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Become one of the crowd<\/a>, struggling for the paddle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It seems to work under a simple algorithm: Each of you drags your mouse around to try and shove the paddle up or down, and the game averages your movements. I played it for a while and my group of anonymous paddlers was surprisingly good, though it’s an unusual sensatin: Because the paddle moves only mostly <\/em>in the way you suggest, you feel vaguely like a toddler only partially in control of your body. It’s also really fun watching your co-players frantically joggle around as they try to predict where the ball will arrive: You become aware of your own physical “thinking through” of the calculus of the game.<\/p>\n

What’s more, players leave and join your team as you play, which makes for some weird existential moments. When I played late one night, I started off with eight people controlling the paddle; but people gradually logged off until suddenly I was the only one left. I played alone for about two minutes, when another two people joined and I began amiably wrestling for control again. It felt like a form of proproceptural split identity: I started out fighting with my alternate identities for control, briefly experienced a moment of unity, then divided again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Evidently, this has been done on a really<\/em> massive basis<\/a>, too. Interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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