hermeneutics are integral to the enigmatic quality of ARGs”.[^31] Players are encouraged to embrace coincidence to such a degree that any serendipitous occurrence can be being interpreted as part of the game. Along similar lines, M. Montola…[^20]: KNIGHT, P.: Conspiracy Culture: From Kennedy to the X-Files. New York, NY : Routledge, 2000, p. 204.
[^21]: ÖRNEBRING, H.: Alternate Reality Gaming and Convergence Culture: The Case of Alias. In International Journal of Cultural Stu…[^33]: DAVIES, H.: Towards an Ethics of Alternate Reality Games. In Digital Studies/le Champ Numérique, 2017, Vol. 6, No. 3. [online]. [2022-05-22]. Available at: <https://www.digitalstudies.org/article/id/7306/>.
[^34]: For more informati…
Markus Montola
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Montola is a key theorist of alternate reality games (ARGs) and pervasive gaming, contributing foundational concepts about how players construct meaning across blurred boundaries between game and reality. His work appears in the course readings to establish how ARG mechanics—particularly the encouragement of interpretive serendipity and player agency—create what the readings frame as a hermeneutic challenge for understanding contemporary networked culture. He's invoked alongside scholars like McGonigal and Davies to ground discussions of how immersive, decentralized games function as both artistic and social phenomena relevant to AI-mediated perception and algorithmic culture.
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