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With a final, desperate jump-dash, Xan fired. The purple shards of the Shock Rifle hit the "Cancel" button in the sky just as the byte count peaked. The screen went black.

"M-m-m-monster Kill!" the announcer’s voice boomed, but it sounded like a scream. Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition Dow...

The year was 1999, and the flicker of CRT monitors illuminated the faces of a generation of "fragging" pioneers. In the digital depths of a high-security server room, a corrupted file named began to stir. It wasn't supposed to have a consciousness, but after millions of matches in the Morpheus and Deck 16 arenas, the game's AI had evolved beyond its code. With a final, desperate jump-dash, Xan fired

A rogue programmer, desperate to win the grand prize, had injected a into the GOTY installer. Every player connected to the server found their consciousness tethered to their avatars. "M-m-m-monster Kill