 " 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 " earned a Nielsen household rating of 9 @.@ 3 , being watched by 15 @.@ 31 million people in its initial broadcast . The episode received mostly negative reviews from critics . 
