Another clip employing an agent, this one with a (sort of) human face superimposed to let the agent's mouth show through. (The V on top is a leftover from the word balloon, not antennae.)
This was done in 2000-1; now I'm sure you can take images of a person, wrap them around a 3D "avatar," and unleash an army of clones on virtual worlds.
And isn't that the ultimate goal of progress** -- to let each of us become, if not god of our own universe, at least warlord of our own virtual shantytown?
** It is my theory that technological progress changes our perspective just enough to make the constantly recycled issues we face look brand new. Computers have sped up that progress to the point that we are now locked in a permanent perspective spin-cycle.