It never went away. They just figured out how to make it subtle so it could be active all the time instead of just when the computer wasn't working properly. Do you really feel like you're using trauma-free software day-to-day?

I will always remember Eternal Darkness for getting me off the couch to go reset my GameCube cause it appeared frozen. I didn’t get all the way there before realizing the game was fucking with me

It never left, they just monetized it.

It's the PS2 disc error screen, just before the actual disc read error message displays it does this little red animation. This is like the very beginning of that animation

Me when I was a kid after I inserted a scratched disc.

I mean, come on, it's a red vortex with spinning cubes and dreadful wind ambiance.

Pretty sure a lot of kids were scared by the PS2's RSOD.

Today you fiddle the plug to glorious 4K HD.