... — File: Bizarreholyland-29.1-pc.zip

A voice, sounding like a thousand dial-up modems screaming in harmony, whispered through his headphones: "The compression is complete, Elias. There is no more room in the hardware for the soul."

The file size was impossible: 0 bytes on the preview, but 4 terabytes once he started the download. He ignored the red flags and ran the executable. The screen didn't flicker. It bled. File: BizarreHolyLand-29.1-pc.zip ...

Suddenly, his webcam light turned on. On the screen, his own room began to render within the game world. He saw himself sitting at his desk, but in the game, his skin was replaced by the same shifting static as the Holy Land. A voice, sounding like a thousand dial-up modems