A driving appeal of QAnon is the collaboration between strangers to unpick the mystery of a conspiracy. Within the field of ARGs these dynamic communities of discovery are referred to “collective detectives”[^93] – individuals assembled to …Having connected QAnon to the domain of games and play, it is important to clarify that its popularity exceeds simple immersion in a game narrative. The mass delusion QAnon provoked occurs against a broader backdrop of disenchantment with m…[^93]: WATSON, J.: Games Beyond the ARG. In GARCIA, A., NIEMEYER, G. (eds).: Alternate Reality Games and the Cusp of Digital Gameplay. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017, p. 193.
[^94]: JANES, S.: Alternate Reality Games: Promotion and P…
S. Aupers
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Aupers appears primarily through citation in discussions of collective detective work and participatory gameplay communities, though the specific content of their argument is not directly excerpted. They seem to be invoked to theorize how communities of strangers organize around collaborative puzzle-solving and shared narrative construction, a framework applied to understanding QAnon's appeal beyond its surface as mere entertainment. Their work bridges game studies and collective behavior, helping explain how immersive participatory systems can activate social bonding around interpretation and discovery.
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