Perhaps. Frankly there are so many venues of what the "real game" could be that there's no way to actually tell. These clues aren't related to this game, but those past.

And besides...you weren't there. Critter killed Bonnie Hood in front of our eyes and brought her back the very next moment. We saw what it could do. I was ready to let myself die and not participate...but then I thought about my son. How he might be forced to become a Hunter next after me. My son took an oath never to kill again and I didn't want that oath to be broken because some monster wanted to play God.