2001 - a game odyssey

[professor rat]

Correlation not causation but Paul Rosenberg published " A Lodging of Wayfaring Men " after 2001. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Win
Another in this genre, by Cory Doctorow, published in 2010.

Cypherpunks 
Grand Theft Crypto - relaunched
Grand theft crypto is an F-box game engine from the the underground game-crew that bought you President evil, Castle Wolfensen, Plane murder and Doctor rat.
In stores for Christmas this game is a combination role-playing first peon shooter in a close but separate reality.
Some revolutionary software has been stolen by the last-empire, a military/industrial combine thats taking over the planet. Targeting dissidents and code rebels stormtroopers of the empire are similar to 1st generation OSD robocops, while high up positions in the empire have been favored by players in field tests, the survival and resistance tactics and strategy of the rebels win over longer term players as they delve into the multi-verse world of 2006. Ricomended.

https://www.intechopen.com/books/blockchain-and-cryptocurrencies/cryptocurrencies-in-the-ludic-economies-the-case-of-contemporary-game-cultures