Traumatizing Videogame experience?

My friend had an irrational fear of octabrains and the green slimes that grab your face in Duke Nukem. No problems with anything else, but just one octabrain's scream and then I just had to be the one to play through.

In retrospect, I was far too easy on him about this.

Originally Posted by Spyer

Doom and F.E.A.R.

I first time I played Doom, I was about.... oh say 10 years old. Anyway, the first time I saw the Pinky Demon up close, I literally shit my pants. I had to hid underneath the desk for a little bit while my cousins gave me a good laugh.

AND THE GAME STILL SOMETIMES SCARES ME. Its just that one stupid monster that pisses me off. WTF!

Come on man, nothing's easier to kill than a demon! Not only can you kill them from afar, but you can even just step against them and then step away quickly. They'll bite, miss, and be so busy with the biting animation they can hardly advance on you. You can punch them to death without taking a hit if you just jump in and out. Even if you get suddenly surrounded by them, as long as you have the tiniest bit of room to move you can just jiggle in and out of their bite-space. Easy. If you can't beat the simplest villains in the game, well, that's unfortunate.

Jam it back in, in the dark.