Why play games with conspiracies? (ephemera)
A reflection on creating and playing CLUE-ANON, a board game about why conspiracy theories are so fun… and so dangerous.
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Board games as social media: Towards an enchanted inquiry of digital capitalism
In a world where most people feel caught in an unwinnable game, scholars should move beyond strategies of disenchantment and recognize the power of games
Clue-Anon, gaming conspiracy, and the anti-authoritarian imagination
An edited version of following text will appear later in 2023 as part of the Global Visual Handbook of Anti-Authoritarian Counterstrategies, published by the Rosa … Read more
An interview with Wu Ming 1 about the Qanon conspiracy fantasy, collective creativity, and the (ab)uses of enchantment (Theory, Culture, and Society)
An edited version of this interview will appear in a future issue of Theory, Culture, and Society. It is a transcribed and edited version of … Read more
Dangerous Play in an age of Technofinance (TOPIA)
The following text, which has not yet been copyedited or proofed, was co-authored by Max Haiven, AT Kingsmith and Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou and is forthcoming in … Read more
Whither Harmony Square?: Conspiracy Games in Late Capitalism (LA Review of Books)
The following piece by Conspiracy Games and Countergames reseachers Max Haiven, A. T. Kingsmith and Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou was printed in the Los Angeles Review of … Read more