During my time playing Crackdown, one of the first things I noticed was just how similar the symbol of the Agency is to that of the Freemasons. The Agency's symbol has the compass and right angle that is the symbol of the Freemasons, the difference being the Agency also has a half-circle that connects to each end of the right angle and goes through the compass handle.

After completing the main story, the plot twist hit and the plot involving the symbol thickened. **Spoilers**

"Who do you think supplied Los Muertos? Who do you think turned a blind eye to the Volk's activities? Who do you think was Shai Gen's biggest supporter? Who do you think ran organized law... And ran it into the ground? The people had to experience first hand absolute anarchy before they would accept unconditional control. You are the portent of a new world order, Agent. Pacific City was only the beginning."

Basically, the Agency allowed these gangs to rise to power so the people would want the Agency to take over and stamp out these gangs, unconditionally accepting the Agency.

Is this a simple coincidence, or are the developers hinting and pushing a conspiracy within their game? Hopefully it is a coincidence and not more alarmism about the Freemasons.