Liam selected "Stickman Hook: Office Mode" —a game that disguised itself as a spreadsheet tutorial if anyone from IT walked by. He swung through pastel-colored levels, each victory earning him a token: "Byte of Rebellion."
He was standing (virtually) in a neon arcade from 1995. The floor was checkered pink and purple. Floating screens displayed games with names like "Bubble Shooter: Stealth Edition" and "Slope: No Footprints" and "Run 3: The Forgotten Tunnel."
The results showed fan forums, images, old wikis. But the fourth result was strange: a blank white page with a single, flickering pixel. Liam clicked.