A Game Designer’s Analysis Of QAnon - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Captain Snooze · 12-20-2020, 03:11 AM

Interesting article.

"I am a game designer with experience in a very small niche. I create and research games designed to be played in reality. I’ve worked in Alternate Reality Games (ARGs), LARPs, experience fiction, interactive theater, and “serious games”. Stories and games that can start on a computer, and finish in the real world. Fictions designed to feel as real as possible. Games that teach you. Puzzles that come to life all around the players. Games where the deeper you dig, the more you find. Games with rabbit holes that invite you into wonderland and entice you through the looking glass.

When I saw QAnon, I knew exactly what it was and what it was doing. I had seen it before. I had almost built it before. It was gaming’s evil twin. A game that plays people. (cue ominous music)"

https://medium.com/curiouserinstitut...n-580972548be5

IceFyre13th · 12-20-2020, 03:27 AM

Captain Snooze · 12-20-2020, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by IceFyre13th

I didn't think this was political; I thought is was more about psychology.
I have asked for adjudication from moderator.

86MLR · 12-20-2020, 05:21 AM

I enjoyed the read, thanks for posting

Wether people agree with it or not doesn't really matter

I do 100% agree that alot of people are gullible and easily lead

Lantanafrs2 · 12-20-2020, 05:52 AM

Not me. I know its real

soundman98 · 12-20-2020, 09:45 AM

interesting read.

Spuds · 12-20-2020, 10:03 AM

As I was reading, I related everything back to D&D and the crazy part is it fits perfectly. Every point about what makes the subject interesting to participants I have either used as a DM or seen in a game. From knowing the rough plot and leaving breadcrumbs so the players tell the story themselves, to taking a cool connection the players made and building a new plot branch around it, and providing rewards for basically creating their own story. It's why playing in a group is more fun, because you get the social feedback and reinforcement.

Great find.

Irace86.2.0 · 12-21-2020, 07:43 PM

In before the deletion.

Ultramaroon · 12-21-2020, 08:45 PM

I don't think it's anywhere close to controversial in either spirit or letter of the rules. So far, I see only Ooo-First-Reply syndrome. For me, the article read as a bit of pop-psychology wrapped in a cool theme.

strat61caster · 12-21-2020, 09:15 PM

Quick
Qanon is actually a subterranean lizard people plot to overthrow the nwo.

Now it's just a regular conspiracy theory thread

Irace86.2.0 · 12-21-2020, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I don't think it's anywhere close to controversial in either spirit or letter of the rules. So far, I see only Ooo-First-Reply syndrome. For me, the article read as a bit of pop-psychology wrapped in a cool theme.

That is because you are sane. If you were a member of QAnon then having your beliefs described as a “wild misinterpretation of random data” or told that you are a victim of “guided apophenia” would not seem so great. I’m sure they don’t think that their conversations are “pure propaganda”.

I like this part:

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There is no doubt about the political nature of the propaganda either. From ancient tropes about Jews and Democrats eating babies (blood-libel re-booted) to anti-science hysteria, this is all the solid reliable stuff of authoritarianism. This is the internet’s re-purposing of hatred’s oldest hits. The messaging is spot on. The “drops” implanted in an aspic of anti-Semitic, misogynist, and grotesque posts on posting boards that, indeed, have been implicated in many of the things the fake conspiracy is supposed to be guilty of!

I could go on.

Come on man. If the title was A Game Designer’s Analysis of Republicans instead of QAnon or any other group then it probably wouldn’t fly.

Should we add an article on Antifa to balance this out for the righties?

Ultramaroon · 12-21-2020, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Come on man. If the title was A Game Designer’s Analysis of Republicans instead of QAnon or any other group then it probably wouldn’t fly.

Should we add an article on Antifa to balance this out for the righties?

Ok, you got me there. I glossed over once I picked up on the author's angle.

strat61caster · 12-22-2020, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Ok, you got me there. I glossed over once I picked up on the author's angle.

Nah fuckoff with that. These people currently believe there is a secret ground war occurring RIGHT NOW between the US and China in fucking MAINE.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...mpression=true

That there are currently CHINESE TANKS in MAINE that Trump is air striking.

This is not a political view, this is a delusion.

Ultramaroon · 12-22-2020, 09:16 PM

lol you should visit Maine sometime.

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