Pssst… be very quiet reading this in bed. I don’t want to alarm you, but there may be a serial killer hiding under your mattress. However, he might also have no bones and can only wiggle and thrash around to get somewhere, giving you a huge advantage. It’s also the setup for a silly new free game called The man man
The man man is a free browser game with a floppy serial killer named… The Man Man. (You can laugh at how bad the name is, even the game’s creator admits it’s awful.) The Man Man, the killer, not the game, has no bones. The only way he can move and kill people is by stumbling around. For you as a player, this means mashing his arm and leg buttons similar to another classic free online game, QWOP.
As mentioned earlier, start the game from under your victim’s bed. This is a really scary way to start such an absurd game. At first I could hardly move. But eventually, with practice, I was able to get The Man Man through the house consistently. Your main objective is to obtain a knife before returning and killing your unsuspecting victim. Of course, boneless is easier said than done, and you’ll likely smash nearby furniture as you crash through the house and work your way to the knife.
I won’t spoil the ending or what happens after you get the knife, but it was unexpected and quite speeds up the silly and spooky meters. I found myself laughing while feeling a bit disturbed at the same time.
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The man man was developed by a person Reddit user dedefron. And according to them, it was made in about a week. Why did they make this weird little game? Well, like many things in life, it started with a small thing.
“I made a joke about a silly serial killer and decided to make a short browser game out of it,” explains defkon about a Reddit comment. “He’s called ‘The Man Man’ because he’s a man wearing another man’s skin. (Oh, and he has no bones.)”
Since its release a few days ago, the game has developed a small community of players, some of whom even speed up the game. I saw one of these runs and was shocked at how mobile the boneless killer was in their hands. Even jealous. Players will also find hidden secrets that deskron brought to the game. However, on the game’s itch.io page, the creator admits that he expected these secrets to remain hidden for “at least a few weeks.”
If you have a few minutes to kill (get it…like a killer…), Cash The man man. Just don’t look under your bed.
