Title: 8 Pages Video Game

General Information about item:

• Slenderman 
• Language: English
• Slender: The Eight Pages 
• Video Game 
• Informant: T.B.
•  Collected: 5/23/2020

Informant Data: T.B is 20 years old and currently a student at Dartmouth College.

Social Context: Once the craze of Slenderman became viral, graphic artists and video game engineers created 1st person horror games based on Slenderman. One of the most successful games was “8 Pages”.  

Cultural Context: The video game was released in 2012 to depict the quasi-folklore meme character known as Slenderman. It is a survival game that plays off of Slenderman’s reputation of abducting children in dark mysterious settings. The extreme popularity of it lead to a multitude of Youtube videos and recognition further spreading the folklore of Slenderman.

Item: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender:_The_Eight_Pages 

Informant Comments: “This was a game my cousin and I would play at midnight in front of the computer screen together. I can remember how scared we got when Slenderman would pop  up on the computer monitor after static noise would play to show he was getting closer, but the real fear came after we turned the game off. We never even thought about going into the woods after the sun went down ever again and would fall asleep under the blankets scared of Slenderman.” 

Collector’s Name: David Gallagher 

Tags/ Keywords: 

• Slenderman
• Slenderman: The Eight Pages 
• Video Game