The price tag was $39.99. Elias had $12.06 in his checking account.
Then, in white text on black, like a command prompt from hell: Diablo II Resurrected Free Download -v1.6.77312-
He disabled Windows Defender. He ran the installer. A terminal window flashed—green text on black, too fast to read—and then the familiar Diablo II splash screen bloomed on his laptop. But it wasn’t the old one. The logo was gilded, high-res, almost painfully beautiful. The menu music swelled in crystal-clear surround sound, strings and choir washing over him like holy water. The price tag was $39
Then the webcam light turned on.
Elias clicked.