The Serial Experiments Lain Drinking Game

Amethyst Angel presents:

The rules are simple: Take a sip of your favorite beverage whenever any of the following что такое база данных actions occur in the series. Game begins at the point in each episode after the "People walking around in traffic/neon lights/buzzing wires" expositionary sequence has ended. Those who wish to play this game are not required to drink real alcohol, but those who choose to do so are encouraged to drink as strong a brew as they can get their hands on, in keeping with the spirit of the lain series, and with it's unofficial motto: "If you're going to get f*#@ed up, you might as well get f*#@ed up good!"

Of course, those of you who are REALLY brave and who have a notably high tolerance for alcohol may want to try playing our special edition lain drinking game EXTREME VERSION. But don't be too surprised if you find yourself lying unconscious on the floor thirty seconds into the first layer...

And now...Let the game begin!

Take a drink---

Anytime you see lain walking through a stark, brilliantly lit minimalist landscape. Take a bonus sip if you find yourself wondering how she knows where to put her feet since there doesn't seem to be anything under them...

Anytime someone mentions the Wired.

Anytime someone tries to define the Wired. ("It's another layer of existence", It's a communication network," etc.,)

Anytime you see a shadow which doesn't have anything funky happening inside of it( bloodstains, swirly CG effects, etc.)

Anytime you see a close-up of someone eating.

Anytime someone "discards" their body.

Anytime lain upgrades her computer.

Anytime you see lain's coolant system and wonder to yourself if it's a good idea to be operating that much heavy machinery in a room full of standing water.

Anytime lain sees her parents kiss. (Yuck)

Anytime lain sees a mistlike apparition.

Anytime lain sees a humanoid, ghostlike apparition. Take an extra sip if it looks tormented or in pain.

Anytime someone dies while playing tag.

Anytime lain's sister makes modem noises.

Anytime lain has a good ol' heart to heart talk with her Dad.

Anytime you see lain walking out of her front door and walking down the Stairs That Aren't Really There.

Anytime someone starts to hallucinate or freak out. Take an extra gulp if they die/vanish soon after.

Anytime you see that freaky little Roswell alien in the "Where's Waldo" shirt. (Take an extra gulp if the freaky little alien has lain's head.)

Anytime lain can see her evil twin.

Anytime someone else can see lain's evil twin.

Anytime a child is being waaay too precocious for its own good.

Anytime lain is seen wearing nothing but her slip. Bonus gulp if she's all wrapped up in wires.

Anytime lain is seen interacting in a normal manner with her fellow classmates.

Anytime someone sees lain in the monitor of their computer/palm pilot. Bonus sip if they fail to remember who she is.

Anytime someone receives an e-mail from the dead.

Anytime lain sees/runs into Chisa. Down an extra drink if Chisa happens to be alive.

Anytime someone mentions God.

Drink an entire bottle when you finally see who God is and are disappointed to find out it's a disgruntled, pasty-faced, wide-mouthed former computer programmer who is held together with duct tape.

Anytime lain deletes someone's memories.

Anytime someone commits suicide by train.

Anytime they show text on the screen.

Anytime they show a psychedelic CG expositionary sequence to fill the viewer in on the backstory.

Anytime photographs or live action footage is shown.

If you find yourself thinking "layer" sounds a helluva lot cooler than "episode".

Anytime a laser pointer falls on someone's face.

Anytime the Cyberia cafe is shown and it's dead quiet.

Anytime someone swallows something which looks like it might cause them severe appendicitis.

Anytime lain is in her teddy bear suit.

Anytime the producers of the show wield symbolism like a blunt instrument.

Anytime someone professes love for lain.

Anytime lain professes love for anyone else.

Anytime a character has an inappropriate attraction for another character.

Anytime a Man in Black is shown wearing anything other than black.

Anytime MIB Karl takes off his visor thingy and you get to see his bea-yoot-i-ful blue eyes.

Anytime someone kisses lain.

Anytime lain has that "deer caught in the headlights" look.

Anytime a really unattractive hacker is shown.

Anytime lain speaks to someone while in the wired. Take an extra gulp if said person consists of only a body part (a mouth or an ear).

Anytime someone calls lain an angel or a blessed child.

For every loose plot element which seems to be going nowhere. (Take an extra drink if it actually DOES go somewhere.)

Anytime someone mentions something about the "collective unconscious".

Anytime the Knights are mentioned.

Anytime a Knight is seen.

Anytime a Knight dies.

Anytime you think to yourself,(if you happen to be someone who has only a casual interest in the series) "Okay, if this hacker club is so l33t, how come it's given itself such a lame name as "the KNIGHTS"?

If you think the ending was more obscure than the ending for Evangelion.

If you think the ending was LESS obscure than the ending for Evangelion.

Anytime lain sees any of her classmates all grown up.

Anytime they show power lines buzzing. Down a whole bottle if the power lines happen to be dripping with blood.

At every point in layer 11 when you think to yourself, "Sheesh! I could play the electric guitar better than that!"

At that point in the final layer when the "present day, present time" sequence fires up and you find yourself thinking "Oh NO! The entire series is starting all over again! ARRGGGHH!!!!"

Anytime your brain starts to hurt.

Special rules for MST'ers....

Take a drink if you can refrain from whispering "I can see dead pee-pole!" (like that kid in the 6th Sense movie) whenever lain sees a ghost.

Take a drink if you can resist the urge to say "Ah-thur, King of the Brit-ons!" (like in that Monty Python/Holy Grail movie) at that scene where lain appears all god-like in the sky.

Down a whole bottle if you can resist the urge to make any kind of "Akira" reference in the scene in lain's room where "God" tries to create a body for himself. (Tetsuuuooooooo! KANEDAAAAAAAA!!!!)

The Serial Experiments Lain Drinking game was created by Amethyst Angel on October 24, 2001. Serial Experiments Lain is the copyright of its respective owners, who will no doubt be relieved to know that I am not making any kind of money from this. It's a fan site. Thanks for stopping by, everybody.