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Unleash your true self in live local Wi-Fi & Bluetooth multiplayer and earn bragging rights while enjoying the winning moment! Robots don't have personality,” he said. They all have very specific individuated aesthetics. They don't talk, they don't express feelings. They are controlled by humans. They do not walk around in the street. It's not A.I. They are not servants or butlers. It's not a mechanized society."