The game didn't go to a menu. It dropped him straight into the middle of the desert at night. There was no HUD, no map, and no sound except for a low, rhythmic thumping, like a heartbeat played through a blown speaker.
Leo felt a chill but chalked it up to a "screamer" mod. He launched the executable.
They were photos of the back of his own head, taken from the dark corner of his bedroom.
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