Topic: Alternate Reality Games

The concept of gamification is explored as a tool for psychological control, linking the modern QAnon phenomenon to the 17th-century Rosicrucian manifestos. Both events are described as "proto-LARPs" that generated real-world participation and secret societies from fictional or staged beginnings. The RAND Corporation is identified as an ideological architect of game theory used to drive social participation and blur the lines between fact and fiction.

Stephen Snyder links the QAnon movement to the Cicada 3301 internet mystery, classifying both as Alternate Reality Games (ARGs). He alleges that individuals like Thomas Schoenberger "game-jacked" these puzzles to radicalize gamer culture for political ends, potentially involving figures like Michael Flynn and private intelligence networks.