THE BINDING OF ISAAC: REBIRTH — but the subtitle underneath read: FORGET ME NOW.

The controls felt wrong. The run button was sticky. The map flickered between floors that didn’t exist in the official game: THE CLOSET. THE FLOODED NURSERY. THE ROOM WITH NO DOORS.

Leo closed the 3DS. The battery read 100%. He put it back in the shoebox, then shoved the shoebox to the back of the attic, behind the Christmas decorations and the broken vacuum.