I guess it's no longer feasible to do this anymore, but when I was a kid I was allowed almost no TV, limited computer games and unlimited books. I was also read to constantly. (And yes, we had summertime "read X books in X weeks" challenges as well.)

This would make an interesting film plot (has anyone actually made a Slenderman movie yet?) Someone could investigate the assault on the assumption that Slender isn't real, but evidence could start to suggest otherwise...

Now I've never killed anyone, but I do vividly remember what it's like to be way too deeply involved in some sort of fantasy world. And having a friend join you almost always makes things worse because you reinforce each other's delusions. It also doesn't really matter if you know the fantasy's fictional or not, since…

Apparently, the student had opened a window, when a roach broke into her room and started flying about (yes, roaches in Taiwan can fly).

Sleep deprivation was a widely-used torture method in interrogations in Soviet Russia (and other places I'm sure). You also start dreaming while awake if you're sleep-deprived for too long, so if anyone wants to know what it's like to be psychotic they can try something like this. Wonder how this guy dealt with all…

Quizzes like these make me nostalgic; I remember them from the early days of the internet. Usually the results were characters from your favorite show or series, of course. And naturally you already knew exactly which character was you and if you got the wrong result (God knows how, the questions were usually…

That's the guy. I liked his LP for Dead Rising and I also noticed he shut up during the cutscenes. If I'm going to watch someone else play an entire game I'd rather they be amusing instead of completely silent.

Making the death animation as traumatizing as possible would probably work in this regard. Say, having it trigger an interactive sequence where you can struggle uselessly against your fate for X number of minutes before succumbing. (I think there have been death animations fitting both descriptions in the Dead Space…

Here's how I understand the behavioral differences between cats and dogs. In the wild cats are mainly solitary animals, whereas dogs' wild ancestors are almost all social animals. Understanding the thoughts/feelings of their pack-mates and interacting well with them is important for doggy survival; for cats it isn't.…

Calling it now — this character will try to kill the protagonist at least once.

They sure look like it. Actually everything in the trailer makes me think this is just a Chaos;Head sequel. I really liked the premise of Chaos;Head (and the horror elements!) so I'm hoping this one handles the idea better, with a more coherent plot.

Producer Tatsuya Matsubara has stated that Chaos; Child will retain the psychotic suspense of Chaos; Head Noah, but will add stronger horror elements. As if these games didn't get dark enough.

I love all the obscure historical/literary humor in Kate's comics (and the artwork reminds me of Quentin Blake, which makes it awesome). Many of her strips really don't have "punchlines" as such (at least, not that I can tell) but the way the characters behave is usually pretty funny to me. I'm racking my brains…

I don't, but I know my mum does. She claims she couldn't watch The Abyss because she felt like she couldn't breathe during some of the scenes.

If I'm waiting where there's computer access, I'm either reading novels/wikipedia articles or writing. If there's no computer access I'll either be meditating or working on stories in my head, depending on how quiet the environment is.

Tea eggs are much more awesome than regular hardboiled eggs. Most Taiwanese restaurants here will give you one alongside your meal if you're getting something like popcorn chicken or pork cutlet.

The character is implied to be male, but this is never stated outright (and Tieria isn't human anyway, so could be genderless for all we know.)

Could be. But ask yourself: Would you really care if it was?

100% agreeing with you there.

Plus you get to ride off into the sunset with Otacon if you fail to save her. That ending always cracked me up.