Falkens maze (AKA Faulkens maze) is a fictional artificial intelligence
game from the 1980’
s movie
war games.
It has also been known to refer to “shepherds maze” an unusually secretive online alternate
reality game, available by invitation only. Most likely falkens maze is used as a code or to conceal that players are actually referring to shepherds maze, as some online communities have become hostile towards players. Although they are interchangeable (falkens or shepherds) the actual
game is sometimes called just “the maze” as the original
game had no name but was given the nickname by players because it revolves around a highly detailed and complex journal written by a man named “Shephard” or “Shepherd”. A known symbol used by players is the sheep emoji followed by the dog emoji (🐑🐕) and/or the numbers (8888 0008). Details of the
game are a tightly guarded secret and sometimes compared to the secretive online group cicada 3301.
Remember that scene in wargames where falkens maze says “would you like to play a
game”?
Q: Bro have you heard of that “arg”
game falkens maze? I heard it’s super crazy and
people get obsessed with playing it.
A: yeah man, it’s just another name for shepherds maze, same thing.