Even in the world of games, where this not-so-startling (to us cuz…flawed, you know?) factoid just recently came to light:
Game characters are better when they gossip and lie
by Olivia Solon
Getting characters to lie, gossip, and manipulate could help to create more realistic video games, according to Jenny Brusk, a lecturer in computer science at the University of Skövde.
Brusk has been working on models to introduce socially competent non-player game characters who can understand natural language, rather than characters using goal-driven dialogue where the player is limited to a number of predefined response alternatives.