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 Strategies used in increasing attachment to companions in games:
-  * The companion using language which you can't quite understand, as use of natural language is one of the quickest ways to breaking the illusion of intelligence.
+  * The use of natural language is one of the quickest ways to annoy the user, and break any illusion of intelligence, so it's generally left out, or a language which you can't quite understand is used instead, but which still conveys basic levels of emotion.
-  * User investment in the design or construction of the agent, which increases a feeling of ownership.
+  * User investment in the design or construction of the agent increases a feeling of ownership, and therefore attachment - "My robot is the only one like it".
-  * Collective intelligence - by using multiple agents.
+  * Collective intelligence is generally more robust, and likely to resolve in useful emergent behaviour than relying on a single agent.
+  * Migration has been tried in games, and was generally seen as a successful experiment, although yet to be fully realised.