maybe, just

maybe, even a yelp of terror. So this is Jon from CGRUndertow wishing you good Slender:

The Arrival, and good Dead Space, or whatever makes you happy.