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QAnon resembles the games I design — but for believers, there is no winning

14 mins | Jun 6, 2021
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The gamification of propaganda. Game creator Reed Berkowitz, who specialises in platforms that are intended to be played in reality, reveals how QAnon is a game that uses people. He explains how Q has specifically followed the model of an alternate reality game as a trail of ‘clues’ plays the people who follow it.

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