He scrolled through dozens of sketchy forum threads, dodging aggressive pop-up ads and fake download buttons. He ignored the modern entries in the franchise; they were too polished, too unfamiliar. He needed the specific roster of 2016. He needed to hear the glass shatter for Stone Cold Steve Austin's entrance and relive the showcase mode that he and Leo had mastered together.
To anyone else, it was just an outdated wrestling game with shut-down servers and blocky physics. But to Alex, it was the last anchor to his childhood. It was the game he used to play with his older brother, Leo, on an old, beat-up console before Leo left for college and life pulled them in different directions. WWE-2K16-Download-For-PC
Alex looked at the phone, then back at his monitor where Stone Cold was sizing up his opponent in the middle of the ring. He smiled, feeling the distance between him and his brother shrink to nothing. He picked up his phone and typed a quick reply. He scrolled through dozens of sketchy forum threads,