Playing Hacknet late at night will leave you jumpy, twitching at the slightest sound, thinking that the hi-tech crime unit will pay you a visit. Paradoxically, this is a game that the beginners can use to practice for complex operations like breaking into databases, crashing websites etc. That means that this is not some arcade, but a real simulation with realistic commands and realistic executive processes. If you have no experience in working with Command Prompt, make sure you finish the tutorial first because you won’t be able to manage without it. The plot is quite simple. You get an e-mail from a recently murdered hacker and following his instructions you venture deeper and deeper into the conspiracy and intrigue behind his ‘sudden’ death. Sounds…

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