Camover

According to an article in the June 24 issue of The Nation, over 30 million surveillance cameras have been sold in the U.S. since 2001.  This brings us to the game known as “Camover,” begun in Berlin last year.  It’s a video game in which the players go out into the streets and smash or disable CCTV cameras.  To get points, you have to document your action online with a video.  You play in teams, called brigades, and you can steal, smash, or paint over the lens of the cameras.  Most of the participants dress in black with black masks to disguise their identity.

I’m 70 years old and ought to know better, but there is something about the anarchistic spirit of Camover that appeals to me.