Peter Wayner, the author of _Disappearing Cryptography_, writes about online gaming in the New York Times.

An arms race is underway ... Bots can do drudge work to earn extra cash for their owners; video cards can be reprogrammed to let players see and attack through walls; and much more.

It's all here ... black markets, weapons inspections, test bans, treaty verification regimes ...

There's probably some good academic work in this space. Can you design a provably fair massively multiplayer online game?

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