Twenty minutes later I switch the game off and then lock the back door, check behind the curtains, look under bed and try to get to sleep without thinking about him and that blank soulless face. The world flips over and over and then he appears behind me, I can’t go any further, I am trapped as his arms become tentacles and the screen goes black. I’m hearing whispering to my left, the screen distorts and a low level disturbing drone gets louder and more disturbing. I’m now running through the woods, with just a flashlight and a video camera. Five minutes more and I am now frowning heavily, while feeling very scared, looking behind me, glancing out of the window nervously and jumping suddenly, even through I know it’s just a game. Ten minutes later and I find myself slightly sweaty with goose bumps appearing all over my legs and arms.

It's the kind of thing that you just can't get used to.It’s just past midnight and I am settling down to play Slender The Arrival. The character moves by teleporting, and can suddenly appear in front of you. Presented in first person, it's a particularly frightening game in part because it is so minimal, but also because the appearance of the Slender Man is so random. Your stamina is limited, as are the batteries in your flashlight (they are unending on the 'easy' setting).

What hasn't changed is the fact that, equipped with only a flashlight, the only way to survive is to run and hide. While the first game was set simply in a forest, The Arrival takes place in a variety of locations.

The danger lies in the Slender Man, a freakishly tall, faceless creature that stalks and abducts people (the character of the Slender Man is an Internet meme first popularized by website Something Awful). Developed in Toronto by Blue Isle Studios, Slender: The Arrival is a sequel, of sorts, to Slender: The Eight Pages, an indie survival horror game with a simple premise: collect pieces of paper scattered within a compound without being captured.

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