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If Programming Languages Were Games (Comic) (toggl.com)
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"The only difference between programming and games is that games have win conditions."

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, Tetris was a real example of this. I think it was the only videogame the USSR ever ~~produced~~ exported.

Edit: Actually I think I remembered that wrong. They had a healthy domestic arcade industry. It was just the only one they bothered to export.