File:: Luftrausers.v1.0.zip ...

My armor was failing. The "repair" mechanic—the brief moment of not firing—wasn't working. The damage stayed. I looked at the file folder on my desktop. The .zip file was growing. 1GB... 5GB... 20GB. It wasn't a game anymore; it was an extraction.

Should the protagonist or embrace the cockpit ? Should the "v1.0" file be haunted or a government secret ? File: Luftrausers.v1.0.zip ...

I hit "Start." The hangar was silent. Usually, you’d hear the clanking of tools, but here, the only sound was the wind whistling through the corrugated metal walls. I built my rauser: Gunguy (for the recoil-based movement) Weapon: Laser (for precision) Body: Armor (to survive the impossible) The Takeoff My armor was failing