hava1 wrote:This is precisely what i am wondering about, what IS a "white operation" or "anti spy op"
i think a repurposing of the ARG playbook as described in this article is what is meant by a "white operation"
http://www.sfweekly.com/content/printVersion/531576
Future Games
She wants to harness the power of the communal cerebellum her games create and put it to work solving real-world problems
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McGonigal doesn't seem to get tired of explaining the promise of ARGs — in the last two months, she gave six talks on the subject. But she must be looking forward to the day when she can skip the half-hour of her talk that shows that she's not crazy, and get straight to what she wants to do next: Make sure a game designer wins a Nobel Prize by the year 2032.
McGonigal has been thinking about the deeper meaning of ARGs since Sept. 11, 2001. The very first ARG, a game called The Beast that promoted the movie A.I. , had recently ended. On that day, when gamers turned on the news and saw smoke bellowing from the Twin Towers, they flocked to the forum where they had spent so much time during the game. "One of the strongest responses they had was, we can probably do a better job solving this than the authorities, because we have been trained as this collective detective," McGonigal says. "I actually thought this was great."
After an intense debate, the players decided it wasn't appropriate to "game 9/11," and opted for more traditional ways to help. But the impulse to apply their skills came up again and again. They talked about getting involved in the hunt for the Beltway sniper in 2002, and also proposed an investigation into government waste in federal spending.
None of those projects got off the ground. Straight reality, it turns out, is less dependably fun than games.
There are no puppetmasters to dole out clues, keeping players interested and on track. Players aren't guaranteed a stunning conclusion. Players might not have access to the information they need. Still, the gamers' urge to use their collective power remains. McGonigal gets e-mails all the time, she says, with former players basically begging her: "Help us use our brains!"
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EVE might not be such a bad egg, just a heavy handed self-appointed puppetmaster who gets frustated when her clues misfire. Perhaps [obviously] she can't come right out and say whatever it is that needs to be said. Perhaps Duncan did. My understanding is that death by Tylenol PM is a slow painful death over several days, not a couple of hours.
Or EVE is doing her thing for kicks. Twisted. Maybe. Whatever. An annoying person.
As for anagrams, "B. F. Kade" makes B[lake] D[uncan] Fake.
Nice summary of DE's Duncan work, Mr. Kade. Wasn't there also a report, an unreliable internet background check, that put Duncan in Jacksonville and FPOs in Jacksonville and on a Navy vessel based out of Jacksonville? Jacksonville.
