Mulder and Scully investigate the murder of three programmers and a security guard at the Forbin Gaming Co. in California, a development company for computer and virtual reality games. The killer, Robert Capek, claims that a computer program controlled him and made him commit the murders. They find that the team was working on Project Praetorius, which was developing virtual reality games with simulated characters that could experience emotions. Notes: This issue contains Adlard's inked artwork and Kim's photo montage artwork providing different points of view.