Educational Technology

December 30, 2011

Cheating Spreads Like Infections In Online Mulitplayer Games

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

by KFC, Technology Review

If you have friends who cheat, you are more likely to become a cheater, according to computer scientists who say this can be used to label you as a potential cheater. Online gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry that serves millions of gamers around the world. But it suffers from a problem: cheating. Some players give themselves an unfair advantage by using ‘cheat software’ to see through walls or to automatically shoot moving characters. Cheat software is banned but in the sophisticated economies that have evolved in these worlds, cheaters can generate a significant income by using it. The developers of multiplayer game APB Reloaded, estimate that cheatmakers can make up to $50,000 per month.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27441/

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