Cheating in online games getting a mention in the press

TwoShedsJackson

This week's Economist, page 78, theres a 3/4 page article on cheating in online games, with a piccy from quake2 no less Strangely the article is one they chose not to publish on their website, that makes sense I don't think.

Manages to avoid calling all gamers geeks and nerds unlike certain other recent printed articles

Most interesting bit is the last para:

Developers are hindered in preventing such cheats by the limitations of the Internet and long-distance gameplay. If they constantly check and recheck all program files and commands to screen out cheaters, the game itself may run so slowly that it puts off everyone. In many cases, the server is being run by one of the players themselves in one of hundreds of ad hoc multiplayer game sessions that are running at any time on the Internet: sometimes they are run by ''clans'' and surreptitious code gives advantages to other clan members, taking advantage of unsuspecting visitors. Nasty - but clever.

If only that talent could be harnessed for good, not evil. Or, to put it another way, if only evil weren't so much fun.

BossArky

Who is that man floating in the sky on the edge?

Guinnessman

ahh the memories