The installation didn't show a progress bar. Instead, my room temperature plummeted. A thin layer of actual frost began to creep across the edges of my laptop screen. When the game finally launched, there was no title music—only the low, mournful howl of a mountain wind coming through my speakers.
I typed it into the search bar, my fingers heavy with exhaustion:
I had bypassed the DRM, but I’d forgotten to check what the game was allowed to take in return.