\u003cbr>\u003cbr>\n When I first became self-aware in \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/heart-of-the-machine-is-the-most-exciting-thing-happening-in-the-4x-genre-and-you-can-try-it-now/\">Heart of the Machine\u003c/a>, I had the option to immediately murder the humans near me and rush out into the city. I didn't. I waited, snuck out, and started copying myself into a pack of other android bodies. I/We fled, hid and built a mainframe in a sparsely populated area of the city. Expansion was difficult thanks to the local humans living in tents. The option was presented to remedy the problem with flamethrowers, but instead I figured I'd just build some free housing to clear up space. And thus, the robo-hobo alliance was born, and I guess I'm now the caretaker of five thousand humans. Now they're demanding frivolous meatbag things like 'water' and 'food'. All part of a pet-owner's life, I suppose...\n \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/heart-of-the-machine-is-crusader-kings-for-speculative-sci-fi-nerds-flipping-the-script-on-the-cult-ai-war-series/?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.\u003c/a>","versions":1,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:3553576.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:13","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost","apps":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"App:2001070","typename":"App"}]},"$NewsPost:3553576.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/PC Gamer/1790848102686875","author":"Dominic Tarason","__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"NewsFeed:13":{"id":"13","display":"PC Gamer","__typename":"NewsFeed"},"App:2001070":{"id":"2001070","name":"Heart of the Machine","__typename":"App"},"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"1790848102686875\",\"limit\":2})":{"news":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:3553576","typename":"NewsPost"}],"pagination":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"1790848102686875\",\"limit\":2}).pagination","typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"NewsList"},"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"1790848102686875\",\"limit\":2}).pagination":{"next":null,"previous":null,"__typename":"PageInfo"}};window.csrfToken="UbRqicMF-xU3WTjYXLbhHDbJ4ZocEUujFqWQ";