game bots, blog games, automated play, procedural rhetoric
Clarify the term "blogbott" as either a historical artifact or a proposed category.
Why blogbott games failed (platform API changes, spam filters) vs. why they matter (precursors to modern Alexa/Google Home games).
Unlike real-time bots, blogbott games tolerated hours between moves. This made them accessible to dial-up users but fragile (comment moderation could break a turn order).