Through the video game Watch Dogs, we propose to question the relationship between an urban space and its hero, between a narrative city and Aiden Pearce. We will rely mainly on a definition of mimicry (imitation), based on a Ricoeurian rereading of a concept from Aristotle's Poetics, a reconfiguration of the video game's territory in order to produce hermeneutic interrelationships between places or characters. We believe that Aiden Pearce and Chicago reflect eachother, that is, the city reveals itself to the player in the actions and character of the hero while he reveals himself in a territorial practice. In this way, Ubisoft's game can question us about the value of his character, the nature of his illegal actions in relation to a surveillance system authorized by the law. By offering a case study of Watch Dogs, we hope to identify deeper trends that revive the creation of allegories and return to the path of poetry.