What in god's name are you people saying to each other in there?

I laughed out loud in an environment where that loud laughter was not very appropriate. And it was worth it. Thank you.

You summarized my feelings on this game better than I could have. I'm not compelled at all by the examples given in the responses to your comment up to this point (i.e. email, mortality and effective fiction can be emotionally draining), and I'd be interested in hearing someone else weigh in on why this AI Box experiment is so emotional and pyschologically powerful for some people?