Have you ever felt hunted? Like you were being chased down? I have. On several occasions, granted some of these occasions have been in video games. For example: just the other night I was playing one of the call of duty games. One of my friends plays quite a bit – and he was dominating. After a certain amount of consecutive kills you can call for ‘dogs of war’. This logically calls some dogs of war, which then run around the map. Whilst they run they bark… then they run up to you and rip at your throat – resulting in death.

In the real world though I have felt chased, in some ways hunted and more rarely trapped. Once me and some friends were chased by a car, that was an adrenaline rush… not that I wanted it, or even provoked it. Then there are the times where you feel hunted in a more figurative sense. These generally aren’t physically dangerous – don’t assume that the lack of physical danger makes it any less scary though.

I mean wouldn’t you be scared when you notice a net gathering tighter around you. Your options dwindling and eventually getting extinguished? It’s a scary idea, scarier still when its happening. Still with a sharp mind you can escape a situation like this.Failing that there is always the blunt option – but that should only be used as a last resort.

For those of you un-enlightened ones, the blunt option is where you stop the game. You break away from the hunt, the chase, the trapping. Instead of allowing the battle of minds and covert actions to continue you simply do something… blunt. Leave no doubt, alert people to what is happening, clear the smoke, stop the whispered words.

Finally; assuming you played your hand well enough, you break free. If you don’t… well, that is your failing. Your punishment for such a failure isbeing trapped.