A video game made in good faith will not screw with your machine when it's not running. This is absolutely not remotely true with a root kit which could mess w

A video game made in good faith will not screw with your machine when it's not running. This is absolutely not remotely true with a root kit which could mess with all sorts of things, especially if you have multiple installed. And it won't be clear what is causing it. It's not a weird view at all, it's perfectly pragmatic.