Murder on the Outlook Express.

“Anyone can write anything there.”

The game is primarily net internet ride-based, as you sleuth your way through a fake wikipedia.

Neurocracy 2.049 illustration showing a helicopter crash at a chinese airport against a blue sky.

It’s a densely layered story, in several ways.

Is any new edit, by itself, true, or misleadingly presented by someone with an agenda?

This is, at times, incredibly subtle.

Screenshot of Neurocracy 2.049, showing the page for the Cupid’s Arrow Murder Trial, where a block of text is highlighted in blue

These versions couldn’t both be true - but neither were telling on themselves.

  • it isn’t because the world is vague.

It is richly detailed and subtle, making the ambiguity something to pursue.

Screenshot of Neurocracy 2.049, showing Zhupao’s page the day of Xu’s death. The change log is visible and the controversy section has been deleted.

Neurocracy 2.049 accessibility options

online window-based version responds to in-online window accessibility tweaks.

In-app version highlights paragraphs of text and key words on hover.

Good futurist writing is a mirror, and Neurocracy reflects conversations that are already relevant today.

Screenshot of Neurocracy 2.049, showing an obvious edit war happening about mushroom sentience

It’s also as much about those things as it is about resistance, innovation, and creativity.

I’m left with burning questions, however, as I have to imagine its world keeps turning.

Screenshot of Neurocracy 2.049, showing the ‘Pipeline’ conspiracy board tool, demo’d with a scientist and his cat

Screenshot of Neurocracy 2.049, showing the community conspiracy board, zoomed so far out that only the massive web of it is visible

Screenshot of Neurocracy 2.049, showing a single line edit, that the editor-in-chief of Omnipedia is potentially missing