He installed the game. But the main menu was wrong. Monolith's logo didn't show. Instead, white text on a black screen said: "Do you want to play? (Y/N)"

You run the installer. The music stops on your PC. A green DOS box flashes. Suddenly, your desktop wallpaper is gone. Your taskbar is now lime green. You have fifteen new "Video Players" installed. Your browser homepage is now a casino in Moldova.

Not in the game. In his room.

Here is the story: A user named "Rohit_2004" downloaded the split RAR files for F.E.A.R. Part 14 was always corrupted. He downloaded it 12 times on his 56kbps connection. On the 13th try, it worked.

That was : The fear that you just destroyed your family's Dell Inspiron 1501 because you wanted to shoot slow-motion soldiers.

Apunkagames is mostly dead now, buried under DMCA notices and the rise of Steam. But the fear remains.