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The first Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You took its dystopian inspiration from the headlines about Edward Snowden’s leaks and big data analysis technology from Silicon Valley’s Palantir. Get an answer for 'What are The Spies? Are they just children that keep an eye out on their parents to see if they have done anything wrong?' And find homework help for other 1984 questions at eNotes.
- Category: Adventure game
- Last Updated: Oct 27, 2020
- Price: $9.99
- Rating: 77/100
- Developer: Fellow Traveller
- User ratings: Recommended by 4203 players!
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Recommended System Requirements and Specifications
Windows PC Requirements
Minimum:- OS: Windows XP SP2+
- Processor: 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GPU: DirectX 9 compatible
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 3 GB available space
No maximum Pc system requirements!!
Macintosh Requirements
Minimum:- OS: Tested on Mac OS X 10.10.5
- Processor: 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GPU: OpenGL 3.2+
- Storage: 3 GB available space
No maximum Mac system requirements!!
Orwell: Keeping An Eye On You For Macbook Pro
Linux Requirements
Minimum:- OS: Tested on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Processor: 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GPU: OpenGL 3.2+
- Storage: 3 GB available space
No maximum linux requirements!!
Most sites recommend downloading some program from them into your computer. Don’t try it. Especially with the advent of Bitcoin seeking and webcam spying ransomware on the Internet nowadays, it is recommended you don’t make that mistake since this info is something you can find with some simple digging and common sense.
Here is how to check your system Specs without downloading malware from the Internet
Find specs for all Windows versions: 1. Click the Windows Logo button on your keypad + R key. In the small little window that appears titled 'Run', type 'msinfo32' and hit the enter key. A window will appear showing you detailed info on your System specifications.
- Alternative steps:
- Step 1. Open Windows Explorer, locate “This PC”.
- Step 2. Right-click “This PC” icon and select the “Properties” option.
- Processor, memory and operating system: Click the Windows Start Button > Settings Tile > PC and Devices > PC Info. OR
- Step 1. Click the Windows Start Button > search for “System” in the search bar.
- Step 2. From the drop-down results, select and click the “System” result.
- How to see the Graphics Card: Click the Windows Start Button > Settings Tile > Control Panel (bottom left) > Devices and Printers > Device Manager > Display Adapters. That's it.
- Step 1. Right-click the “Computer” icon to open the menu > Select the “Properties” option.
- This last instruction also works for Windows Vista and XP.
Windows 10 specs:
Windows 8 specs:
Windows 7 specs:
As you can see there was no need to download computer malware to your system.
Recommendations: It is recommended you have double the RAM recommended by the above and Game makers above. The ROM should also be less than 5% of the Available Space on your computer or a maximum 15%.
Troubleshooting: What to do if you run into problems
If you ever run into problems playing the game or getting it to work for your PC or computer, here are some steps you can take:
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Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences…Orwell is a new governmental security program that has the power to survey the online presence of every person in The Nation. It can monitor all personal communications and access any computer. To preserve the privacy of citizens, human researchers examine the data Orwell finds and decide which pieces of information should be passed on to the security forces, and which should be rejected.
Selected from thousands of candidates, you are Orwell’s first human researcher. And when a terror attack rocks the Nation’s capital city of Bonton, Orwell, and you, are immediately put to the test. Starting with a single person of interest, you'll help the security forces build out and profile a network of potential culprits.
But are these people really terrorists? What does the information you reveal to Orwell say about them? What if you find out things about them that not even their loved ones know? What is the real price of maintaining the security that the Nation is yearning for?
Key Features
Investigate the digital lives of citizens.
Search web pages, scour through social media posts, dating site profiles, news articles and blogs to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks.
Invade the private lives of suspects.
Listen in on chat communications, read personal emails, hack PCs, pull medical files, make connections. Find the information you need to know.
Determine the relevance of information.
Only the information you provide will be seen by the security forces and acted upon. You decide what gets seen and what does not, influencing how the suspects will be perceived.
Secure the freedom of the Nation.
Find the terrorists so the citizens of the Nation can sleep safe, knowing Orwell is watching over them.
MATURE CONTENT WARNING
Please note, Orwell includes mature language at multiple points throughout the game as well as mature themes and is not suitable for younger players.
9/10 – Polygon
“A harrowing look into a reality where Big Brother is always watching”
Rock Paper Shotgun
“In an age where so much personal information is willingly released by so many, Orwell brilliantly explores the implications of this data being misinterpreted.”
8/10 – GameSpot
The designers of Orwell: Ignorance is Strength are pulling their story about surveillance and fake news straight from the headlines from U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media. These have put the spotlight on fake news, and Osmotic Studios is turning this reality show into a computer game.
The original Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You debuted in five episodes in fall 2016. It sold more than 130,000 copies. That’s not much by the standards of Activision or EA, but it was plenty for the team of three independent developers (and their contractors) at Osmotic Studios to continue making Season Two of the award-winning surveillance thriller.
I spoke with Orwell art director Melanie Taylor at the Game Developers Conference in March. And I met her again at the Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany, where she showed off Season Two of the game, which Surprise Attack Games will publish soon on the PC, Mac, and Linux. I got a hands-on preview of what you do in the game, which puts the player in control of a powerful computer that can be used for surveillance of suspects.
Above: Orwell is back with a dystopian story.
The first story focused on the conflict between a surveillance state and an activist group that was suspected of a terrorist bombing. The follow-up game focuses on power and democracy in a “post-truth” world. It has different characters, but you can import your decisions from the first game. It takes place about the same time as the previous story.
Inspired by the rise of fake news, the social media echo chamber, and the death of “truth,” Orwell: Ignorance is Strength places the player in the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell program. The conflict threatens to spill across borders and result in violent civil unrest. The player has to decide how far they will go in the service of their country — and how to regard the truth.
“It’s darker than Season One and has a more aggressive tone to it,” Taylor said. “It’s more like an open conflict instead of uncovering a government agency.”
Above: Melanie Taylor of Osmotic Studios.
As for Trump, Taylor said, “This whole discussion of fake news. On the Internet, you can lie. It’s very difficult to see what is right or wrong.” She said it is hard to know if the Orwell got more attention because of Trump, but the team has definitely paid more attention to the news.
“We still want to stay in a fictional universe,” Taylor said. “It’s never about people who exist in the real world. But we do want people to say this is something they think about every day when they read the news.”
On the one side is a populist blogger accusing the government of corruption, and the other side is the government agency. Neither side cares all that much about the truth. There is a Twitter-like web site called Blather.
Above: Orwell: Ignorance is Strength takes you deeper into a government agency.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You, was released as a weekly episodic series in October and November 2016 and is a surveillance thriller set in a fictional country called The Nation. Inspired by George Orwell’s novel, 1984, it asked gamers to answer the question, “What would you do if you were Big Brother?” The phrase, “Ignorance is Strength” is one of the slogans of the Party in 1984.
The first Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You took its dystopian inspiration from the headlines about Edward Snowden’s leaks and big data analysis technology from Silicon Valley’s Palantir Technologies, which billionaire Peter Thiel founded. In this game, you investigate people and have to decide whether they are suspicious or not. In one screen, the computer program asks you to decide who looks suspicious, based only on what they look like.
Osmotic Studios started in 2015, founded by Michael Kluge (programming), Taylor (art and business) and Daniel Marx (game design and production). They spent two years making their first full game, Orwell.
“We are planning on doing this episodic release again, like a TV show,” Taylor said. “It lets players discuss the episode in between.”