He closed the browser.

He unlocked a final achievement: "The Silent Treatment." The avatar simply walked up to the boss, looked him in the eye, and refused to do a single thing. The boss’s smile faltered. He tapped his watch. He tapped his desk. He started yelling in silent, speech-bubble expletives. Eventually, the cartoon Mr. Crane slumped over, defeated not by violence, but by the one thing he couldn't command: a subordinate’s voluntary action.

Again. The golf trophy. Whack. The trash can. Whack. The electric pencil sharpener. Whack. Each time, a new, absurd, grotesquely creative demise. Each time, the boss popped back to life, unscathed, ready for the next round.