Blast Theory's Can you see me now? is an interesting look not only into presence/absence, but also a look into culture as a whole through simple observation. As the runners go about chasing the players through their perspective cities I wonder what people just walking down the street think. People in general seem to enjoy acting in the role, albeit unwittingly, of observers while others participate in what is undeniably some sort of game. I am reminded of filling this role of the inadvertent audience member turned participant while I was on vacation this summer in Portland.
I was with my husband and his parents when we found ourselves right in the middle of, what turned out to be, a city wide scavenger hunt and we happened to have sitting in front of us one of the items on the scavenger list, a box of voodoo doughnuts. My in-laws, who live in Oklahoma City (a far cry from downtown Portland), got a chance to show their wackier side helping dozens of participants take pictures with the iconic box. I would like to imagine people in the cities with CYSMN? runners not only acted as unwitting audience members, but maybe even offered a helping hand now and then.
I checked out the website for this game and they had a player's thoughts on her experience and it made me wish that there were more statements from both players and runners, I was unable to find any more information though.
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