Prominent ARG pioneers D. Hon and A. Hon have done much to elucidate the analogies between ARGs and QAnon.[^76] Like R. Berkowitz and J. Matheny, A. Hon professes having felt a “shock of recognition” at witnessing the emergence of QAnon, st…[^65]: KLEIN, J.: How This Obscure, Blockchain-Based Site Built a Playground for QAnon to Run Rampant on. Released on 28th October 2021. [online]. [2021-10-28]. Available at: <https://www.dailydot.com/debug/qanon-steemit/>.
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R. Berkowitz
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R. Berkowitz appears as one of a small group of ARG (alternate reality game) pioneers who experienced what they described as a "shock of recognition" upon witnessing QAnon's emergence, suggesting a deep familiarity with the narrative structures and community dynamics that QAnon would later weaponize. The course readings use Berkowitz's testimony to establish a genealogy connecting experimental internet culture (ARGs) to contemporary conspiracy infrastructure, positioning his perspective as that of someone who could recognize in QAnon the formal properties of the genre he helped develop. This appears as a passing reference rather than a sustained analysis, used primarily to anchor a broader argument about how participatory game design logics migrated into radicalization pipelines.
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