 Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) visit the headquarters of First Person Shooters 's developers in Inland Empire , California , where they meet the Lone Gunmen , who work as consultants for the game . They look at the body of the player , which clearly displays a gunshot wound . Ivan claims there is no way a real gun could have been brought into the highly @-@ secured building . The agents are shown a video from the game , featuring the female character who killed the player . Mulder takes the printout of the character and shows it to a detective , as he believes she is the killer . 
