The early 2000s were the golden age of the digital bait-and-switch. Videos would entice the viewer to stare closely at the screen—such as watching a snake slowly slither through grass or track a mouse—only for a terrifying face (often the pazuzu demon from The Exorcist or a distorted zombie) to scream at the camera. Given the low resolution of .mpg files, viewers naturally leaned closer to their bulky CRT monitors, maximizing the impact of the scare. 2. The Nature Shock Video

The specific integration of the .mpg extension marks this keyword as a representation of shifting video distribution paradigms.