10 Video Games We Love BECAUSE They're Fun Trash
9. Slender: The Eight Pages (PC)
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It might not have been the originator of the “incredibly basic horror experience which’ll be squeezed dry by streamers” subgenre, but it’s difficult to go against the sheer popularity of Slender: The Eight Pages, often just referred to as “Slender Man”.
The game is as simple as they come - collect eight items (the titular pages, seemingly ripped from a child’s notepad) whilst avoiding a relentless and unkillable pursuer. Yet, this simplicity is what made it so attractive to Let’s Players and casual PC gamers alike, and it spawned an absolute plethora of similarly-structured games in its wake.
When I originally played it, I saw the novelty - Slender Man evokes a better-dressed Pan’s Labyrinth “Pale Man”, and appears seemingly at random, which is neat for a quick wee trouser-browning. Yet, the longevity was always in question, and I had gotten everything out of it I wanted to in an hour.
But those darned YouTubers, man - those guys could not get enough of Slender - if the game was a cow and views its milk, that cow would look like a burst black-and-white balloon today.
A “Slender Cow”, if you will.