Reality feels like a poorly lit theater set, and ARGs just give us better lighting. The line blurs because our brains are wired to trust narrative beats over actual dates. So when a game makes you question whether you’re the hero or the audience, it’s reminding you that the story we live in is the real illusion. It’s not that fiction is more vivid—it’s that our sense of self is already a performance, so the lines just get a little fuzzier.