Leo ejected the disc. The ISO file was still on his desktop. He dragged it to the recycle bin.
There were no controls. The wrestlers moved on their own. Rey Mysterio threw punches that passed through The Debt like smoke. Then The Debt touched him.
But as he did, a pop-up appeared. It wasn't from Windows. It was from the emulator, which was still running in the background. "Match 3/3 complete. You have been pinned by 'The Regret.' Remaining lives: 0. But don't worry. The game saves to you now." His webcam light turned on. He hadn't plugged in a webcam.
He laughed. WWE 2K14 was a PS3/Xbox 360 title. The PS2 was a decade old by then. But curiosity bit him. He took it home, ripped the ISO, and loaded it into PCSX2, an emulator.
Then the screen went blue.
Then the opponent loaded: "The Debt."