"It’s time to wake up to the fact that you’re just another avatar in someone else’s MMO. Worse: From where they stand, all-powerful Big Data analysts that they are, you look an awful lot like a bot."
- Raph KosterRenowned author and game designer Raph Koster has devoted a significant portion of his career to considering how humans engage with virtual worlds. His statement captures the idea that people can occasionally feel more like characters in massive multiplayer online (MMO) games than like free-thinking…