Each Monday, Chris Livingston visits an early access game and reports back with stories about whatever he finds inside. This week, speaking with robots, and the resulting loss of his sanity, in Bot Colony.
Science-fiction writers love driving robots crazy, from Speedy in Asimov's "Runaround" to Ash attempting a magazine-murder in Alien. Is it time for a robot to drive a human crazy instead? Considering that talking to a robot in Bot Colony for a couple hours reduced me to wailing "BLOOP! BLOOP! BLOOP!" into my headset, it just might be. There's video evidence below: I'll let you be the judge. Bloop.
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