It is increasingly common in online communities to jokingly or insultingly refer to others as automated characters, like those in video games. This is a flawed and overly simplistic representation of ...
The popular slang insult "NPC" actually has its roots in Dungeons & Dragons.
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Non-player character (NPC)

BEING a holiday, I will write something less topical. I was introduced to this term in January while watching an interview I ...
Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States who has been working with GameRant since August 2023 and self-publishing since May 2025. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has ...
Long before generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini started dominating the tech world, gamers had been interacting with AI companions and opponents for decades. Non-player characters ...
In response to criticism on inappropriate interactions of its NPC (non-player characters) performer with tourists, Gexian ...