Allow me to take you back to a simpler life. It was the mid-2000s. Hannah Montana had just begun airing. We didn't know who Justin Bieber was yet. The MCU hadn't even begun.
But one thing plagued us all. Breaking our trust. Ruining a generation's innocence. We will never forget...the first time we were shown "the Maze Game."
The objective was simple: Navigate through the maze without your cursor touching the black. It was fun. Some might even call it satisfying. The graphics looked like something from addictinggames.com. We thought we were safe...
But we were hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hoodwinked, led astray...because when you were about to win, this popped up:
ACCOMPANIED BY A TERRIFYING SCREAM!!! In case you'd like to relive it, the face pops up at 1:24 here.
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Watching this video was scarring. If you want to play the game (though I really don't know why you would), you can do so here.
I vividly remember when I was shown this game. My brother told me he wanted to show me a fun game — he was really into computer games, and this wasn't out of the ordinary.
I got pretty far in the game...and then it happened. I was betrayed. I cried for hours. (I was a BIG scaredy-cat when I was little.*)
Luckily, my brother got in trouble. (GET WRECK'T, TOMMY!!!) But I have never been the same.
He's also not sorry, for the record.
I'm not the only one scarred, either.
the reason i have trust issues is because of the scary maze game i am still scarred
It was TERRIFYING, you guys.
13 year old me playing the scary maze game
Although some people have fond memories of tricking others into playing it...
Me grabbing all my little cousins to play scary maze game
Heathens, all of you.
TL;DR: "The Maze Game" was terrifying, and if you tricked someone with it, you're a monster.
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