Friend or Bot? Phony Gamers Leave Players Feeling Betrayed - The Wall Street Journal

Seven of the 10 most-played mobile games use software programs disguised as people, pitting mortal against machine

Like others starved for human contact, Benjamin Arnet and Maria T. met online.  They found each other through the word game Words with Friends, an old-time Scrabble-like online competition that in t… [+213 chars]

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