First Person Shooter (The X-Files)

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rdf:langString List of The X-Files episodes

rdf:langString * Krista Allen as Maitreya/Jade Blue Afterglow * Jamie Marsh as Ivan Martinez * Constance Zimmer as Phoebe * Billy Ray Gallion as Retro * Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike * Dean Haglund as Richard Langly * Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers * Michael Ray Bower as Lo-Fat * Ryan Todd as Moxie * James Geralden as Detective Lacoeur * John Marrott as Security Guard * Christopher Ng as Darryl Musashi

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rdf:langString "First Person Shooter" is the thirteenth episode of the seventh season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on February 27, 2000. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "First Person Shooter" was watched by 15.31 million people in its initial broadcast, with a 9.3 Nielsen household rating. The episode received mostly negative reviews from critics. The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, The Lone Gunmen summon Mulder and Scully to the headquarters of a video game design company after a new virtual reality game, which the Gunmen helped design, is taken over by a bizarre female computer character whose power is much more than virtual. "First Person Shooter" was written by noted authors William Gibson and Tom Maddox, and directed by series creator Chris Carter. In addition, the episode serves as the spiritual successor to Gibson and Maddox's earlier episode "Kill Switch." Gibson was motivated to write the episode after the success of "Kill Switch." The episode featured several elaborate special effects sequences that nearly put the episode over budget.